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Newtown - 1869-70 (Roll: 2,417) Nominations: Wednesday, 8 December 1869, Polling: Friday, 10 December 1869 Candidate Votes Votes % Brown, Stephen Campbell (Re-elected) 925 60.42 Shepherd, Patrick Lindesay Crawford 606 39.58 Formal Votes 1,531 Informal Votes 0 0.00 Total Votes / Turnout 1,531 63.34 Persons Voting / Turnout 1,531 63.34 Notes: Ninian Melville Jnr was nominated but withdrew. Source: Report of nominations, SMH 9 December 1869, p.3, with results from Empire, 11 December, p.3 col.2 and SMH 11 December, p.5 col.4.