East Sydney - 1872 (Roll: 11,237) - 4 to be elected
Nominations: Monday, 12 February 1872, Polling: Tuesday, 13 February 1872
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Parkes, Henry (Re-elected 1)
3,270
17.02
Macintosh, John (Elected 2)
3,068
15.97
Samuel, Saul (Re-elected 3)
3,048
15.87
Neale, James Henry (Re-elected 4)
2,663
13.86
Martin, James (Defeated)
2,073
10.79
Buchanan, David (Defeated)
1,739
9.05
Wilson, John Bowie (Defeated)
1,730
9.01
Barker, William
1,379
7.18
King, George (Defeated)
240
1.25
Formal Votes
19,210
Informal Votes
0
0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout
19,210
42.74
Persons Voting / Turnout
5,598
49.82
Notes: James H Neale was a sitting MP for Hartley, Henry Parkes for Mudgee and Saul Samuel for Orange. After their defeat in East Sydney, David Buchanan was elected for Gold Fields West and James Martin for East Macquarie.
Source: Report of nomnations, SMH 13 February 1872, pp.5-6, with results from SMH 14 February, p.5 col.2, includes box results. Table of box results gives Martin 2141 votes, but this total is not used anywhere else.