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The Hunter - 1872 (Roll: 1,284)
Nominations: Thursday, 29 February 1872, Polling: Saturday, 2 March 1872
Candidate Votes Votes %
Burns, John Fitzgerald (Elected) 500 61.65
Dillon, John (Defeated) 311 38.35
Formal Votes 811
Informal Votes 17 2.05
Total Votes / Turnout 828 64.49
Persons Voting / Turnout 828 64.49
Source: Maitland Mercury, report of nominations 2 March 1872, p.5 col.1-4, results 5 March p.4 col.1 with report of speeches. Results in SMH 6 March 1872, p.4 col.6 were sourced from Mercury on 5 March.