Nominations: Monday, 19 February 1872, Polling: Tuesday, 20 February 1872
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Farnell, James Squire (Re-elected 1)
468
35.64
Taylor, Hugh (Elected 2)
451
34.35
Byrnes, James (Defeated)
394
30.01
Formal Votes
1,313
Informal Votes
0
0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout
1,313
46.04
Persons Voting / Turnout
746
52.31
Notes: The SMH report of the nominations indicated that Frank Smith and John Davis both nominated, but they did not appear in any of the published results.
Source: Report of nominations, 20 February 1872, p.5 col.2-6, results from SMH 22 February 1872, p.3 col.4-5.