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Queanbeyan - 1872 (Roll: 1,140) Nominations: Monday, 4 March 1872, Polling: Wednesday, 6 March 1872 Candidate Votes Votes % De Salis, Leopold William Fane (Elected) 305 37.61 O'Neill, William Gregg 217 26.76 Walsh, Charles Hamilton 289 35.64 Formal Votes 811 Informal Votes 0 0.00 Total Votes / Turnout 811 71.14 Persons Voting / Turnout 811 71.14 Notes: Sitting MP William Forster did not re-contest having already been elected for Illawarra. CH Walsh was a former MP for Goulburn. Source: SMH 25 March 1872, p.9 col.1, also Goulburn Herald, 9 march, p.3 col.4, report of nominations as well as results, including booth details.