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Tenterfield - By-election (Roll: 3,612) Nominations: Monday, 17 August 1874, Polling: Monday, 24 August 1874 Candidate Votes Votes % Abbott, Robert Palmer (Re-elected) 658 74.69 Jones, Edward 223 25.31 Formal Votes 881 Informal Votes 0 0.00 Total Votes / Turnout 881 24.39 Cause Category: Ministerial by-election Notes: By-election caused when R P Abbott accepted the post of Secretary for Mines in the first Parkes ministry. Source: Armidale Express, 4 September 1874, p.6 col.2