East Macquarie - 1874-5 (Roll: 2,869) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Thursday, 31 December 1874, Polling: Tuesday, 5 January 1875
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Suttor, William Henry Jnr (Elected 1)
750
38.42
Booth, John (Elected 2)
607
31.10
Cummings, William (Defeated)
546
27.97
Daley, James
49
2.51
Formal Votes
1,952
Informal Votes
0
0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout
1,952
34.02
Persons Voting / Turnout
1,402
48.87
Notes: Sitting MP Walter Hampson Cooper did not re-contest, being defeated in contests for both West Sydney and Lower Hunter. John Booth was a sitting MP for West Sydney in the previous parliament, but is not shown as a sitting MP as he had already been defeated contesting Glebe.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 2 January 1875, p.4 col.1-4, results from SMH 8 January, p.5 col.4