Nominations: Tuesday, 15 December 1874, Polling: Wednesday, 16 December 1874
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Scholey, Stephen (Re-elected)
252
52.94
Dodds, Alexander
221
46.43
Cobcroft, Abel
3
0.63
Miles, William
0
0.00
Formal Votes
476
Informal Votes
27
5.37
Total Votes / Turnout
503
66.36
Persons Voting / Turnout
503
66.36
Source: Maitland Mercury 17 December 1874, p.2 col.5, same totals published SMH 17 December 1874, p.7 col.3. The same issue of the Mercury included a report of the nominations, p.4 col.1-3, that indicated Cobcroft had declined to stand at the nominations, which makes it odd he ended up on the ballot paper. Nominations also reported SMH 17 December, p.5 col.4-6.