East Sydney - 1874-5 (Roll: 11,409) - 4 to be elected
Nominations: Monday, 7 December 1874, Polling: Wednesday, 9 December 1874
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Parkes, Henry (Re-elected 1)
3,828
17.93
Macintosh, John (Re-elected 2)
3,651
17.10
Stuart, Alexander (Elected 3)
3,083
14.44
Davies, John (Elected 4)
2,394
11.21
Cameron, Angus
2,189
10.25
Moore, Charles (Defeated)
1,960
9.18
Forster, William (Defeated)
1,502
7.03
Young, John
1,140
5.34
Flood, Edward
804
3.77
Pemell, James
661
3.10
O'Connell, Daniel
68
0.32
Douglass, J B
50
0.23
Pawsey, Nathaniel
23
0.11
Formal Votes
21,353
Informal Votes
0
0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout
21,353
46.79
Persons Voting / Turnout
6,430
56.36
Notes: Sitting MP George Oakes did not re-contest. William Forster was sitting MP for Illawarra, and after defeat in East Sydney, contested Quenbeyan unsuccessfully before winning election for Murrumbidgee on 2 January. Evening News referred to John Pawsey.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 8 December 1874, pp.4-5, with results from SMH 10 December, p.5 col.5-6