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The Hawkesbury - 1874-5 (Roll: 1,359) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Wednesday, 23 December 1874, Polling: Monday, 28 December 1874
Candidate Votes Votes %
Moses, Henry (Re-elected 1) 475 40.53
Piddington, William Richman (Re-elected 2) 467 39.85
Davies, George 230 19.62
Formal Votes 1,172
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 1,172 43.12
Notes: Statistical Register did not have a value for persons voting, and the value published in the Parliamentary Papers was clearly the total number of votes for candidates, not the number of ballots cast.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 24 December 1874, p.3 col.2-6. The poll at Pitt Town was not held until 4 January, delaying the result and resulting in incomplete totals until SMH 7 January 1875, p.5 col.3 including booth details.