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Morpeth - 1874-5 (Roll: 769)
Nominations: Wednesday, 16 December 1874, Polling: Thursday, 17 December 1874
Candidate Votes Votes %
Bellamy, William 0 0.00
McRae, Myles 50 9.49
O'Keeffe, Pierce 177 33.59
Wisdom, Robert (Elected) 300 56.93
Formal Votes 527
Informal Votes 24 4.36
Total Votes / Turnout 551 71.65
Persons Voting / Turnout 551 71.65
Notes: Sitting MP James Campbell did not re-contest, see Maitland Mercury 5 December, p.1 col.4.
Source: Maitland Mercury, nominations 17 December 1874, p.2 col.3-5, results 19 December 1874, p.2 col.7. Similar results with O'Keeffe on 175 votes published SMH 18 December 1874, p.7 col.2. Statistical Register reported 551 persons voting, which probably included the reported informal votes.