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East Macquarie - By-election (Roll: 2,063)
Nominations: Monday, 28 January 1878, Polling: Friday, 1 February 1878
Candidate Votes Votes %
Webb, Edmund (Elected) 556 60.96
Dalveen, Thomas Macdonald 356 39.04
Formal Votes 912
Informal Votes 21 2.25
Total Votes / Turnout 933 45.23
Cause Category: Elected to two seats
Notes: After being elected for two seats, Sir John Robertson chose to resign this seat and represent Mudgee.
Source: SMH 6 February 1878, p.5 col.5, with informal votes taken from earlier report, 4 February, p.3 col.3