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West Sydney - 1877 (Roll: 10,097) - 4 to be elected
Nominations: Tuesday, 23 October 1877, Polling: Thursday, 25 October 1877
Candidate Votes Votes %
Merriman, James (Elected 1) 2,929 15.87
Cameron, Angus (Re-elected 2) 2,373 12.86
O'Connor, Daniel (Elected 3) 2,249 12.19
Harris, John (Elected 4) 2,117 11.47
Dangar, Henry Carey (Defeated) 2,010 10.89
Robertson, John (Defeated) 1,892 10.25
White, Thomas 1,602 8.68
Dibbs, George Richard (Defeated) 1,394 7.55
Garrard, Jacob 675 3.66
Palmer, Benjamin 627 3.40
O'Connor, Joseph Graham 404 2.19
Hamilton, Archibald Sellars 111 0.60
Fisher, Henry 74 0.40
Formal Votes 18,457
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 18,457 45.70
Persons Voting / Turnout 6,542 64.79
Source: Report of nominations SMH 24 October 1877, pp.2-3 with results SMH 26 October, pp.4-5. Herald totals have been used in preference to the report in the Australian Town and Country Journal, 27 October 1877, p.676, which had the same totals with the exception of Cameron on 2773 votes and O'Connor 444.