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The Bogan - 1880 (Roll: 3,280) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Wednesday, 24 November 1880, Polling: Tuesday, 30 November 1880
Candidate Votes Votes %
Jennings, Patrick Alfred (Elected 1) 1,394 42.08
Cass, George Edwin (Elected 2) 750 22.64
Forlonge, William 671 20.25
Shorter, William Thomas Ashton 498 15.03
Formal Votes 3,313
Informal Votes 42 1.25
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 3,355 51.78
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,842 56.16
Notes: Sitting MP WT Coonan contested Forbes.
Source: Brief report of nominations, 25 November 1880, p.3 col.3, results from SMH 7 December, p.3 col.5, booths having been reported SMH 3 December, p.3 col.3. Note that incomplete results were published in the SMH election summary on 8 December, p.3 col.4.