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Gundagai - 1880 (Roll: 1,749)
Nominations: Wednesday, 24 November 1880, Polling: Tuesday, 30 November 1880
Candidate Votes Votes %
Forster, William (Elected) 600 52.22
Pinkstone, Frederick 303 26.37
Swift, Samuel Moffit 246 21.41
Formal Votes 1,149
Informal Votes 17 1.46
Total Votes / Turnout 1,166 66.67
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,167 66.72
Notes: Check whether Forster had been in London.
Source: Report of nominations, Gundagai Times, 26 November 1880, p.2 col.1-3, SMH 25 November p.3 col.4 giving no more than a cursory mentions of names. Results from Gundagai Times, 3 December 1880, p.2 col.2. SMH results published 1 December, p.3 col.1 and referred to as 'all returns' had different results, 606 / 314 / 231. Daily Telegraph had same totals as SMH 1 December, p.3 col.3, Town and Country Journal p.1115 col.3 reported 606 / 304 / 231. None of these totals quite match the total of votes in the Statistical Register.