Nominations: Thursday, 18 November 1880, Polling: Monday, 22 November 1880
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Brown, Stephen Campbell (Re-elected 1)
1,545
36.28
Foster, William John (Elected 2)
1,281
30.08
Young, John
844
19.82
Mitchell, Joseph
588
13.81
Formal Votes
4,258
Informal Votes
42
0.98
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout
4,300
64.31
Persons Voting / Turnout
2,171
64.31
Notes: Second member added by the 1880 Electoral Act. Check another paper to see if this is just an error in the SMH report.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 19 November 1880, p.7 col.2-6, results from SMH 23 November, pp.2-3 including booths, though the booth totals are those published here, the candidate totals incorrectly having Young on 944 votes. Totals used here also found in Daily Telegraph, 23 November 1880, p.7 col.4..
Corrections: The Statistical Register reports 2,129 formal votes, which if correct, means that every voter cast his allowed two votes, with not one voter plumping for a single candidate. While suspicious, this has been accepted as correct.