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Tamworth - 1880 (Roll: 3,638) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Thursday, 25 November 1880, Polling: Thursday, 2 December 1880
Candidate Votes Votes %
Burdekin, Sydney (Elected 1) 821 29.33
Levien, Robert Henry (Elected 2) 820 29.30
Burke, Michael 610 21.79
Bennett, Hanley (Defeated) 548 19.58
Formal Votes 2,799
Informal Votes 25 0.89
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 2,824 39.16
Notes: Hanley Bennett was sitting MP for Liverpool Plains.
Source: Very brief mention of nominations, SMH 26 November 1880, p.3 col.3, results from SMH election summary, 8 December, p.3 col.5. Total of persons voting not published in Statistical Register. Same totals in Daily Telegraph 4 December, p.5, but suggesting some small booths to come.