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South Sydney - 1882 (Roll: 7,905) - 4 to be elected Nominations: Wednesday, 29 November 1882, Polling: Saturday, 2 December 1882 Candidate Votes Votes % Olliffe, Joseph Benjamin (Elected 1) 2,672 21.73 Harris, John (Elected 2) 2,669 21.70 Poole, William Thomas (Re-elected 3) 1,948 15.84 Withers, George (Re-elected 4) 1,569 12.76 Burdekin, Sydney (Defeated) 1,412 11.48 Davies, John (Defeated) 1,345 10.94 Carter, George Lord (Defeated) 682 5.55 Formal Votes 12,297 Informal Votes 191 1.53 Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 12,488 41.31 Persons Voting / Turnout 4,714 59.63 Notes: Sydney Burdekin was a sitting MP for Tamworth. Source: Report of nominations, SMH 30 November 1882, p.5 col.1-5, results SMH 4 December, p.4 col.1-2, includes box results.