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West Sydney - 1882 (Roll: 9,330) - 4 to be elected Nominations: Saturday, 2 December 1882, Polling: Tuesday, 5 December 1882 Candidate Votes Votes % O'Connor, Daniel (Re-elected 1) 2,967 20.65 Merriman, George (Elected 2) 2,519 17.53 Abigail, Francis (Re-elected 3) 2,340 16.29 Cameron, Angus (Re-elected 4) 2,176 15.15 Martin, William Fraser (Defeated) 2,070 14.41 O'Sullivan, Edward William 1,627 11.32 Pilcher, Charles Edward 362 2.52 Murphy, Jeremiah 306 2.13 Formal Votes 14,367 Informal Votes 166 1.14 Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 14,533 40.28 Persons Voting / Turnout 5,416 58.05 Source: Report of nominations, SMH 4 December 1882, pp.4-5, results SMH 6 December, p.6 col.1