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Balmain - 1885 (Roll: 6,758) - 3 to be elected Nominations: Tuesday, 13 October 1885, Polling: Friday, 16 October 1885 Candidate Votes Votes % Garrard, Jacob (Re-elected 1) 2,642 26.99 Hyam, Solomon Herbert (Elected 2) 2,323 23.73 Hawthorne, John Stuart (Elected 3) 1,606 16.41 Davison, Samuel George 1,178 12.04 Fitzharding, Maurice A H 1,131 11.55 Buchanan, Edward Harman 908 9.28 Formal Votes 9,788 Informal Votes 126 1.27 Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 9,914 50.14 Persons Voting / Turnout 4,112 60.85 Notes: Balmain gained a third seat at the 1885 election. Sitting MP WA Hutchinson did not re-contest. Source: Report of nominations, SMH 14 October 1885, pp.8-9, results SMH 17 October, p.10 col.1. Report of nominations, Balmain Observer, 14 October, p.2 col.3-5.