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Central Cumberland - 1885 (Roll: 6,011) - 3 to be elected
Nominations: Saturday, 24 October 1885, Polling: Thursday, 29 October 1885
Candidate Votes Votes %
McCulloch, Andrew Hardie Jnr (Re-elected 1) 1,953 21.33
Bull, Nathaniel George (Elected 2) 1,879 20.53
Parkes, Varney (Re-elected 3) 1,858 20.30
Fuller, Cyrus Edgar 1,503 16.42
Scrivener, Charles Ambrose 973 10.63
Farnell, Frank 808 8.83
Statham, Henry Worthington 180 1.97
Formal Votes 9,154
Informal Votes 128 1.38
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 9,282 52.89
Persons Voting / Turnout 3,976 66.15
Notes: Gained an extra seat for this election.
Source: Report of nominations Cumberland Mercury, 28 October 1885, p.5 col.1-5, with results from 4 November, p.2 col.4-5, reporting declaration of the poll. SMH report of nominations 26 October, p.5 col.2-4, results 2 November, p.5 col.3 including booth results, one tiny difference being McCulloch on 1963.