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The Namoi - 1887 (Roll: 2,517)
Won by Free Trade
Nominations: Tuesday, 15 February 1887, Polling: Tuesday, 22 February 1887
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Dale, George Samuel Evans Free Trade 411 35.04
Dangar, Thomas Gordon Gibbons (Elected) Free Trade 762 64.96
Formal Votes 1,173
Informal Votes 20 1.68
Total Votes / Turnout 1,193 47.40
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,193 47.40
Notes: Charles Collins did not re-contest.
Source: Taken from election summary SMH 28 February 1887, p.12 col.4, including booth details. Year-Book of Australia (1888) reported Dangar with 723 votes, but the SMH totals match the formal votes published in the Statistical Register.