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Wollombi - 1887 (Roll: 1,912)
Won by Free Trade
Nominations: Monday, 14 February 1887, Polling: Saturday, 19 February 1887
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Stevenson, Richard (Re-elected) Free Trade 578 55.52
Watt, George Free Trade 463 44.48
Formal Votes 1,041
Informal Votes 17 1.61
Total Votes / Turnout 1,058 55.33
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,058 55.33
Source: Year-Book of Australia (1888). The SMH 28 February, p.12 col. 3, includes booth results, but the 466 vote total for Watt has not been used. The Year-Book totals correspond to the Statistcial Register totals.