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Camden - 1891 (Roll: 5,815) - 3 to be elected
Elected - Protectionist (1), Free Trade 2
Nominations: Wednesday, 17 June 1891, Polling: Saturday, 20 June 1891
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Kidd, John (Re-elected 2) Protectionist 1,983 19.85
Walters, John James Protectionist 1,164 11.65
Richardson, William Protectionist 705 7.06
Hanrahan, James Vincent Protectionist 288 2.88
McCourt, William (Re-elected 1) Free Trade 2,316 23.18
Cullen, William Portus (Elected 3) Free Trade 1,321 13.22
Morris, John George Free Trade 1,289 12.90
Campbell, John Lang Ind Free Trade 925 9.26
Formal Votes 9,991
Informal Votes 107 1.06
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 10,098 59.11
Persons Voting / Turnout 3,809 65.50
Notes: Thomas Garrett cited failing health for not re-contesting. (SMH 6 July, p.12 col.1) Campbell has been listed as Independent Free Trade as he usually left off the list of 'official' Free Trade candidates. (SMH 20 June, p.10 col.8)
Source: Report of nominations from The Scrutineer, 19 June 1891, p.2 col.4-6. Results from SMH 22 June 1891, p.5 col.8. Result cannot be confirmed with relevant issue of Scrutineer, 23 June, as the result has been removed from the original at NSW State Library.