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Grenfell - 1891 (Roll: 2,052)
Won by Labor Party
Nominations: Wednesday, 24 June 1891, Polling: Saturday, 27 June 1891
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Bembrick, Thomas Free Trade 227 18.04
Gibson, James Thomson Protectionist 59 4.69
Greene, George Henry (Defeated) Free Trade 379 30.13
Vaughn, Robert Matteson (Elected) Labor Party 593 47.14
Formal Votes 1,258
Informal Votes 19 1.49
Total Votes / Turnout 1,277 62.23
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,277 62.23
Source: Year Book of Australia (1892), where the votes add to the persons voting reported in parliamentary papers and the Statistical Register. Slightly different figures are reported SMH 1 July 1891, p.5 col.8, including booth details, with reference to polling yet to take place at Bland.