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The Hastings and Manning - 1891 (Roll: 3,394) - 2 to be elected
Elected - Protectionist (1), Free Trade 1
Nominations: Wednesday, 17 June 1891, Polling: Saturday, 20 June 1891
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
McKinnon, Hugh (Elected 2) Protectionist 1,236 25.17
Ruthven, John Lowry Protectionist 1,198 24.39
Young, James Henry (Re-elected 1) Free Trade 1,246 25.37
Vivian, Walter Hussey (Defeated) Free Trade 1,231 25.07
Formal Votes 4,911
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 4,911 72.35
Persons Voting / Turnout 2,470 72.78
Notes: See also Elections and Qualifications Committee report, LAVP 1891 Vol A2 p.13. After a re-count, it produced the totals Young 1244, McKinnon 1237, Vivian 1230, Ruthven 1198, Informal 18.
Source: Declaration of poll reported SMH 23 June 1891, p.6 col.1, which is a small change from the totals published SMH 22 June 1891, p.5 col.8. Booth details had been published in this earlier report. Totals used here also appear in the petition lodged by Vivian and investigated by the Elections and Qualifications Committee.
Corrections: Hughes and Graham (1975) used totals published SMH 22 June 1891, p.5 col.8.