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East Macquarie - By-election (Roll: n.a.) Retained by Free Trade Nominations: Wednesday, 3 August 1892, Polling: Saturday, 13 August 1892 Candidate Party Votes Votes % Boyd, John Jnr Protectionist 528 38.46 Tonkin, James Ebenezer (Re-elected) Free Trade 845 61.54 Formal Votes 1,373 Informal Votes 33 2.35 Total Votes / Turnout 1,406 0.00 Cause Category: Resignation - Financial difficulties Notes: Reported to have been caused by the financial difficulties of sitting MP J E Tonkin. Source: SMH 16 August 1892, p.16, col. 8, reporting DOP. Same results along with booth details, Daily Telegraph, 16 August, p.5 col.4. Corrections: Hughes and Graham (1975) used incomplete results published SMH 15 August, p.5 col.2