Nominations: Monday, 15 June 1891, Polling: Wednesday, 17 June 1891
Candidate
Party
Votes
Votes %
Bellemey, Richard Thomas
Protectionist
1,400
7.65
Blacket, Wilfred
Protectionist
1,353
7.40
Smith, James Francis
Protectionist
1,098
6.00
Abbott, Joseph (Re-elected 3)
Free Trade
2,173
11.88
Molesworth, Edmund William (Re-elected 4)
Free Trade
2,136
11.68
Salmon, John
Free Trade
1,576
8.62
Hawken, Nicholas (Defeated)
Free Trade
1,488
8.13
Cotton, Francis (Elected 1)
Labor Party
2,572
14.06
Hindle, John (Elected 2)
Labor Party
2,411
13.18
Clark, Marcus
Ind Free Trade
759
4.15
Midelton, Thomas
Independent
1,327
7.25
Formal Votes
18,293
Informal Votes
140
0.76
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout
18,433
57.74
Persons Voting / Turnout
5,555
68.05
Notes: Fourth member added for the 1891 election.
Source: Report of nominations, 16 June 1891, p.4 col.2-4, results 18 June, p.6 col.3-4, including booth results.
Corrections: Hughes and Graham (1975) list Marcus Clark as a Free Trade candidate. Running his own campiagn and not mentioned in 'official' lists, he has been listed here as an Independent Free Trade candidate.