The sitting member
Patrick Leslie did not contest the election. The returning officer stated that the lack of a mail service to northern parts of the district, being
Gladstone ,
Rannes and
Surat meant that no polling had occurred in those places. The Legislative Assembly directed him to return the writ.
[ 8] William Tooth was subsequently proclaimed to have been elected,
[ 9] and Tooth was sworn in on 22 June 1858.
[ 10]
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