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Prior to this election, the Liberals held both of the seats. At this election, the Liberals held one seat and the Conservatives gained the other seat from the Liberals.

Arthur Otway and Roger Leigh were elected as the members of parliament for Rochester.

Result

The following result was declared by the returning officer:

Candidate		Votes	%
	Otway Arthur Arthur Otway * Liberal	1,497	27.2
	Leigh Roger Roger Leigh Conservative	1,393	25.3
	Seton-Karr Walter Scott Walter Scott Seton-Karr Conservative	1,312	23.9
	Goldsmid Julian Julian Goldsmid * Liberal	1,294	23.5
	Majority	104	1.9
	Turnout	5,496	90.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal
	Liberal hold

* Denotes a member of parliament standing for re-election.

To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.

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