Electoral results for the district of Goldfields West

Goldfields West, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1880.^[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1859		Robert Wisdom	None
1860
1865		Stephen Donnelly	None
1867 by		George Thornton	None
1869 by		Walter Church	None
1870
1872		David Buchanan	None
1875
1877		Louis Beyers	None

Election results

Elections in the 1870s

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West
Monday 12 November ^[4]

Candidate		Votes	%
Louis Beyers (elected)		476	57.9
David Buchanan (defeated)		346	42.1
Total formal votes		822	97.9
Informal votes		18	2.1
Turnout		840	8.4

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § Goldfields West.[edit]

1875

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West
Monday 11 January 1875 ^[5]

Candidate		Votes	%
David Buchanan (re-elected)		1,446	89.8
J P Sweeney		164	10.2
Total formal votes		1,610	98.2
Informal votes		30	1.8
Turnout		1,640	8.2

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § Goldfields West.[edit]

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West
Monday 25 March ^[6]

Candidate		Votes	%
David Buchanan (elected)		1,727	45.4
James Plunkett		1,159	30.5
Walter Church (defeated)		710	18.7
Simon Belinfante		209	5.5
Total formal votes		3,805	97.1
Informal votes		114	2.9
Turnout		3,919	24.5

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § Goldfields West.[edit]

Elections in the 1860s

1870

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West
Monday 10 January 1870 ^[7]

Candidate		Votes	%
Walter Church (re-elected)		814	64.6
Geoffrey Eagar		389	30.9
William Redman		57	4.5
Total formal votes		1,260	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,276	21.3

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § Goldfields West.[edit]

1869 by-election

1869 Goldfields West by-election
Monday 15 February ^[8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Walter Church (elected)		325	53.0
Charles Blakefield		288	47.0
Total formal votes		613	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		613	8.8

This section is an excerpt from 1869 Goldfields West colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

The by-election was caused by the resignation of George Thornton.^[8]

1867 by-election

1867 Goldfields West by-election
Tuesday 26 February ^[9]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Thornton (elected)		341	59.4
John Rae		233	40.6
Total formal votes		574	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		574	9.8

This section is an excerpt from 1867 Goldfields West colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Stephen Donnelly.^[9]

1865

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West
Tuesday 10 January 1865 ^[10]

Candidate		Votes	%
Stephen Donnelly (elected)		unopposed

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § Goldfields West.[edit]

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West
Wednesday 19 December ^[11]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Wisdom (re-elected)		383	96.2
James Farnell (defeated)		15	3.8
Total formal votes		398	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		398	10.0

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § Goldfields West.[edit]

James Farnell was the member for St Leonards and also unsuccessfully contested Central Cumberland.

Elections in the 1850s

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West
Monday 13 June ^[12][13]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Wisdom (elected)		show of hands
William Redman

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Goldfields West.[edit]