Electoral results for the district of Goldfields North

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Goldfields North, 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]

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ElectionMemberParty
1859   James Hoskins None
1860
1863 by   James Buchanan None
1865   George Pickering None
1868 by   James Hoskins None
1870   Robert Wisdom None
1870 by   Robert Forster None
1872   James Rodd None
1875   Robert Forster None
1877   Henry Copeland None

Election results

Elections in the 1870s

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North
Monday 12 November [4]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Copeland (elected)unopposed 

1875

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North
Monday 11 January 1875 [5]
CandidateVotes%
Robert Forster (elected)49784.8
Thomas Browne 8915.2
Total formal votes586100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 58678.1

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North
Monday 25 March [6]
CandidateVotes%
James Rodd (elected)25251.0
Robert Forster (defeated)21343.1
Charles Carey295.9
Total formal votes494100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 49432.9

Elections in the 1860s

1870 by-election

1870 Goldfields North by-election
Monday 18 April [7]
CandidateVotes%
Robert Forster (elected)24957.8
John Burns 18242.2
Total formal votes431100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 43150.7
Robert Wisdom was also elected to Lower Hunter and chose to resign from Goldfields North. [7]

1870

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North
Monday 10 January 1870 [8]
CandidateVotes%
Robert Wisdom (elected)21254.6
William Bourke14537.4
Henry Roman318.0
Total formal votes388100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 39045.9

1868 by-election

1868 Goldfields North by-election
Monday 6 July [9]
CandidateVotes%
James Hoskins (elected)22368.0
William Gordon5918.0
William Hanson4614.0
Total formal votes328100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 32846.9
The by-election was caused by the resignation of George Pickering. [9]

1865

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North
Tuesday 10 January 1865 [10]
CandidateVotes%
George Pickering (elected)26971.0
Thomas Rusden 8723.0
Henry Roman236.1
Total formal votes379100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 37958.3

1863 by-election

1863 Goldfields North by-election
Tuesday 7 April [11]
CandidateVotes%
James Buchanan (elected)31959.4
James Macnamara21840.6
Total formal votes537100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 53744.8
James Hoskins resigned. [11]

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North
Wednesday 19 December [12]
CandidateVotes%
James Hoskins (re-elected)unopposed 

Elections in the 1850s

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North
Wednesday 6 July [13]
CandidateVotes%
James Hoskins (elected)12256.2
James Macnamara9041.5
Edward Hargraves 52.3
Total formal votes217100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 2229.3

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