title: Electoral results for the district of Goldfields South
text: # Electoral results for the district of Goldfields South
  
  Goldfields South, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1880.
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1859 | Bowie Wilson | None |
  | 1860 | Bowie Wilson | None |
  | 1863 by | Bowie Wilson | None |
  | 1865 | James Rodd | None |
  | 1870 | Ezekiel Baker | None |
  | June 1870 by | Ezekiel Baker | None |
  | December 1870 by | Ezekiel Baker | None |
  | 1872 | Ezekiel Baker | None |
  | 1875 | Ezekiel Baker | None |
  | 1877 | Ezekiel Baker | None |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1870s
  
  **1877**
  
  1877 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields South Monday 12 November :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Ezekiel Baker (re-elected) | Ezekiel Baker (re-elected) | unopposed | |
  
  **1875**
  
  1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields South Monday 11 January 1875 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Ezekiel Baker (re-elected) | Ezekiel Baker (re-elected) | 381 | 58.2 |
  | Henry Copeland | Henry Copeland | 274 | 41.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 655 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 655 | 46.8 |
  
  **1872**
  
  1872 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields South Monday 25 March :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Ezekiel Baker (re-elected) | Ezekiel Baker (re-elected) | 441 | 80.8 |
  | William Bedall | William Bedall | 105 | 19.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 546 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 553 | 22.1 |
  
  ### Elections in the 1860s
  
  **December 1870 by-election**
  
  1870 Goldfields South by-election Monday 12 December :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Ezekiel Baker (elected) | Ezekiel Baker (elected) | 1,054 | 79.9 |
  | George Stephen | George Stephen | 265 | 20.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,319 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 1,319 | 66.0 |
  
  **June 1870 by-election**
  
  1870 Goldfields South by-election Monday 20 June :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Ezekiel Baker (re-elected) | Ezekiel Baker (re-elected) | unopposed | |
  
  **1870**
  
  1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields South Monday 10 January 1870 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Ezekiel Baker (elected) | Ezekiel Baker (elected) | 476 | 65.3 |
  | George Stephen | George Stephen | 253 | 34.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 729 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 729 | 32.5 |
  
  **1865**
  
  1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields South Tuesday 10 January 1865 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | James Rodd (elected) | James Rodd (elected) | 276 | 49.1 |
  | Daniel Dalgleish | Daniel Dalgleish | 264 | 47.0 |
  | T R Browne | T R Browne | 22 | 3.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 562 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 561 | 15.1 |
  
  **1863 by-election**
  
  1863 Goldfields South by-election Monday 16 November :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Bowie Wilson (elected) | Bowie Wilson (elected) | 921 | 91.3 |
  | Frederick Cooper | Frederick Cooper | 88 | 8.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,009 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 1,009 | 17.1 |
  
  **1860**
  
  1860 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields South Wednesday 19 December :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Bowie Wilson (re-elected) | Bowie Wilson (re-elected) | unopposed | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1850s
  
  **1859**
  
  1859 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields South Wednesday 6 July :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Bowie Wilson (elected) | Bowie Wilson (elected) | 374 | 73.9 |
  | John Egan | John Egan | 132 | 26.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 506 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 506 | N/A |
  