title: Electoral results for the district of Goldfields West
text: # 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.
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1859 | Robert Wisdom | None |
  | 1860 | Robert Wisdom | None |
  | 1865 | Stephen Donnelly | None |
  | 1867 by | George Thornton | None |
  | 1869 by | Walter Church | None |
  | 1870 | Walter Church | None |
  | 1872 | David Buchanan | None |
  | 1875 | David Buchanan | None |
  | 1877 | Louis Beyers | None |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1870s
  
  **1877**
  
  1877 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West Monday 12 November :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Louis Beyers (elected) | Louis Beyers (elected) | 476 | 57.9 |
  | David Buchanan (defeated) | David Buchanan (defeated) | 346 | 42.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 822 | 97.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 18 | 2.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 840 | 8.4 |
  
  **1875**
  
  1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West Monday 11 January 1875 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | David Buchanan (re-elected) | David Buchanan (re-elected) | 1,446 | 89.8 |
  | J P Sweeney | J P Sweeney | 164 | 10.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,610 | 98.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 30 | 1.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 1,640 | 8.2 |
  
  **1872**
  
  1872 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West Monday 25 March :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | David Buchanan (elected) | David Buchanan (elected) | 1,727 | 45.4 |
  | James Plunkett | James Plunkett | 1,159 | 30.5 |
  | Walter Church (defeated) | Walter Church (defeated) | 710 | 18.7 |
  | Simon Belinfante | Simon Belinfante | 209 | 5.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,805 | 97.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 114 | 2.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 3,919 | 24.5 |
  
  ### Elections in the 1860s
  
  **1870**
  
  1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West Monday 10 January 1870 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Walter Church (re-elected) | Walter Church (re-elected) | 814 | 64.6 |
  | Geoffrey Eagar | Geoffrey Eagar | 389 | 30.9 |
  | William Redman | William Redman | 57 | 4.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,260 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 1,276 | 21.3 |
  
  **1869 by-election**
  
  1869 Goldfields West by-election Monday 15 February :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Walter Church (elected) | Walter Church (elected) | 325 | 53.0 |
  | Charles Blakefield | Charles Blakefield | 288 | 47.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 613 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 613 | 8.8 |
  
  **1867 by-election**
  
  1867 Goldfields West by-election Tuesday 26 February :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | George Thornton (elected) | George Thornton (elected) | 341 | 59.4 |
  | John Rae | John Rae | 233 | 40.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 574 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 574 | 9.8 |
  
  **1865**
  
  1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West Tuesday 10 January 1865 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Stephen Donnelly (elected) | Stephen Donnelly (elected) | unopposed | |
  
  **1860**
  
  1860 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West Wednesday 19 December :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Robert Wisdom (re-elected) | Robert Wisdom (re-elected) | 383 | 96.2 |
  | James Farnell (defeated) | James Farnell (defeated) | 15 | 3.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 398 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 398 | 10.0 |
  
  ### Elections in the 1850s
  
  **1859**
  
  1859 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields West Monday 13 June :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Robert Wisdom (elected) | Robert Wisdom (elected) | show of hands | |
  | William Redman | William Redman | | |
  