title: Electoral results for the district of Goldfields North
text: # Electoral results for the district of Goldfields North
  
  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.
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1859 | James Hoskins | None |
  | 1860 | James Hoskins | None |
  | 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 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Henry Copeland (elected) | Henry Copeland (elected) | unopposed | |
  
  **1875**
  
  1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North Monday 11 January 1875 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Robert Forster (elected) | Robert Forster (elected) | 497 | 84.8 |
  | Thomas Browne | Thomas Browne | 89 | 15.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 586 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 586 | 78.1 |
  
  **1872**
  
  1872 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North Monday 25 March :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | James Rodd (elected) | James Rodd (elected) | 252 | 51.0 |
  | Robert Forster (defeated) | Robert Forster (defeated) | 213 | 43.1 |
  | Charles Carey | Charles Carey | 29 | 5.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 494 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 494 | 32.9 |
  
  ### Elections in the 1860s
  
  **1870 by-election**
  
  1870 Goldfields North by-election Monday 18 April :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Robert Forster (elected) | Robert Forster (elected) | 249 | 57.8 |
  | John Burns | John Burns | 182 | 42.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 431 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 431 | 50.7 |
  
  **1870**
  
  1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North Monday 10 January 1870 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Robert Wisdom (elected) | Robert Wisdom (elected) | 212 | 54.6 |
  | William Bourke | William Bourke | 145 | 37.4 |
  | Henry Roman | Henry Roman | 31 | 8.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 388 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 390 | 45.9 |
  
  **1868 by-election**
  
  1868 Goldfields North by-election Monday 6 July :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | James Hoskins (elected) | James Hoskins (elected) | 223 | 68.0 |
  | William Gordon | William Gordon | 59 | 18.0 |
  | William Hanson | William Hanson | 46 | 14.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 328 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 328 | 46.9 |
  
  **1865**
  
  1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North Tuesday 10 January 1865 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | George Pickering (elected) | George Pickering (elected) | 269 | 71.0 |
  | Thomas Rusden | Thomas Rusden | 87 | 23.0 |
  | Henry Roman | Henry Roman | 23 | 6.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 379 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 379 | 58.3 |
  
  **1863 by-election**
  
  1863 Goldfields North by-election Tuesday 7 April :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | James Buchanan (elected) | James Buchanan (elected) | 319 | 59.4 |
  | James Macnamara | James Macnamara | 218 | 40.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 537 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 537 | 44.8 |
  
  **1860**
  
  1860 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North Wednesday 19 December :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | James Hoskins (re-elected) | James Hoskins (re-elected) | unopposed | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1850s
  
  **1859**
  
  1859 New South Wales colonial election: Goldfields North Wednesday 6 July :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | James Hoskins (elected) | James Hoskins (elected) | 122 | 56.2 |
  | James Macnamara | James Macnamara | 90 | 41.5 |
  | Edward Hargraves | Edward Hargraves | 5 | 2.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 217 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 222 | 9.3 |
  