Electoral district of Goldfields West explained

Goldfields West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859 to 1880, including the goldfields within a number of western electorates.^{[1] [2]} Rolls were not kept for Gold Fields seats, voters being able to establish their right to vote by presenting either a mining licence or business licence in a proclaimed gold field that had been held for at least six months. Voters could also appear on the roll for general districts, but were prevented from voting in both their resident general district and the overlaying Gold Fields district.^{[3] [4]}

Members for Goldfields West

Member		Party	Period
		Robert Wisdom^[5]	None	1859–1864
		Stephen Donnelly^[6]	None	1864–1866
		George Thornton^[7]	None	1867–1868
		Walter Church^[8]	None	1869–1872
		David Buchanan^[9]	None	1872–1877
		Hugo Louis Beyers^[10]	None	1877–1880

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Goldfields West.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Former Members . Members of Parliament . . 12 December 2019.
2. Elections for the District of Goldfields West. DistrictIndexes. Goldfields West. 15 September 2020.
3. Book: Clune , David . Green. Antony. Antony Green . Michael Hogan . The Electoral Atlas of New South Wales . . 2007 . 978-0-9752354-2-3 .
4. Elections for the District of Goldfields West 1859-1880 . DistrictIndexes . GoldfieldsWest . 30 April 2019.
5. 617 . Sir Robert Wisdom KCMG, QC (1830-1888) . Yes . 18 April 2019.
6. 686 . Mr Stephen Augustine Donnelly (1835-1910) . Yes . 18 April 2019.
7. 491 . Mr George Thornton (1819-1901) . Yes . 18 April 2019.
8. 596 . Mr Walter Church (1819-1901) . Yes . 18 April 2019.
9. 524 . Mr David Buchanan (1823-1890) . Yes . 18 April 2019.
10. 848 . Mr Hugo Louis Beyers (1845-1910) . Yes . 18 April 2019.