Electoral district of Goldfields North

Goldfields North was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859 to 1880, including the goldfields within several northern electorates. Rolls were not kept for goldfields 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 goldfields district.^[1] This meant that voters could vote tactically, if they felt their candidate was unopposed—as James Hoskins was in the 1860 election—or their preferred candidate was assured of election, they could vote in the other electorate.^[2]

Members for Goldfields North

Member		Party	Period
	James Hoskins	None	1859–1863
	James Buchanan	None	1863–1864
	George Pickering	None	1865–1868
	James Hoskins	None	1868–1869
	Robert Wisdom	None	1870–1870
	Robert Forster	None	1870–1872
	James Rodd	None	1872–1874
	Robert Forster	None	1875–1877
	Henry Copeland	None	1877–1880

Notes

1. Clune, David (2007). Antony Green; Michael Hogan, eds. The Electoral Atlas of New South Wales. New South Wales Department of Lands. ISBN 0-9752354-2-7.
2. Caldwell, John (1958). New England Politics 1856–1865. Unpublished BA thesis.