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Gold Fields South - 1869-70 (Roll: 2,240)
Nominations: Wednesday, 15 December 1869, Polling: Monday, 10 January 1870
Candidate Votes Votes %
Baker, Ezekiel Alexander (Elected) 476 65.29
Stephen, George Milner 253 34.71
Formal Votes 729
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Turnout 729 32.54
Persons Voting / Turnout 729 32.54
Notes: Sitting MP James Rodd retired citing ill-health, SMH 10 December 1869, p.6 col.4.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 21 December 1869, p.3 col.3, sourced from Gundagai Times. Result from Gundagai Times, 29 January 1870, p.3 col.1 These results did not make it into any of the city papers.