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Gold Fields North - By-election (Roll: 850)
Nominations: Monday, 4 April 1870, Polling: Monday, 18 April 1870
Candidate Votes Votes %
Burns, John Fitzgerald 182 42.23
Forster, Robert Henry Mariner (Elected) 249 57.77
Formal Votes 431
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Turnout 431 50.71
Cause Category: Elected to two seats
Notes: Robert Wisdom was elected to two seats, and resigned from Goldfields North to represent Lower Hunter.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 11 April SMH 1870, p.5 col.4-5 sourced from Maitland Mercury, with results from Armidale Express, 23 April 1870, p.2 col.1.