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Gold Fields West - 1872 (Roll: 16,000) Nominations: Friday, 1 March 1872, Polling: Monday, 25 March 1872 Candidate Votes Votes % Belinfante, Simon 209 5.49 Buchanan, David (Elected) 1,727 45.39 Church, Walter (Defeated) 710 18.66 Plunkett, James F 1,159 30.46 Formal Votes 3,805 Informal Votes 114 2.91 Total Votes / Turnout 3,919 24.49 Persons Voting / Turnout 3,919 24.49 Notes: David Buchanan had earlier been defeated re-contesting his seat of East Sydney. Source: SMH 2 April 1872, p.2 col.3 including booth results.