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.