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Gold Fields West - 1877 (Roll: 10,000) Nominations: Saturday, 27 October 1877, Polling: Monday, 12 November 1877 Candidate Votes Votes % Beyers, Hugo Louis (Elected) 476 57.91 Buchanan, David (Defeated) 346 42.09 Formal Votes 822 Informal Votes 18 2.14 Total Votes / Turnout 840 8.40 Persons Voting / Turnout 840 8.40 Notes: Total votes in Statistical Register clearly includes the informal votes. Source: Report of nominations SMH 29 October 1877, p.5 col.7, results from SMH 20 November, p.5 col.6, booths reported 23 November, p.3 col.1.