Electoral district of Goldfields West

{{Short description|Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}}

Goldfields West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859 to 1880, including the goldfields within a number of western electorates.{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=5B |access-date=18 December 2019}}{{cite web |title=Former Members |work=Members of Parliament |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/pages/former-members-index.aspx |access-date=12 December 2019}}{{cite NSW election|title=Elections for the District of Goldfields West|year=DistrictIndexes|district=Goldfields West|access-date=15 September 2020}} Rolls were not kept for Gold Fields seats, voters being able to establish their right to vote by presenting either a mining licence or business licence in a proclaimed gold field that had been held for at least six months. Voters could also appear on the roll for general districts, but were prevented from voting in both their resident general district and the overlaying Gold Fields district.{{cite book

| last =Clune

| first =David

|editor-last=Green|editor-first=Antony|editor-link=Antony Green |editor2=Michael Hogan

| title =The Electoral Atlas of New South Wales

| publisher =New South Wales Department of Lands

| date =2007

| isbn = 978-0-9752354-2-3 }}{{Cite NSW election |title=Elections for the District of Goldfields West 1859-1880 |year=DistrictIndexes |district=GoldfieldsWest |access-date=30 April 2019}}