A unique feature of the Gold Fields District was that it was superimposed over other electorates, and voting was open to those who had held a mining license for some time.
[6] The Gold Fields election on 14 April 1863 returned two members unopposed: William Baldwin and George Brodie.
[9][10] Charles Edward Haughton won the resulting 1865 by-election held on 29 May contested by three candidates.
[11] In the 1866 election, two members were returned unopposed on 26 February: Charles O'Neill and Julius Vogel.
[12][13] It is unclear why, on 28 February, Vogel stood in the Waikouaiti electorate, where he was defeated by William Murison.