Former electorate in Auckland, New Zealand
City of Auckland was a New Zealand electorate formed for the election of 1853 . It existed from 1853 to 1860, and from 1890 to 1905.
The City of Auckland electorate was one of the original electorates, and was used in the country's first election . It covered a territory roughly corresponding to the central business district of the city today, and was surrounded by another electorate called Auckland Suburbs . As the city was growing rapidly, however, the electorate did not last long – in the 1860 election , it was divided into Auckland East and Auckland West .[ 1]
At the 1890 election , however, the total number of seats was reduced. This necessitated the re-creation of a seat to cover all of inner Auckland. This was accomplished by merging most of Auckland Central , Auckland West , Auckland North and Ponsonby , and taking a considerable amount of Parnell . In the 1893 election , the seat absorbed most of Newton electorate, but lost some of its southern territories to the remnants of Parnell. In 1902 election , Grey Lynn was split away into its own electorate . In the 1905 election , the remainder of the electorate was split in three, becoming Auckland Central , Auckland East , and Auckland West .[ 1]
The 1890 election was contested by seven candidates. John Shera , Thomas Thompson and William Lee Rees received 2006, 1860 and 1761 votes, respectively, and were elected. Adam Porter, William Joseph Napier , James Wallis and Harry Farnall received 1501, 1319, 748 and 262 votes, respectively, and were unsuccessful.[ 2] [ 3]
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
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Independent
Liberal
Conservative
Table footnotes:
^ Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Bartley – 269) and highest losing poll (Makepeace – 257).
^ As electors had three votes each, turnout is assumed to be the sum of votes divided by three.
^ a b Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103 .
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^ "Auckland City" . Auckland Star . Vol. XXI, no. 280. 27 November 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 26 June 2012 .
^ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1902). "Mr. Archibald Clark". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District . Christchurch. Retrieved 24 June 2010 . {{cite book }}
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^ "Auckland By-Election" . Manawatu Standard . Vol. XXXVIII, no. 6683. 28 April 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2016 .
^ "The Auckland Election" . Poverty Bay Herald . Vol. XXVII, no. 8820. 28 April 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2016 .
^ "The General Election, 1899" . Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 1 November 2012 .
^ "City of Auckland Electorate" . Observer . Vol. XVIII, no. 1092. 2 December 1899. p. 17. Retrieved 7 February 2014 .
^ "Auckland City" . Observer . Vol. XVIII, no. 1093. 9 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2014 .
^ "The General Election" . Auckland Star . Vol. XXVII, no. 305. 23 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 8 January 2014 .
^ Husbands, Paul. "Rosser, Arthur" . Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 23 April 2017 .
^ "Decisive Victory for Mr Thompson" . Fielding Star . Vol. XVII, no. 22. 25 July 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2016 .
^ The General Election, 1893 . Government Printer. 1894. Retrieved 19 November 2013 .
^ "The General Election" . Otago Daily Times . 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
^ a b c "Electorate City of Auckland" . Auckland Star . Vol. XXIV, no. 274. 18 November 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
^ "Auckland Election" . Hawera & Normanby Star . Vol. XXVI, no. 2497. 5 August 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 1 April 2016 .
^ "Parliamentary candidates" . The Press . Vol. XLVIL, no. 7722. 29 November 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 18 April 2012 .
^ "Representative Assembly" . Daily Southern Cross . Vol. X, no. 639. 12 August 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 15 June 2015 .
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