Masterton (New Zealand electorate)

Masterton was a New Zealand electorate from 1887 to 1946, focused on the town of Masterton and the surrounding area.

## Contents

* 1 Population centres
* 2 History
* 2.1 Election results
* 3 Election results
* 3.1 1943 election
* 3.2 1938 election
* 3.3 1935 election
* 3.4 1931 election
* 3.5 1928 election
* 3.6 1925 election
* 3.7 1899 election
* 3.8 1893 election
* 3.9 1890 election
* 4 Notes
* 5 References

## Population centres

In the 1887 electoral redistribution, although the Representation Commission was required through the Representation Act 1887 to maintain existing electorates "as far as possible", rapid population growth in the North Island required the transfer of three seats from the South Island to the north. Ten new electorates were created, including Masterton, and one former electorate was recreated.[1]

The Masterton electorate's boundaries were roughly based on those of the Wairarapa North electorate that it replaced, although it was not an exact match. The electorate ran from the Tararua Ranges down to the sea, with its northern boundary just north of Eketahuna and its southern boundary just south of the largest Wairarapa town of Masterton.[2]

The 1890 election saw the electorate gain Pahiatua and Woodville, but lose territory on the coast south of Castlepoint. At the 1893 elections, it lost Woodville, and in the 1896 election, it lost Pahiatua. In the 1911 election, it lost Castlepoint, leaving it almost landlocked.

## History

The electorate of Masterton was created for the 1887 general election. It was represented by five Members of Parliament.[3]

The electorate was abolished in 1946;[3] the town of Masterton itself was moved to the Wairarapa electorate, while the rest was moved to the Pahiatua electorate.

### Election results

Key

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Election  | Winner

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| George Beetham
| Alexander Hogg
| George Sykes
| John Robertson
| Garnet Mackley
(Electorate abolished in 1946; see Wairarapa)

## Election results

### 1943 election

Template:Election box informalTemplate:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1943 general election: Masterton[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Garnet Mackley  | 5,061  | 47.88  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | John Robertson  | 4,567  | 43.21  | -7.28
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)|Template:Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Donald Alexander Thompson  | 581  | 5.49  |
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Independent politician|Template:Independent politician/meta/shortname]]  | Justin McCarthy Power  | 285  | 2.69  |
Turnout | 10,569  | 91.94  | -2.39

### 1938 election

Template:Election box informalTemplate:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1938 general election: Masterton[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | John Robertson  | 5,385  | 50.49  | +13.03
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Jack Irving  | 5,195  | 48.71  |
Turnout | 10,664  | 94.33  | +1.66

### 1935 election

Template:Election box informalTemplate:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1935 general election: Masterton[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | John Robertson  | 3,532  | 37.46  |
style="background-color: Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Reform Party (New Zealand)|Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | George Sykes  | 3,207  | 34.01  | -23.29
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Democrat Party (1934)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Democrat Party (1934)|Template:New Zealand Democrat Party (1934)/meta/shortname]]  | Thomas Hislop  | 2,688  | 28.51  |
Turnout | 9,427  | 92.67  | +7.88

### 1931 election

Template:Election box informalTemplate:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1931 general election: Masterton[7][8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Reform Party (New Zealand)|Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | George Sykes  | 4,660  | 57.30  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Peter Butler  | 2,709  | 33.31  |
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Independent politician|Template:Independent politician/meta/shortname]]  | Arthur Henry Vile  | 764  | 9.39  |
Turnout | 8,188  | 84.79  |

### 1928 election

Template:Election box informalTemplate:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1928 general election: Masterton[9][10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Reform Party (New Zealand)|Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | George Sykes  | 4,207  | 48.62  | -6.63
style="background-color: Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[United Party (New Zealand)|Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | William Thompson  | 2,969  | 34.31  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Ben Roberts  | 1,477  | 17.07  |
Turnout | 8,725  | 89.92  | -1.90

### 1925 election

Template:Election box informalTemplate:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1925 general election: Masterton[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Reform Party (New Zealand)|Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | George Sykes  | 4,403  | 55.25  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/shortname]]  | Jack Andrews  | 3,481  | 43.68  |
Turnout | 7,969  | 91.82  |

### 1899 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1899 general election: Masterton[12][13] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/shortname]]  | Alexander Hogg  | 2,591  | 64.92  |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Conservative (New Zealand)|Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Charles Edwin Cockburn-Hood  | 1,400  | 35.08  |
Turnout | 3,991  | 77.17  |

### 1893 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1893 general election: Masterton[14][15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/shortname]]  | Alexander Hogg  | 2,282  | 60.63  | +9.80
style="background-color: Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Conservative (New Zealand)|Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Joseph Harkness  | 1,054  | 28.00  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/shortname]]  | William Wilson McCardle  | 428  | 11.37  |
Turnout | 3,764  | 69.59  | +9.88

### 1890 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1890 general election: Masterton[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/shortname]]  | Alexander Hogg  | 1,069  | 50.43  |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Conservative (New Zealand)|Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | George Beetham  | 1,051  | 49.57  |
Turnout | 2,120  | 49.71  |

## Notes

1. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 50–53.
2. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 46, 50.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scholefield 1950, p. 160.
4. ↑ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1944-I.2.2.5.37.
5. ↑ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1939-I.2.3.2.36.
6. ↑ The General Election, 1935. Government Printer. 1936. https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1936-I.2.3.2.33&srpos=167. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
7. ↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1932-I-II.2.3.2.31. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
8. ↑ "Notice of nominations received and polling places appointed". Wairarapa Daily Times: p. 4. 21 November 1931. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19311121.2.20.3.
9. ↑ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 3. https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1929-I.2.3.2.37. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
10. ↑ "Notice of nominations received and polling places appointed". Wairarapa Daily Times: p. 4. 30 October 1928. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19281030.2.17.5.
11. ↑ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1926-I.2.2.6.39. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
12. ↑ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1900-I.2.3.2.54.
13. ↑ "Masterton Electorate". Wairarapa Daily Times XVI (6410): p. 3. 4 December 1899. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WDT18991204.2.24.3.
14. ↑ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 1. https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1894-I.2.3.2.21. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
15. ↑ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times: p. 6. 28 November 1893. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18931128.2.55.
16. ↑ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1891-I.2.1.6.2.

## References

* McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
* Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1925). New Zealand Parliamentary Record (2nd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
* Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
* Wilson, James Oakley (1985). New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

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