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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.

## Population centres

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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]

## History

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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

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Key

Independent Liberal Conservative

Election | Winner(s)

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1853 election |  | Thomas Bartley |  | Loughlin O'Brien |  | James O'Neill
1854 by-election |  | William Brown
1855 election |  | Thomas Beckham |  | William Daldy |  | Logan Campbell
1858 by-election |  | Thomas Forsaith
1860 by-election |  | Archibald Clark[4]
(Electorate abolished 1861–1890 and split in two, see Auckland East and Auckland West; from 1887 to 1890 also Auckland Central)
1890 election |  | William Lee Rees |  | John Shera |  | Thomas Thompson
1893 by-election |  | Alfred Cadman
1893 election |  | Charles Button |  | William Crowther |  | George Grey
1895 by-election |  | Thomas Thompson
1896 election |  | James Job Holland |
1899 election |  | William Napier |  | George Fowlds
1900 by-election |  | Joseph Witheford
1902 election |  | Frederick Baume |  | Alfred Kidd
(Electorate abolished 1905 and split in three, see Auckland Central, Auckland East, and Auckland West)

## Election results

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### 1902 election

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1902 general election: Auckland[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Joseph Witheford | 7,854  | 58.73  |
| Liberal | Frederick Baume | 7,540  | 56.38  |
| Liberal | Alfred Kidd | 5,786  | 43.26  |
| Conservative | William Richardson  | 4,852  | 36.28  |
| Liberal | William Joseph Napier | 4,271  | 31.93  | −15.36
| Labour  | Arthur Rosser | 3,504  | 26.20  | −1.03
| Independent Liberal | Robert French  | 3,055  | 22.84  | +12.24
| Independent | John Henry Hannan  | 2,016  | 15.07  |
| Labour  | John Fawcus  | 966  | 7.22  |
| Conservative | Albert Penn Bradly  | 217  | 1.62  |
| Independent | H N Simson  | 58  | 0.43  |
Majority  | 934  | 6.98  |
Turnout | 13,373  | 66.94  | −3.37
Registered electors | 19,976  |  |

### 1900 by-election

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City of Auckland by-election, 1900[6][7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Joseph Witheford | 4,927  | 44.79  |
| Conservative | Richard Hobbs | 2,823  | 25.66  | −10.39
| Liberal | James Job Holland | 2,236  | 20.32  | −15.80
| Conservative | William Richardson  | 991  | 9.00  |
| Labour | Leonard William Snellar Small  | 23  | 0.20  |
Majority  | 2,104  | 19.12  |
Turnout | 11,000  |  |

### 1899 election

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1899 general election: Auckland[8][9][10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | William Joseph Napier | 6,097  | 47.29  |
| Conservative | William Crowther | 5,595  | 43.40  | +17.72
| Liberal | George Fowlds | 4,751  | 36.85  | −12.07
| Liberal | James Job Holland | 4,657  | 36.12  | −15.19
| Conservative | Richard Hobbs | 4,647  | 36.05  |
| Liberal | Frederick Baume | 3,792  | 29.41  |
| Liberal–Labour | Arthur Rosser | 3,511  | 27.23  | −10.87
| Conservative | Samuel Vaile  | 2,456  | 19.05  |
| Liberal–Labour | James Regan  | 1,470  | 11.40  |
| Independent Liberal | Robert French  | 1,366  | 10.60  |
| Independent Liberal | Patrick Quinlan  | 334  | 2.59  |
Majority  | 94  | 0.73  | −10.09
Turnout | 12,892  | 70.31  | +9.56
Registered electors | 18,336  |  |

### 1896 election

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1896 general election: Auckland[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Thomas Thompson | 7,192  | 58.60  | +19.85
| Liberal | James Job Holland | 6,298  | 51.32  |
| Conservative | William Crowther | 6,004  | 48.92  | +3.96
| Liberal–Labour | Arthur Rosser[12] | 4,676  | 38.10  |
| Conservative | Charles Button | 4,008  | 32.66  | −8.68
| Conservative | Edwin Mitchelson | 3,620  | 29.50  |
| Liberal | George Fowlds | 3,152  | 25.68  |
| Liberal–Labour | John Fawcus  | 906  | 7.38  |
| Liberal | John Shera | 609  | 4.96  | −2.82
| Independent | Ernest Eugster  | 354  | 2.88  |
Majority  | 1,328  | 10.82  |
Turnout | 12,273  | 60.75  | +0.02
Registered electors | 20,204  |  |

### 1895 by-election

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1895 City of Auckland by-election[13] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Thomas Thompson | 5,528  | 60.99  |
| Conservative | Richard Monk | 3,535  | 39.01  |
Majority  | 1,993  | 21.99  |
Turnout | 9,063  |  |

### 1893 election

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1893 general election: City of Auckland[14][15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | George Grey | 6,379  | 62.57  |
| Liberal | William Crowther | 4,584  | 44.96  |
| Conservative | Charles Button | 4,214  | 41.34  |
| Conservative | Thomas Tudehope[16] | 4,146  | 40.67  |
| Liberal | Thomas Thompson | 3,950  | 38.75  | −20.23
| Liberal | William Joseph Napier | 3,531  | 34.64  | −7.18
| Independent Liberal | Edward Withy[16] | 2,393  | 23.47  |
| Liberal | John Shera | 793  | 7.78  | −55.85
| Liberal | Samuel Vaile[16] | 502  | 4.92  |
| Liberal | Thomas Fernandez  | 92  | 0.90  |
Majority  | 68  | 0.67  |
Turnout | 10,195  | 60.73  | +14.30
Registered electors | 16,788  |  |

### 1893 by-election

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1893 City of Auckland by-election[17] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Alfred Cadman | 1,888  | 62.51  |
| Liberal | William Lee Rees | 1,132  | 37.48  |
Majority  | 751  | 24.86  |
Turnout | 3,020  |  |

### 1890 election

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1890 general election: City of Auckland[2][18] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | John Shera | 2,006  | 63.63  |
| Liberal | Thomas Thompson | 1,860  | 58.98  |
| Liberal | William Lee Rees | 1,761  | 55.86  |
| Independent | Adam Porter  | 1,501  | 47.61  |
| Liberal | William Joseph Napier | 1,319  | 41.82  |
| Conservative | James Wallis | 748  | 23.70  |
| Independent | Harry Farnall | 262  | 8.31  |
Majority  | 505  | 15.99  |
Turnout | 9,457  | 46.43  |
Registered electors | 6,788  |  |

### 1853 election

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1853 general election: Auckland[19] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Loughlin O'Brien | 415  | 84.46  |
| Independent | James O'Neill | 391  | 79.58  |
| Independent | Thomas Bartley | 269  | 54.75  |
| Independent | John Makepeace  | 257  | 52.31  |
| Independent | William Daldy | 142  | 28.90  |
Majority  | 12[mb 1] | 2.44  |
Turnout | 491[mb 2] | 62.27  |
Registered electors | 789  |  |

Table footnotes:

1. ^ Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Bartley – 269) and highest losing poll (Makepeace – 257).
2. ^ As electors had three votes each, turnout is assumed to be the sum of votes divided by three.

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ a b "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
3. ^ "Auckland City". Auckland Star. Vol. XXI, no. 280\. 27 November 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
4. ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1902). "Mr. Archibald Clark". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District. Christchurch. Retrieved 24 June 2010.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
5. ^ "New Zealand General Election, 1902 – Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1903 Session I, H-26". Retrieved 15 May 2013.
6. ^ "Auckland By-Election". Manawatu Standard. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 6683\. 28 April 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
7. ^ "The Auckland Election". Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. XXVII, no. 8820\. 28 April 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
8. ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
9. ^ "City of Auckland Electorate". Observer. Vol. XVIII, no. 1092\. 2 December 1899. p. 17. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
10. ^ "Auckland City". Observer. Vol. XVIII, no. 1093\. 9 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
11. ^ "The General Election". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVII, no. 305\. 23 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
12. ^ Husbands, Paul. "Rosser, Arthur". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
13. ^ "Decisive Victory for Mr Thompson". Fielding Star. Vol. XVII, no. 22\. 25 July 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
14. ^ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
15. ^ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times. 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
16. ^ a b c "Electorate City of Auckland". Auckland Star. Vol. XXIV, no. 274\. 18 November 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
17. ^ "Auckland Election". Hawera & Normanby Star. Vol. XXVI, no. 2497\. 5 August 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
18. ^ "Parliamentary candidates". The Press. Vol. XLVIL, no. 7722\. 29 November 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
19. ^ "Representative Assembly". Daily Southern Cross. Vol. X, no. 639\. 12 August 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

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