Dunedin West was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate , in the city of Dunedin . It existed for three periods between 1881 and 1996 and was represented by seven Members of Parliament .
22-736: The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 election . In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Dunedin West, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated
44-525: A new ministry and became Premier again. City of Dunedin (New Zealand electorate) City of Dunedin , during the first two parliaments called Town of Dunedin , was a parliamentary electorate in Dunedin in Otago , New Zealand. It was one of the original electorates created in 1853 and existed, with two breaks, until 1905. The first break, from 1862 to 1866, was caused by an influx of people through
66-468: A major disruption to existing boundaries. The 1981 census had shown that the North Island had experienced further population growth, and three additional general seats were created through the 1983 electoral redistribution, bringing the total number of electorates to 95. The South Island had, for the first time, experienced a population loss, but its number of general electorates was fixed at 25 since
88-536: A series of telegrams that he had chosen to represent Auckland West. On 8 July, the report of the committee inquiring into his election for Thames was read to the House. It was found that this was in accordance with the law, but that he had to make a decision for which electorate he would sit. On 15 July 1876, Grey announced that he would represent Thames, and he moved that a by-election be held in Auckland West for
110-458: The City of Dunedin and City of Nelson electorates, returning a total of five members. In Dunedin, the three positions were contested by eight candidates. In Nelson, 20 December was the nomination day and the two candidates were returned unopposed. In two electorates, elections were held on Christmas Eve , while 19 candidates were elected between Christmas and New Year . The last election
132-479: The Otago gold rush , when many new electorates were formed in Otago. The second break occurred from 1881 to 1890. It was the only New Zealand electorate that was created as a single-member, two-member and three member electorate. In December 1887, the House of Representatives voted to reduce its membership from general electorates from 91 to 70. The 1890 electoral redistribution used the same 1886 census data used for
154-508: The 1887 electoral redistribution. In addition, three-member electorates were introduced in the four main centres. This resulted in a major restructuring of electorates, and Dunedin was one of eight electorates to be re-created for the 1890 election. From 1853 to 1860, the electorate was known as the Town of Dunedin . From 1860 to 1905, it was the City of Dunedin . James Macandrew was the first elected member. He resigned on 2 November 1858 and
176-552: The 1967 electoral redistribution. More of the South Island population was moving to Christchurch , and two electorates were abolished, while two electorates were recreated (including Dunedin West). In the North Island, six electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated, and six electorates were abolished. The electorate was urban, and comprised a number of suburbs in the west of Dunedin. The electorate existed in
198-463: The 19th century from 1881 to 1890. It was represented by: The electorate was recreated, from 1908 to 1946. Stewart's son, also called William Downie Stewart , represented the electorate for the Reform Party from 1914 to 1935, when he was defeated by Labour 's Gervan McMillan . In 1984 the electorate was recreated again, until the introduction of MMP in 1996. Clive Matthewson represented
220-541: The Representation Act 1875, and resolved to increase the size of Parliament to 88 representatives through the following changes: With the two new electorates and the amalgamation in Christchurch, the number of electorates thus increased by one to 73. Eleven of the electorates were two-member electorates; two electorates were three-member electorates. To split Timaru into two electorates was proposed by
242-627: The Timaru incumbent, Edward Stafford . The new electorate for the Waikato, Waipa, was added on the proposal put forward by William Jackson , who retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1875. The election was held over six weeks in December 1875 and January 1876. The date of election is defined here as the day on which the poll took place, or if there was no contest, the day of nomination. The first elections were held on 20 December 1875 in
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#1732794470992264-659: The electorate from 1984 to 1996. He left the New Zealand Labour Party in 1995, and was one of the founders of the United New Zealand party. Dunedin West was represented by seven Members of Parliament. Key Independent Liberal Reform Labour United NZ 1875%E2%80%931876 New Zealand general election Daniel Pollen Independent Julius Vogel Independent The 1875–1876 New Zealand general election
286-467: The seat that he would vacate there. The Government received a majority over the opposition in the election, but with political parties not forming until 1890, precise numbers cannot be given. One newspaper counted 48 of the members as Government supporters. On 15 February 1876, the Pollen Ministry led by Daniel Pollen resigned. Julius Vogel , who had been Premier prior to Pollen, formed
308-548: The two-member Auckland electorate, only Grey and Patrick Dignan were put forward as candidates, and were thus declared elected on 22 December 1875. The two-member Thames electorate was contested by six candidates, including Julius Vogel (who was Premier in 1875), William Rowe and Charles Featherstone Mitchell. On election day (6 January 1876), Grey attracted the highest number of votes and, unexpectedly, Rowe beat Vogel into second place (Vogel also stood in Wanganui , where he
330-404: Was a local eccentric and a frequent candidate from 1867 to 1884. The 1875 election was contested by eight candidates. The three candidates on the anti-centralist ticket, James Macandrew , William Larnach and Robert Stout , were all successful. They beat William Reynolds , James Macassey Henry Fish , James Grant and John Armstrong. Larnach resigned on 31 May 1878. The 1893 election
352-558: Was a two-member electorate. Under the Representation Act 1862 the City of Dunedin electorate was abolished, with two new electorates, Dunedin and Suburbs North and Dunedin and Suburbs South replacing it, with elections being held on 28 March to 6 April 1863 respectively. All electorates before and after changes returned two members, with each of the previous incumbents in City of Dunedin being assigned an incumbency in one of
374-519: Was contested by eight candidates, who contested three available positions. William Hutchison and David Pinkerton were incumbents who were successful, William Earnshaw was the third successful candidate (he had represented the Peninsula electorate in the previous Parliament), the previous representative Henry Fish came fourth, Hugh Gourley was fifth, with other unsuccessful candidates being James Gore , Charles Haynes , and David Nicol. Dunedin
396-524: Was held between 20 December 1875 and 29 January 1876 to elect a total of 88 MPs in 73 electorates to the 6th session of the New Zealand Parliament . The Māori vote was held on 4 and 15 January 1876. A total of 56,471 voters were registered. Political parties had not been established yet; this only happened after the 1890 election . The previous parliament had 78 representatives from 72 electorates. In October 1875, Parliament passed
418-621: Was held in the Wairau electorate on 29 January 1876 between Arthur Seymour and George Henderson. Seymour was successful. Elections in the Maori electorates were held on 4 January Southern Maori and 15 January (all other Maori electorates). A total of 56,471 voters were registered. George Grey stood in the general election for both the Auckland West and the Thames electorates. In
440-415: Was re-elected in a 14 January 1859 by-election . Elections for the first two-member electorate were held on 24 December 1860. Three people contested the poll, with Thomas Dick and Edward McGlashan returned. In 1863, the electorate was abolished and replaced with Dunedin and Suburbs North and Dunedin and Suburbs South . It was recreated for the 1866 general election . James Gordon Stuart Grant
462-476: Was recreated for the 2020 general election as a single-member electorate, as Dunedin no longer has a population large enough to support two electorates. The electorate, however, does not include South Dunedin , as that is now part of a recreated Taieri electorate. The multi-member electorate was represented by 23 Members of Parliament : From 1853 to 1860, Town of Dunedin was a single-member electorate. From 1860 to 1863, and 1866 to 1875 City of Dunedin
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#1732794470992484-498: Was returned). Hence Grey and Rowe were declared elected for Thames. A protest against Grey's election was lodged with the returning officer the following day, stating that Grey had not been eligible to stand in Thames as he had already been elected in Auckland West. This petition was filed to the House of Representatives at the end of January. With this controversy going on for several months unresolved, Grey advised in mid June 1876 in
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