Heathcote (New Zealand electorate)

Heathcote was a 19th-century parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Population centres

The electorate was based on the Heathcote Valley suburb.

History

Heathcote existed from 1861 to 1893.^[1]

George Williamson Hall resigned in 1862. He was succeeded by William Sefton Moorhouse in the 1862 by-election. Moorhouse himself resigned the following year and was succeeded by Alfred Cox in the 1863 by-election.^[1]

John Hall, the younger brother of George and who was later to become the 12th Premier, won the 1866 election against George Buckley^[2] and represented Heathcote until 1872, when he resigned due to health reasons. At the 1872 by-election, John Cracroft Wilson was elected unopposed to represent the electorate.^[3]

James Fisher the represented the electorate over the next two terms, from 1876 to 1881. He was succeeded by lawyer Henry Wynn-Williams, who won the 1881 election. During the next term, beginning with the 1884 election, John Coster was the representative, until his death on 17 December 1886. The 1887 by-election was won by Frederic Jones.^[4] Jones was confirmed in the 1887 election a few months later.^[1]

The last representative for Heathcote was William Tanner, who won the 1890 election.^[1] He defeated Heaton Rhodes in his first attempt to enter Parliament.^[5][6]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   Liberal–Labour

Election results

1890 election

1887 by-election

The following table gives the election result:

1866 election

References