Wellington East (New Zealand electorate)
Wellington East was a parliamentary electorate in the eastern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand from 1887 to 1890 and from 1905 to 1946. It was succeeded by the Miramar electorate. The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament.
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 Wellington East, and one former electorate was recreated.[1]
The initial electorate was located east of the suburb of Te Aro and included the suburb of Mount Victoria.[2] The polling booth for the 1887 election was located at the Lyceum Hall in Tory Street.[3]
In December 1887, the
City of Wellington electorate.[4]
Through the City Single Electorates Act, 1903, the three-member electorates of the four main centres were split again, and this became effective at the end of the 15th Parliament and was thus used for the 1905 election. The City of Wellington electorate was split into the Wellington East, Wellington Central, and Wellington North electorates.[5]
History
Members of Parliament
The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament:[6]
Key
| Independent | Conservative
|
Ind. Labour League | Reform | Labour |
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1887 election | George Fisher | |
| (Electorate abolished 1890–1905, see City of Wellington) | ||
| 1905 election | John Aitken | |
| 1908 election | David McLaren | |
| 1911 election | Alfred Newman | |
| 1914 election | ||
| 1919 election | ||
| 1922 election | Alec Monteith | |
| 1925 election | Thomas Forsyth | |
| 1928 election | Bob Semple | |
| 1931 election | ||
| 1935 election | ||
| 1938 election | ||
| 1943 election | ||
| (Electorate abolished in 1946, see Miramar) | ||
Election results
1943 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bob Semple | 8,369 | 55.33 | -10.61 | |
| National | Len Jacobsen | 5,781 | 38.22 | ||
| Democratic Labour | Walter Bishop | 1,036 | 6.85 | ||
| People's Movement | Edwin Russell | 462 | 3.05 | ||
Pacifist
|
Archibald Barrington | 252 | 1.67 | ||
| Informal votes | 125 | 0.83 | +0.49 | ||
| Majority | 2,588 | 17.11 | -15.36 | ||
| Turnout | 15,125 | 85.35 | -6.14 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,721 | ||||
1938 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bob Semple | 9,618 | 65.94 | +12.79 | |
| National | William Long Barker | 4,882 | 33.47 | ||
| Informal votes | 51 | 0.34 | -0.21 | ||
| Majority | 4,736 | 32.47 | +10.96 | ||
| Turnout | 14,585 | 91.49 | +3.30 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,940 | ||||
1935 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bob Semple | 8,208 | 53.15 | +1.00 | |
| United/Reform | Ossie Mazengarb | 4,885 | 31.63 | ||
| Democrat | William Duncan | 1,189 | 7.69 | ||
| Independent | William Gaudin | 657 | 4.25 | ||
| Commonwealth Land Party | Edward William Nicolaus | 433 | 2.80 | ||
| Communist | Connie Rawcliffe | 70 | 0.45 | ||
| Informal votes | 86 | 0.55 | +0.08 | ||
| Majority | 3,323 | 21.51 | +17.30 | ||
| Turnout | 15,442 | 88.19 | +4.99 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,508 | ||||
1931 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bob Semple | 7,207 | 52.15 | +8.75 | |
| Reform | Thomas Forsyth | 6,614 | 47.85 | +12.04 | |
| Majority | 593 | 4.29 | -3.29 | ||
| Informal votes | 65 | 0.47 | -0.53 | ||
| Turnout | 13,886 | 83.20 | -5.27 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,690 | ||||
1928 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bob Semple | 5,527 | 43.40 | ||
| Reform | Thomas Forsyth | 4,561 | 35.81 | -19.53 | |
| Independent | James John Clark | 2,648 | 20.79 | ||
| Majority | 966 | 7.58 | -3.10 | ||
| Informal votes | 128 | 1.00 | -0.70 | ||
| Turnout | 12,864 | 88.47 | -0.98 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,541 | ||||
1925 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Thomas Forsyth | 6,191 | 55.34 | +18.61 | |
| Labour | Alec Monteith | 4,996 | 44.66 | +3.36 | |
| Majority | 1,195 | 10.68 | +6.11 | ||
| Informal votes | 193 | 1.70 | +0.72 | ||
| Turnout | 11,380 | 89.44 | -1.43 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,723 | ||||
1922 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alec Monteith | 4,274 | 41.30 | ||
| Reform | Thomas Forsyth | 3,801 | 36.73 | ||
| Liberal | Thomas William McDonald | 1,860 | 17.97 | ||
| Independent | Annie McVicar | 414 | 4.00 | ||
| Majority | 473 | 4.57 | |||
| Informal votes | 102 | 0.98 | |||
| Turnout | 10,451 | 90.88 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,500 | ||||
1919 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Alfred Newman | 4,375 | 42.77 | -7.52 | |
| Labour | Alec Monteith | 3,317 | 32.43 | ||
| Liberal | Len McKenzie | 2,441 | 23.86 | ||
| Informal votes | 94 | 0.91 | +0.12 | ||
| Majority | 1,058 | 10.34 | +9.75 | ||
| Turnout | 10,227 | 80.49 | -4.23 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,705 | ||||
1914 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Alfred Newman | 4,062 | 50.29 | -0.03 | |
| United Labour | David McLaren | 4,014 | 49.71 | +0.26 | |
| Informal votes | 64 | 0.79 | +0.07 | ||
| Majority | 48 | 0.59 | -0.27 | ||
| Turnout | 8,076 | 84.72 | +11.21 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,532 | ||||
1911 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Alfred Newman | 3,371 | 43.25 | ||
| Labour | David McLaren | 2,969 | 38.09 | -15.00 | |
| Liberal | Frederick George Bolton | 1,242 | 15.93 | ||
| Independent Liberal | John Brodie | 132 | 1.69 | ||
| Informal votes | 80 | 1.02 | +0.64 | ||
| Turnout | 7,794 | 76.26 | +8.74 | ||
| Second ballot result | |||||
| Reform | Alfred Newman | 3,780 | 50.32 | +7.07 | |
| Labour | David McLaren | 3,715 | 49.45 | +11.36 | |
| Informal votes | 18 | 0.23 | 0.79 | ||
| Majority | 65 | 0.86 | +0.22 | ||
| Turnout | 7,513 | 73.51 | -2.75 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,219 | ||||
1908 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative
|
Arthur Atkinson | 2,400 | 35.30 | ||
| Ind. Labour League | David McLaren | 1,741 | 25.61 | +12.75 | |
| Liberal | William McLean[20] | 1,300 | 19.12 | -24.29 | |
| Liberal | George Winder[21][22][23] | 1,071 | 15.75 | ||
| Informal votes | 286 | 4.20 | +2.92 | ||
| Turnout | 6,798 | 70.75 | -10.93 | ||
| Second ballot result | |||||
| Ind. Labour League | David McLaren | 3,446 | 53.09 | +27.48 | |
Conservative
|
Arthur Atkinson | 3,019 | 46.51 | +11.21 | |
| Informal votes | 25 | 0.38 | 3.82 | ||
| Majority | 427 | 6.57 | |||
| Turnout | 6,490 | 67.54 | -3.21 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,608 | ||||
1905 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative
|
John Aitken | 2,595 | 43.73 | ||
| Liberal | William McLean | 2,576 | 43.41 | ||
| Ind. Labour League | David McLaren | 763 | 12.86 | ||
| Majority | 19 | 0.32 | |||
| Informal votes | 77 | 1.28 | |||
| Turnout | 6,011 | 81.68 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,359 | ||||
Notes
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 50–53.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 50.
- ^ "The Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. XXXIV, no. 49. 26 August 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 54f.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 66f.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 276.
- ^ "Public Notices". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 136. 6 December 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wellington East". The Evening Post. Vol. CXII, no. 140. 10 December 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- ^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- New Zealand Truth. No. 1200. 29 November 1928. p. 14. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. p. 4. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "The General Election". The Press. Vol. LVIII, no. 17612. 15 November 1922. p. 13. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ "The General Election". Hawera & Normanby Star. Vol. LVI. 10 November 1908. p. 10. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Mr George Winder". Auckland Star. Vol. LXI, no. 182. 4 August 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Personal Items". The Evening Post. Vol. CX, no. 29. 2 August 1930. p. 11. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Mr George Winder's new Premises, Corner Cuba and Manners Streets". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 100. 29 April 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1905". National Library. 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
References
- "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.