Dunedin Suburbs

For the former New Zealand football team, see Caversham AFC.

Dunedin Suburbs is a former parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand from 1890 to 1893. The electorate was represented by one Member of Parliament, William Dawson, representing the Liberal Party.^[1]

Population centres

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 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 Suburbs was one of four electorates to be first created for the 1890 election.^[2] It covered the area north, west and south of the City of Dunedin electorate, including North East Valley, Leith Valley, and South Dunedin.^[3] Dunedin Suburbs incorporated the vast majority of the former Roslyn electorate.^[4]

In the 1892 electoral redistribution, the Dunedin Suburbs electorate was abolished again. Its southern area mostly went to the City of Dunedin electorate, and some areas went to the Caversham electorate. Northern and eastern areas were taken into the new Chalmers electorate, and small areas went to the new Waikouaiti electorate.^[5]

History

The 1890 election was contested by William Dawson, Archibald Hilson Ross, and Francis Wilkinson.^[6] Dawson had previously been Mayor of Dunedin (1887–1888).^[7] Ross was the incumbent from the Roslyn electorate,^[8] and had been Mayor of Dunedin in 1880–1881.^[7] Dawson won the election by a large majority.^[6]

At the end of the parliamentary term in 1893, the Dunedin Suburbs electorate was abolished.^[9]

Members of Parliament

Election	Winner
1890 election		William Dawson

Election results

1890 election

General election, 1890: Dunedin Suburbs^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Dawson	877	63.09
	Independent	Archibald Hilson Ross	457	32.88
	Independent	Francis Wilkinson	56	4.03
Majority			420	30.22
Turnout			1,390	51.37
Registered electors			2,706

Notes

↑ Wilson 1985, p. 192.
↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 54ff.
↑ McRobie 1989, p. 57.
↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 53, 57.
↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 57–61.
1 2 3 "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
1 2 Griffiths, George (September 2005). "Dunedin’s 19th Century Mayors" (PDF). Friends of the Hocken Collections. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 231.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 262.

References

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.

Historic electorates of New Zealand » current electorates »

General electorates	Akaroa Albany Aoraki Arch Hill Ashburton Ashley Auckland Auckland East Auckland North Auckland Suburbs Auckland West Avon Awarua Banks Peninsula Bay of Islands Bay of Plenty, Eastern Birkenhead Brooklyn Bruce Buller Caversham Central Otago Chalmers Cheviot Christchurch Christchurch Country Christchurch North Christchurch South Christchurch West City of Auckland City of Christchurch City of Dunedin City of Nelson City of Wellington Clevedon Clive Clutha Coleridge Collingwood County of Hawke Courtenay Dunedin Dunedin Central Dunedin Country Dunedin East Dunedin and Suburbs North Dunedin and Suburbs South Dunedin Suburbs Dunedin West Dunstan East Cape Eastern Bay of Plenty Eastern Hutt Eden Egmont Ellesmere Fendalton Far North Foxton Franklin Franklin North Franklin South Geraldine Gisborne Glenfield Gladstone Grey Grey and Bell Grey Lynn Greymouth Grey Valley Halswell Hamilton Hampden Hastings Hauraki Hawera Hawke Hawkes Bay Heathcote Henderson Heretaunga Hobson Hokitika Hokonui Horowhenua Howick Hurunui Hutt Hutt, Eastern Hutt, Western Inangahua Island Bay Kaiapoi Kaimai Kaipara Kapiti Karapiro Karori King Country Kumara Lincoln Linwood Lyttelton Mahia Manawatu Manuherikia Manukau Maramarua Marlborough Marsden Masterton Matakana Matamata Mataura Mid-Canterbury Miramar Moeraki Mongonui Mongonui and Bay of Islands Mornington Motueka Motueka and Massacre Bay Mount Herbert Mount Ida Mount Victoria Nelson Suburbs Newton Newtown Northern Division Oamaru Ohariu-Belmont Ohinemuri Omata Onehunga Onslow Oroua Otago Otago Central Otahuhu Otara Owairaka Pahiatua Palmerston Panmure Papanui Papatoetoe Pareora Parnell Patea Pencarrow Peninsula Pensioner Settlements Petone Piako Picton Ponsonby Porirua Port Chalmers Port Waikato Raglan Rakaia Rangiora Rangiriri Remuera Riccarton Riverton Roskill Roslyn Ruahine St Albans St Kilda South Canterbury Southern Division Stanmore Stratford Suburbs of Auckland Suburbs of Nelson Sydenham Taieri Taranaki Tarawera Tasman Taumarunui Te Aro Te Aroha Temuka Thames Thorndon Timaru Titirangi Tongariro Totara Tuapeka Waiapu Waihemo Waikaia Waikaremoana Waikouaiti Waimarino Waimate Waimea Waimea-Picton Waimea-Sounds Waipa Waipareira Waipawa Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay Wairarapa North Wairarapa South Wairau Waitemata Waitakere Waitomo Waitotara Wakanui Wakatipu Wallace Wanganui and Rangitikei Wellington Wellington Country Wellington East Wellington-Karori Wellington North Wellington South Wellington South and Suburbs Wellington Suburbs Wellington Suburbs and Country Wellington West West Auckland West Coast Western Hutt Westland Westland Boroughs Westland North Westland South Woodville Yaldhurst

Māori electorates	Eastern Maori Hauraki Northern Maori Southern Maori Tainui Te Puku O Te Whenua Te Tai Rawhiti Western Maori

Goldminers' electorates	Gold Fields Gold Field Towns

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, September 23, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.