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 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 Wellington East became part of 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

The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament:^[6]

George Fisher 1887–1890
John Aitken 1905–1908
David McLaren 1908–1911
Alfred Newman 1911–1922
Alec Monteith 1922–1925
Thomas Forsyth 1925–1928
Bob Semple 1928–1946

Members of Parliament

Key

Independent	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

1931 election

General election, 1931: Wellington East^[7]
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

General election, 1928: Wellington East^[8]^[9]
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

General election, 1925: Wellington East^[10]
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

General election, 1922: Wellington East^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alec Monteith	4,274	41.30
	Reform	Thomas Forsyth	3,801	36.73
	Independent	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

1908 election

General election, 1908: Wellington East, first ballot^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Arthur Richmond Atkinson	2,400	36.86
	Ind. Labour League	David McLaren	1,741	26.74	+13.88
	Liberal	William McLean^[14]	1,300	19.96	-23.45
	Liberal	George Winder^[15]^[16]^[17]	1,071	16.45
Majority			659	10.12	+9.80
Turnout			6,512	67.78	-13.91
Registered electors			9,608

General election, 1908: Wellington East, second ballot^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Labour League	David McLaren	3,446	52.92
	Opposition	Arthur Richmond Atkinson	3,019	46.36
Majority			427	6.56
Registered electors			9,608
Turnout			6,465	67.29

1905 election

General election, 1905: Wellington East^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	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. XXXIV (49). 26 August 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 54f.
↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 66f.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 276.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wellington East". The Evening Post CXII (140). 10 December 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
↑ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wellington East". New Zealand Truth (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. LVIII (17612). 15 November 1922. p. 13. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
↑ AtoJs 1908 election 1909, p. 31.
↑ "The General Election". Hawera & Normanby Star LVI. 10 November 1908. p. 10. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ "Mr George Winder". Auckland Star LXI (182). 4 August 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ "Personal Items". The Evening Post CX (29). 2 August 1930. p. 11. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ "Mr George Winder's new Premises, Corner Cuba and Manners Streets". The Evening Post. LXXVII (100). 29 April 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ AtoJs 1908 election 1909, p. 13.
↑ "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.

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