Wellington South (New Zealand electorate)

For the former Canadian electoral district, see Wellington South.

Wellington South is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed for two periods between 1881 and 1946. It was represented by seven Members of Parliament.

Population centres

The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–76 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 Wellington South, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.^[1]

The electorate was in the southern suburbs of Wellington. It was east of the Foxton and Te Aro electorates, and included Miramar Peninsula.^[2] In the 1887 electoral redistribution, the electorate was abolished again and replaced Wellington East for the more densely populated area, and by Wellington South and Suburbs for the more rural parts.^[3]

History

The first representative was William Hutchison, who was elected in 1881.^[4] In the 1884 election, Hutchison was defeated by George Fisher.^[5] When Wellington South was abolished in 1887, Fisher transferred to Wellington East.^[6]

It was then re-created in 1908 and abolished in 1946. It was largely replaced by the Island Bay electorate,^[2] to which Robert McKeen transferred.^[7]

Election results

Wellington South was represented by seven Members of Parliament.^[8]

Key

Independent	Labour (original)	United Labour
Independent Liberal	Labour

Election	Winner
1881 election		William Hutchison
1884 election		George Fisher
(Electorate abolished 1887–1908)
1908 election		Robert Wright
1911 election		Alfred Hindmarsh
1914 election		Alfred Hindmarsh
1918 by-election		Bob Semple
1919 election		George Mitchell
1922 election		Robert McKeen
1925 election
1928 election
1931 election
1935 election
1938 election
1943 election
(Electorate abolished in 1946, see Island Bay)

Election results

1931 election

General election, 1931: Wellington South^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert McKeen	7,081	61.56	+10.02
	United	Will Appleton	4,422	38.44
Majority			2,659	23.12	-2.32
Informal votes			42	0.36	-0.76
Turnout			11,545	81.31	-6.71
Registered electors			14,198

1918 by-election

Wellington South by-election, 1918^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Semple	2,412	60.45
	Reform	George Frost^[11]	1,181	29.60
	Independent	John Castle^[11]	397	9.95
Majority			1,231	30.85
Turnout			3,990

1914 election

General election, 1914^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Labour	Alfred Hindmarsh	4,279	56.12	+4.36
	Reform	John Luke	3,064	40.18
	Independent	Robert Bradford Williams	221	2.89
Majority			1,215	15.93
Informal votes			60	0.78
Turnout			7,624	86.29
Registered electors			8,835

1911 election

General election, 1911: Second ballot^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour (original)	Alfred Hindmarsh	3,598	51.76	+14.62
	Reform	Robert Alexander Wright	3,344	48.10	+6.73
Majority			254	3.65
Informal votes			9	0.12	-1.18
Turnout			6,951	76.66	-2.61

General election, 1911: First ballot^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Robert Alexander Wright	2,974	41.37
	Labour (original)	Alfred Hindmarsh	2,670	37.14
	Liberal	William Henry Peter Barber	1,264	17.58
	Independent	Albert Couzens	185	2.57
Informal votes			95	1.32
Turnout			7,188	79.27
Registered electors			9,067

Notes

↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 43–48.
1 2 McRobie 1989, p. 46.
↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 46, 50.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 207.
↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 196, 207.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 196.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 215.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 276.
↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
↑ "By-election Results". The New Zealand Herald LV (17038). 20 December 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
1 2 "By-Elections". The Press LIV (16391). 10 December 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
↑ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
1 2 "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

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.

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