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Wellington (originally City of Wellington), was a parliamentary electorate in Wellington, New Zealand. It existed from 1853 to 1905 with a break in the 1880s. It was a multi-member electorate. The electorate was represented, over the years, by 24 members of parliament.
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 Wellington was one of eight electorates to be re-created for the 1890 election.[1]
History
The electorate was one of the original electorates used in the 1853 election for the 1st New Zealand Parliament. During the period until 1871, Wellington was a three-member electorate.
In 1858, Isaac Featherston and William Fitzherbert resigned their seats in Parliament.[2] Featherston apparently wanted to return to England.[3] Instead, he successfully stood for re-election within months. The other person returned in the same by-election was William Barnard Rhodes.[4]
The election for the 3rd Parliament was held on 11 December 1860,[5] with the announcement of the official results on 15 December.[6]
Members of Parliament
Key
Independent Liberal Conservative Liberal–Labour Independent Liberal
Three-member electorate (1853–1871)
| Election | Winner(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853 election | Charles Clifford | Robert Hart | James Kelham | |||
| 1855 election | Isaac Featherston | William Fitzherbert | ||||
| 1858 by-election | Isaac Featherston | William Rhodes | ||||
| 1860 election | William Taylor[7] | |||||
| 1866 election | Charles Borlase[8] | |||||
Two-member electorate (1871–1881)
| Election | Winner(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 election | George Hunter | Edward Pearce[9] | ||
| 1875 election | ||||
| 1877 by-election | William Travers | |||
| 1878 by-election | George Elliott Barton[10] | |||
| 1879 election | William Hutchison[11] | William Levin[12] | ||
| (Electorate abolished 1881–1890) | ||||
Three-member electorate (1890–1905)
From 1881 to 1890, the Wellington electorate was replaced by three separate electorates: Te Aro and Thorndon during the whole nine years, and Wellington South (until 1887) then Wellington East (1887–1890)
| Election | Winner(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 election | George Fisher | Kennedy Macdonald[13] | John Duthie | |||
| 1892 by-election | William McLean[14] | |||||
| 1893 election | Francis Bell | Robert Stout | ||||
| 1896 election | George Fisher | John Hutcheson | ||||
| 1898 by-election[15] | John Duthie | |||||
| 1899 by-election | John Hutcheson | |||||
| 1899 election | Arthur Atkinson | |||||
| 1902 election | John Duthie | John Aitken | ||||
| 1905 by-election | Francis Fisher | |||||
| (Electorate abolished 1905; see Wellington Central, Wellington East, and Wellington North) | ||||||
In 1905 the Wellington electorate was again replaced by three electorates: Wellington Central, Wellington East, and Wellington North. In the 1905 election, all three Wellington incumbents stood in the new electorates, with Fisher and Aitken winning in Central and East respectively, while Duthie lost to Charles Izard in Wellington North – ending his parliamentary career.
Election results
1905 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Liberal | Francis Fisher | 4,692 | 42.06 | ||
| Liberal | Charles Izard | 3,441 | 30.84 | ||
| Liberal–Labour | John Hutcheson | 3,021 | 27.08 | ||
| Majority | 1,251 | 11.21 | |||
| Turnout | 11,154 | ||||
| Independent Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
1902 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Aitken | 7,808 | 55.29 | ||
| Conservative | John Duthie | 6,886 | 48.76 | ||
| Liberal | George Fisher | 6,685 | 47.34 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Patrick O'Regan | 6,304 | 44.64 | ||
| Conservative | Arthur Atkinson | 6,094 | 43.15 | ||
| Liberal | John Findlay | 4,764 | 33.74 | ||
| Liberal | James Godber | 1,437 | 10.18 | ||
| Liberal | Edwin George Jellicoe[20] | 1,384 | 9.80 | ||
| Labour | David McLaren | 1,003 | 7.10 | ||
| Majority | 3811 | 2.70 | |||
| Informal votes | 328 | ||||
| Total votes | 42,365 | ||||
| Turnout | 14,122 | 66.56 | |||
| Registered electors | 21,218 | ||||
1 Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Fisher: 6,685) and highest losing poll (O'Regan: 6,304)
| Participation by gender | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Turnout | 7,312 | 72.00 |
| Enrolled females | 10,155 | 47.86 | |
| Male | Enrolled males | 11,063 | 52.14 |