Wallace (New Zealand electorate)
Wallace was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was established in 1858, the first election held in 1859, and existed until 1996. For a time, it was represented by two members. In total, there were 18 Members of Parliament from the Wallace electorate.
Population centres
The initial 24 New Zealand electorates were defined by Governor George Grey in March 1853, based on the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 that had been passed by the British government. The Constitution Act also allowed the House of Representatives to establish new electorates, and this was first done in 1858, when four new electorates were formed by splitting existing electorates.[1] Wallace was one of those four electorates, and it was established by splitting the Dunedin Country electorate.[2] Settlements in the initial area were Invercargill, Gore, Mataura, and Riverton.[3]
This electorate is in the rural part of Southland.
History
The first election was held on 30 November 1859 during the term of the 2nd New Zealand Parliament, and was won by Dillon Bell.[4]
For the term of the 3rd New Zealand Parliament (1861–66), it was a two-member electorate. From 1866 to its dissolution in 1996, it was a single-member electorate.[5]
In 1938 additional areas added from Central Otago and the West Coast made Wallace the biggest (non-Māori) electorate in New Zealand.[6]
In the 1996 election, the first MMP election, the electorate was combined with the adjacent Clutha electorate into the Clutha-Southland electorate.
Members of Parliament
Key
Independent Liberal Reform National
- Single-member electorate
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1859 election | Dillon Bell | |
- Multi-member electorate
| Election | Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1861 election | Dillon Bell | Walter Mantell | ||
- Single-member electorate
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1866 election | Alexander McNeill | |
| 1st 1869 by-election | Cuthbert Cowan | |
| 2nd 1869 by-election | George Webster | |
| 1871 election | ||
| 1875 by-election | Christopher Basstian | |
| 1875 election | James Joyce | |
| 1879 election | Henry Hirst | |
| 1881 election | Theophilus Daniel | |
| 1884 election | Henry Hirst | |
| 1887 election | Samuel Hodgkinson | |
| 1890 election | James Mackintosh | |
| 1893 election | ||
| 1896 election | Michael Gilfedder | |
| 1899 election | ||
| 1902 election | John Thomson | |
| 1905 election | ||
| 1908 election | ||
| 1911 election | ||
| 1914 election | ||
| 1919 election | Adam Hamilton | |
| 1922 election | John Thomson | |
| 1925 election | Adam Hamilton | |
| 1928 election | ||
| 1931 election | ||
| 1935 election | ||
| 1938 election | ||
| 1943 election | ||
| 1946 election | Tom Macdonald | |
| 1949 election | ||
| 1951 election | ||
| 1954 election | ||
| 1957 election | Brian Talboys | |
| 1960 election | ||
| 1963 election | ||
| 1966 election | ||
| 1969 election | ||
| 1972 election | ||
| 1975 election | ||
| 1978 election | ||
| 1981 election | Derek Angus | |
| 1984 election | ||
| 1987 election | ||
| 1990 election | Bill English | |
| 1993 election | ||
| (Electorate abolished 1996) | ||
Election results
1931 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Adam Hamilton | 5,408 | 67.82 | +18.49 | |
| Independent | Peter Gilfedder[8] | 2,566 | 32.18 | ||
| Majority | 2,842 | 35.64 | +35.41 | ||
| Informal votes | 72 | 0.89 | -0.19 | ||
| Turnout | 8,046 | 82.31 | -9.39 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,775 | ||||
1899 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Michael Gilfedder | 1,896 | 53.06 | +26.73 | |
| Conservative | Allen Carmichael | 1,677 | 46.94 | ||
| Majority | 219 | 6.13 | 3.71 | ||
| Turnout | 3,573 | 78.05 | 1.46 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,578 | ||||
1896 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Michael Gilfedder | 756 | 26.33 | ||
| Liberal | Rev. Thomas Neave[12] | 640 | 22.29 | ||
| Conservative | Hugh Valentine | 585 | 20.38 | ||
| Conservative | Henry Hirst | 487 | 16.96 | ||
| Liberal | James Mackintosh | 403 | 14.04 | ||
| Majority | 116 | 4.04 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,927 | ||||
1890 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Mackintosh | 675 | 44.47 | ||
| Conservative | Samuel Hodgkinson | 497 | 32.74 | ||
| Independent | Henry Hirst | 346 | 22.79 | ||
| Majority | 178 | 11.72 | |||
| Turnout | 1,518 | 54.31 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,795 | ||||
Notes
- ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 29.
- ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 29f.
- ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 31.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 183.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 275.
- ↑ "Alterations to Wallace Electorate" (4347). Lake Wakatip Mail. 11 January 1938. p. 5.
- ↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wallace". Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle. XXVII (1349). 15 December 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ↑ "Orepuki". Otago Witness (2385). 23 November 1899. p. 34. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ↑ "Otago". Auckland Star. XXVII (305). 23 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1905). "The Rev. Thomas Neave". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Otago & Southland Provincial Districts. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
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.