Tuapeka (New Zealand electorate)
Tuapeka is a former parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1871 to 1911.
Population centres
[edit]The 1870 electoral redistribution was undertaken by a parliamentary select committee based on population data from the 1867 New Zealand census. Eight sub-committees were formed, with two members each making decisions for their own province; thus members set their own electorate boundaries. The number of electorates was increased from 61 to 72, and Tuapeka was one of the new electorates.[1] The Tuapeka electorate was landlocked and inland from the Bruce electorate. The town of Lawrence was within the electorate.[2]
In the 1875 electoral redistribution, the electorate's area was unaltered,[3] but boundary changes were introduced in subsequent electoral redistributions. In the 1890 electoral redistribution, the electorate moved further inland and the settlements of Tapanui and Roxburgh were gained.[4] In the 1892 electoral redistribution, the electorate moved further inland again and Tapanui was lost again, but Alexandra was gained.[5] In the 1907 electoral redistribution, the shape of the electorate changed significantly, and Lawrence was lost to the Bruce electorate, but large areas were gained from the Mount Ida electorate, including Ranfurly.[6]
In the 1911 electoral redistribution, the Tuapeka electorate was abolished, and the vast majority of its area went to the Otago Central electorate.[7]
History
[edit]From 1855 to 1862 Vincent Pyke represented Castlemaine and Castlemaine Boroughs in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[8] Pyke represented Tuapeka from the 1893 election to 4 June 1894, when he died.[9]
William Chapple, who represented Tuapeka for just four months following a by-election in 1908,[10] later became an MP in the House of Commons, representing Stirlingshire (1910–1918) and Dumfrieshire (1922–1924).
Members of Parliament
[edit]Key
Independent Conservative Liberal Independent Liberal Reform
Election results
[edit]1908 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Liberal | William Chapple | 1,075 | 36.24 | ||
| Liberal | James Horn | 1,045 | 35.23 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Scott | 846 | 28.52 | ||
| Majority | 30 | 1.01 | |||
| Turnout | 2,966 | ||||
1899 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Bennet | 1,758 | 50.91 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Rawlins | 1,372 | 39.73 | −0.54 | |
| Independent Liberal | Alexander Fraser | 323 | 9.35 | ||
| Majority | 386 | 11.18 | |||
| Turnout | 3,453 | 73.16 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,720 | ||||
1898 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Rawlins | 1,118 | 45.34% | ||
| Independent | John Johnson Ramsay[17] | 844 | 34.23% | ||
| Independent | Robert Gilkison[18] | 504 | 20.44% | ||
| Independent | Henry Symes | 296 | 12.00% | ||
| Independent | James Sim | 14 | 0.57% | ||
| Majority | 274 | 11.11% | |||
| Turnout | 2,466 | ||||
1894 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Larnach | 1,373 | 51.00% | ||
| Independent | Scobie Mackenzie | 1319 | 49.00% | ||
| Majority | 54 | 2.01% | |||
| Turnout | 2,692 | ||||
1890 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Hugh Valentine | 885 | 51.96 | ||
| Independent | James Clark Brown | 818 | 48.04 | ||
| Majority | 63 | 3.69 | |||
| Turnout | 1,703 | 68.78 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,476 | ||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 39.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 41.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 43f.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 55–57.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 59–61.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 71–73.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 73–77.
- ^ "Pyke, Vincent". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 227.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 189.
- ^ "Tuapeka by-election". Wairarapa Age. Vol. XXXI, no. 9108. 6 June 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Political". The Oamaru Mail. Vol. XXIV, no. 7685. 29 November 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Tuapeka Election". The Star. No. 6326. 3 November 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Tuapeka Election". The Timaru Herald. Vol. LXII, no. 2854. 3 November 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Election Candidates". The Northern Advocate. 5 November 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Tokomairiro, October 25, 1898". The Bruce Herald. Vol. XXIX, no. 3006. 25 October 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "The Tuapeka Election". The Cromwell Argus. Vol. XXX, no. 1537. 25 October 1898. p. 5. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Election Result". The Wanganui Herald. Vol. XXVIII, no. 8522. 10 July 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Another defeat for Scobie Mackenzie". Grey River Argus. Vol. XXXVI, no. 7986. 10 July 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Election Result". Evening Star. No. 9439. 10 July 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
References
[edit]- 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.