Ashley (NZ electorate)
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Ashley was a New Zealand electorate, situated north of Christchurch.
[edit] History
The electorate of Ashley was created for the 1866 elections. It was formed from a corner of Cheviot electorate, and included the towns of Ashley, Amberley, and Oxford. The electorate's boundaries remained roughly the same until the 1881 elections, when it expanded slightly into Kaiapoi electorate and Amberley was returned to Cheviot. In the 1887 elections, the electorate expanded westwards into Cheviot's southern tip. In the 1890 elections, Cheviot itself was abolished, and the majority of its territory was absorbed into Ashley — to compensate, territory was taken from Ashley in the south and given to Kaiapoi. In the 1893 elections, Ashley expanded further north, taking the town of Kaikoura from Wairau electorate, but ceded Oxford to Kaiapoi in the south. In the 1902 elections, Ashley was dissolved, being replaced with an electorate called Hurunui covering much the same area.
[edit] Election results
| Election | Winner | |
| 1866 election | Lancelot Walker | |
| 1867 by-election | Henry Tancred | |
| 1871 election | John Brown | |
| 1875 election | ||
| 1879 election | William Sefton Moorhouse | |
| 1881 election | William Pearson | |
| 1884 election | ||
| 1887 election | ||
| 1888 by-election | John Verrall | |
| 1890 election | Richard Meredith | |
| 1893 election | ||
| 1896 election | ||
| 1899 election |
