Clutha (New Zealand electorate)

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Clutha was a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, from 1866 to 1996.

Contents 1 Population Centres 2 History 3 Election results 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Population Centres

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This electorate is in the rural part of Southland.

[edit] History

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The electorate was established in 1866. It was represented by Sir Thomas Mackenzie from 1887 to 1896.

In the 1996 election, the first MMP election, the electorate was combined with the adjacent Wallace electorate into the Clutha-Southland electorate.

[edit] Election results

	Election	Winner
	1960 election	Peter Gordon (National)
	1963 election
	1966 election
	1969 election
	1972 election
	1975 election
	1978 election	Robin Gray (National)
	1981 election
	1984 election
	1987 election
	1990 election
	1993 election

[edit] References

• New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington)

[edit] External links