Wallace (New Zealand electorate)

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Wallace was a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, from 1859 to 1996.

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

[edit] Population Centres

This electorate is in the rural part of Southland.

[edit] History

The electorate was established in 1859. It was represented by Sir Francis Dillon Bell from 1859 to 1866.

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

[edit] Election results

	Election	Winner
	1925 election	Adam Hamilton (Reform Party)
	1928 election
	1931 election
	1935 election
	1938 election	Adam Hamilton (National)
	1943 election
	1946 election	Thomas MacDonald (National)
	1949 election
	1951 election
	1954 election
	1957 election	Brian Talboys (National)
	1960 election
	1963 election
	1966 election
	1969 election
	1972 election
	1975 election
	1978 election
	1981 election	Derek Angus (National)
	1984 election
	1987 election
	1990 election	Bill English (National)
	1993 election

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links