Franklin North

Franklin North was a parliamentary electorate in the southern part of the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1882 to 1890.

The electorate was represented by three Members of Parliament: Benjamin Harris 1881-84, William Francis Buckland 1884-87, and Frank Lawry 1887-90.

The electorates of Franklin North and Franklin South were created from the former Franklin electorate in 1881-82, and were absorbed back into the reconstituted Franklin electorate in 1890.

Franklin North included the towns of Papatoetoe, and Papakura from 1881 to 1887. In 1887 with the growth of Auckland Franklin North contracted in area, and Papakura was transferred to Franklin South.

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