Grey is a former Parliamentary electorate in the West Coast region of New Zealand.
The electorate of Grey Valley, created for the 1871 general election, was succeeded by the electorate of Greymouth in the 1881 general election, and lasted until 1890. In 1890 the Grey electorate was created, and was abolished in 1919.
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Grey Valley existed from from 1871 to 1881. William Henry Harrison was the first representative from 1871 to 1875 when he retired. Harrison had previously represented Westland Boroughs from 1868 to 1870.[1]
The electorate was represented by two members from the 1876 election onwards. Martin Kennedy and Charles Woolcock were elected in 1876; Kennedy resigned in 1878 and Woolcock retired at the 1879 election.[2][3] Kennedy was succeeded by Richard Reeves in an 1878 by-election.[4] He was defeated in 1881 when he stood for Inangahua. Edward Masters succeeded Woolcock in the 1879 election. Masters resigned in 1881[5] and was succeeded by Thomas Shailer Weston in an 1881 by-election. Weston stood in Inangahua in the 1881 general election and was successful.[6]
Greymouth was represented from the 1881 general election by Joseph Petrie.[7] He was defeated in the 1884 general election by Arthur Guinness, who represented the electorate (renamed in 1890 as Grey) until his death in 1913.[8] After the resulting 1913 by-election, the electorate was represented until 1919 by two radical politicians from the West Coast coal mines: Paddy Webb, who was imprisoned in 1918[6] and Harry Holland. They represented the Labour Party from 1916, or its predecessors.
The various electorates were represented by ten Members of Parliament.[9]
From 1871 to 1875, Grey Valley was a single-member electorate. It was represented by one Member of Parliament.
| Election | Winner | |
| 1871 election | William Henry Harrison (Independent) | |
From 1876 to 1881, Grey Valley was a two-member electorate. It was represented by five Members of Parliament.
| Election | Winners | |||
| 1876 election | Martin Kennedy (Independent) | Charles Woolcock (Independent) | ||
| 1878 by-election | Richard Reeves (Independent) | |||
| 1879 election | Edward Masters (Independent) | |||
| 1881 by-election | Thomas Shailer Weston (Independent) | |||
From 1881 to 1890, Greymouth was a single-member electorate, renamed as Grey from 1890 to 1919. Four Members of Parliament represented this electorate.
| Election | Winner | |
| 1881 election | Joseph Petrie (Independent) | |
| 1884 election | Arthur Guinness (Independent, then Liberal) | |
| 1887 election | ||
| 1890 election | ||
| 1893 election | ||
| 1896 election | ||
| 1899 election | ||
| 1902 election | ||
| 1905 election | ||
| 1908 election | ||
| 1911 election | ||
| 1913 by-election | Paddy Webb (Labour) | |
| 1914 election | ||
| 1918 by-election | Harry Holland (Labour) | |