Te Aro was a parliamentary electorate in Wellington, New Zealand from 1881 to 1890.
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The electorate was based on the inner suburb of Te Aro.
It was represented by three Members of Parliament:
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.
Key
| Election | Winner | |
| 1881 election | Charles Johnston | |
| 1884 election | ||
| 1887 by-election | Francis Fraser | |
| 1887 election | Andrew Menteath | |
| New Zealand General election, 1887[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Andrew Menteath | 877 | 54.98 | ||
| Independent | Francis Fraser | 718 | 45.02 | ||
| Majority | 159 | 9.97 | |||
| Turnout | 1,595 | ||||
| Te Aro by-election, 1887[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Francis Fraser | 506 | 58.77 | ||
| Independent | W Travers | 346 | 40.19 | ||
| Independent | J Nancarrow | 9 | 1.05 | ||
| Majority | 160 | 18.58 | |||
| Turnout | 861 | ||||
| New Zealand General election, 1884[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Charles Johnston | 346 | 37.94 | ||
| Independent | Francis Fraser | 332 | 36.40 | ||
| Independent | E Shaw | 129 | 14.14 | ||
| Independent | J H Shaw | 71 | 7.79 | ||
| Independent | O'Shea | 34 | 3.73 | ||
| Majority | 14 | 1.54 | -3.65 | ||
| Turnout | 912 | ||||
| New Zealand General election, 1881[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Charles Johnston | 397 | 37.45 | ||
| Independent | Shaw | 342 | 32.26 | ||
| Independent | Stafford | 321 | 30.28 | ||
| Majority | 55 | 5.19 | |||
| Turnout | 1,060 | ||||