Wellington South (New Zealand electorate)

Wellington South is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.

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Population Centres

The electorate is in the southern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand.

History

The electorate was created in 1881, to 1887. It was then re-created in 1908 and abolished in 1946. It was largely replaced by the Island Bay electorate, to which Robert McKeen transferred.

Election results

Election Winner
1881 election William Hutchison (Independent)
1884 election George Fisher (Independent)
1908 election Robert Alexander Wright (Independent)
1911 election Alfred Hindmarsh (Labour (original)
then United Labour)
1914 election
1918 by-election Bob Semple (Labour)
1919 election George Mitchell (Independent)
1922 election Robert McKeen (Labour)
1925 election
1928 election
1931 election
1935 election
1938 election
1943 election

References