Dunedin West
Dunedin West was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, in the city of Dunedin. It existed for three periods between 1881 and 1996 and was represented by seven Members of Parliament.
Population centres
The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–76 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Dunedin West, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.[1]
The electorate was urban, and comprised a number of suburbs in the west of Dunedin.
History
The electorate existed in the 19th century from 1881 to 1890. It was represented by:[2]
- Thomas Dick 1881–84 (defeated)
- William Downie Stewart 1884–90 (retired)
The electorate was recreated, from 1908 to 1946.[2] Stewart's son, also called William Downie Stewart, represented the electorate for the Reform Party from 1914 to 1935, when he was defeated by Labour's Gervan McMillan.[3]
In 1984 the electorate was recreated again,[2] until the introduction of MMP in 1996. Clive Matthewson represented the electorate from 1984 to 1996. He left the New Zealand Labour Party in 1995, and was one of the founders of the United New Zealand party.
Election results
Dunedin West was represented by seven Members of Parliament.
Key
Independent Liberal Reform Labour United NZ
Election | Winner | |
1881 election | Thomas Dick | |
1884 election | William Downie Stewart | |
1887 election | ||
(Electorate abolished 1890–1908, see Dunedin) | ||
1908 election | John A. Millar | |
1911 election | ||
1914 election | William Downie Stewart, Jr. | |
1919 election | ||
1922 election | ||
1925 election | ||
1928 election | ||
1931 election | ||
1935 election | Gervan McMillan | |
1938 election | ||
1943 election | Philip Connolly | |
(Electorate abolished 1946–1984) | ||
1984 election | Clive Matthewson | |
1987 election | ||
1990 election | ||
1993 election | ||
(Electorate abolished in 1996) |
Notes
References
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.