Franklin North
Franklin North was a parliamentary electorate in the southern part of the Auckland Region of New Zealand from 1881 to 1890.
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 Franklin North, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.[1]
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.
History
The electorates of Franklin North and Franklin South were created from the former Franklin electorate in 1881, and were absorbed back into the reconstituted Franklin electorate in 1890.[2]
The first representative was Benjamin Harris, who had since the 1879 election represented the Franklin electorate. His 1881 election was declared void in 1882, but he won the subsequent 1882 by-election.[3]
In the 1884 election, Harris was defeated by Frank Buckland.[4] Buckland in turn was defeated in the 1887 election by Frank Lawry. At the end of the term, the electorate was abolished and Lawry successfully contested the Parnell electorate in the 1890 election.[5]
Election results
The electorate was represented by three Members of Parliament:[2]
Key
Independent
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 election | Benjamin Harris | |
| 1882 by-election | ||
| 1884 election | Frank Buckland | |
| 1887 election | Frank Lawry | |
Notes
- ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 43–48.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wilson 1985, p. 263.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 203.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 186.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 212.
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.