Northern Division (New Zealand electorate)

Northern Division was a two-member parliamentary electorate in the Auckland Region, New Zealand from 1853 to 1870.

Geographic distribution

The electorate was north of Auckland; originally nearly to Whangarei, but from 1860 to just north of Warkworth.

History

The 1855 general election was contested by four candidates. The two incumbents, Thomas Forsaith and Walter Lee stood against Thomas Henderson and Mr May. They received 292, 294, 363 and 213 votes, respectively. Henderson and Lee were thus declared elected, and the incumbent Forsaith was beaten by two votes.^[1]

Henderson represented the electorate in the 2nd Parliament from October 1855 to his resignation on 30 March 1860. He won the resulting 23 May 1860 by-election and represented the electorate until its dissolution on 6 November 1860. He was elected again for the 3rd Parliament in January 1861, and the 4th Parliament in February 1866, but he resigned on 5 June 1867.^[2]

Thomas Macfarlane was elected on 6 July 1867, succeeding Henderson.^[3] James O'Neill resigned in 1869 and was succeeded by Harry Farnall.

Members of Parliament

Key

Independent

Election
1853 election	Thomas Forsaith	Walter Lee
1855 election	Thomas Henderson
1860 by-election
1861 election		James O'Neill
1866 election
1867 by-election	Thomas Macfarlane
1869 by-election	Thomas Macfarlane	Harry Farnall

Election results

1853 election

General election, 1853: Northern Division^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Forsaith	169	77.88
	Independent	Walter Lee	137	63.13
	Independent	Allan O'Neill^[5]	128	58.99
Majority			9^{[mb 1]}	4.15
Turnout			217^{[mb 2]}	58.33
Registered electors			372

Table footnotes:

↑ Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Lee – 137) and highest losing poll (O'Neill – 128).
↑ As electors had two votes each, turnout is assumed to be the sum of votes divided by two.

Notes

↑ "State of the poll. Declaration by the returning officer.". Daily Southern Cross XXI (874). 13 November 1855. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 113.
↑ "Northern Division Election". Daily Southern Cross. XXIII (3112). 8 July 1867. p. 4. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
↑ "The Elections". Daily Southern Cross X (643). 26 August 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
↑ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1902). "Mr. Allan O'Neill". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

References

Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.

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