Grey Lynn (New Zealand electorate)

Grey Lynn is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, in the city of Auckland. It existed from 1902 to 1978, and was represented by nine Members of Parliament.

Population centres

The Representation Act 1900 had increased the membership of the House of Representatives from general electorates 70 to 76, and this was implemented through the 1902 electoral redistribution. In 1902, changes to the country quota affected the three-member electorates in the four main centres. The tolerance between electorates was increased to ±1,250 so that the Representation Commissions (since 1896, there had been separate commissions for the North and South Islands) could take greater account of communities of interest. These changes proved very disruptive to existing boundaries, and six electorates were established for the first time, including Grey Lynn, and two electorates that previously existed were re-established.^[1]

In the 1902 election, the electorate was classed as a mix of rural and urban (with a two to one ratio), and comprised areas just west of the central part of Auckland.^[2] In the 1907 electoral redistribution, the electorate was classed as fully urban, and the country quota thus no longer applied.^[3]

History

The electorate existed from 1902 to 1978.^[4] George Fowlds of the Liberal Party was the electorate's first representative.^[5] He served for three terms as was beaten in the 1911 election by the independent left-wing politician John Payne.^[6]^[7]

Grey Lynn was held from the 1919 election by Labour's Fred Bartram until he was defeated in 1928 by John Fletcher of the United Party.^[8] During 1930, Fletcher became an Independent.^[9] There was disagreement in the Labour Party regarding the nomination for the 1931 election, with John A. Lee chosen over their previous representative Fred Bartram, resulting in the latter to stand as an Independent.^[10]^[11] Four candidates stood in total, with Lee defeating the incumbent.^[12]

Members of Parliament

The electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament.^[4]

Key

Liberal Independent Labour Labour Independent United Democratic Labour

Election	Winner
1902 election		George Fowlds
1905 election
1908 election
1911 election		John Payne
1914 election		John Payne
1919 election		Fred Bartram
1922 election
1925 election
1928 election		John Fletcher^{[nb 1]}
1928 election		John Fletcher^{[nb 1]}
1931 election		John A. Lee
1935 election
1938 election
1938 election
1943 election		Fred Hackett
1946 election
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election
1960 election
1963 by-election		Reginald Keeling
1963 election		Ritchie Macdonald
1966 election		Ritchie Macdonald
1969 election		Eddie Isbey
1972 election
1975 election
(Electorate abolished 1978)

Table footnotes:

↑ John Fletcher became an Independent during 1930.^[9]

Election results

1975 election

General election, 1975: Grey Lynn^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eddie Isbey	8,268	51.0	-9.6
	National	J Meder	5,429	33.5	+6.5
	Values	Loren Robb	1,472	9.1
	Social Credit	W A Ross	977	6.0	-1.0
	Socialist Action	Matt Robson	31	0.2
	Socialist Unity	A B Skilton	30	0.2
Majority			2,839	17.5	-16.1
Turnout			22,262	73.5	-13.9

1972 election

General election, 1972: Grey Lynn^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eddie Isbey	9,887	60.6	+16.1
	National	J Meder	4,400	27.0	+1.1
	Social Credit	W A Ross	1,148	7.0	+2.3
	Values	Wayne Houston	814	5.0
	New Democratic	M J J Spratt	63	0.4
Majority			5,487	33.6	+15.0
Turnout			19,045	86.4	-1.5

1969 election

General election, 1969: Grey Lynn^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eddie Isbey	6,966	44.5
	National	J Meder	4,051	25.9
	Independent Labour	K Ryan	3,887	24.9
	Social Credit	W A Ross	743	4.7	-6.2
Majority			2,915	18.6
Turnout			17,965	87.9	+4.5

1966 election

General election, 1966: Grey Lynn^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ritchie Macdonald	8,329	59.8	-3.3
	National	H A Nash	3,930	28.2
	Social Credit	W A Ross	1,523	10.9	+5.2
	Communist	Peter McAra	152	1.1
Majority			4,399	31.2	-2.4
Turnout			16,820	83.4	-5.0

1963 election

General election, 1963: Grey Lynn^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ritchie Macdonald	9,383	63.1
	National	Jolyon Firth	4,598	29.5
	Social Credit	W A Ross	885	5.7	+1.8
	Communist	George Jackson	264	1.7	-0.3
Majority			5,240	33.6
Turnout			17,737	88.4	+46.9

1963 by-election

Grey Lynn by-election, 1963^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Reginald Keeling	4,172	65.84
	National	R J Presland	1,791	28.26
	Social Credit	W A Ross	246	3.88
	Communist	George Jackson	128	2.02
Majority			2,381	37.57
Informal votes			24	0.38
Turnout			6,361	41.48	-47.6
Registered electors			15,336
	Labour hold		Swing

1960 election

General election, 1960: Grey Lynn^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Hackett	8,761	63.8	-3.3
	National	B T Zouch	4,165	30.3
	Social Credit	F T Morley	693	5.0
	Communist	R C Wolf	117	0.9
Majority			4,596	33.5	-5.7
Turnout			15,945	89.1	-5.1

1957 election

General election, 1957: Grey Lynn^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Hackett	9,893	67.1	+2.5
	National	B Griffiths	4,106	27.9
	Social Credit	E R James	733	5.0
Majority			5,787	39.2	+2.6
Turnout			15,720	94.2	+3.7

1954 election

General election, 1954: Grey Lynn^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Hackett	8,483	64.6	-0.4
	National	T Gowan	3,676	28.0
	Social Credit	S H C Jones	835	6.4
	Communist	Rita Smith	129	1.0
Majority			4,807	36.6	+6.6
Turnout			14,432	91.5	+2.5

1951 election

General election, 1951: Grey Lynn^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Hackett	8,265	65.0	+9.0
	National	H G Barry	4,452	35.0
Majority			3,813	30.0	-2.0
Turnout			14,341	89.0	-5.4

1949 election

General election, 1949: Grey Lynn^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Hackett	7,362	56.0	-16.4
	National	J L Faulkner	3,159	24.0
	Democratic Labour	John A. Lee	2,627	20.0
Majority			4,203	32.0	-12.8
Turnout			14,002	94.4	-1.2

1946 election

General election, 1946: Grey Lynn^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fred Hackett	9,537	72.4
	National	H G Barry	3,627	27.6
Majority			5,910	44.8
Turnout			13,962	95.6

1935 election

General election, 1935: Grey Lynn^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John A. Lee	9,828	74.77	+16.99
	United	George Wildish	1,816	13.81
	Democrat	Hilton Basil Moore Arthur	1,290	9.81
	Communist	Henry Mornington Smith	210	1.59
Informal votes			379	2.88	+2.00
Majority			8,012	60.95	+33.27
Turnout			13,144	89.16	+5.90
Registered electors			14,741

1931 election

General election, 1931: Grey Lynn^[12]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John A. Lee	6,767	57.78
	Independent	John Fletcher	3,525	30.10
	United	Walter Harry Murray	1,037	8.85
	Independent Labour	Fred Bartram	382	3.26
Informal votes			104	0.88
Majority			3,242	27.68
Turnout			11,815	83.26
Registered electors			14,190

1914 election

General election, 1914: Grey Lynn^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labour	John Payne	2,933	34.04
	Reform	Murdoch McLean	2,844	33.01
	United Labour	George Fowlds	2,838	32.94
Informal votes			145	1.68
Majority			89	1.03
Turnout			8,615	86.20
Registered electors			9,994

Notes

↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 67f.
↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 66f.
↑ McRobie 1989, p. 71.
1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 264.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 197.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 197, 226.
↑ Gustafson 1980, p. 164.
↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 182, 197.
1 2 "State of Parties". Auckland Star. LXII (5). 7 January 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
↑ "General Election". Auckland Star. LXII (159). 8 July 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
↑ "Labour's Choice". The New Zealand Herald. LXVIII (20774). 17 January 1931. p. 12. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
1 2 The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
1 2 Norton 1988, pp. 232.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Norton 1988, pp. 231.
↑ "The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1951–52". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
↑ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
↑ The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
↑ "Election Counts". Auckland Star. LXII (291). 9 December 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

References

Gustafson, Barry (1980). Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. ISBN 0-19-647986-X.
McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Department of Political Science. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

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