Eden (New Zealand electorate)

Eden is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, in the city of Auckland.

Population Centres

The electorate is urban, and comprises a number of inner-city suburbs in the central-south part of Auckland.

History

The Eden electorate was created in 1871 for the 5th Parliament. The first elected representative was Robert James Creighton, who won the 1871 election. He was succeeded in 1876 by Joseph Tole, who served until 1887. Edwin Mitchelson won the 1887 election. He served three parliamentary terms until 1896, when he unsuccessfully contested the City of Auckland electorate.

John Bollard was the next representative, elected in the 1896 election. He held the electorate until 1914. He was succeeded by James Parr, who won the 1914 election. Parr resigned on 26 March 1926, as he had been appointed as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Rex Mason won the resulting 1926 by-election, as the Reform Party vote was split between two candidates. He held the electorate for the remainder of the term until 1928. He was succeeded by Arthur Stallworthy, who won in the 1928 election. He was defeated in 1935 by Bill Anderton, who held Eden until 1946, when he was elected for Auckland Central. Wilfred Fortune won Eden in 1946 and held the electorate for three terms until 1954, when he was defeated for the Onslow electorate.

Premier and Attorney-General Frederick Whitaker stood unsuccessfully for Eden in 1879; as did John Kerr in 1871.

The electorate was abolished in 1996, when it was replaced by the new MMP electorate of Epsom.

Members of Parliament

Eden was represented by 15 Members of Parliament.

Election	Winner
1871 election		Robert James Creighton (Independent)
1876 election		Joseph Tole (Independent)
1879 election
1881 election
1884 election
1887 election		Edwin Mitchelson (Independent)
1890 election
1893 election
1896 election		John Bollard
1899 election
1902 election
1905 election
1908 election
1911 election
1914 election		James Parr (Reform)
1919 election
1922 election
1925 election
1926 by-election		Rex Mason (Labour)
1928 election		Arthur Stallworthy (Reform)
1931 election
1935 election		Bill Anderton (Labour)
1938 election
1943 election
1946 election		Wilfred Fortune (National)
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election		Duncan Rae (National)
1957 election
1960 election		John Rae (National)
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election
1972 election		Mike Moore (Labour)
1975 election		Aussie Malcolm (National)
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election		Richard Northey (Labour)
1987 election
1990 election		Christine Fletcher (National)
1993 election

References

• Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1925) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record. Wellington: Govt. Printer. 
• Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer. 
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.