Auckland Suburbs (New Zealand electorate)
Auckland Suburbs was a parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand from 1928 to 1946.
Population centres
In the 1927 electoral redistribution, the North Island gained a further electorate from the South Island due to faster population growth. Five electorates were abolished, two former electorates were re-established, and three electorates, including Auckland Suburbs, were created for the first time. These changes came into effect with the 1928 election.[1]
History
The electorate was formed for the 1928 general election, and was only ever held by the Labour Party.[2] It was represented by one Member of Parliament; Rex Mason, who had previously represented Eden.[3]
Mayor James Gunson stood unsuccessfully for Reform in 1928.
The electorate was abolished in 1946.
Members of Parliament
From 1928 to 1946, Auckland Suburbs existed as a single-member electorate.
Election | Winner | |
1928 election | width=5 rowspan=5 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color | | Rex Mason |
1931 election | ||
1935 election | ||
1938 election | ||
1943 election | ||
(Abolished 1946) |
Election results
1943 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rex Mason | 7,101 | 53.71 | ||
National | Thomas Augustus Bishop | 4,095 | 30.97 | ||
Democratic Labour | Sydney Stephen Pennefeather | 1,120 | 8.47 | ||
Independent | Frederick Allen | 448 | 3.39 | ||
Independent Labour | John Isaac Fulcher Williams | 182 | 1.38 | ||
People's Movement | James Trevor Donovan | 151 | 1.14 | ||
Majority | 3,006 | 22.74 | |||
Total valid votes | 13,222 | 99.06 | |||
Informal votes | 125 | 0.94 | |||
Turnout | 13,347 |
1935 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rex Mason | 7,749 | 68.13 | +11.21 | |
Reform | William Alexander Bishop | 2,843 | 24.99 | ||
Democrat | William Clark | 781 | 6.86 | ||
Majority | 4,896 | 43.04 | +29.21 | ||
Turnout | 11,373 |
1931 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rex Mason | 5,033 | 56.92 | ||
Reform | Richard Herbert Marryatt | 3,810 | 43.08 | ||
Informal votes | 45 | 0.51 | |||
Majority | 1,223 | 13.83 | |||
Turnout | 8,888 | 80.06 | |||
Registered electors | 11,101 |
Notes
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 83–88.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 154.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 125.
- ^ "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. 80, no. 24713. 13 October 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
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References
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
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