Buller (New Zealand electorate)
Buller is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1871 to 1972. It was represented by eleven Members of Parliament.
Population centres
The 1870 electoral redistribution was undertaken by a parliamentary select committee based on population data from the 1867 census. Eight sub-committees were formed, with two members each making decisions for their own province; thus members set their own electorate boundaries. The number of electorates was increased from 61 to 72, and Buller was one of the new electorates.[1] The Buller electorate was created from areas that previously belonged to the Waimea and Westland electorates.[2] Settlements located in the initial electorate area were Westport, Inangahua, and Reefton.[3]
History
The electorate's first representative was Eugene O'Conor, who was successful in the 1871 election, but he was defeated at the next election in 1876 by Joseph Henry.[4] Henry in turn was defeated by James Bickerton Fisher[5] at the 1879 election.[6] Fisher retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1881.[7]
Fisher was succeeded by John Munro, who won the 1881 election.[8] Munro was defeated at the next election in 1884 by Eugene O'Conor, who thus started his second period of representation.[9] O'Conor, who joined the Liberal Party, was beaten in 1893 election by Roderick McKenzie.[10] In the 1896 election, McKenzie successfully stood in the Motueka electorate.[11]
Patrick O'Regan won the 1896 election in the Buller electorate.[12] At the 1899 election, he was defeated by James Colvin, who held the electorate until his death in 1919.[13]
From 1919 the Buller electorate was represented by two radical trade unionists from the coal mines of the West Coast, Harry Holland and Paddy Webb. Harry Holland and then Jerry Skinner died in office.
In 1972, the electorate was split into the West Coast and Tasman electorates.
Members of Parliament
The Buller electorate was represented by eleven MPs:
Key
Independent Liberal Independent Liberal Labour
Election results
1962 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bill Rowling | 5,242 | 44.98 | ||
| National | Ernie King | 4,846 | 41.58 | +5.58 | |
| Social Credit | P. H. Matthews | 1,566 | 13.44 | −1.36 | |
| Majority | 396 | 3.40 | |||
| Informal votes | 37 | 0.32 | |||
| Turnout | 11,691 | 79.40 | −12.70 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,724 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1933 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paddy Webb | 4,799 | 68.10 | ||
| Liberal–Labour | H. Ian Simson | 2,249 | 31.90 | ||
| Informal votes | 343 | 4.86 | +3.14 | ||
| Majority | 2,550 | 36.18 | |||
| Turnout | 7,048 | 71.36 | −17.66 | ||
1931 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Holland | 6,136 | 71.01 | ||
| Reform | John Menzies[17] | 2,505 | 28.99 | ||
| Majority | 3,631 | 42.02 | |||
| Informal votes | 151 | 1.72 | |||
| Turnout | 8,792 | 89.02 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,876 | ||||
1914 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Colvin | 3,594 | 67.00 | ||
| Reform | George Powell | 1,399 | 26.08 | ||
| Social Democrat | Hugh Gillen | 371 | 6.91 | ||
| Majority | 2,195 | 40.92 | |||
| Informal votes | 73 | 1.36 | |||
| Turnout | 5,364 | 81.30 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,597 | ||||
1899 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Liberal | James Colvin | 2,846 | 55.37 | ||
| Liberal | Patrick O'Regan | 2,294 | 44.63 | ||
| Majority | 552 | 10.74 | |||
| Turnout | 5,140 | 87.68 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,862 | ||||
1893 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Roderick McKenzie | 1,817 | 53.11 | ||
| Liberal | Eugene O'Conor | 1,604 | 46.89 | ||
| Majority | 213 | 6.23 | |||
| Turnout | 3,421 | 84.39 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,054 | ||||
Notes
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 39.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 37, 41.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 41.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 204, 224.
- ^ The Cyclopedia Company Limited, ed. (1906). "Former Members Of The House Of Representatives". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand - Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts. Christchurch. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 196, 204.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 196.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 222.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 222, 224.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 216, 224.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 216.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 224.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 190, 224.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 204.
- ^ "Buller By-Election". The Press. Vol. LXIX, no. 21026. 30 November 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "Buller Electorate". The Evening Post. Vol. CXII, no. 127. 25 November 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
References
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Department of Political Science. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - 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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