Eden (New Zealand electorate)
Eden is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, in the city of Auckland.
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 Eden was one of the new electorates.[1]
The electorate was urban, and comprised 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.[2] The first elected representative was Robert James Creighton, who won the 1871 election.[3] He was succeeded in 1876 by Joseph Tole, who served until 1887.[4] In the 1879 election, Tole beat Frederick Whitaker.[5] Edwin Mitchelson won the 1887 election. He served three parliamentary terms until 1896, when he unsuccessfully contested the City of Auckland electorate.[6]
John Bollard was the next representative, elected in the 1896 election. He held the electorate until 1914.[7] In the 1899 election, he had a wafer-thin majority of just four votes over Malcolm Niccol.[8][9] Bollard 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.
Key
Independent Conservative Reform Labour United National
Election results
1931 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United | Arthur Stallworthy | 4,860 | 42.26 | -7.71 | |
| Labour | Bill Anderton | 3,590 | 31.22 | +12.41 | |
| Independent | William Henry Nagle | 1,823 | 15.85 | ||
| Reform | Richard Glover-Clark | 874 | 7.60 | ||
| Independent | Vivian Potter | 352 | 3.06 | -26.47 | |
| Majority | 1,270 | 11.04 | -9.41 | ||
| Informal votes | 169 | 1.45 | -0.05 | ||
| Turnout | 11,668 | 82.00 | -3.61 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,230 | ||||
1928 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United | Arthur Stallworthy | 5,953 | 49.98 | ||
| Reform | Vivian Potter | 3,517 | 29.53 | ||
| Labour | Bill Anderton | 2,241 | 18.81 | ||
| Christian Socialist | Ormond Burton | 200 | 1.68 | ||
| Majority | 2,436 | 20.45 | |||
| Informal votes | 135 | 1.12 | |||
| Turnout | 12,046 | 85.29 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,123 | ||||
1926 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rex Mason | 4,589 | 41.54 | ||
| Reform | James Gunson | 4,163 | 37.68 | ||
| Independent Reform | Ellen Melville | 2,197 | 19.89 | ||
| Informal votes | 99 | 0.90 | |||
| Majority | 3,811 | 3.86 | |||
| Turnout | 11,048 | ||||
| Labour gain from Reform | Swing | ||||
1914 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | James Parr | 5,231 | 57.55 | ||
| Liberal | William Tuck | 2,775 | 30.53 | ||
| Social Democrat | Wesley Richards | 1,682 | 18.50 | ||
| Informal votes | 86 | 0.94 | |||
| Majority | 2,456 | 27.02 | |||
| Turnout | 9,088 | 80.86 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,239 | ||||
1899 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Bollard | 2,255 | 50.04 | ||
| Liberal | Malcolm Niccol[8] | 2,251 | 49.96 | ||
| Informal votes | 52 | 0.94 | |||
| Majority | 4 | 0.09 | |||
| Turnout | 4,558 | 82.30 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,538 | ||||
1893 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edwin Mitchelson | 1,515 | 43.03 | -17.73 | |
| Liberal | Malcolm Niccol[8] | 1,189 | 33.77 | ||
| Liberal | Joseph Dargaville | 817 | 23.20 | ||
| Majority | 326 | 9.26 | -12.27 | ||
| Turnout | 3,521 | 75.20 | +27.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,682 | ||||
1890 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edwin Mitchelson | 728 | 60.76 | ||
| Liberal | Joseph Greenwood | 470 | 39.23 | ||
| Majority | 258 | 21.53 | |||
| Turnout | 1,198 | 47.61 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,516 | ||||
Notes
- ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 39.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 157.
- ↑ Scholefield 1925, p. 86.
- ↑ Scholefield 1925, p. 141.
- ↑ Stone, R. C. J. "Whitaker, Frederick - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ↑ Scholefield 1925, p. 118.
- ↑ Scholefield 1925, p. 79.
- 1 2 3 Scholefield 1940, p. 124.
- 1 2 "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ↑ "Election Results". Auckland Star. LXII (290). 8 December 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Auckland Seats". The New Zealand Herald. LXV (20109). 21 November 1928. p. 13. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. LXV (20090). 30 October 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "The General Elections". The Star (6668). 14 December 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ↑ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times. 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
References
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Scholefield, Guy (1925) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record (2nd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
- Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda (PDF). II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.