Kaiapoi (New Zealand electorate)
Kaiapoi was a rural New Zealand electorate, north of Christchurch in the Canterbury region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1946. It was represented by twelve Members of Parliament.
Population centres
The electorate was centred on the town of Kaiapoi to the north of Christchurch. In the 1887 election, polling booths were in Kaiapoi, Clarkville, Rangiora and Woodend.[1]
History
The electorate dates from 1861.[2] Isaac Thomas Cookson was the first representative after winning the 1861. Cookson had previously represented the Christchurch Country electorate, which was abolished at the end of the term of the 2nd Parliament in 1960.[3] Cookson resigned in 1863,[4] and the resulting 1863 by-election was won by Robert Wilkin.[5] Wilkin retired at the end of the parliamentary term and was succeeded by Joseph Beswick, who won the 1866 election, but resigned the following year.[6]
The resulting 1867 by-election was won by John Studholme, who was confirmed at the 1871 election[7] but resigned in 1874.[8] He was succeeded by Charles Bowen in the 1875 by-election. Bowen was confirmed in the 1875 and 1879 elections.[6] Bowen retired at the 1881 election.
Isaac Wilson was elected in 1881,[9] but resigned before the end of the term due to failing health.[10][11] Edward Richardson stood in the 16 May 1884 by-election. He was returned unopposed.[12] Richardson won the 1884 and 1887 elections,[13] and he retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1890.[14][15] In the 1887 election, his opponent was Richard Moore.[1]
Moore was the successful candidate in the 1890 election.[16][17] A conservative, he was defeated by David Buddo of the Liberal Party in the 1893 election.[18] Moore in turn defeated Buddo in the 1896 election.[16] In the 1899 election, Buddo defeated Moore again.[18] This time, Buddo held the electorate until he was defeated in the 1919 election by David Jones.[19] At the next election in 1922, Buddo defeated Jones. From 1925, his Liberal Party called itself 'National Party' for two years.[20] Buddo retired in 1928.[18]
Buddo was succeeded by Richard Hawke from the United Party in the 1928 election. He was re-elected in 1931,[21] but lost the 1935 election against Labour's Morgan Williams.[22] Williams held the electorate until it was abolished in 1946.[23] Williams contested the St Albans in the 1946 election, but was defeated.[22]
Members of Parliament
Key
Independent Conservative Liberal Reform United Labour
Election | Winner | |
---|---|---|
1861 election | Isaac Cookson | |
1863 by-election | Robert Wilkin | |
1866 election | Joseph Beswick | |
1867 by-election | John Studholme | |
1871 election | ||
1875 by-election | Charles Bowen | |
1875 election | ||
1879 election | ||
1881 election | Isaac Wilson | |
1884 by-election | Edward Richardson | |
1884 election | ||
1887 election | ||
1890 election | Richard Moore | |
1893 election | David Buddo | |
1896 election | Richard Moore | |
1899 election | David Buddo | |
1902 election | ||
1905 election | ||
1908 election | ||
1911 election | ||
1914 election | ||
1919 election | David Jones | |
1922 election | David Buddo | |
1925 election | ||
1928 election | Richard Hawke | |
1931 election | ||
1935 election | Morgan Williams | |
1938 election | ||
1943 election | ||
(Electorate abolished 1946) |
Election results
1935 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morgan Williams | 4,763 | 47.05 | ||
United | Richard Hawke | 3,339 | 32.98 | -24.69 | |
Independent | Archibald Albany McLachlan[nb 1] | 2,021 | 19.96 | ||
Majority | 1,424 | 14.07 | -1.29 | ||
Turnout | 10,123 | 88.17 | +2.30 | ||
Registered electors | 11,481 | ||||
Table footnotes:
- ↑ For some biographical details of McLachlan refer to his grandfather's article
1931 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Richard Hawke | 5,312 | 57.68 | +23.16 | |
Labour | John Archer | 3,898 | 42.32 | ||
Majority | 1,414 | 15.35 | +14.32 | ||
Informal votes | 26 | 0.28 | -1.47 | ||
Turnout | 9,236 | 85.87 | -3.80 | ||
Registered electors | 10,756 | ||||
1928 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Richard Hawke | 3,216 | 34.52 | ||
Reform | James Arthur Flesher | 3,120 | 33.49 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth McCombs | 2,980 | 31.99 | ||
Majority | 96 | 1.03 | -6.08 | ||
Informal votes | 166 | 1.75 | +0.94 | ||
Turnout | 9,482 | 89.67 | -1.98 | ||
Registered electors | 10,574 | ||||
1925 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Buddo | 3,594 | 45.98 | +0.56 | |
Reform | William Brock | 3,038 | 38.86 | ||
Labour | Morgan Williams | 1,185 | 15.16 | +5.11 | |
Majority | 556 | 7.11 | +6.23 | ||
Informal votes | 64 | 0.81 | 0.19 | ||
Turnout | 7,881 | 91.65 | +2.40 | ||
Registered electors | 8,599 | ||||
1922 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Buddo | 3,328 | 45.42 | +7.27 | |
Reform | David Jones | 3,263 | 44.53 | +5.63 | |
Labour | Morgan Williams | 736 | 10.05 | -12.89 | |
Majority | 65 | 0.89 | +0.13 | ||
Informal votes | 46 | 0.62 | -0.44 | ||
Turnout | 7,373 | 89.25 | +5.45 | ||
Registered electors | 8,261 | ||||
1919 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | David Jones | 2,580 | 38.91 | -1.30 | |
Liberal | David Buddo | 2,530 | 38.15 | -21.64 | |
Labour | Morgan Williams | 1,521 | 22.94 | ||
Majority | 50 | 0.75 | -18.83 | ||
Informal votes | 71 | 1.06 | +0.53 | ||
Turnout | 6,702 | 83.80 | -4.24 | ||
Registered electors | 7,998 | ||||
1914 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Buddo | 3,606 | 59.79 | ||
Reform | David Jones | 2,425 | 40.21 | ||
Majority | 1,181 | 19.58 | |||
Informal votes | 32 | 0.53 | |||
Turnout | 6,063 | 88.04 | |||
Registered electors | 6,887 | ||||
1899 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Buddo | 2,186 | 54.45 | ||
Conservative | Richard Moore | 1,705 | 42.47 | ||
Independent | John Verrall | 124 | 3.09 | ||
Majority | 481 | 11.98 | |||
Turnout | 4,015 | 83.72 | |||
Registered electors | 4,796 | ||||
1893 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Buddo | 1,587 | 51.41 | ||
Conservative | Richard Moore | 1,500 | 48.59 | -14.42 | |
Majority | 87 | 2.82 | |||
Turnout | 3,087 | 82.96 | +14.19 | ||
Registered electors | 3,721 | ||||
1890 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Moore | 937 | 63.01 | ||
Liberal-Labour | William Hoban | 550 | 36.99 | ||
Majority | 387 | 26.02 | |||
Turnout | 1,487 | 68.77 | |||
Registered electors | 2,162 | ||||
Notes
- 1 2 "Kaiapoi". The Star (6043). 27 September 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 159.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, pp. 101, 156.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 101.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 147.
- 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 96.
- ↑ "The General Elections". The Star (846). 11 February 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 141.
- ↑ "The General Election". The Star (4255). 10 December 1881. p. 3. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 148.
- ↑ "Old Colonists". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand - Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia Company Limited. 1903. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ↑ "The Kaiapoi Election". XXVII (117). Evening Post. 17 May 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ↑ "The General Election Results". The Star (6043). 27 September 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 135.
- ↑ "General Election - Candidates For Seats In House". XXXIX (8950). Taranaki Herald. 5 December 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 221.
- ↑ "Further Results". The Star (7030). 8 December 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- 1 2 3 Wilson 1985, p. 186.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 208.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 177, 186.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 204.
- 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 245.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 245, 265.
- ↑ "Election Results". The Evening Post. CXX (137). 6 December 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ↑ "The Battle Eve". Auckland Star. LIX (269). 13 November 1928. p. 13. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ↑ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ↑ "Election Notices". The Press. LXI (18524). 28 October 1925. p. 17. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "The Official Count". Auckland Star. LIII (295). 13 December 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ↑ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1920. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1914". National Library. 1915. p. 20. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. p. 2. 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
- Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.