Wellington East (New Zealand electorate)

Wellington East was a parliamentary electorate in the eastern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand, from 1887 to 1890 and from 1905 to 1946. It was succeeded by the Miramar electorate. The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament.

Population centres

In the 1887 electoral redistribution, although the Representation Commission was required through the Representation Act 1887 to maintain existing electorates "as far as possible", rapid population growth in the North Island required the transfer of three seats from the South Island to the north. Ten new electorates were created, including Wellington East, and one former electorate was recreated.^[1]

The initial electorate was located east of the suburb of Te Aro and included the suburb of Mount Victoria.^[2] The polling booth for the 1887 election was located at the Lyceum Hall in Tory Street.^[3]

In December 1887, the House of Representatives voted to reduce its membership from general electorates from 91 to 70. The 1890 electoral redistribution used the same 1886 census data used for the 1887 electoral redistribution. In addition, three-member electorates were introduced in the four main centres. This resulted in a major restructuring of electorates, and Wellington East became part of the City of Wellington electorate.^[4]

Through the City Single Electorates Act, 1903, the three-member electorates of the four main centres were split again, and this became effective at the end of the 15th Parliament and was thus used for the 1905 election. The City of Wellington electorate was split into the Wellington East, Wellington Central, and Wellington North electorates.^[5]

History

Members of Parliament

The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament:^[6]

Key

Independent

Conservative

Ind. Labour League

Reform

Labour

Election	Winner
1887 election		George Fisher
(Electorate abolished 1890–1905, see City of Wellington)
1905 election		John Aitken
1908 election		David McLaren
1911 election		Alfred Newman
1914 election
1919 election
1922 election		Alec Monteith
1925 election		Thomas Forsyth
1928 election		Bob Semple
1931 election
1935 election
1938 election
1943 election
(Electorate abolished in 1946, see Miramar)

Election results

1943 election

1943 general election: Wellington East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Semple	8,369	55.33	−10.61
	National	Len Jacobsen	5,781	38.22
	Democratic Labour	Walter Bishop	1,036	6.85
	People's Movement	Edwin Russell	462	3.05
	Pacifist	Archibald Barrington	252	1.67
Informal votes			125	0.83	+0.49
Majority			2,588	17.11	−15.36
Turnout			15,125	85.35	−6.14
Registered electors			17,721

1938 election

1938 general election: Wellington East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Semple	9,618	65.94	+12.79
	National	William Long Barker	4,882	33.47
Informal votes			51	0.34	−0.21
Majority			4,736	32.47	+10.96
Turnout			14,585	91.49	+3.30
Registered electors			15,940

1935 election

1935 general election: Wellington East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Semple	8,208	53.15	+1.00
	United/Reform	Ossie Mazengarb	4,885	31.63
	Democrat	William Duncan	1,189	7.69
	Independent	William Gaudin	657	4.25
	Commonwealth Land Party	Edward William Nicolaus	433	2.80
	Communist	Connie Rawcliffe	70	0.45
Informal votes			86	0.55	+0.08
Majority			3,323	21.51	+17.30
Turnout			15,442	88.19	+4.99
Registered electors			17,508

1931 election

1931 general election: Wellington East^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Semple	7,207	52.15	+8.75
	Reform	Thomas Forsyth	6,614	47.85	+12.04
Majority			593	4.29	−3.29
Informal votes			65	0.47	−0.53
Turnout			13,886	83.20	−5.27
Registered electors			16,690

1928 election

1928 general election: Wellington East^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Semple	5,527	43.40
	Reform	Thomas Forsyth	4,561	35.81	−19.53
	Independent	James John Clark	2,648	20.79
Majority			966	7.58	−3.10
Informal votes			128	1.00	−0.70
Turnout			12,864	88.47	−0.98
Registered electors			14,541

1925 election

1925 general election: Wellington East^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Thomas Forsyth	6,191	55.34	+18.61
	Labour	Alec Monteith	4,996	44.66	+3.36
Majority			1,195	10.68	+6.11
Informal votes			193	1.70	+0.72
Turnout			11,380	89.44	−1.43
Registered electors			12,723

1922 election

1922 general election: Wellington East^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alec Monteith	4,274	41.30
	Reform	Thomas Forsyth	3,801	36.73
	Liberal	Thomas William McDonald	1,860	17.97
	Independent	Annie McVicar	414	4.00
Majority			473	4.57
Informal votes			102	0.98
Turnout			10,451	90.88
Registered electors			11,500

1919 election

1919 general election: Wellington East^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Alfred Newman	4,375	42.77	−7.52
	Labour	Alec Monteith	3,317	32.43
	Liberal	Len McKenzie	2,441	23.86
Informal votes			94	0.91	+0.12
Majority			1,058	10.34	+9.75
Turnout			10,227	80.49	−4.23
Registered electors			12,705

1914 election

1914 general election: Wellington East^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Alfred Newman	4,062	50.29	−0.03
	United Labour	David McLaren	4,014	49.71	+0.26
Informal votes			64	0.79	+0.07
Majority			48	0.59	−0.27
Turnout			8,076	84.72	+11.21
Registered electors			9,532

1911 election

1911 general election: Wellington East, first ballot^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Alfred Newman	3,371	43.25
	Labour	David McLaren	2,969	38.09	−15.00
	Liberal	Frederick George Bolton	1,242	15.93
	Independent Liberal	John Brodie	132	1.69
Informal votes			80	1.02	+0.64
Turnout			7,794	76.26	+8.74
Second ballot result
	Reform	Alfred Newman	3,780	50.32	+7.07
	Labour	David McLaren	3,715	49.45	+11.36
Informal votes			18	0.23	0.79
Majority			65	0.86	+0.22
Turnout			7,513	73.51	−2.75
Registered electors			10,219

1908 election

1908 general election: Wellington East, first ballot^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Atkinson	2,400	35.30
	Ind. Labour League	David McLaren	1,741	25.61	+12.75
	Liberal	William McLean^[20]	1,300	19.12	−24.29
	Liberal	George Winder^[21]^[22]^[23]	1,071	15.75
Informal votes			286	4.20	+2.92
Turnout			6,798	70.75	−10.93
Second ballot result
	Ind. Labour League	David McLaren	3,446	53.09	+27.48
	Conservative	Arthur Atkinson	3,019	46.51	+11.21
Informal votes			25	0.38	3.82
Majority			427	6.57
Turnout			6,490	67.54	−3.21
Registered electors			9,608

1905 election

1905 general election: Wellington East^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Aitken	2,595	43.73
	Liberal	William McLean	2,576	43.41
	Ind. Labour League	David McLaren	763	12.86
Majority			19	0.32
Informal votes			77	1.28
Turnout			6,011	81.68
Registered electors			7,359

Notes

^ McRobie 1989, pp. 50–53.
^ McRobie 1989, p. 50.
^ "The Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. XXXIV, no. 49. 26 August 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 54f.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 66f.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 276.
^ "Public Notices". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 136. 6 December 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wellington East". The Evening Post. Vol. CXII, no. 140. 10 December 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wellington East". New Zealand Truth. No. 1200. 29 November 1928. p. 14. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^ Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. p. 4. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ "The General Election". The Press. Vol. LVIII, no. 17612. 15 November 1922. p. 13. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
^ "The General Election". Hawera & Normanby Star. Vol. LVI. 10 November 1908. p. 10. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ "Mr George Winder". Auckland Star. Vol. LXI, no. 182. 4 August 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ "Personal Items". The Evening Post. Vol. CX, no. 29. 2 August 1930. p. 11. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ "Mr George Winder's new Premises, Corner Cuba and Manners Streets". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 100. 29 April 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ "The General Election, 1905". National Library. 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

References

"The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198950–53-1] McRobie 1989, pp. 50–53.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198950-2] McRobie 1989, p. 50.

[3] "The Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. XXXIV, no. 49. 26 August 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 21 December 2013.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198954f-4] McRobie 1989, pp. 54f.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198966f-5] McRobie 1989, pp. 66f.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985276-6] Wilson 1985, p. 276.

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[8] "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[The_General_Election_1935-9] The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

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[1928_election-11] The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

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[1925_election-13] The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

[1922_election-14] Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. p. 4. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

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[Year-Book_1920-16] Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[General_Election,_1914-17] Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[1911_election-18] "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[1908_election-19] "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.

[20] "The General Election". Hawera & Normanby Star. Vol. LVI. 10 November 1908. p. 10. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

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