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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 New Zealand 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 Junction, and Reefton.[3] For the 1879 election, polling booths were in Westport, Charleston, Brighton, Addison's, Waimangaroa, Inangahua Junction, Lyell, and Karamea.[4]

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.[5] Henry in turn was defeated by James Bickerton Fisher[6] at the 1879 election.[7] Fisher retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1881.[8]

Fisher was succeeded by John Munro, who won the 1881 election.[9] Munro was defeated at the next election in 1884 by Eugene O'Conor, who thus started his second period of representation.[10] O'Conor, who joined the Liberal Party, was beaten in 1893 election by Roderick McKenzie.[11] In the 1896 election, McKenzie successfully stood in the Motueka electorate.[12]

Patrick O'Regan won the 1896 election in the Buller electorate.[13] At the 1899 election, he was defeated by James Colvin, who held the electorate until his death in 1919.[14]

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

1969 election

1966 election

1963 election

1962 by-election

1960 election

1957 election

1954 election

1951 election

1949 election

1946 election

1933 by-election

1931 election

1928 election

1925 election

1922 election

1919 election

1914 election

1899 election

1893 election

1879 election

Notes

  1. ^ McRobie 1989, p. 39.
  2. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 37, 41.
  3. ^ McRobie 1989, p. 41.
  4. ^ a b "Buller District Election". Westport Times. Vol. XIII, no. 1728. 16 September 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 204, 224.
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 196, 204.
  8. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 196.
  9. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 222.
  10. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 222, 224.
  11. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 216, 224.
  12. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 216.
  13. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 224.
  14. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 190, 224.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h Norton 1988, p. 204.
  16. ^ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  17. ^ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  18. ^ "Buller By-Election". The Press. Vol. LXIX, no. 21026. 30 November 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  19. ^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  20. ^ "Buller Electorate". The Evening Post. Vol. CXII, no. 127. 25 November 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  21. ^ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  22. ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  23. ^ The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  24. ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  25. ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  26. ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  27. ^ "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  28. ^ McRobie 1989, p. 44.

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