Westland North was a parliamentary electorate on the West Coast of New Zealand from 1868 to 1870.
9-629: The Westland Representation Act 1867 introduced changes to the Waimea and Westland electorates. Their areas were reassigned and four electorates formed. Waimea lost some area, but continued to exist. Westland was abolished in 1867. A new electorate ( Westland Boroughs ) was established, and the Act stipulated that the sitting member ( William Sefton Moorhouse ) was transferred to it. Other new electorates, for which by-elections were to be held, were Westland North and Westland South . The southern boundary of Westland North
18-493: The 21 June 1854 Waimea by-election . Nomination day for the second Parliament in the Waimea electorate was Monday, 5 November 1855. Charles Elliott and Travers were the only candidates and were thus declared elected. Alfred Saunders was elected on 1 February 1861 and resigned on 31 October 1864. He was succeeded by John George Miles , who was elected in the 1864 by-election , which was held on 20 November. Arthur Robert Oliver
27-479: The poll held on 16 August, as one had been demanded on behalf of the other candidates. There was confusion at the Waimea South polling booth and votes were cast for all four candidates there. William Travers , MP for Nelson , and Cautley, MP for Waimea, both resigned on 26 May 1854 – the third day that the new Parliament was sitting. Travers subsequently contested the seat that Cautley had vacated, being elected in
36-427: The resulting by-election unopposed. Kynnersley retired at the end of the parliamentary term, and the electorate was abolished. At the end of the 4th Parliament , the 1870 electoral redistribution disestablished all special interest electorates (e.g. the goldfields electorates) and Westland North was divided amongst two new and one existing electorate: Grey Valley , Buller , and an enlarged Waimea . Westland North
45-546: The town (and since 1874 city) of Nelson , but excluded Nelson itself. It includes Wakefield , Brightwater , Richmond and smaller settlements north of Nelson. It was named after the Waimea River . Waimea was represented by eleven Members of Parliament . Four members were nominated for the inaugural 1853 election : David Monro , William Cautley , Charles Elliott , and John Saxton . Whilst Elliott and Saxton subsequently withdrew, Monro and Cautley wanted to go ahead with
54-474: Was elected on 23 February 1866 and resigned on 9 January 1867. He was succeeded by Edward Baigent , who was elected in the 1867 by-election , which was held on 28 June. Joseph Shephard was elected on 13 February 1871, and re-elected on 8 December 1979, 9 December 1881 and 22 July 1884. He resigned on 15 April 1885 when he was appointed to the Legislative Council. The resulting 1885 by-election , which
63-454: Was held on 3 June, was contested by six candidates: John Kerr (253 votes), W. N. Franklyn (250 votes), William White (94 votes), Christian Dencker (91 votes), W. Wastney (59 votes) and Jesse Piper (32 votes). Kerr was thus elected. Key Independent Arthur Robert Oliver Arthur Robert Oliver (born 1829/30) was a New Zealand politician and a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Nelson , New Zealand. He
72-569: Was represented by two Members of Parliament: Waimea (New Zealand electorate) Waimea was a parliamentary electorate in the Nelson Province of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1887. Initially represented by two members, it was a single-member electorate from 1861. Waimea was located in the northern part of the South Island , facing the Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere . It is the area around
81-471: Was the southern boundary of Nelson Province : the course of the Grey River near the coast and an arbitrary straight line in the country's interior (reflecting that the land had been unexplored at the time the boundary was defined). Timothy Gallagher was the first representative, elected in 1868 supplementary election . He resigned in 1870 owing to urgent and private business affairs. Thomas Kynnersley won
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