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Christchurch North (New Zealand electorate)

January 01, 1970

Christchurch North is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. The electorate comprised the northern half of what is now considered the Christchurch Central City.

Population centres edit

The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Christchurch North, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.[1]

The boundaries of the Christchurch North electorate were Bealey Avenue in the north (then called North Town Belt), Fitzgerald Avenue in the east (then called East Town Belt), Worcester Street in the south (through Latimer and Cathedral Squares), and Park Terrace in the west (then called Antigua Street). The electorate thus comprised the northern half of what is now considered the central city.[2] The civic offices in Worcester Street were used as the polling station for the 1881 election, and Leslie Lee acted as the returning officer.[3]

The 1981 census had shown that the North Island had experienced further population growth, and three additional general seats were created through the 1983 electoral redistribution, bringing the total number of electorates to 95.[4] The South Island had, for the first time, experienced a population loss, but its number of general electorates was fixed at 25 since the 1967 electoral redistribution.[5] More of the South Island population was moving to Christchurch, and two electorates were abolished, while two electorates were recreated (including Christchurch North). In the North Island, six electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated, and six electorates were abolished.[6]

History edit

The electorate existed three times:[7]

It was held by three Premiers or Prime Ministers, Julius Vogel (1884 to 1889),[8] Sidney Holland and Mike Moore.

Henry Thomson, a former Mayor of Christchurch, was the electorate's first representative in 1881.[9] Thomson retired at the 1884 election and was succeeded by Julius Vogel, who beat John Crewes.[10][11] Vogel returned to England in 1888, never to return to New Zealand, and his resignation became effective in early 1889.[12] Edward Wingfield Humphreys won the resulting 1889 by-election and served until the end of the parliamentary term in the following year.[13]

For the 1890 election election, a number of Christchurch electorates were amalgamated to form the three-member Christchurch electorate.[14] Humphreys came fifth in that election and was thus unsuccessful.[15]

Members of Parliament edit

The electorate was represented by nine members of parliament.

Key

  Independent   Liberal–Labour   Independent Liberal

  Liberal   Reform   National   Labour

Election results edit

1993 election edit

1993 general election: Christchurch North[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 11,605 53.76 +2.97
National Lee Morgan 5,581 25.85
Alliance Jan Davey 3,072 14.23
NZ First Chris Fulford 726 3.36
Christian Heritage Alex Mann 444 2.05
McGillicuddy Serious Cecil G. Murgatroyd 108 0.50 -0.18
Natural Law Charles Drace 47 0.21
Majority 6,024 27.91 +18.04
Turnout 21,583 86.17 -1.66
Registered electors 25,045

1990 election edit

1990 general election: Christchurch North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 11,050 50.79 -8.96
National Peter Yarrell 8,902 40.92
NewLabour John Strange 1,205 5.53
Christian Heritage Bill Smith 297 1.36
McGillicuddy Serious Cecil G. Murgatroyd 149 0.68
Democrats Mark Sadler 148 0.68 -1.72
Majority 2,148 9.87 -12.73
Turnout 21,753 87.83 -0.54
Registered electors 24,767

1987 election edit

1987 general election: Christchurch North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 12,420 59.75 +3.20
National Brendan McNeill 7,722 37.15
Democrats Mark Sadler 499 2.40
Wizard Party John Appleby 145 0.69
Majority 4,698 22.60 -3.62
Turnout 20,786 88.37 -4.90
Registered electors 23,520

1984 election edit

1984 general election: Christchurch North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 12,350 56.55
National David Dumergue 6,662 30.50
NZ Party Stephen Nicholson 2,047 9.37
Social Credit Thomas Langridge 679 3.10
Values Roger McArthur 101 0.46
Majority 5,728 26.22
Turnout 21,839 93.27
Registered electors 23,413

1943 election edit

1943 general election: Christchurch North[20][ob 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Sidney Holland 8,542 55.23
Labour George Manning 5,897 38.13
Democratic Labour John Thomas Lauder Hart Parry 508 3.28
Independent Lancelot Charles Walker 459 2.97
Independent Maud Trisillian Fere 61 0.39
Majority 2,645 17.10
Informal votes 189 1.21
Turnout 15,656 89.97
Registered electors 17,402

Table footnotes:

  1. ^ Registered electors refers to civilian voters only; nationwide, 93,295 servicemen also cast valid votes although their names did not appear on electoral rolls.[21]

1931 election edit

1931 general election: Christchurch North[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Henry Holland 5,527 45.11
Labour Elizabeth McCombs 3,450 28.16
Independent Lancelot Charles Walker 3,275 26.73
Majority 2,077 16.95
Informal votes 53 0.43
Turnout 12,305 84.75
Registered electors 14,520

1928 election edit

1928 general election: Christchurch North[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Henry Holland 5,493 43.37
United Ernest Andrews 3,601 28.43
Labour John Archer 3,572 28.20
Majority 1,892 14.94
Informal votes 125 0.98
Turnout 12,791 88.10
Registered electors 14,518

1914 election edit

1914 general election: Christchurch North[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leonard Isitt 5,222 56.59 +1.47
Reform Henry Toogood[26] 4,005 43.41
Majority 1,217 13.19 +2.95
Informal votes 101 1.08
Turnout 9,328 86.80
Registered electors 10,746

1911 by-election edit

1911 Christchurch North by-election[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Leonard Isitt 3,815 55.12
Reform Dryden Hall 3,106 44.88
Majority 709 10.24
Turnout 6,921

1889 by-election edit

1889 Christchurch North by-election[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edward Humphreys 403 41.76
Independent John Ollivier 378 39.17
Independent Eden George 184 19.07
Majority 25 2.59
Turnout 965

1884 election edit

1884 general election: Christchurch North[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Julius Vogel 930 80.66
Independent John Crewes 223 19.34
Majority 707 61.32
Turnout 1,153 51.15
Registered electors 2,254

Notes edit

  1. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 43–48.
  2. ^ "Canterbury Electorates". The Star. No. 4158. 18 August 1881. p. 3. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Christchurch North Election". The Press. Vol. XXXVI, no. 5061. 26 November 1881. p. 1. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  4. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 123f.
  5. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 111, 123.
  6. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 119–124.
  7. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 156.
  8. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 145.
  9. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 240.
  10. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 240, 242.
  11. ^ Chalklen, Mollie. "John Crewes". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  12. ^ Sinclair, Keith; Dalziel, Raewyn. "Vogel, Julius". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  13. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 206.
  14. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 53–57.
  15. ^ "General Elections". The Star. No. 7029. 6 December 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  16. ^ "Christchurch North Election". The Star. No. 6577. 20 June 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  17. ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
  18. ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
  19. ^ a b Norton 1988, pp. 207.
  20. ^ The General Election, 1943. National Library. 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  21. ^ McRobie 1989, p. 92.
  22. ^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  23. ^ "Notice of Nominations Received and Polling Places Appointed". The Press. Vol. LXVII, no. 20400. 21 November 1931. p. 23. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  24. ^ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 2. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  25. ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. p. 20. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  26. ^ . Engineering New Zealand. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  27. ^ "The by-election". The Timaru Herald. Vol. XCIV, no. 14522. 18 August 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2015 – via Papers Past.
  28. ^ "Christchurch North Election". The Star. No. 6577. 20 June 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  29. ^ Cooper, G. S. (1884). The General Election, 1884. National Library. p. 2. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

References edit

  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
  • Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 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.
  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.

January 01, 1970
christchurch, north, zealand, electorate, christchurch, north, former, zealand, parliamentary, electorate, electorate, comprised, northern, half, what, considered, christchurch, central, city, contents, population, centres, history, members, parliament, electi. Christchurch North is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate The electorate comprised the northern half of what is now considered the Christchurch Central City Contents 1 Population centres 2 History 2 1 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 1993 election 3 2 1990 election 3 3 1987 election 3 4 1984 election 3 5 1943 election 3 6 1931 election 3 7 1928 election 3 8 1914 election 3 9 1911 by election 3 10 1889 by election 3 11 1884 election 4 Notes 5 ReferencesPopulation centres editThe previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875 1876 election In the six years since New Zealand s European population had increased by 65 In the 1881 electoral redistribution the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 up from 84 since the 1875 76 election The number of Maori electorates was held at four The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative which led to 35 new electorates being formed including Christchurch North and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries 1 The boundaries of the Christchurch North electorate were Bealey Avenue in the north then called North Town Belt Fitzgerald Avenue in the east then called East Town Belt Worcester Street in the south through Latimer and Cathedral Squares and Park Terrace in the west then called Antigua Street The electorate thus comprised the northern half of what is now considered the central city 2 The civic offices in Worcester Street were used as the polling station for the 1881 election and Leslie Lee acted as the returning officer 3 The 1981 census had shown that the North Island had experienced further population growth and three additional general seats were created through the 1983 electoral redistribution bringing the total number of electorates to 95 4 The South Island had for the first time experienced a population loss but its number of general electorates was fixed at 25 since the 1967 electoral redistribution 5 More of the South Island population was moving to Christchurch and two electorates were abolished while two electorates were recreated including Christchurch North In the North Island six electorates were newly created three electorates were recreated and six electorates were abolished 6 History editThe electorate existed three times 7 1881 to 1890 1905 to 1946 1984 to 1996 replacing the Papanui electorate and then replaced by the Waimakiriri electorate for MMP It was held by three Premiers or Prime Ministers Julius Vogel 1884 to 1889 8 Sidney Holland and Mike Moore Henry Thomson a former Mayor of Christchurch was the electorate s first representative in 1881 9 Thomson retired at the 1884 election and was succeeded by Julius Vogel who beat John Crewes 10 11 Vogel returned to England in 1888 never to return to New Zealand and his resignation became effective in early 1889 12 Edward Wingfield Humphreys won the resulting 1889 by election and served until the end of the parliamentary term in the following year 13 For the 1890 election election a number of Christchurch electorates were amalgamated to form the three member Christchurch electorate 14 Humphreys came fifth in that election and was thus unsuccessful 15 Members of Parliament edit The electorate was represented by nine members of parliament Key Independent Liberal Labour Independent Liberal Liberal Reform National Labour Election Winner 1881 election Henry Thomson 1884 election Julius Vogel 1887 election 1889 by election Edward Wingfield Humphreys 16 Electorate abolished 1890 1905 see Christchurch 1905 election Charles Gray 1908 election Tommy Taylor 1911 by election Leonard Isitt 1911 election 1914 election 1919 election 1922 election 1925 election Henry Holland 1928 election 1931 election 1935 election Sidney Holland 1938 election 1943 election Electorate abolished 1946 1984 see Fendalton 1984 election Mike Moore 1987 election 1990 election 1993 election Electorate abolished in 1996 see Waimakariri Election results edit1993 election edit 1993 general election Christchurch North 17 Party Candidate Votes Labour Mike Moore 11 605 53 76 2 97 National Lee Morgan 5 581 25 85 Alliance Jan Davey 3 072 14 23 NZ First Chris Fulford 726 3 36 Christian Heritage Alex Mann 444 2 05 McGillicuddy Serious Cecil G Murgatroyd 108 0 50 0 18 Natural Law Charles Drace 47 0 21 Majority 6 024 27 91 18 04 Turnout 21 583 86 17 1 66 Registered electors 25 045 1990 election edit 1990 general election Christchurch North 18 Party Candidate Votes Labour Mike Moore 11 050 50 79 8 96 National Peter Yarrell 8 902 40 92 NewLabour John Strange 1 205 5 53 Christian Heritage Bill Smith 297 1 36 McGillicuddy Serious Cecil G Murgatroyd 149 0 68 Democrats Mark Sadler 148 0 68 1 72 Majority 2 148 9 87 12 73 Turnout 21 753 87 83 0 54 Registered electors 24 767 1987 election edit 1987 general election Christchurch North 19 Party Candidate Votes Labour Mike Moore 12 420 59 75 3 20 National Brendan McNeill 7 722 37 15 Democrats Mark Sadler 499 2 40 Wizard Party John Appleby 145 0 69 Majority 4 698 22 60 3 62 Turnout 20 786 88 37 4 90 Registered electors 23 520 1984 election edit 1984 general election Christchurch North 19 Party Candidate Votes Labour Mike Moore 12 350 56 55 National David Dumergue 6 662 30 50 NZ Party Stephen Nicholson 2 047 9 37 Social Credit Thomas Langridge 679 3 10 Values Roger McArthur 101 0 46 Majority 5 728 26 22 Turnout 21 839 93 27 Registered electors 23 413 1943 election edit 1943 general election Christchurch North 20 ob 1 Party Candidate Votes National Sidney Holland 8 542 55 23 Labour George Manning 5 897 38 13 Democratic Labour John Thomas Lauder Hart Parry 508 3 28 Independent Lancelot Charles Walker 459 2 97 Independent Maud Trisillian Fere 61 0 39 Majority 2 645 17 10 Informal votes 189 1 21 Turnout 15 656 89 97 Registered electors 17 402 Table footnotes Registered electors refers to civilian voters only nationwide 93 295 servicemen also cast valid votes although their names did not appear on electoral rolls 21 1931 election edit 1931 general election Christchurch North 22 23 Party Candidate Votes Reform Henry Holland 5 527 45 11 Labour Elizabeth McCombs 3 450 28 16 Independent Lancelot Charles Walker 3 275 26 73 Majority 2 077 16 95 Informal votes 53 0 43 Turnout 12 305 84 75 Registered electors 14 520 1928 election edit 1928 general election Christchurch North 24 Party Candidate Votes Reform Henry Holland 5 493 43 37 United Ernest Andrews 3 601 28 43 Labour John Archer 3 572 28 20 Majority 1 892 14 94 Informal votes 125 0 98 Turnout 12 791 88 10 Registered electors 14 518 1914 election edit 1914 general election Christchurch North 25 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Leonard Isitt 5 222 56 59 1 47 Reform Henry Toogood 26 4 005 43 41 Majority 1 217 13 19 2 95 Informal votes 101 1 08 Turnout 9 328 86 80 Registered electors 10 746 1911 by election edit 1911 Christchurch North by election 27 Party Candidate Votes Independent Liberal Leonard Isitt 3 815 55 12 Reform Dryden Hall 3 106 44 88 Majority 709 10 24 Turnout 6 921 1889 by election edit 1889 Christchurch North by election 28 Party Candidate Votes Independent Edward Humphreys 403 41 76 Independent John Ollivier 378 39 17 Independent Eden George 184 19 07 Majority 25 2 59 Turnout 965 1884 election edit 1884 general election Christchurch North 29 Party Candidate Votes Independent Julius Vogel 930 80 66 Independent John Crewes 223 19 34 Majority 707 61 32 Turnout 1 153 51 15 Registered electors 2 254Notes edit McRobie 1989 pp 43 48 Canterbury Electorates The Star No 4158 18 August 1881 p 3 Retrieved 19 December 2013 Christchurch North Election The Press Vol XXXVI no 5061 26 November 1881 p 1 Retrieved 19 December 2013 McRobie 1989 pp 123f McRobie 1989 pp 111 123 McRobie 1989 pp 119 124 Scholefield 1950 p 156 Scholefield 1950 p 145 Wilson 1985 p 240 Wilson 1985 pp 240 242 Chalklen Mollie John Crewes Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Ministry for Culture and Heritage Retrieved 23 April 2017 Sinclair Keith Dalziel Raewyn Vogel Julius Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Ministry for Culture and Heritage Retrieved 27 April 2020 Wilson 1985 p 206 McRobie 1989 pp 53 57 General Elections The Star No 7029 6 December 1890 p 4 Retrieved 28 April 2010 Christchurch North Election The Star No 6577 20 June 1889 p 3 Retrieved 16 March 2010 Part 1 Votes recorded at each polling place Technical report New Zealand Chief Electoral Office 1993 Part 1 Votes recorded at each polling place Technical report New Zealand Chief Electoral Office 1990 a b Norton 1988 pp 207 The General Election 1943 National Library 1944 p 3 Retrieved 21 May 2016 McRobie 1989 p 92 The General Election 1931 Government Printer 1932 p 2 Retrieved 2 November 2014 Notice of Nominations Received and Polling Places Appointed The Press Vol LXVII no 20400 21 November 1931 p 23 Retrieved 20 May 2016 Skinner W A G 1929 The General Election 1928 Government Printer p 2 Retrieved 17 February 2020 Hislop J 1915 The General Election 1914 National Library p 20 Retrieved 2 November 2019 Henry Featherston Toogood 1879 1962 Engineering New Zealand Archived from the original on 1 November 2019 Retrieved 1 November 2019 The by election The Timaru Herald Vol XCIV no 14522 18 August 1911 p 4 Retrieved 23 December 2015 via Papers Past Christchurch North Election The Star No 6577 20 June 1889 p 3 Retrieved 27 March 2010 Cooper G S 1884 The General Election 1884 National Library p 2 Retrieved 9 February 2021 References editMcRobie Alan 1989 Electoral Atlas of New Zealand Wellington GP Books ISBN 0 477 01384 8 Scholefield Guy 1950 First published in 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 Norton Clifford 1988 New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946 1987 Occasional Publications No 1 Department of Political Science Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ISBN 0 475 11200 8 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christchurch North New Zealand electorate amp oldid 1217997972, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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