Former electorate in West Coast, New Zealand
Buller is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate , from 1871 to 1972. It was represented by eleven Members of Parliament .
Population centres [ edit ] 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. The Buller electorate was created from areas that previously belonged to the Waimea and Westland electorates. Settlements located in the initial electorate area were Westport , Inangahua Junction , and Reefton . For the 1879 election , polling booths were in Westport, Charleston , Brighton, Addison's, Waimangaroa , Inangahua Junction, Lyell , and Karamea .[4]
History [ edit ] 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 . Henry in turn was defeated by James Bickerton Fisher [6] 1879 election . Fisher retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1881.
Fisher was succeeded by John Munro , who won the 1881 election . Munro was defeated at the next election in 1884 by Eugene O'Conor, who thus started his second period of representation. O'Conor, who joined the Liberal Party , was beaten in 1893 election by Roderick McKenzie . In the 1896 election , McKenzie successfully stood in the Motueka electorate.
Patrick O'Regan won the 1896 election in the Buller electorate. At the 1899 election , he was defeated by James Colvin , who held the electorate until his death in 1919.
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 [ edit ] The Buller electorate was represented by eleven MPs:
Key
Independent Liberal Independent Liberal Labour
Election results [ edit ] 1969 election [ edit ] 1966 election [ edit ] 1963 election [ edit ] 1962 by-election [ edit ] 1960 election [ edit ] 1957 election [ edit ] 1954 election [ edit ] 1951 election [ edit ] 1949 election [ edit ] 1946 election [ edit ] 1933 by-election [ edit ] 1931 election [ edit ] 1928 election [ edit ] 1925 election [ edit ] 1922 election [ edit ] 1919 election [ edit ] 1914 election [ edit ] 1899 election [ edit ] 1893 election [ edit ] 1879 election [ edit ]
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References [ edit ] McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand . Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8 Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987 . Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Department of Political Science. ISBN 0-475-11200-8 Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103 .
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