Grey (New Zealand electorate)
Grey, originally formed as Greymouth, is a former parliamentary electorate in the West Coast region of New Zealand. The electorate of Greymouth was created for the 1881 general election, and lasted until 1890. In 1890 the Grey electorate was created, and was abolished in 1919.
Population centres
[edit]Throughout the electorate's history, the town of Greymouth was always included in its area. The town of Brunner belonged to the electorate during most periods.[1]
History
[edit]Greymouth was represented from the 1881 general election by Joseph Petrie.[2] He was defeated in the 1884 general election by Arthur Guinness, who represented the electorate (renamed in 1890 as Grey) until his death in 1913.[3]
After the resulting 1913 by-election, the electorate was represented from 1916 to 1919 by two radical politicians from the West Coast coal mines representing the Labour Party or its predecessors. They were Paddy Webb, who was imprisoned in 1918,[4] and Harry Holland, who represented Grey from the by-election on 29 May 1918 until 16 December 1919 when the electorate was abolished.
Members of Parliament
[edit]The various electorates were represented by four members of parliament. From 1881 to 1890, Greymouth was a single-member electorate, renamed as Grey from 1890 to 1919.[5]
Key
| Independent | Liberal |
| Social Democrat | Labour |
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 election | Joseph Petrie | |
| 1884 election | Arthur Guinness | |
| 1887 election | ||
| 1890 election | ||
| 1893 election | ||
| 1896 election | ||
| 1899 election | ||
| 1902 election | ||
| 1905 election | ||
| 1908 election | ||
| 1911 election | ||
| 1913 by-election | Paddy Webb | |
| 1914 election | ||
| 1917 by-election | ||
| 1918 by-election | Harry Holland | |
| (Electorate abolished in 1919; see Buller) | ||
Election results
[edit]1918 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Holland | 2,865 | 50.90 | ||
| Reform | Thomas Coates | 2,717 | 48.27 | ||
| Informal votes | 46 | 0.81 | |||
| Majority | 148 | 2.62 | |||
| Turnout | 5,628 | ||||
1913 by-election, first ballot
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Henry Michel | 2,189 | 34.64 | ||
| Social Democrat | Paddy Webb | 2,091 | 33.09 | ||
| Liberal | Michael Hannan | 2,039 | 32.27 | ||
| Turnout | 6,319 | ||||
1913 by-election, second ballot
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrat | Paddy Webb | 3,477 | 55.30 | ||
| Reform | Henry Michel | 2,811 | 44.70 | ||
| Majority | 666 | 10.60 | |||
| Turnout | 6,288 | ||||
| Social Democrat gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
1899 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Arthur Guinness | 2,660 | 58.67 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Hannan | 1,874 | 41.33 | ||
| Majority | 786 | 17.34 | |||
| Turnout | 4,534 | 79.22 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,723 | ||||
1893 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Arthur Guinness | 2,434 | 70.55 | +20.12 | |
| Independent | Richard Nancarrow | 711 | 20.61 | ||
| Liberal | R. F. Bell | 305 | 8.84 | ||
| Majority | 1,723 | 49.94 | +48.63 | ||
| Turnout | 3,450 | 74.47 | +6.90 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,633 | ||||
1890 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Arthur Guinness | 1,109 | 50.43 | ||
| Liberal–Labour | William Hugh Jones | 1,090 | 49.57 | ||
| Majority | 29 | 1.31 | |||
| Turnout | 2,199 | 67.57 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,254 | ||||
1884 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Arthur Guinness | 848 | 58.16 | ||
| Independent | Joseph Petrie | 610 | 41.84 | ||
| Majority | 238 | 16.32 | |||
| Turnout | 1,458 | 84.47 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,726 | ||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 39–77.
- ^ Scholefield 1925, p. 125.
- ^ Scholefield 1925, p. 97.
- ^ Scholefield 1925, p. 145.
- ^ Wilson 1985.
- ^ "The Grey Election - Official Recount". Greymouth Evening Star. 7 June 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Public Notice". Grey River Argus. Vol. LVII, no. 10386. 30 November 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times. 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "The General Election, 1884". National Library. 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
References
[edit]- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Scholefield, Guy (1925) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record (2nd 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.