Wallace (New Zealand electorate)
Wallace was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was established in 1858, the first election held in 1859, and existed until 1996. From 1861 to 66, it was represented by two members. In total, there were 18 Members of Parliament from the Wallace electorate.
Population centres
[edit]The initial 24 New Zealand electorates were defined by Governor George Grey in March 1853, based on the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 that had been passed by the British government. The Constitution Act also allowed the House of Representatives to establish new electorates, and this was first done in 1858, when four new electorates were formed by splitting existing electorates.[1] Wallace was one of those four electorates, and it was established by splitting the Dunedin Country electorate.[2] Settlements in the initial area were Invercargill, Gore, Mataura, and Riverton.[3]
This electorate was in the rural part of Southland.
History
[edit]The first election was held on 30 November 1859 during the term of the 2nd New Zealand Parliament, and was won by Dillon Bell.[4] The electorate was named after Scottish military hero William Wallace.[5]
For the term of the 3rd New Zealand Parliament (1861–66), it was a two-member electorate. From 1866 to its dissolution in 1996, it was a single-member electorate.[6]
In 1938 additional areas added from Central Otago and the West Coast made Wallace the biggest (non-Māori) electorate in New Zealand.[7]
In the 1996 election, the first MMP election, the electorate was combined with the adjacent Clutha electorate into the Clutha-Southland electorate.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Key
Independent Liberal Reform National
- Single-member electorate
Election | Winner | |
---|---|---|
1859 election | Dillon Bell |
- Multi-member electorate
Election | Winners | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1861 election | Dillon Bell | Walter Mantell |
- Single-member electorate
Election results
[edit]1993 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Bill English | 9,832 | 55.93 | −14.59 | |
Labour | Lesley Soper | 4,254 | 24.20 | ||
Alliance | P J Horton | 2,359 | 13.42 | ||
Christian Heritage | J P Stevens | 628 | 3.57 | −0.40 | |
Independent | M La Roche | 217 | 1.23 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Robyn West | 201 | 1.14 | ||
Natural Law | B Bull | 87 | 0.49 | ||
Majority | 5,578 | 31.73 | |||
Turnout | 17,578 | 79.98 | |||
Registered electors | 21,977 |
1990 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Bill English | 12,243 | 70.52 | ||
Labour | David Soper | 3,357 | 19.33 | ||
Christian Heritage | J P Stevens | 690 | 3.97 | ||
NewLabour | Marinus La Rooij | 556 | 3.20 | ||
Social Credit | J P Sawyers | 366 | 2.10 | ||
Democrats | P Miller | 148 | 0.85 | ||
Majority | 8,886 | 51.18 | |||
Turnout | 17,360 | 82.56 | −3.91 | ||
Registered electors | 21,026 |
1987 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Derek Angus | 12,323 | 66.91 | +13.85 | |
Labour | Barry Julian | 4,729 | 25.67 | ||
Democrats | M J Radich | 1,038 | 5.63 | ||
Independent | Charmaine Smith | 327 | 1.77 | ||
Majority | 7,594 | 41.23 | +11.29 | ||
Turnout | 18,417 | 86.47 | −4.71 | ||
Registered electors | 21,298 |
1984 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Derek Angus | 10,034 | 53.06 | +0.91 | |
Labour | Calvin Fisher | 4,371 | 23.11 | ||
NZ Party | Kevin Phillips | 3,270 | 17.29 | ||
Social Credit | J T Hicks | 1,234 | 6.52 | ||
Majority | 5,663 | 29.94 | −4.03 | ||
Turnout | 18,909 | 91.18 | +1.90 | ||
Registered electors | 20,737 |
1981 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Derek Angus | 10,065 | 52.15 | ||
Social Credit | Owen Horton | 3,507 | 18.17 | +1.35 | |
Labour | Ernest Dix | 3,143 | 16.28 | ||
Independent | Aubrey Begg | 2,585 | 13.39 | ||
Majority | 6,558 | 33.97 | |||
Turnout | 19,300 | 89.28 | +13.55 | ||
Registered electors | 21,615 |
1978 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Brian Talboys | 9,253 | 49.47 | −15.07 | |
Labour | Jim Thomson | 3,929 | 21.00 | ||
Social Credit | Owen Horton | 3,147 | 16.82 | +5.74 | |
Independent National | June Slee | 2,199 | 11.75 | ||
Values | C E Henderson | 176 | 0.94 | ||
Majority | 5,324 | 28.46 | −14.71 | ||
Turnout | 18,704 | 75.73 | −9.45 | ||
Registered electors | 24,698 |
1975 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Brian Talboys | 10,433 | 64.54 | +12.34 | |
Labour | Ian Lamont | 3,455 | 21.37 | +10.99 | |
Social Credit | Owen Horton | 1,792 | 11.08 | ||
Values | John Veitch | 484 | 2.99 | ||
Majority | 6,978 | 43.17 | +23.33 | ||
Turnout | 16,164 | 85.18 | −2.22 | ||
Registered electors | 18,976 |
1972 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Brian Talboys | 7,640 | 52.20 | −4.37 | |
Labour | Ian Lamont | 4,736 | 32.36 | ||
Social Credit | F J Williams | 1,382 | 9.44 | −5.65 | |
Liberal Reform | A G J McDonald | 796 | 5.43 | ||
New Democratic | I C Lumsden | 80 | 0.54 | ||
Majority | 2,904 | 19.84 | −13.68 | ||
Turnout | 14,634 | 87.40 | +2.75 | ||
Registered electors | 16,743 |
1969 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Brian Talboys | 7,646 | 56.57 | +2.82 | |
Labour | J Robson | 3,115 | 23.04 | ||
Social Credit | F J Williams | 2,040 | 15.09 | −4.58 | |
Country Party | R J Egerton | 714 | 5.28 | ||
Majority | 4,531 | 33.52 | +6.34 | ||
Turnout | 13,515 | 84.65 | +0.03 | ||
Registered electors | 15,965 |
1966 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Brian Talboys | 7,841 | 53.75 | −9.71 | |
Labour | Aubrey Begg | 3,876 | 26.57 | ||
Social Credit | F J Williams | 2,870 | 19.67 | +12.01 | |
Majority | 3,965 | 27.18 | −13.23 | ||
Turnout | 14,587 | 84.62 | −1.74 | ||
Registered electors | 17,238 |
1963 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Brian Talboys | 9,013 | 63.46 | −5.04 | |
Labour | John Reid | 3,272 | 23.04 | ||
Social Credit | F J Williams | 1,088 | 7.66 | ||
Liberal | V D Stevens | 828 | 5.83 | ||
Majority | 5,740 | 40.41 | −4.31 | ||
Turnout | 14,201 | 86.36 | −2.20 | ||
Registered electors | 16,443 |
1960 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Brian Talboys | 8,786 | 68.50 | +5.56 | |
Labour | E Harris | 3,050 | 23.77 | ||
Social Credit | J P Stack | 990 | 7.71 | +0.72 | |
Majority | 5,736 | 44.72 | +11.84 | ||
Turnout | 12,826 | 88.56 | −1.90 | ||
Registered electors | 14,482 |
1957 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Brian Talboys | 8,266 | 62.94 | ||
Labour | John Reid | 3,947 | 30.05 | ||
Social Credit | J P Stack | 919 | 6.99 | ||
Majority | 4,319 | 32.88 | |||
Turnout | 13,132 | 90.46 | +2.15 | ||
Registered electors | 14,516 |
1954 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Macdonald | 7,405 | 62.22 | −8.91 | |
Labour | J W Cleary | 2,939 | 24.69 | −4.17 | |
Social Credit | S A Shaw | 1,557 | 13.08 | ||
Majority | 4,466 | 37.52 | −4.75 | ||
Turnout | 11,901 | 88.31 | +0.68 | ||
Registered electors | 13,476 |
1951 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Macdonald | 8,515 | 71.13 | +2.72 | |
Labour | J W Cleary | 3,455 | 28.86 | ||
Majority | 5,060 | 42.27 | +5.44 | ||
Turnout | 11,970 | 87.63 | −3.94 | ||
Registered electors | 13,659 |
1949 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Macdonald | 8,379 | 68.41 | +3.95 | |
Labour | Herman Victor Freeman | 3,868 | 31.58 | ||
Majority | 4,511 | 36.83 | +7.14 | ||
Turnout | 12,247 | 91.57 | −2.28 | ||
Registered electors | 13,374 |
1946 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Macdonald | 8,068 | 64.46 | ||
Labour | David Johnston Munro | 4,352 | 34.77 | ||
Independent | Leslie A. Murrell | 95 | 0.75 | ||
Majority | 3,716 | 29.69 | |||
Turnout | 12,515 | 93.85 | +2.11 | ||
Registered electors | 13,334 |
1943 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Adam Hamilton | 4,738 | 55.03 | +1.03 | |
Labour | John James Lynch | 3,131 | 36.36 | −9.13 | |
Independent | Patrick McMullan | 675 | 7.84 | ||
Informal votes | 65 | 0.75 | +0.25 | ||
Majority | 1,607 | 18.66 | +10.15 | ||
Turnout | 8,609 | 91.74 | −0.96 | ||
Registered electors | 9,384 |
1938 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Adam Hamilton | 5,353 | 54.00 | +3.34 | |
Labour | John James Lynch | 4,509 | 45.49 | ||
Informal votes | 50 | 0.50 | −0.08 | ||
Majority | 844 | 8.51 | −13.53 | ||
Turnout | 9,912 | 92.70 | +1.33 | ||
Registered electors | 10,692 |
1935 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Adam Hamilton | 4,674 | 50.66 | −17.16 | |
Labour | Lawrence Edmond | 2,640 | 28.61 | ||
Democrat | William Hinchey | 1,821 | 19.73 | ||
Independent Labour | Thomas Rewcastle | 91 | 0.98 | ||
Informal votes | 54 | 0.58 | −0.31 | ||
Majority | 2,034 | 22.04 | −13.60 | ||
Turnout | 9,226 | 91.37 | +9.06 | ||
Registered electors | 10,097 |
1931 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Adam Hamilton | 5,408 | 67.82 | +19.03 | |
Independent | Peter Gilfedder | 2,566 | 32.18 | ||
Informal votes | 72 | 0.89 | −0.19 | ||
Majority | 2,842 | 35.64 | +35.42 | ||
Turnout | 8,046 | 82.31 | −9.38 | ||
Registered electors | 9,775 |
1928 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Adam Hamilton | 4,360 | 48.79 | −4.66 | |
United | Walter Taylor | 4,340 | 48.56 | ||
Independent Liberal | George Pulley | 139 | 1.55 | ||
Informal votes | 97 | 1.08 | −0.28 | ||
Majority | 20 | 0.22 | −17.52 | ||
Turnout | 8,936 | 91.69 | +1.43 | ||
Registered electors | 9,745 |
1925 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Adam Hamilton | 4,001 | 53.45 | +5.19 | |
Labour | James Morris MacKenzie | 2,673 | 35.71 | ||
Liberal | George Shepherd Edie | 432 | 5.77 | ||
Independent Liberal | Peter Gilfedder | 277 | 3.70 | ||
Informal votes | 102 | 1.36 | +0.76 | ||
Majority | 1,328 | 17.74 | +14.87 | ||
Turnout | 7,485 | 93.12 | +5.02 | ||
Registered electors | 8,038 |
1922 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Thomson | 3,646 | 51.13 | +2.02 | |
Reform | Adam Hamilton | 3,441 | 48.26 | −1.60 | |
Informal votes | 43 | 0.60 | −0.41 | ||
Majority | 205 | 2.87 | |||
Turnout | 7,130 | 88.10 | +5.37 | ||
Registered electors | 8,093 |
1919 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Adam Hamilton | 2,843 | 49.86 | ||
Liberal | John Thomson | 2,800 | 49.11 | −9.37 | |
Informal votes | 58 | 1.01 | −0.01 | ||
Majority | 43 | 0.75 | |||
Turnout | 5,701 | 82.73 | −0.59 | ||
Registered electors | 6,891 |
1914 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Thomson | 3,036 | 58.48 | ||
Reform | Alexander Rodger | 2,155 | 41.51 | ||
Informal votes | 53 | 1.02 | |||
Majority | 881 | 16.97 | |||
Turnout | 5,191 | 83.32 | |||
Registered electors | 6,230 |
1899 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Gilfedder | 1,896 | 53.06 | +26.73 | |
Conservative | Allen Carmichael | 1,677 | 46.94 | ||
Majority | 219 | 6.13 | 3.71 | ||
Turnout | 3,573 | 78.05 | 1.46 | ||
Registered electors | 4,578 |
1896 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Gilfedder | 756 | 26.33 | ||
Liberal | Rev. Thomas Neave[27] | 640 | 22.29 | ||
Conservative | Hugh Valentine | 585 | 20.38 | ||
Conservative | Henry Hirst | 487 | 16.96 | ||
Liberal | James Mackintosh | 403 | 14.04 | ||
Majority | 116 | 4.04 | |||
Registered electors | 3,927 |
1890 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Mackintosh | 675 | 44.47 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Hodgkinson | 497 | 32.74 | ||
Independent | Henry Hirst | 346 | 22.79 | ||
Majority | 178 | 11.72 | |||
Turnout | 1,518 | 54.31 | |||
Registered electors | 2,795 |
1875 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Christopher Basstian | 57 | 48.72 | ||
Independent | Robert Cameron | 38 | 32.48 | ||
Independent | Dr Francis Alexander Monckton | 22 | 18.80 | ||
Majority | 19 | 16.24 | |||
Turnout | 117 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 29.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 29f.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 31.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 183.
- ^ "Exit Bruce: When an electorate is eliminated". New Zealand Parliament. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 275.
- ^ "Alterations to Wallace Electorate". No. 4347. Lake Wakatip Mail. 11 January 1938. p. 5.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. pp. 131–2.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. pp. 136–7.
- ^ a b c d e f Norton 1988, p. 383.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Norton 1988, p. 382.
- ^ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wallace". Lake Wakatip Mail. No. 4637. 7 October 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ The General Election, 1935. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "Local & General". Western Star. 12 November 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wallace". Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle. Vol. XXVII, no. 1349. 15 December 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ "Orepuki". Otago Witness. No. 2385. 23 November 1899. p. 34. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "Otago". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVII, no. 305. 23 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1905). "The Rev. Thomas Neave". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Otago & Southland Provincial Districts. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "The Wallace Election". Evening Star. 9 August 1875.
- ^ "Wallace Election". Otago Witness. 9 August 1875.
- ^ "Invercargill". The Evening Post. 9 August 1875.
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: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. 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.