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Waikaia (New Zealand Electorate)
Waikaia was a parliamentary New Zealand electorates, electorate in the Southland, New Zealand, Southland region of New Zealand, from 1871 to 1881, and then from 1887 to 1890. History The electorate was formed for the . James Benn Bradshaw was the first representative; he retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1875. Bradshaw was succeeded by Horace Bastings, who was elected on 14 January 1875–1876 New Zealand general election, 1876 and who retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1879. George Ireland (New Zealand politician), George Ireland was Bastings' successor in the ; Ireland died on 15 August 1880 while in office. The resulting was won by Bastings. The Waikaia electorate was abolished in 1881. Bastings stood in the Dunedin Central electorate in the and was defeated. The Waikaia electorate was re-established for the , which was won by Hugh Valentine. He served until the end of the term in 1890 when the electorate was abolished again. Valentine contested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Electorates
An electorate or electoral district ( mi, rohe pōti) is a geographical constituency used for electing a member () to the New Zealand Parliament. The size of electorates is determined such that all electorates have approximately the same population. Before 1996, all MPs were directly chosen for office by the voters of an electorate. In New Zealand's electoral system, 72 of the usually 120 seats in Parliament are filled by electorate members, with the remainder being filled from party lists in order to achieve proportional representation among parties. The 72 electorates are made up from 65 general and seven Māori electorates. The number of electorates increases periodically in line with national population growth; the number was increased from 71 to 72 starting at the 2020 general election. Terminology The Electoral Act 1993 refers to electorates as "electoral districts". Electorates are informally referred to as "seats", but technically the term '' seat'' refers to an electe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
