County of Hawke was a 19th-century parliamentary electorate in what is now the

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of New Zealand in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament in 1860.

History

In 1858 the

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made some significant changes to electoral boundariesElectoral Districts Act 1858
/ref> and increased parliamentary representation from 37 members to 41. One of the changes meant the electorate was split into its two separate components (with both and County of Hawke expanding inland into previously unincorporated areas). County of Hawke was represented by two Members of Parliament,

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, incumbent in the seat as member for the previous Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay electorate and Thomas FitzGerald from 26 April to 5 November in 1860 after winning the . The second Parliament was dissolved on 5 November, and FitzGerald did not seek election to the new Parliament. He had been elected

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of the new

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in 1859. He moved to

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in 1862. In 1861, the new Napier seat was formed in Hawke's Bay.

Members

References

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