Riverton was a parliamentary

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in the

Southland Southland may refer to: Places Canada * Dunbar–Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia New Zealand * Southland Region, a region of New Zealand * Southland County, a former New Zealand county * Southland District, part of the wider Southland Reg ...

region of New Zealand.

Population centres

The electorate included the town of Riverton.

History

Riverton existed from 1866 to 1881. The first representative was

Donald Hankinson Donald Hankinson (30 May 1832 – 6 November 1877) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Southland, New Zealand. He represented the Riverton electorate from to 1870, when he resigned. He was the son of Rev. Thomas Edwards Hankins ...

, who won the . Hankinson resigned on 2 April 1870, before the end of the parliamentary term. The resulting was won by

Lauchlan McGillivray Lauchlan McGillivray (died 1880) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Southland, New Zealand. He represented the Riverton electorate from 1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The North ...

, who was confirmed by the voters at the . McGillivray was defeated at the 1876 election by Dr

Samuel Hodgkinson Samuel Hodgkinson (1817 – 10 January 1914) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Southland, New Zealand. He represented the Riverton electorate from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated; and then the Wallace Wallace may refer to: ...

. At the next election in , Hodgkinson was in turn defeated by

Patrick McCaughan Patrick Kinney McCaughan (8 September 1844 – 25 December 1903) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Southland Southland may refer to: Places Canada * Dunbar–Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia New Zealand * Southland Region ...

. At the end of the parliamentary term in 1881, McCaughen retired and the electorate was abolished.

Election results

The electorate was represented by four

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: Key

Notes

References

* {{Historic electorates of New Zealand , state=collapsed Historical electorates of New Zealand Politics of Southland, New Zealand 1865 establishments in New Zealand 1881 disestablishments in New Zealand