Waikouaiti was a parliamentary

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in the

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region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1908.

Population centres

The electorate is named after the township of

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, which is close to the

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History

The Waikouaiti electorate was formed for the .

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was elected as the first representative, narrowly beating later Premier

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; Vogel stood some weeks later in the

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electorate and was successful there. Murison resigned in 1868. The resulting was won by Robert Mitchell, who in turn resigned before the end of the term in the following year. He was succeeded by Francis Rich, who won the and served until the end of the term in 1870, when he retired. George McLean won the and resigned again in the following year. McLean was succeeded by

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, who won the and resigned one year later. Monro had been a member of all previous Parliaments. Monro was succeeded by

John Lillie Gillies John Lillie Gillies (1832 – 27 September 1897) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Otago region of New Zealand. He was from Rothesay, Bute on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. Gillies was a member of the Otago Provincial Council, rep ...

, who won the and resigned in 1875. Gillies was succeeded by McLean, who successfully stood for re-election in the . McLean was confirmed in the general elections of

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and ; he retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1881. James Green, who had previously represented , succeeded McLean in the . Green was defeated in the by John Buckland. In the , Buckland stood in and was defeated there. James Green was re-elected in 1887 in the Waikouaiti electorate and represented it for several terms until he was defeated in the by Edmund Allen who stood for the

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. In the , Allen successfully contested the Chalmers electorate.

Thomas Mackenzie Sir Thomas Mackenzie (10 March 1853 – 14 February 1930) was a Scotland, Scottish-born New Zealand politician and explorer who briefly served as the List of Prime Ministers of New Zealand, 18th prime minister of New Zealand in 1912, and ...

was elected in the Waikouaiti electorate in 1902 and would represent it until the electorate's abolition in 1908, when he was elected for Taieri. Mackenzie would later become

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Members of Parliament

Waikouaiti was represented by ten

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: Key

Election results

1899 election

1875 by-election

1873 by-election

1872 by-election

1868 by-election

1866 election

Notes

References

* * {{Historic electorates of New Zealand , state=collapsed Historical electorates of New Zealand 1865 establishments in New Zealand 1908 disestablishments in New Zealand Politics of Otago Waikouaiti