Westland South was a parliamentary
electorate
Electorate may refer to:
* The people who are eligible to vote in an election, especially their number e.g. the term ''size of (the) electorate''
* The dominion of a Prince-elector
The prince-electors (german: Kurfürst pl. , cz, Kurfiřt, ...
on the
West Coast of New Zealand from 1868 to 1870.
History
The Westland Representation Act 1867 introduced changes to the
Waimea and
Westland Westland or Westlands may refer to:
Places
*Westlands, an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi, Kenya
* Westlands, Staffordshire, a suburban area and ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme
*Westland, a peninsula of the Shetland Mainland near Vaila ...
electorates. Their areas were reassigned and four electorates formed. Waimea lost some area, but continued to exist. Westland was abolished in 1867. A new electorate (
Westland Boroughs
Westland Boroughs was a parliamentary electorate in the West Coast of New Zealand from 1866 to 1870.
Population centres
Westland Boroughs was made up of the areas covered by the boroughs of Greymouth and Hokitika. The enabling legislation allow ...
) was established, and the Act stipulated that the sitting member (
William Sefton Moorhouse
William Sefton Moorhouse ( 1825 – 15 September 1881) was a British-born New Zealand politician. He was the second Superintendent of Canterbury Province.
Early life
Moorhouse was born in Yorkshire, England, and baptised on 18 December 1825; th ...
) was transferred to it. Other new electorates, for which by-elections were to be held, were
Westland North
Westland North was a parliamentary electorate on the West Coast of New Zealand from 1868 to 1870.
History
The Westland Representation Act 1867 introduced changes to the Waimea and Westland electorates. Their areas were reassigned and four elec ...
and Westland South.
Edmund Barff
Edmund Barff (5 March 1833 – 29 June 1882) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the West Coast, New Zealand.
Barff was born in the English county of Kent on 5 March 1833, probably at Lee (now part of Greater London), where he was ba ...
was elected in
1868
Events
January–March
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
. He served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1870, and the electorate was abolished. In
1871, Barff was defeated for
Hokitika
Hokitika is a town in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River. It is the seat and largest town in the Westland District. The town's estimated population is as of ...
by
John White.
Members of Parliament
Westland North was represented by one Member of Parliament:
Election results
1868 supplementary election
Notes
References
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{{Historic electorates of New Zealand , state=collapsed
Historical electorates of New Zealand