Onslow was a New Zealand parliamentary

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, from 1946 to 1963, and then from 1993 to 1996 in the

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area. It was represented by three Members of Parliament.

Population centres

The

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had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the

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through the ''Electoral Amendment Act, 1945'' reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, eight former electorates were re-established, and 19 electorates were created for the first time, including Onslow. The electorate covered the northern suburbs of the city of Wellington, i.e. Ngaio,

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and Johnsonville. The name Onslow comes from the former Borough of Onslow which covered Wadestown until April 1907 its south ward and its most populous areaMunicipal Consolidation. ''Evening Post'', 16 May 1907 page 6
and the remaining Khandallah Ngaio areas until they too joined

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in 1919.

History

The electorate was established for the 1946 election. The unsuccessful

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candidate in 1954 was

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, who had represented in Auckland from 1946 to 1954. The electorate lasted until the 1963 election, when the Karori electorate was established. The electorate was re-established in the 1993 election to replace Ohariu.

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, who had previously represented the Ohariu electorate, was the successful candidate. For the first MMP election, the 1996 election, it was renamed back to

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, and included Belmont in the

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Members of Parliament

The Onslow electorate was represented by three Members of Parliament. Key

Election results

1993 election

1960 election

1957 election

1954 election

1954 by-election

1951 election

1949 election

1946 election

Notes

References

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Onslow (New Zealand Electorate) Historical electorates of New Zealand Politics of the Wellington Region 1946 establishments in New Zealand 1963 disestablishments in New Zealand 1996 disestablishments in New Zealand 1993 establishments in New Zealand