Waitemata was a New Zealand 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 in the Holy Roman Empire until 1806 * An electoral district or c ...

, from 1871 to 1946, and then from 1954 to 1978. It was represented by 18

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Population centres

The Waitemata electorate was created in the 1870 electoral redistribution based on

1867 New Zealand census The New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings ( mi, Te Tatauranga o ngā Tāngata Huri Noa i Aotearoa me ō rātou Whare Noho) is a national population and housing census conducted by government department Statistics New Zealand every five ...

data and was used in its initial form for the . It was located north of the various urban

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electorates and south of the electorate. The following settlements were included in its initial area:

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Parau Parau is a locality of West Auckland in the Auckland Region. It is under the local governance of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board within the Auckland Council. It is a coastal community close to Titirangi village. Parau is made up of Huia Ro ...

Laingholm Laingholm is a small community situated in the Waitākere Ranges of West Auckland, New Zealand. The name is derived from George and John Laing, who farmed the area starting in 1854, before it was subdivided. Celebrations were held in 2003 for ...

Titirangi Titirangi is a suburb of West Auckland in the Waitākere Ranges local board area of the city of Auckland in northern New Zealand. It is an affluent, residential suburb located 13 kilometres (8 miles) to the southwest of the Auckland city centre ...

, Waiatarua, Oratia, Piha,

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, Rānui, Waitākere township,

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, Kumeu,

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Whenuapai Whenuapai is a suburb and aerodrome located in northwestern Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the northwestern shore of the Waitematā Harbour, 15 kilometres to the northwest of Auckland's city centre. It is one of t ...

Takapuna Takapuna is a suburb located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is situated at the beginning of a south-east-facing peninsula forming the northern side of the Waitematā Harbour. While very small in terms of population, it ...

, and

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. The First Labour Government was defeated in the and the incoming National Government changed the Electoral Act, with the electoral quota once again based on total population as opposed to qualified electors, and the tolerance was increased to 7.5% of the electoral quota. There was no adjustments in the number of electorates between the

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and

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s, but the law changes resulted in boundary adjustments to almost every electorate through the 1952 electoral redistribution; only five electorates were unaltered. Five electorates were reconstituted (including Waitemata) and one was newly created, and a corresponding six electorates were abolished; all of these in the North Island. These changes took effect with the .

History

The electorate existed from

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to 1946, and from

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

to 1978. Early members were Thomas Henderson 1871–1874 (resigned),

Gustav von der Heyde Gustav Ludwig Theodor von der Heyde (1836–1891) was a 19th-century German-born Auckland businessman. In 1874, he became the Member of Parliament for the Waitemata electorate in Auckland, New Zealand. Biography Von der Heyde was born in ...

1874–1875 (unseated on petition),

John Sangster Macfarlane John Sangster Macfarlane (1818 – 2 February 1880) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand. He unsuccessfully contested the for , and the for . He then represented the Waitemata electorate from 1876 to 1879, when ...

1876–1879 (defeated),

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1879–1881 (retired),

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1881–1886 (died),

Richard Monk Richard Monk (1833 – 2 May 1912) was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Biography Richard Monk was born in Lancashire, England, and relocated to Hokianga with his parents at a young age. He was educated in California, and returned to ...

1886–1890 (defeated), and Jackson Palmer 1890–1893 (defeated). The election of Richard Monk, who stood again in , was declared invalid. From to 1896 Waitemata was held by future Prime Minister

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, until he transferred to . Richard Monk held the electorate for the period 1896–1902. The seat was then held by

Ewen Alison Ewen William Alison (29 February 1852 – 6 June 1945) was a conservative politician who sat in both the House of Representatives (1902–1908) and the Legislative Council (1918–1932) of New Zealand. Biography He was born in Auckland on ...

from 1902 to 1908,

Leonard Phillips Leonard Richard Phillips (1870–1947) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was elected to the Waitemata electorate in the 1908 general election, but retired in 1911 A notable ongoing event was the race for ...

from 1908 to 1911, and Alexander Harris from 1911 to 1935. In 1946 Henry Thorne Morton, who had held the seat from

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, was defeated for North Shore.

Members of Parliament

Waitemata was represented by 18 Members of Parliament. Key

Election results

1975 election

1972 election

1969 election

1966 election

1963 election

1960 election

1957 election

1954 election

1943 election

1941 by-election

1938 election

1935 election

1931 election

1928 election

1925 election

1922 election

1919 election

1914 election

1911 election

1908 election

1905 election

1902 election

1899 election

1894 by-election

1890 election

1886 Waitemata by-election

September 1874 Waitemata by-election

July 1874 Waitemata by-election

Notes

References

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