Auckland North was a parliamentary
electorate
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in
Auckland
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, New Zealand from 1881 to 1890.
Population centres
The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the
1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the
House of Representatives
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increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Auckland North, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.
The area that was covered comprised what is today the
central business district
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.
History
Four people were nominated for the :
William Lee Rees
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Early years
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, who had previously represented ,
Thomas Peacock
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, William George Garrard, and Thomas Thwaites.
Thwaites soon withdrew from the contest, and Peacock narrowly defeated Rees, with Garrard coming a distant third.
In the , Peacock successfully stood in the electorate.
Thomas Thompson and
Joseph Newman contested Auckland North in 1884, with Thompson achieving a decisive win.
Three people were nominated for the : the incumbent, Thompson; Samuel Vaile, a merchant and land agent, and
Harry Farnall
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.
The latter withdrew before the election, and Thompson achieved a narrow win over Vaile.
Thompson represented Auckland North until its abolition in 1890.
Members of Parliament
The electorate was represented by two
Members of Parliament
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.
Key
Election results
1887 election
1884 election
1881 election
Notes
References
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{{Historic electorates of New Zealand , state=collapsed
Historical electorates of New Zealand
1881 establishments in New Zealand
1890 disestablishments in New Zealand
Politics of the Auckland Region