City of Auckland was a New Zealand electorate formed for the election of 1853. It covered the core of

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during the early days of New Zealand democracy, when the city was small enough to be covered by two or three seats. It existed from 1853 to 1860, and from 1890 to 1905.

Population centres

The City of Auckland electorate was one of the original electorates, and was used in the country's first election. It covered a territory roughly corresponding to the central business district of the city today, and was surrounded by another electorate called Auckland Suburbs. As the city was growing rapidly, however, the electorate did not last long – in the 1860 election, it was divided into

Auckland East Auckland East was a New Zealand electorate, situated in the east of Auckland. It existed between 1861 and 1887, and again between 1905 and 1946. History The Auckland East electorate was established for the 1860–1861 election, when the City ...

and

Auckland West The former New Zealand parliamentary electorate on the western inner city of Auckland, was known as City of Auckland West from 1861 to 1890, and then Auckland West from 1905 to 1946. Population centres From 1861 to 1884 the electorate compris ...

. At the 1890 election, however, the total number of seats was reduced. This necessitated the re-creation of a seat to cover all of inner Auckland. This was accomplished by merging most of Auckland Central,

, Auckland North and Ponsonby, and taking a considerable amount of Parnell. In the 1893 election, the seat absorbed most of

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electorate, but lost some of its southern territories to the remnants of Parnell. In 1902 election,

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was split away into its own electorate. In the 1905 election, the remainder of the electorate was split in three, becoming Auckland Central,

, and

History

The was contested by seven candidates. John Shera, Thomas Thompson and

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received 2006, 1860 and 1761 votes, respectively, and were elected. Adam Porter,

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, James Wallis and

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received 1501, 1319, 748 and 262 votes, respectively, and were unsuccessful.

Members of Parliament

Key

Election results

1902 election

1900 by-election

1899 election

1896 election

1895 by-election

1893 election

1893 by-election

1890 election

1853 election

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Auckland, City of Historical electorates of New Zealand 1853 establishments in New Zealand Politics of the Auckland Region 1905 disestablishments in New Zealand 1890 establishments in New Zealand 1860 disestablishments in New Zealand