Auckland East

Template:NZelectorateShortDesc Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English 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 of Auckland electorate was split in half. It consisted of most of modern Auckland's central business district. Its boundaries remained largely static until 1875–1876 election, when the focus of the electorate shifted eastwards, making room for Auckland North electorate. It was abolished in the 1887 election, with most of its territory being absorbed by the neighbouring Parnell electorate.

At the 1905 election, a new electorate of the same name was created, again by abolishing a multi-member seat called City of Auckland. The boundaries of the new Auckland East were similar to those of the original, although its borders often shifted. By the 1938 election, it had lost most of the central business district, and was more focused on Parnell, Newmarket, and Grafton. It was abolished in the 1946 election, with most of its territory becoming part of a re-established Parnell electorate.

The first seat called Auckland East existed before political parties. The second seat was initially held by the Liberals, but later swung to the rising Labour Party, with the United Party (the Liberals' successor) capturing it only once after its initial loss. The seat also briefly belonged to the Reform Party, which captured it in a by-election but was unable to keep it.

John A. Lee failed to win the seat for Labour in the Template:By-election link, but won it in the Template:NZ election link and the Template:NZ election link. However he lost the seat in the Template:NZ election link (by 37 votes), which he later blamed on boundary changes. In 1927 the Representation Commission proposed altering the boundaries of the Template:NZ electorate link electorate; which if confirmed would have made the electorate "dry" or no-licence, and without an authority which could issue temporary licences for the Ellerslie and Alexandra Park raceways. Following objections, the boundary between the Parnell and Auckland East electorates was adjusted to include a hotel in the Parnell electorate (so retaining the licensing committee). Template:Sfn

Emily Maguire contested the Template:NZ election link for the Reform Party, but was unsuccessful against James Donald of the United Party.^[1]

Election results

Key

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Election	Winner
1861 election	width=5px rowspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color \|	Thomas Russell
1866 election	bgcolor=Template:Party color \|	Archibald Clark^[2]
1871 election	bgcolor=Template:Party color \|	Julius Vogel
1875 election	bgcolor=Template:Party color \|	William Rees
1879 election	bgcolor=Template:Party color \|	William Speight
1881 election	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color \|	Sir George Grey
1884 election		Sir George Grey
(Electorate abolished 1887–1905)
1905 election	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color \|	Frederick Baume
1908 election		Frederick Baume
1910 by-election	bgcolor=Template:Party color \|	Arthur Myers
1911 election	rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color\|
1914 election
1919 election
1921 by-election	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|	Clutha Mackenzie
1922 election	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color \|	John A. Lee
1925 election		John A. Lee
1928 election	bgcolor=Template:Party color \|	James Donald
1931 election	rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Party color \|	Bill Schramm
1935 election
1938 election
1943 election
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