Christchurch North (New Zealand electorate)

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Template:NZelectorateShortDesc Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Use dmy dates Christchurch North is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. The electorate comprised the northern half of what is now considered the Christchurch Central City.

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 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 Christchurch North, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.Template:Sfn

The boundaries of the Christchurch North electorate were Bealey Avenue in the north (then called North Town Belt), Fitzgerald Avenue in the east (then called East Town Belt), Worcester Street in the south (through Latimer and Cathedral Squares), and Park Terrace in the west (then called Antigua Street). The electorate thus comprised the northern half of what is now considered the central city.[1] The civic offices in Worcester Street were used as the polling station for the 1881 election, and Leslie Lee acted as the returning officer.[2]

The 1981 census had shown that the North Island had experienced further population growth, and three additional general seats were created through the 1983 electoral redistribution, bringing the total number of electorates to 95.Template:Sfn The South Island had, for the first time, experienced a population loss, but its number of general electorates was fixed at 25 since the 1967 electoral redistribution.Template:Sfn More of the South Island population was moving to Christchurch, and two electorates were abolished, while two electorates were recreated (including Christchurch North). In the North Island, six electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated, and six electorates were abolished.Template:Sfn

History

The electorate existed three times:Template:Sfn

It was held by three Premiers or Prime Ministers, Julius Vogel (1884 to 1889),Template:Sfn Sidney Holland and Mike Moore.

Henry Thomson, a former Mayor of Christchurch, was the electorate's first representative in Template:NZ election link year.Template:Sfn Thomson retired at the Template:NZ election link and was succeeded by Julius Vogel, who beat John Crewes.Template:Sfn[3] Vogel returned to England in 1888, never to return to New Zealand, and his resignation became effective in early 1889.[4] Edward Wingfield Humphreys won the resulting 1889 by-election and served until the end of the parliamentary term in the following year.Template:Sfn

For the Template:NZ election link election, a number of Christchurch electorates were amalgamated to form the three-member Template:NZ electorate link electorate.Template:Sfn Humphreys came fifth in that election and was thus unsuccessful.[5]

Members of Parliament

The electorate was represented by nine members of parliament.

Key

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Election Winner
Template:NZ election link width=5 bgcolor=Template:Party color | Henry Thomson
Template:NZ election link rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color | Julius Vogel
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1889 by-election rowspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color | Edward Wingfield Humphreys[6]
(Electorate abolished 1890–1905, see Template:NZ electorate link)
Template:NZ election link width=5 bgcolor=Template:Party color | Charles Gray
Template:NZ election link rowspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color | Tommy Taylor
1911 by-election rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color | Leonard Isitt
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Template:NZ election link rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color | Henry Holland
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Template:NZ election link Sidney Holland
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(Electorate abolished 1946–1984, see Template:NZ electorate link)
Template:NZ election link width=5 rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Party color | Mike Moore
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(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Template:NZ electorate link)

Election results

1993 election

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1993 general election: Christchurch North[7]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Lee Morgan 5,581 25.85
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jan Davey 3,072 14.23
Script error: No such module "Political party". Chris Fulford 726 3.36
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alex Mann 444 2.05
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cecil G. Murgatroyd 108 0.50 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Drace 47 0.21
Majority 6,024 27.91 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 21,583 86.17 Script error: No such module "String".

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1990 election

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1990 general election: Christchurch North[8]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Peter Yarrell 8,902 40.92
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Strange 1,205 5.53
Script error: No such module "Political party". Bill Smith 297 1.36
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cecil G. Murgatroyd 149 0.68
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mark Sadler 148 0.68 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 2,148 9.87 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 21,753 87.83 Script error: No such module "String".

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1987 election

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1987 general election: Christchurch NorthTemplate:Sfn
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Brendan McNeill 7,722 37.15
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mark Sadler 499 2.40
Majority 4,698 22.60 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 20,786 88.37 Script error: No such module "String".

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1984 election

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1984 general election: Christchurch NorthTemplate:Sfn
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Script error: No such module "Political party". David Dumergue 6,662 30.50
Script error: No such module "Political party". Stephen Nicholson 2,047 9.37
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Langridge 679 3.10
Script error: No such module "Political party". Roger McArthur 101 0.46
Majority 5,728 26.22 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 21,839 93.27 Script error: No such module "String".

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1943 election

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1943 general election: Christchurch North[9]Template:Refn
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Script error: No such module "Political party". George Manning 5,897 38.13
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Thomas Lauder Hart Parry 508 3.28
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lancelot Charles Walker 459 2.97
Script error: No such module "Political party". Maud Trisillian Fere 61 0.39
Majority 2,645 17.10 Script error: No such module "String".
Informal votes 189 1.21 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 15,656 89.97 Script error: No such module "String".

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1931 election

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1931 general election: Christchurch North[10][11]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Elizabeth McCombs 3,450 28.16
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lancelot Charles Walker 3,275 26.73
Majority 2,077 16.95 Script error: No such module "String".
Informal votes 53 0.43 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 12,305 84.75 Script error: No such module "String".

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1928 election

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1928 general election: Christchurch North[12]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Ernest Andrews 3,601 28.43
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Archer 3,572 28.20
Majority 1,892 14.94 Script error: No such module "String".
Informal votes 125 0.98 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 12,791 88.10 Script error: No such module "String".

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1914 election

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1914 general election: Christchurch North[13]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Henry Toogood[14] 4,005 43.41
Majority 1,217 13.19 Script error: No such module "String".
Informal votes 101 1.08 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 9,328 86.80 Script error: No such module "String".

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1911 by-election

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1889 by-election

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1884 election

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1884 general election: Christchurch North[15]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John Crewes 223 19.34
Majority 707 61.32 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,153 51.15 Script error: No such module "String".

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Notes

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References

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