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href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Christchurch (New Zealand electorate)">City of Christchurch (New Zealand electorate)</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the former Christchurch (New Zealand) electorate. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Christchurch_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Christchurch (disambiguation)">Christchurch (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Former electorate in Canterbury, New Zealand</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p><b>Christchurch</b> was a parliamentary <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_electorates" title="New Zealand electorates">electorate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a>, New Zealand. It existed three times. Originally it was the <b>Town of Christchurch</b> from 1853 to 1860. From the <a href="/wiki/1860%E2%80%931861_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1860–1861 New Zealand general election">1860–1861 election</a> to the <a href="/wiki/1871_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1871 New Zealand general election">1871 election</a>, it existed as <b>City of Christchurch</b>. It then existed from the <a href="/wiki/1875%E2%80%931876_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1875–1876 New Zealand general election">1875–1876 election</a> until the <a href="/wiki/1881_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1881 New Zealand general election">1881 election</a>. The last period was from the <a href="/wiki/1890_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1890 New Zealand general election">1890 election</a> to the <a href="/wiki/1905_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1905 New Zealand general election">1905 election</a>. Since the <a href="/wiki/1946_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1946 New Zealand general election">1946 election</a>, a similarly named electorate called <a href="/wiki/Christchurch_Central" title="Christchurch Central">Christchurch Central</a> has been in existence. </p><p>The historic electorate was represented by 21 members of parliament. For some of the time, it was represented by one member at a time. During other periods, it was one of the few three-member electorates in New Zealand. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population_centres">Population centres</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Population centres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 1887, the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives" title="New Zealand House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> voted to reduce its membership from general electorates from 91 to 70. The 1890 electoral redistribution used the same 1886 census data used for the 1887 electoral redistribution. In addition, three-member electorates were introduced in the four main centres. This resulted in a major restructuring of electorates, and Christchurch was one of eight electorates to be re-created for the 1890 election.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198954ff_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198954ff-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The electorate included <a href="/wiki/Christchurch_Central_City" title="Christchurch Central City">Christchurch City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hagley_Park,_Christchurch" title="Hagley Park, Christchurch">Hagley Park</a>, the boroughs of Sydenham and St Albans, and parts of the Linwood borough.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1853_to_1871">1853 to 1871</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1853 to 1871"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The nomination meeting for the first election was held on 16 August 1853 at the Christchurch Land Office, together with the nomination meeting for the <a href="/wiki/Christchurch_Country" title="Christchurch Country">Christchurch Country</a> electorate. The first election was held on Saturday, 20 August between 9 am and 4 pm at the Resident Magistrate's Office in Christchurch, with <a href="/wiki/Charles_Simeon_(colonist)" title="Charles Simeon (colonist)">Charles Simeon</a> acting as the returning officer.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the nomination meeting on <a href="/wiki/1860%E2%80%931861_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1860–1861 New Zealand general election">31 January 1861</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cracroft_Wilson" title="John Cracroft Wilson">John Cracroft Wilson</a> was proposed by <a href="/wiki/William_Wilson_(mayor)" title="William Wilson (mayor)">William Wilson</a> and seconded by <a href="/wiki/William_Thomson_(politician)" title="William Thomson (politician)">William Thomson</a>. Cracroft Wilson was declared elected unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-Feb_1861_elections_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feb_1861_elections-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/1866_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1866 New Zealand general election">1866 election</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_FitzGerald_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="James FitzGerald (New Zealand politician)">James FitzGerald</a> was unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1853 to 1871, the electorate was represented by one member at a time. Prior to the <a href="/wiki/1860%E2%80%931861_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1860–1861 New Zealand general election">1860/61</a> election, it was known as Town of Christchurch:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198930,_34_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198930,_34-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td width="120px"><b>Election</b> </td> <td width="195px" colspan="2"><b>Winner</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1853_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1853 New Zealand general election">1853 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" width="5px" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sewell" title="Henry Sewell">Henry Sewell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1855_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1855 New Zealand general election">1855 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1856_Town_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1856 Town of Christchurch by-election">1856 by-election</a></i></span><sup id="cite_ref-Packer_1856_election_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Packer_1856_election-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Packer_(politician)" title="Richard Packer (politician)">Richard Packer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1860_Town_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1860 Town of Christchurch by-election">1860 by-election</a></i></span><sup id="cite_ref-1860_by-election_date_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1860_by-election_date-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1860_by-election_win_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1860_by-election_win-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td>Henry Sewell </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1860%E2%80%931861_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1860–1861 New Zealand general election">1861 election</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Cracroft_Wilson" title="John Cracroft Wilson">John Cracroft Wilson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1866_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1866 New Zealand general election">1866 election</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_FitzGerald_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="James FitzGerald (New Zealand politician)">James FitzGerald</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1867_Christchurch_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1867 Christchurch by-election">1867 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Travers_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="William Travers (New Zealand politician)">William Travers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1870_Christchurch_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1870 Christchurch by-election">1870 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Sefton_Moorhouse" title="William Sefton Moorhouse">William Sefton Moorhouse</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1875_to_1881">1875 to 1881</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1875 to 1881"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The electorate was recreated for the 1875 election and existed for two terms until the 1881 election as a three-member electorate. </p><p>The nomination meeting for the <a href="/wiki/1875%E2%80%931876_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1875–1876 New Zealand general election">1875 election</a> was held on 16 December. The former member of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Legislative_Council" title="New Zealand Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Lee_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Leslie Lee (New Zealand politician)">Leslie Lee</a>, was the <a href="/wiki/Returning_officer" title="Returning officer">returning officer</a>. <a href="/wiki/Edward_Richardson" title="Edward Richardson">Edward Richardson</a>, who had previously represented <a href="/wiki/Christchurch_West" title="Christchurch West">Christchurch West</a>, was nominated by Louis Edward Nathan and seconded by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bishop_(mayor)" title="Edward Bishop (mayor)">Edward Bishop</a>. <a href="/wiki/Edward_Cephas_John_Stevens" title="Edward Cephas John Stevens">Edward Cephas John Stevens</a>, who had previously represented <a href="/wiki/Selwyn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Selwyn (New Zealand electorate)">Selwyn</a>, was nominated John Inglis and seconded by William Derisley Wood. <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Paull_Andrews" title="Samuel Paull Andrews">Samuel Paull Andrews</a> was nominated by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wynn-Williams" title="Henry Wynn-Williams">Henry Wynn-Williams</a> and seconded by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Reese_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Reese (politician)">Daniel Reese</a>. <a href="/wiki/William_Sefton_Moorhouse" title="William Sefton Moorhouse">William Sefton Moorhouse</a> was nominated by <a href="/wiki/Fred_Hobbs" title="Fred Hobbs">Fred Hobbs</a> and seconded by <a href="/wiki/William_Wilson_(mayor)" title="William Wilson (mayor)">William Wilson</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jerningham_Wakefield" title="Jerningham Wakefield">Jerningham Wakefield</a> put his own name forward, and he was seconded by James Treadwell. The latter was in turn proposed by J. R. Johnson and seconded by J. S. Buxton.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The election was held on 21 December, and Stevens, Richardson, and Moorhouse were returned with 1059, 992, and 662 votes, respectively. Andrews, Wakefield, and Treadwell received 532, 241, and 22 votes, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historian <a href="/wiki/George_Macdonald_(historian)" title="George Macdonald (historian)">George Macdonald</a> said of Treadwell that "he was not taken seriously and there was no reason why he should be".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_Grey" title="George Grey">George Grey</a> was elected in both the <a href="/wiki/Thames_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Thames (New Zealand electorate)">Thames</a> and the City of Christchurch electorates in September 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grey came first in the three-member Christchurch electorate (<a href="/wiki/Samuel_Paull_Andrews" title="Samuel Paull Andrews">Samuel Paull Andrews</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Cephas_John_Stevens" title="Edward Cephas John Stevens">Edward Stevens</a> came second with equal numbers of votes, and only 23 votes ahead of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Richardson" title="Edward Richardson">Edward Richardson</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-1879_Christchurch_results_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1879_Christchurch_results-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richardson petitioned against Grey's return on technical grounds, as Grey had already been elected in the Thames electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-Commentary_on_petition_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Commentary_on_petition-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The electoral commission unseated Grey on 24 October,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Richardson offered to fill this vacancy a few days later. Grey kept the Thames seat and remained a member of parliament through that constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" width="95%"> <tbody><tr> <td width="19%"><b>Election</b> </td> <td width="81%" colspan="6"><b>Winners</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1875%E2%80%931876_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1875–1876 New Zealand general election">1875 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-1875/76_election_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1875/76_election-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1875-76_detailed_Canterbury_results_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1875-76_detailed_Canterbury_results-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td width="1%" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td width="27%"><a href="/wiki/William_Sefton_Moorhouse" title="William Sefton Moorhouse">William Sefton Moorhouse</a> </td> <td width="1%" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td width="27%" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Richardson" title="Edward Richardson">Edward Richardson</a> </td> <td width="1%" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td width="27%" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cephas_John_Stevens" title="Edward Cephas John Stevens">Edward Cephas John Stevens</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1879_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1879 New Zealand general election">1879 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-1879_Christchurch_results_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1879_Christchurch_results-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1879_election_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1879_election-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Paull_Andrews" title="Samuel Paull Andrews">Samuel Paull Andrews</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1890_to_1905">1890 to 1905</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1890 to 1905"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1890 until the 1905 election, it was a three-member electorate again.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198955–68_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198955–68-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six candidates stood for election in <a href="/wiki/1890_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1890 New Zealand general election">1890</a>: <a href="/wiki/William_Pember_Reeves" title="William Pember Reeves">William Pember Reeves</a> (2784 votes), <a href="/wiki/Westby_Perceval" title="Westby Perceval">Westby Perceval</a> (2721 votes), <a href="/wiki/Richard_Molesworth_Taylor" title="Richard Molesworth Taylor">Richard Molesworth Taylor</a> (2614 votes), John Tippett Smith (1811 votes), <a href="/wiki/Edward_Wingfield_Humphreys" title="Edward Wingfield Humphreys">Edward Wingfield Humphreys</a> (1666 votes) and <a href="/wiki/Eden_George" title="Eden George">Eden George</a> (119 votes).<sup id="cite_ref-1890_election_results_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1890_election_results-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reeves, Perceval and Taylor were thus elected. </p><p>The 1896 by-election was caused by the appointment of <a href="/wiki/William_Pember_Reeves" title="William Pember Reeves">William Pember Reeves</a> as Agent-General.<sup id="cite_ref-Otago_Witness_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Otago_Witness-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Key: </p><p><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#FFDF00"> </span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#9999CC"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#FFFFAA"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#FFA500"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal%E2%80%93Labour_(New_Zealand)" title="Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)">Liberal–Labour</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#DCDCDC"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" width="95%"> <tbody><tr> <td width="19%"><b>Election</b> </td> <td width="81%" colspan="6"><b>Winners</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1890_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1890 New Zealand general election">1890 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-Otago_Witness_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Otago_Witness-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-City_of_Christchurch_1890_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City_of_Christchurch_1890-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td width="1%" bgcolor="#FFDF00"> </td> <td width="27%"><a href="/wiki/Westby_Perceval" title="Westby Perceval">Westby Perceval</a> </td> <td width="1%" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFDF00"> </td> <td width="27%" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/William_Pember_Reeves" title="William Pember Reeves">William Pember Reeves</a> </td> <td width="1%" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td width="27%" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Molesworth_Taylor" title="Richard Molesworth Taylor">Richard Molesworth Taylor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:87%;"><i><a href="/wiki/1891_City_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1891 City of Christchurch by-election">1891 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td bgcolor="orange"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Sandford" title="Ebenezer Sandford">Ebenezer Sandford</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1893 New Zealand general election">1893 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-Otago_Witness_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Otago_Witness-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/George_John_Smith" title="George John Smith">George John Smith</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFDF00"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/William_Whitehouse_Collins" title="William Whitehouse Collins">William Whitehouse Collins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:87%;"><i><a href="/wiki/1896_City_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1896 City of Christchurch by-election">1896 by-election</a></i></span><sup id="cite_ref-Otago_Witness_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Otago_Witness-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#9999CC"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lewis_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Charles Lewis (New Zealand politician)">Charles Lewis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1896_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1896 New Zealand general election">1896 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-1896_election_results_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1896_election_results-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Taylor_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Tommy Taylor (New Zealand politician)">Tommy Taylor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1899_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1899 New Zealand general election">1899 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFDF00"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Ell" title="Harry Ell">Harry Ell</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFDF00"> </td> <td rowspan="2">William Whitehouse Collins (2nd period) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:87%;"><i><a href="/wiki/1901_City_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1901 City of Christchurch by-election">1901 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFAA"> </td> <td>George John Smith (2nd period) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1902_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1902 New Zealand general election">1902 election</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFDF00"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Davey_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Thomas Davey (New Zealand politician)">Thomas Henry Davey</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFAA"> </td> <td>Tommy Taylor (2nd period) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" align="center"><small>(Electorate abolished 1905)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1901_by-election">1901 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1901 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1901_City_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1901 City of Christchurch by-election">1901 City of Christchurch by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-City_of_Christchurch_1901_final_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City_of_Christchurch_1901_final-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFFFAA; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_John_Smith" title="George John Smith">George John Smith</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,912 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>40.3% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFA500; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal%E2%80%93Labour_(New_Zealand)" title="Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)">Liberal–Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Taylor </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,418 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.2% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFFFAA; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Arthur Hughes Turnbull </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,377 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.5% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,707 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55.9% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">17,355 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1899_election">1899 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1899 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1899_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1899 New Zealand general election">1899 general election</a>: Christchurch<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFDF00; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Whitehouse_Collins" title="William Whitehouse Collins">William Whitehouse Collins</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,688 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.56 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+16.13 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#9999CC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lewis_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Charles Lewis (New Zealand politician)">Charles Lewis</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,346 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>44.21 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−2.11 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFFFAA; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Ell" title="Harry Ell">Harry Ell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,149 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>42.84 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+9.67 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Taylor_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Tommy Taylor (New Zealand politician)">Tommy Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,928 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.30 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.91 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_John_Smith" title="George John Smith">George John Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,413 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.71 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.17 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFA500; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal%E2%80%93Labour_(New_Zealand)" title="Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)">Liberal–Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Taylor<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,212 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.31 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999CC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Donnelly </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,427 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.84 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.69 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999CC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Greig </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,899 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.23 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">221<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>mb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.54 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.22 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,354 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69.18 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.65 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">20,750 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Table footnotes: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Ell – 6,149) and highest losing poll (Taylor – 5,928)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1896_election">1896 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1896 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1896_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1896 New Zealand general election">1896 general election</a>: Christchurch<sup id="cite_ref-1896_election_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1896_election-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#9999CC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lewis_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Charles Lewis (New Zealand politician)">Charles Lewis</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,570 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.32 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+7.72 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_John_Smith" title="George John Smith">George John Smith</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,940 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>41.88 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.52 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Taylor_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Tommy Taylor (New Zealand politician)">Tommy Taylor</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,445 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>38.39 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.16 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Whitehouse_Collins" title="William Whitehouse Collins">William Whitehouse Collins</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,309 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.43 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.90 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Ell" title="Harry Ell">Harry Ell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,705 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.17 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999CC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Beswick_(politician)" title="Harry Beswick (politician)">Harry Beswick</a><sup id="cite_ref-NZETC_Beswick_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZETC_Beswick-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,874 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.31 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999CC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Donnelly </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,709 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.15 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">William Cullen </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,365 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.72 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Marciel </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,982 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.02 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Molesworth_Taylor" title="Richard Molesworth Taylor">Richard Molesworth Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">555 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.91 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−22.26 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Timothy Partridge </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">97 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.68 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">136<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.32 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">350 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.41 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">18,439<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198964_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198964-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,534 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">78.82 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Table footnotes: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Taylor – 5,445) and highest losing poll (Collins – 5,309)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1896_by-election">1896 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1896 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1896_City_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1896 City of Christchurch by-election">1896 City of Christchurch by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-City_of_Christchurch_final_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City_of_Christchurch_final-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_bio_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis_bio-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#9999CC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lewis_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Charles Lewis (New Zealand politician)">Charles Lewis</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,714 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>38.60 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFFFAA; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Taylor_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Tommy Taylor (New Zealand politician)">Tommy Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,302 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.23 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Molesworth_Taylor" title="Richard Molesworth Taylor">Richard Molesworth Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,196 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.17 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.49 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">412 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.37 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.80 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">81 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.46 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,293 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70.01 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.62 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">17,559 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1893_election">1893 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1893 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1893 New Zealand general election">1893 general election</a>: Christchurch<sup id="cite_ref-1893_election_results_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1893_election_results-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1893_affiliation_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1893_affiliation-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFDF00; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Pember_Reeves" title="William Pember Reeves">William Pember Reeves</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,442 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.90 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_John_Smith" title="George John Smith">George John Smith</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,510 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>41.36 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFDF00; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Whitehouse_Collins" title="William Whitehouse Collins">William Whitehouse Collins</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,875 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>35.53 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFA500; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal%E2%80%93Labour_(New_Zealand)" title="Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)">Liberal–Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Sandford" title="Ebenezer Sandford">Ebenezer Sandford</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,594 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.96 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−18.49 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">James O'Bryen Richard Dott Hoare </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,098 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.41 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Henry Bradbury </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,937 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.93 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Molesworth_Taylor" title="Richard Molesworth Taylor">Richard Molesworth Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,037 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.68 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">William Hoban </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,976 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.12 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999CC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mortimer Davie </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,846 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.93 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999CC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joseph Evison </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,753 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.08 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999CC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Eden_George" title="Eden George">Eden George</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,647 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.10 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.60 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">281 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.58 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−18.04 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,905 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">74.63 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">14,612 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1891_by-election">1891 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 1891 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1891_City_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1891 City of Christchurch by-election">1891 City of Christchurch by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFA500; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal%E2%80%93Labour_(New_Zealand)" title="Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)">Liberal–Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Sandford" title="Ebenezer Sandford">Ebenezer Sandford</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,851 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.45 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Tippet Smith </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,109 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.83 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999CC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Eden_George" title="Eden George">Eden George</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">637 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.70 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">742 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.62 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,597 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1879_election">1879 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1879 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1879_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1879 New Zealand general election">1879 general election</a>, Christchurch<sup id="cite_ref-Christchurch_Election_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christchurch_Election-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Sir <a href="/wiki/George_Grey" title="George Grey">George Grey</a><sup>b</sup> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,315 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.58 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Paull_Andrews" title="Samuel Paull Andrews">Samuel Paull Andrews</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,250 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>67.09 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cephas_John_Stevens" title="Edward Cephas John Stevens">Edward Cephas John Stevens</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,250 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>67.09 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Richardson" title="Edward Richardson">Edward Richardson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,227 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">65.86 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Treadwell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">548 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.41 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,863 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><sup>b</sup> Grey was unseated after a petition as he had already been elected in the <a href="/wiki/Thames_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Thames (New Zealand electorate)">Thames</a> electorate, with Richardson filling the vacancy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985201_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985201-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1875_election">1875 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 1875 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1875%E2%80%931876_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1875–1876 New Zealand general election">1875 general election</a>: Christchurch<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cephas_John_Stevens" title="Edward Cephas John Stevens">Edward Cephas John Stevens</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,059 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>91.61 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Richardson" title="Edward Richardson">Edward Richardson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>992 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>85.81 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Sefton_Moorhouse" title="William Sefton Moorhouse">William Sefton Moorhouse</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>622 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.81 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Paull_Andrews" title="Samuel Paull Andrews">Samuel Paull Andrews</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">532 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.02 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jerningham_Wakefield" title="Jerningham Wakefield">Jerningham Wakefield</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">241 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.85 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Treadwell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.90 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">90 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.79 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1156 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.92 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">2,363 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1867_by-election">1867 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 1867 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1867_City_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1867 City of Christchurch by-election">1867 City of Christchurch by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Travers_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="William Travers (New Zealand politician)">William Travers</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>384 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.14 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Tancred_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Henry Tancred (New Zealand politician)">Henry Tancred</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">300 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43.86 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">684 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">84 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.28 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1860_by-election">1860 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 1860 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1860_Town_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1860 Town of Christchurch by-election">1860 Town of Christchurch by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-Nomination_and_results_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nomination_and_results-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sewell" title="Henry Sewell">Henry Sewell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>77 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hart_(mayor)" title="Michael Hart (mayor)">Michael Hart</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.0 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">110 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">68.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1853_election">1853 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 1853 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1853_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1853 New Zealand general election">1853 general election</a>: Town of Christchurch<sup id="cite_ref-1853_election_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1853_election-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sewell" title="Henry Sewell">Henry Sewell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>61 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.21 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles B. Fooks </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.79 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.42 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">95 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73.64 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">129 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198954ff-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198954ff_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMcRobie1989">McRobie 1989</a>, pp. 54ff.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19010629.2.77">"The Bye-Election"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Press" title="The Press">The Press</a></i>. 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»</small></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General<br /> electorates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akaroa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Akaroa (New Zealand electorate)">Akaroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albany_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Albany (New Zealand electorate)">Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aoraki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Aoraki (New Zealand electorate)">Aoraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arch_Hill_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Arch Hill (New Zealand electorate)">Arch Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashburton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ashburton (New Zealand electorate)">Ashburton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ashley (New Zealand electorate)">Ashley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Auckland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="City of Auckland (New Zealand electorate)">Auckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_East" title="Auckland East">Auckland East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_North" title="Auckland North">Auckland North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_Suburbs_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Auckland Suburbs (New Zealand electorate)">Auckland Suburbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_West" title="Auckland West">Auckland West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avon_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Avon (New Zealand electorate)">Avon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awarua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Awarua (New Zealand electorate)">Awarua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Islands_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Bay of Islands (New Zealand electorate)">Bay of Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birkenhead_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Birkenhead (New Zealand electorate)">Birkenhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Brooklyn (New Zealand electorate)">Brooklyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Bruce (New Zealand electorate)">Bruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buller_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Buller (New Zealand electorate)">Buller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caversham_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Caversham (New Zealand electorate)">Caversham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalmers_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Chalmers (New Zealand electorate)">Chalmers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheviot_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Cheviot (New Zealand electorate)">Cheviot</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_Country" title="Christchurch Country">Christchurch Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Christchurch North (New Zealand electorate)">Christchurch North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_South" title="Christchurch South">Christchurch South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_West" title="Christchurch West">Christchurch West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Auckland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="City of Auckland (New Zealand electorate)">City of Auckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Christchurch (New Zealand electorate)">City of Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Dunedin_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="City of Dunedin (New Zealand electorate)">City of Dunedin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Nelson (New Zealand electorate)">City of Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wellington_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Wellington (New Zealand electorate)">City of Wellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clevedon_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Clevedon (New Zealand electorate)">Clevedon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clive_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Clive (New Zealand electorate)">Clive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clutha_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Clutha (New Zealand electorate)">Clutha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clutha-Southland" title="Clutha-Southland">Clutha-Southland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleridge_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Coleridge (New Zealand electorate)">Coleridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Collingwood (New Zealand electorate)">Collingwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_of_Hawke_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="County of Hawke (New Zealand electorate)">County of Hawke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtenay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Courtenay (New Zealand electorate)">Courtenay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_Central" title="Dunedin Central">Dunedin Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_Country" title="Dunedin Country">Dunedin Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_East" title="Dunedin East">Dunedin East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Dunedin North (New Zealand electorate)">Dunedin North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_South" title="Dunedin South">Dunedin South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_and_Suburbs_North" title="Dunedin and Suburbs North">Dunedin and Suburbs North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_and_Suburbs_South" title="Dunedin and Suburbs South">Dunedin and Suburbs South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_Suburbs" title="Dunedin Suburbs">Dunedin Suburbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_West" title="Dunedin West">Dunedin West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunstan_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Dunstan (New Zealand electorate)">Dunstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Cape_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="East Cape (New Zealand electorate)">East Cape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Bay_of_Plenty_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Bay of Plenty (New Zealand electorate)">Eastern Bay of Plenty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hutt_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Hutt (New Zealand electorate)">Eastern Hutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Eden (New Zealand electorate)">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egmont_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Egmont (New Zealand electorate)">Egmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellesmere_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ellesmere (New Zealand electorate)">Ellesmere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fendalton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Fendalton (New Zealand electorate)">Fendalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Far North (New Zealand electorate)">Far North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foxton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Foxton (New Zealand electorate)">Foxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Franklin (New Zealand electorate)">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_North" title="Franklin North">Franklin North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_South" title="Franklin South">Franklin South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geraldine_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Geraldine (New Zealand electorate)">Geraldine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gisborne_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Gisborne (New Zealand electorate)">Gisborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenfield_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Glenfield (New Zealand electorate)">Glenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Gladstone (New Zealand electorate)">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Grey (New Zealand electorate)">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_and_Bell" title="Grey and Bell">Grey and Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_Lynn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grey Lynn (New Zealand electorate)">Grey Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greymouth_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greymouth (New Zealand electorate)">Greymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_Valley_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Grey Valley (New Zealand electorate)">Grey Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halswell_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Halswell (New Zealand electorate)">Halswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hamilton (New Zealand electorate)">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampden_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hampden (New Zealand electorate)">Hampden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hastings (New Zealand electorate)">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauraki_(New_Zealand_general_electorate)" title="Hauraki (New Zealand general electorate)">Hauraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawera_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hawera (New Zealand electorate)">Hawera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkes_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hawkes Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Hawkes Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathcote_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Heathcote (New Zealand electorate)">Heathcote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helensville_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Helensville (New Zealand electorate)">Helensville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Henderson (New Zealand electorate)">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heretaunga_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Heretaunga (New Zealand electorate)">Heretaunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobson_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hobson (New Zealand electorate)">Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hokitika_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hokitika (New Zealand electorate)">Hokitika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hokonui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hokonui (New Zealand electorate)">Hokonui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horowhenua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Horowhenua (New Zealand electorate)">Horowhenua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howick_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Howick (New Zealand electorate)">Howick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hunua (New Zealand electorate)">Hunua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurunui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hurunui (New Zealand electorate)">Hurunui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutt_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hutt (New Zealand electorate)">Hutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inangahua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Inangahua (New Zealand electorate)">Inangahua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Island Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Island Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiapoi_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kaiapoi (New Zealand electorate)">Kaiapoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaimai_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kaimai (New Zealand electorate)">Kaimai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaipara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kaipara (New Zealand electorate)">Kaipara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapiti_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kapiti (New Zealand electorate)">Kapiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karapiro_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Karapiro (New Zealand electorate)">Karapiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karori_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Karori (New Zealand electorate)">Karori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Country_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="King Country (New Zealand electorate)">King Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kumara (New Zealand electorate)">Kumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Lincoln (New Zealand electorate)">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linwood_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Linwood (New Zealand electorate)">Linwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyttelton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Lyttelton (New Zealand electorate)">Lyttelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahia_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mahia (New Zealand electorate)">Mahia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manawatu_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Manawatu (New Zealand electorate)">Manawatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuherikia_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Manuherikia (New Zealand electorate)">Manuherikia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manukau_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Manukau (New Zealand electorate)">Manukau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manukau_East_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manukau East (New Zealand electorate)">Manukau East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maramarua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Maramarua (New Zealand electorate)">Maramarua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Marlborough (New Zealand electorate)">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsden_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Marsden (New Zealand electorate)">Marsden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masterton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Masterton (New Zealand electorate)">Masterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matakana_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Matakana (New Zealand electorate)">Matakana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matamata_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Matamata (New Zealand electorate)">Matamata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mataura_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mataura (New Zealand electorate)">Mataura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Canterbury_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mid-Canterbury (New Zealand electorate)">Mid-Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miramar_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Miramar (New Zealand electorate)">Miramar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moeraki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Moeraki (New Zealand electorate)">Moeraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongonui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mongonui (New Zealand electorate)">Mongonui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongonui_and_Bay_of_Islands_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mongonui and Bay of Islands (New Zealand electorate)">Mongonui and Bay of Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mornington_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mornington (New Zealand electorate)">Mornington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motueka_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Motueka (New Zealand electorate)">Motueka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motueka_and_Massacre_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Motueka and Massacre Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Motueka and Massacre Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Herbert_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mount Herbert (New Zealand electorate)">Mount Herbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Ida_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mount Ida (New Zealand electorate)">Mount Ida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Victoria_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mount Victoria (New Zealand electorate)">Mount Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Newton (New Zealand electorate)">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtown_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Newtown (New Zealand electorate)">Newtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Division_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Northern Division (New Zealand electorate)">Northern Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oamaru_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Oamaru (New Zealand electorate)">Oamaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohariu-Belmont_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ohariu-Belmont (New Zealand electorate)">Ohariu-Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohinemuri_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ohinemuri (New Zealand electorate)">Ohinemuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omata_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Omata (New Zealand electorate)">Omata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onehunga_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Onehunga (New Zealand electorate)">Onehunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onslow_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Onslow (New Zealand electorate)">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oroua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Oroua (New Zealand electorate)">Oroua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otago_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Otago (New Zealand electorate)">Otago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otago_Central_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Otago Central (New Zealand electorate)">Otago Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otahuhu_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Otahuhu (New Zealand electorate)">Otahuhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Otara (New Zealand electorate)">Otara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owairaka_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Owairaka (New Zealand electorate)">Owairaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahiatua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Pahiatua (New Zealand electorate)">Pahiatua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmerston_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Palmerston (New Zealand electorate)">Palmerston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panmure_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Panmure (New Zealand electorate)">Panmure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papanui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Papanui (New Zealand electorate)">Papanui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papatoetoe_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Papatoetoe (New Zealand electorate)">Papatoetoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pareora_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Pareora (New Zealand electorate)">Pareora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parnell_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Parnell (New Zealand electorate)">Parnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patea_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Patea (New Zealand electorate)">Patea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pencarrow_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Pencarrow (New Zealand electorate)">Pencarrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peninsula_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Peninsula (New Zealand electorate)">Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensioner_Settlements_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Pensioner Settlements (New Zealand electorate)">Pensioner Settlements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petone_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Petone (New Zealand electorate)">Petone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piako_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Piako (New Zealand electorate)">Piako</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Picton (New Zealand electorate)">Picton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponsonby_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ponsonby (New Zealand electorate)">Ponsonby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porirua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Porirua (New Zealand electorate)">Porirua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Chalmers_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Chalmers (New Zealand electorate)">Port Chalmers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Hills_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Port Hills (New Zealand electorate)">Port Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raglan_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Raglan (New Zealand electorate)">Raglan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rakaia_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Rakaia (New Zealand electorate)">Rakaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangiora_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Rangiora (New Zealand electorate)">Rangiora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangiriri_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Rangiriri (New Zealand electorate)">Rangiriri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remuera_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Remuera (New Zealand electorate)">Remuera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riccarton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Riccarton (New Zealand electorate)">Riccarton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Riverton (New Zealand electorate)">Riverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Rodney (New Zealand electorate)">Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roskill_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Roskill (New Zealand electorate)">Roskill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roslyn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Roslyn (New Zealand electorate)">Roslyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruahine_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ruahine (New Zealand electorate)">Ruahine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Albans_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="St Albans (New Zealand electorate)">St Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="St Kilda (New Zealand electorate)">St Kilda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Canterbury_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="South Canterbury (New Zealand electorate)">South Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Division_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Southern Division (New Zealand electorate)">Southern Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanmore_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Stanmore (New Zealand electorate)">Stanmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Stratford (New Zealand electorate)">Stratford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suburbs_of_Auckland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Suburbs of Auckland (New Zealand electorate)">Suburbs of Auckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suburbs_of_Nelson" title="Suburbs of Nelson">Suburbs of Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydenham_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Sydenham (New Zealand electorate)">Sydenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Taranaki (New Zealand electorate)">Taranaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarawera_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tarawera (New Zealand electorate)">Tarawera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasman_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tasman (New Zealand electorate)">Tasman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taumarunui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Taumarunui (New Zealand electorate)">Taumarunui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Te_Aro_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Te Aro (New Zealand electorate)">Te Aro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Te_Aroha_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Te Aroha (New Zealand electorate)">Te Aroha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temuka_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Temuka (New Zealand electorate)">Temuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Thames (New Zealand electorate)">Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorndon_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Thorndon (New Zealand electorate)">Thorndon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timaru_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Timaru (New Zealand electorate)">Timaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titirangi_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Titirangi (New Zealand electorate)">Titirangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongariro_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tongariro (New Zealand electorate)">Tongariro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Totara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Totara (New Zealand electorate)">Totara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuapeka_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tuapeka (New Zealand electorate)">Tuapeka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waiapu_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waiapu (New Zealand electorate)">Waiapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waihemo_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waihemo (New Zealand electorate)">Waihemo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waikaia_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waikaia (New Zealand electorate)">Waikaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waikaremoana_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waikaremoana (New Zealand electorate)">Waikaremoana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waikouaiti_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waikouaiti (New Zealand electorate)">Waikouaiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waimarino_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waimarino (New Zealand electorate)">Waimarino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waimate_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waimate (New Zealand electorate)">Waimate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waimea_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waimea (New Zealand electorate)">Waimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waimea-Picton" title="Waimea-Picton">Waimea-Picton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waimea-Sounds_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waimea-Sounds (New Zealand electorate)">Waimea-Sounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waipa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waipa (New Zealand electorate)">Waipa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waipareira_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waipareira (New Zealand electorate)">Waipareira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waipawa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waipawa (New Zealand electorate)">Waipawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wairarapa_and_Hawke%27s_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wairarapa_North" title="Wairarapa North">Wairarapa North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wairarapa_South" title="Wairarapa South">Wairarapa South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wairau_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wairau (New Zealand electorate)">Wairau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waitemata_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitemata (New Zealand electorate)">Waitemata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waitakere_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitakere (New Zealand electorate)">Waitakere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waitomo_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitomo (New Zealand electorate)">Waitomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waitotara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitotara (New Zealand electorate)">Waitotara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakanui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wakanui (New Zealand electorate)">Wakanui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakatipu_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wakatipu (New Zealand electorate)">Wakatipu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallace_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wallace (New Zealand electorate)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanganui_and_Rangitikei" title="Wanganui and Rangitikei">Wanganui and Rangitikei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wellington (New Zealand electorate)">Wellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Country" title="Wellington Country">Wellington Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_East_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wellington East (New Zealand electorate)">Wellington East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington-Karori" title="Wellington-Karori">Wellington-Karori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wellington North (New Zealand electorate)">Wellington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_South_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wellington South (New Zealand electorate)">Wellington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_South_and_Suburbs" title="Wellington South and Suburbs">Wellington South and Suburbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Suburbs_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wellington Suburbs (New Zealand electorate)">Wellington Suburbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Suburbs_and_Country" title="Wellington Suburbs and Country">Wellington Suburbs and Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_West_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wellington West (New Zealand electorate)">Wellington West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Auckland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="West Auckland (New Zealand electorate)">West Auckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="West Coast (New Zealand electorate)">West Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Hutt" title="Western Hutt">Western Hutt</a></li> <li><a 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