Dunedin East

Dunedin East was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in the Otago region of New Zealand from 1881 to 1890.

Population centres

The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Dunedin East, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.^[1]

History

Dunedin East is one of the electorates that replaced the three-member City of Dunedin electorate.^[2] The other two electorates formed in 1881 were Dunedin Central^[3] and Peninsula.^[4]

Members of Parliament

The electorate was represented by three Members of Parliament:^[3]^[5]

Key

Independent

Election	Winner
1881 election		Matthew Green^[2]
1884 election		Robert Stout^[6]
1887 election		James Allen^[7]

Election results

1887 election

1887 general election: Dunedin East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Allen	889	50.82
	Independent	Sir Robert Stout	860	49.18	−10.27
Majority			29	1.65
Turnout			1,749	78.32	+7.69
Registered electors			2,233

1884 election

1884 general election: Dunedin East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Stout	755	59.45
	Independent	Matthew Green	515	40.55
Majority			240	18.89
Turnout			1,270	70.63
Registered electors			1,798

Notes

^ McRobie 1989, pp. 43–48.
^ ^a ^b Scholefield 1925, p. 96.
^ ^a ^b Scholefield 1950, p. 157.
^ Scholefield 1950, p. 162.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 262.
^ Scholefield 1925, p. 137.
^ Scholefield 1925, p. 74.
^ "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ Cooper, G. S. (1884). The General Election, 1884. National Library. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

References

McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
Scholefield, Guy (1925) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record (2nd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198943–48-1] McRobie 1989, pp. 43–48.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield192596-2] Scholefield 1925, p. 96.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield1950157-3] Scholefield 1950, p. 157.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield1950162-4] Scholefield 1950, p. 162.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985262-5] Wilson 1985, p. 262.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield1925137-6] Scholefield 1925, p. 137.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield192574-7] Scholefield 1925, p. 74.

[General_Election,_1887-8] "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

[General_Election,_1884-9] Cooper, G. S. (1884). The General Election, 1884. National Library. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

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