Eden (New Zealand electorate)

Population centres

The 1870 electoral redistribution was undertaken by a parliamentary select committee based on population data from the 1867 census. Eight sub-committees were formed, with two members each making decisions for their own province; thus members set their own electorate boundaries. The number of electorates was increased from 61 to 72, and Eden was one of the new electorates.

The electorate was urban, and comprised a number of inner-city suburbs in the central-south part of Auckland.

History

The Eden electorate was created in 1871 for the 5th Parliament. The first elected representative was Robert James Creighton, who won the 1871 election. He was succeeded in 1876 by Joseph Tole, who served until 1887. In the , Tole beat Frederick Whitaker. Edwin Mitchelson won the 1887 election. He served three parliamentary terms until 1896, when he unsuccessfully contested the City of Auckland electorate.

John Bollard was the next representative, elected in the 1896 election. He held the electorate until 1914. In the , he had a wafer-thin majority of just four votes over Malcolm Niccol. Bollard was succeeded by James Parr, who won the 1914 election. Parr resigned on 26 March 1926, as he had been appointed as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Rex Mason won the resulting 1926 by-election, as the Reform Party vote was split between two candidates. He held the electorate for the remainder of the term until 1928. He was succeeded by Arthur Stallworthy, who won in the 1928 election. He was defeated in 1935 by Bill Anderton, who held Eden until 1946, when he was elected for . Wilfred Fortune won Eden in 1946 and held the electorate for three terms until 1954, when he was defeated for the Onslow electorate.

Premier and Attorney-General Frederick Whitaker stood unsuccessfully for Eden in 1879; as did John Kerr in 1871.

The electorate was abolished in 1996, when it was replaced by the new MMP electorate of Epsom.

Members of Parliament

Eden was represented by 15 Members of Parliament.

Key

Election results

1993 election

|reg. electors = 24,184

1990 election

|reg. electors = 22,919

1987 election

|reg. electors = 23,419

1984 election

|reg. electors = 24,406

1981 election

|reg. electors = 23,138

1978 election

|reg. electors = 35,888

1975 election

|reg. electors = 26,591

1972 election

|reg. electors = 21,196

1969 election

|reg. electors = 20,254

1966 election

|reg. electors = 16,690

1963 election

|reg. electors = 17,471

1960 election

|reg. electors = 18,288

1957 election

|reg. electors = 18,995

1954 election

|reg. electors = 16,208

1951 election

|reg. electors = 12,881

1949 election

|reg. electors = 12,831

1946 election

|reg. electors = 13,915

1943 election

|reg. electors = 17,400

1938 election

|reg. electors = 17,368

1935 election

|reg. electors = 14,546

1931 election

|reg. electors = 14,230

1928 election

|reg. electors = 14,123

1926 by-election

1925 election

|reg. electors = 13,379

1922 election

|reg. electors = 9,359

1919 election

|reg. electors = 7,888

1914 election

|reg. electors = 11,239

1899 election

|reg. electors = 5,538

1893 election

|reg. electors = 4,682

1890 election

|reg. electors = 2,516

1887 election

|reg. electors = 1,900

1879 election

|reg. electors = NB: Officially there are 731 ballot papers, 9 informal votes, and 2*2 duplicate votes. After removing 13 from consideration, 718 total valid votes were counted. So technically, turnout is 729 voters.

1876 election

|reg. electors = 736

Notes

References

• {{cite book |author-link= Guy Scholefield |orig-year= First ed. published 1913
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