Tuapeka (New Zealand electorate)

Tuapeka is a former parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1871 to 1911.

Population centres

The 1870 electoral redistribution was undertaken by a parliamentary select committee based on population data from the 1867 New Zealand 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 Tuapeka was one of the new electorates.[1] The Tuapeka electorate was landlocked and inland from the Bruce electorate. The town of Lawrence was within the electorate.[2]

In the 1875 electoral redistribution, the electorate's area was unaltered,[3] but boundary changes were introduced in subsequent electoral redistributions. In the 1890 electoral redistribution, the electorate moved further inland and the settlements of Tapanui and Roxburgh were gained.[4] In the 1892 electoral redistribution, the electorate moved further inland again and Tapanui was lost again, but Alexandra was gained.[5] In the 1907 electoral redistribution, the shape of the electorate changed significantly, and Lawrence was lost to the Bruce electorate, but large areas were gained from the Mount Ida electorate, including Ranfurly.[6]

In the 1911 electoral redistribution, the Tuapeka electorate was abolished, and the vast majority of its area went to the Otago Central electorate.[7]

History

From 1855 to 1862 Vincent Pyke represented Castlemaine and Castlemaine Boroughs in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[8] Pyke represented Tuapeka from the 1893 election to 4 June 1894, when he died.[9]

William Chapple, who represented Tuapeka for just four months following a by-election in 1908,[10] later became an MP in the House of Commons, representing Stirlingshire (1910–1918) and Dumfrieshire (1922–1924).

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Conservative     Liberal     Independent Liberal     Reform  

Election	Winner
1871 election		James Brown
1875 election
1879 election
1881 election
1884 election
1887 election
1890 election		Hugh Valentine
1893 election		Vincent Pyke
1894 by-election		William Larnach
1896 election
1898 by-election		Charles Rawlins
1899 election		James Bennet
1902 election
1905 election
1908 by-election		William Chapple
1908 election		Robert Scott
(Electorate abolished 1911; see Otago Central)

Election results

1908 by-election

1908 Tuapeka by-election[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	William Chapple	1,075	36.24
	Liberal	James Horn	1,045	35.23
	Conservative	Robert Scott	846	28.52
Majority			30	1.01
Turnout			2,966

1899 election

1899 general election: Tuapeka[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Bennet	1,758	50.91
	Conservative	Charles Rawlins	1,372	39.73	-0.54
	Independent Liberal	Alexander Fraser	323	9.35
Majority			386	11.18
Turnout			3,453	73.16
Registered electors			4,720

1898 by-election

1898 Tuapeka by-election[14][15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Rawlins	1,118	45.34%
	Independent	John Johnson Ramsay[17]	844	34.23%
	Independent	Robert Gilkison[18]	504	20.44%
	Independent	Henry Symes	296	12.00%
	Independent	James Sim	14	0.57%
Majority			274	11.11%
Turnout			2,466

1894 by-election

1894 Tuapeka by-election[19][20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Larnach	1,373	51.00%
	Independent	Scobie Mackenzie	1319	49.00%
Majority			54	2.01%
Turnout			2,692

1890 election

1890 general election: Tuapeka[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Valentine	885	51.96
	Independent	James Clark Brown	818	48.04
Majority			63	3.69
Turnout			1,703	68.78
Registered electors			2,476

Notes

1. McRobie 1989, p. 39.
2. McRobie 1989, p. 41.
3. McRobie 1989, pp. 43f.
4. McRobie 1989, pp. 55–57.
5. McRobie 1989, pp. 59–61.
6. McRobie 1989, pp. 71–73.
7. McRobie 1989, pp. 73–77.
8. "Pyke, Vincent". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
9. Wilson 1985, p. 227.
10. Wilson 1985, p. 189.
11. "Tuapeka by-election". Wairarapa Age. XXXI (9108). 6 June 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
12. "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
13. "Political". The Oamaru Mail. XXIV (7685). 29 November 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
14. "Tuapeka Election". The Star (6326). 3 November 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
15. "Tuapeka Election". The Timaru Herald. LXII (2854). 3 November 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
16. "Election Candidates". The Northern Advocate. 5 November 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
17. "Tokomairiro, October 25, 1898". The Bruce Herald. XXIX (3006). 25 October 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
18. "The Tuapeka Election". The Cromwell Argus. XXX (1537). 25 October 1898. p. 5. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
19. "Election Result". The Wanganui Herald. XXVIII (8522). 10 July 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
20. "Another defeat for Scobie Mackenzie". Grey River Argus. XXXVI (7986). 10 July 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
21. "Election Result". Evening Star (9439). 10 July 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
22. "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

References

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