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Dunedin Central was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand from 1881 to 1890 and 1905 to 1984.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=261–262}}

Population centres

The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–76 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 Central, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.{{sfn|McRobie |1989 |pp=43–48}}{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=261–262}}

History

Thomas Bracken, who at the {{NZ election link|1879}} had unsuccessfully contested the {{NZ electorate link|City of Dunedin}} electorate, was the first representative.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=185}} At the {{NZ election link|1884}}, Bracken was defeated by James Benn Bradshaw, but Bradshaw died during the term (on 1 September 1886) and Bracken won the resulting by-election. He served for the rest of the term and then retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=185}}

The {{NZ election link|1887}} was contested by Edward Cargill and Frederick Fitchett,^[1] and won by Fitchett.^[2] Fitchett served one term and then retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=196}} The electorate was abolished at the end of the term in 1890.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=261–262}}

When the electorate was recreated for the {{NZ election link|1905}}, the election was won by John A. Millar of the Liberal Party, who had represented various Dunedin electorates since {{NZ election link year|1893}}. At the next election in {{NZ election link year|1908}}, Millar successfully stood in the Dunedin West electorate.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=220}}

The Dunedin Central electorate was won by James Frederick Arnold in that year, who was also of the Liberal Party.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=180}} At the {{NZ election link|1911}}, Arnold was beaten by Charles Statham.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=180, 236}} Statham was a representative of the Reform Party, but became an Independent in 1919. Statham resigned after the {{NZ election link|1914}}, after irregularities in the counting of the vote turned a 12-vote lead for his competitor James Munro into a 12-vote loss. Munro, who represented the United Labour Party, and Statham contested the resulting {{By-election link|Dunedin Central|1915}}, which was narrowly won by Statham. He continued to represent the electorate until his retirement in 1935.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=236}}

Peter Neilson of the Labour Party won the {{NZ election link|1935}}. He served for three terms before he retired in 1946.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=223}} He was succeeded by Labour's Philip Connolly in the {{NZ election link|1946}}, who served six terms before he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=190}} Brian MacDonell of the Labour Party won the {{NZ election link|1963}} and served seven terms until 1984, when the electorate was abolished.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=190, 261–262}} MacDonell then failed to get selected by Labour for the Dunedin West electorate and then stood as an Independent, but he was unsuccessful.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

Members of Parliament

The electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament:{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=261–262}}

Election results

1981 election

1978 election

1975 election

1972 election

1969 election

1966 election

1963 election

1960 election

1957 election

1954 election

1951 election

1949 election

1946 election

1943 election

1938 election

1935 election

1931 election

1915 by-election

1886 by-election

Notes

1. ^{{cite news|title=The General Elections: City Nominations |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18870921.2.15 |accessdate=9 June 2012|work=Otago Daily Times|date=21 September 1887|issue=7982|page=2}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1887 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1887-II.2.1.9.13 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=25 February 2012 |page=3 |year=1887}}
3. ^{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1949 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1950-I.2.3.2.43 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=3 January 2014 |pages=1–5, 8 |year=1950}}
4. ^{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1946 |url= http://www.atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1947-I.2.4.2.38 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=1 January 2014 |pages=1–11, 14 |year=1947}}
5. ^ {{cite web |title = The General Election, 1943 |url = http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1944-I.2.2.5.37 |publisher = National Library |accessdate = 28 March 2014 |page = 11 |year = 1944}}
6. ^{{cite web |title = The General Election, 1938 |url = http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1939-I.2.3.2.36 |publisher = National Library |accessdate = 8 February 2012 |pages = 1–6 |year = 1939}}
7. ^{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1935 |year=1936 |publisher=National Library |pages = 1–35 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1936-I.2.3.2.33&srpos=167 |accessdate=3 August 2013}}
8. ^{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1931 |year=1932 |publisher=Government Printer |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1932-I-II.2.3.2.31 |page=2 |accessdate=2 November 2014}}
9. ^{{cite news |title=Elections Recounts |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19311212.2.81 |accessdate=29 January 2014 |work=The Evening Post |date=12 December 1931 |volume=CXII |issue=142 |page=10}}
10. ^{{cite news |title=Prospects in Otago |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19311123.2.118 |accessdate=13 November 2014 |work=The New Zealand Herald |volume=LXVIII |issue=21037 |date=23 November 1931 |page=11}}