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Port Chalmers (New Zealand electorate)

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Population centres
History
Members of Parliament
Election results
1931 election 1902 election 1893 election 1890 election 1878 by-election 1867 by-election
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Port Chalmers then Chalmers was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1938. It was centred on the town of Port Chalmers, the main port of Dunedin and Otago.

Population centres

In the 1865 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives focussed its review of electorates to South Island electorates only, as the Central Otago Gold Rush had caused significant population growth, and a redistribution of the existing population. Fifteen additional South Island electorates were created, including Port Chalmers, and the number of Members of Parliament was increased by 13 to 70.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=36}}

History

Port Chalmers was first established in 1866 for the term of the 4th New Zealand Parliament. For the {{NZ election link|1893}}, it was renamed as Chalmers. In 1896, the electorate was abolished, but it was re-created as Chalmers for the {{NZ election link|1902}}. The electorate was again abolished in 1938.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=260}}

Thomas Dick was elected on 17 March 1866 and resigned on 15 October 1866. He successfully contested the 15 December {{By-election link|Port Chalmers|1866}}, but resigned again on 26 April 1867.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=103}} David Forsyth Main succeeded him through the {{By-election link|Port Chalmers|1867}}.

James Macandrew died in February 1887 whilst holding the electorate. The {{By-election link|Port Chalmers|1887}} was won by James Mills.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=220}} The {{NZ election link|1887}} was contested by Mills and James Green,^[1] with Mills being successful.^[2]

James McColl Dickson represented Chalmers for four parliamentary terms from the {{NZ election link|1914}} until 1928, when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=193}} Dickson was succeeded by another member of the Reform Party, Alfred Ansell, who won the {{NZ election link year|1928}} and {{NZ election link|1931}}s.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=180}} In both elections, Ansell was challenged by Labour's Norman Hartley Campbell.^[3]^[4] Campbell had already won the nomination as the Labour candidate for the {{NZ election link|1935}} against M. Connolly, when he died in February 1935 following an operation.^[4]^[5] The Labour Party hierarchy wanted to make Connolly their candidate, but there was resentment and a new ballot was held, which was won by Archibald Campbell, the brother of Norman Hartley Campbell.^[4] Archibald Campbell defeated Ansell with the swing to Labour in the 1935 election, but retired in 1938.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=180, 187}}

The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament from 1866 to 1896, and a further five MPs from 1902 to 1938.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=260}} At the 1937 redistribution the electorate was split between Dunedin Central, {{NZ electorate link|Dunedin North}} and {{NZ electorate link|Oamaru}} electorates.

Members of Parliament

Key

Independent politician}}

New Zealand Liberal Party}}

Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)}}

Independent Liberal}}

Reform Party (New Zealand)}}

New Zealand Labour Party}}

Election	Winner
1866}}	Independent politician\|5}}	Thomas Dick
Port Chalmers\|1866}}	Independent politician\|5}}	Thomas Dick
Port Chalmers\|1867}}	Independent politician}}	David Main
1871}}	Independent politician}}	James Macandrew
1876 election	Independent politician}}	William Reynolds
Port Chalmers\|1878}}	Independent politician}}	James Green
1879}}	Independent politician}}	James Macandrew
1881}}
1884}}
Port Chalmers\|1887}}	Independent politician}}	James Mills
1887}}
1890}}
{{Small\|(electorate renamed as Chalmers)}}
1893}}	Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)}}	John A. Millar
{{Small\|(electorate abolished, 1896-1902)}}
1902}}	New Zealand Liberal Party}}	Edmund Allen
1905}}	New Zealand Liberal Party}}	Edmund Allen
1908}}	Independent Liberal}}	Edward Clark
1911}}	Independent Liberal}}	Edward Clark
1914}}	Reform Party (New Zealand)}}	James Dickson
1919}}
1922}}
1925}}
1928}}	Reform Party (New Zealand)}}	Alfred Ansell
1931}}	Reform Party (New Zealand)}}	Alfred Ansell
1935}}	New Zealand Labour Party}}	Archibald Campbell
(Electorate abolished 1938)

Election results

1931 election

{{Election box begin | title=1931 general election: Chalmers^[6]
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|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Alfred Ansell
|votes = 3,870
|percentage = 49.19
|change =

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|votes = 172
|percentage = 2.19
|change =

 }} {{Election box informal

|votes = 34
|percentage = 0.43
|change =

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|votes = 7,901
|percentage = 87.32
|change =

 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,048{{Election box end}}

1902 election

{{Election box begin | title=1902 general election: Chalmers^[7]
}}
|party = New Zealand Liberal Party
|candidate = Edmund Allen
|votes = 2,614
|percentage = 56.63
|change =

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|votes = 612
|percentage = 13.26
|change =

}}