- Population centres
- History Members of Parliament
- Election results 1943 election 1931 election 1899 election 1896 election 1890 election 1875 by-election
- Notes
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2015}}Wallace was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was established in 1858, the first election held in 1859, and existed until 1996. For a time, it was represented by two members. In total, there were 18 Members of Parliament from the Wallace electorate. Population centresThe initial 24 New Zealand electorates were defined by Governor George Grey in March 1853, based on the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 that had been passed by the British government. The Constitution Act also allowed the House of Representatives to establish new electorates, and this was first done in 1858, when four new electorates were formed by splitting existing electorates.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=29}} Wallace was one of those four electorates, and it was established by splitting the {{NZ electorate link|Dunedin Country}} electorate.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=29f}} Settlements in the initial area were Invercargill, Gore, Mataura, and Riverton.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=31}} This electorate was in the rural part of Southland. HistoryThe first election was held on 30 November 1859 during the term of the 2nd New Zealand Parliament, and was won by Dillon Bell.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=183}} For the term of the 3rd New Zealand Parliament (1861–66), it was a two-member electorate. From 1866 to its dissolution in 1996, it was a single-member electorate.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=275}} In 1938 additional areas added from Central Otago and the West Coast made Wallace the biggest (non-Māori) electorate in New Zealand.[1] In the 1996 election, the first MMP election, the electorate was combined with the adjacent Clutha electorate into the Clutha-Southland electorate. Members of ParliamentKey{{Party index link|Independent politician}}{{Party index link|New Zealand Liberal Party}}{{Party index link|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}{{Party index link|New Zealand National Party}}- Single-member electorate
| Election | Winner |
|---|
| 1859 election | Independent politician|5}} | Dillon Bell |
- Multi-member electorate
| Election | Winners |
|---|
| 1861 election | Independent politician|5}} | Dillon Bell | Independent politician|5}} | Walter Mantell |
- Single-member electorate
| Election | Winner |
|---|
| 1866}} | Independent politician|5}} | Alexander McNeill | | 1st 1869 by-election | Independent politician}} | Cuthbert Cowan | | 2nd 1869 by-election | Independent politician}} | George Webster | | 1871}} | | Wallace|1875}} | Independent politician}} | Christopher Basstian | | 1875 election | Independent politician}} | James Joyce | | 1879}} | Independent politician}} | Henry Hirst | | 1881}} | Independent politician}} | Theophilus Daniel | | 1884}} | Independent politician}} | Henry Hirst | | 1887}} | Independent politician}} | Samuel Hodgkinson | | 1890}} | New Zealand Liberal Party}} | James Mackintosh | | 1893}} | | 1896}} | New Zealand Liberal Party}} | Michael Gilfedder | | 1899}} | | 1902}} | New Zealand Liberal Party}} | John Thomson | | 1905}} | | 1908}} | | 1911}} | | 1914}} | | 1919}} | Reform Party (New Zealand)}} | Adam Hamilton | | 1922}} | New Zealand Liberal Party}} | John Thomson | | 1925}} | Reform Party (New Zealand)}} | Adam Hamilton | | 1928}} | | 1931}} | | {{NZ election link|1935}} | | New Zealand National Party}} | | 1938}} | | 1943}} | | 1946}} | New Zealand National Party}} | Tom Macdonald | | 1949}} | | 1951}} | | 1954}} | | 1957}} | New Zealand National Party}} | Brian Talboys | | 1960}} | | 1963}} | | 1966}} | | 1969}} | | 1972}} | | 1975}} | | 1978}} | | 1981}} | New Zealand National Party}} | Derek Angus | | 1984}} | | 1987}} | | 1990}} | New Zealand National Party}} | Bill English | | 1993}} | | (Electorate abolished in 1996; see {{NZ electorate link|Clutha-Southland}}) |
Election results1943 electionThere were three candidates in 1943, with the election won by Adam Hamilton over John James Lynch.[2] 1931 election{{Election box begin | title=1931 general election: Wallace[3]
}}
|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Adam Hamilton
|votes = 5,408
|percentage = 67.82
|change = +18.49 }} {{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Peter Gilfedder[4]
|votes = 2,566
|percentage = 32.18
|change = }} {{Election box majority
|votes = 2,842
|percentage = 35.64
|change = +35.41 }} {{Election box informal
|votes = 72
|percentage = 0.89
|change = -0.19{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,046
|percentage = 82.31
|change = -9.39 }} {{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 9,775{{Election box end}}1899 election{{Election box begin | title=1899 general election: Wallace[5][6]
}}
|party = New Zealand Liberal Party
|candidate = Michael Gilfedder
|votes = 1,896
|percentage = 53.06
|change = +26.73 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative (New Zealand)
|candidate = Allen Carmichael
|votes = 1,677
|percentage = 46.94
|change = }} {{Election box majority
|votes = 219
|percentage = 6.13
|change = 3.71 }} {{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 3,927 }}{{cite news |title=Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wallace |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LWM19431007.2.35.1 |accessdate=16 May 2017 |work=Lake Wakatip Mail |issue=4637 |date=7 October 1943 |page=5}}
3. ^{{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=5 |accessdate=2 November 2014}}
4. ^{{cite news | title=Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wallace | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OSWCC19311215.2.17.3 | accessdate=15 March 2015 | work=Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle | volume=XXVII | issue=1349 | date=15 December 1931 | page=2}}
5. ^{{cite web |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1900-I.2.3.2.54 |title=The General Election, 1899 |date=19 June 1900 |publisher= Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives |page=3 |accessdate=12 March 2014 |location=Wellington}}
6. ^{{cite news |title=Orepuki |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18991123.2.134.1 |accessdate=11 March 2014 |work=Otago Witness |date=23 November 1899 |issue=2385 |page=34}}
7. ^{{cite news |title=Otago |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18961223.2.28.16 |accessdate=7 January 2014 |work=Auckland Star |date=23 December 1896 |volume=XXVII |issue=305 |page=6}}
8. ^{{cite book |title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Otago & Southland Provincial Districts |year=1905 |url= http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1-d5-d13-d10.html |publisher=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand |author=Cyclopedia Company Limited |accessdate= 7 January 2014 |location=Christchurch |chapter=The Rev. Thomas Neave}}
9. ^{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1890 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1891-I.2.1.6.2 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=25 February 2012 |year=1891}}
References- {{cite book |ref=harv |title=Electoral Atlas of New Zealand |last=McRobie |first=Alan |year=1989 |publisher=GP Books |location=Wellington |isbn=0-477-01384-8}}
- {{cite book |ref= harv |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyear=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}
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