Coleridge (New Zealand electorate)
Coleridge is a former parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. The electorate existed from the 1866 election to 1887.
Population centres
[edit]This electorate is in the rural part of the Canterbury Region. In the 1871 election, polling stations were in the Bealey settlement near Arthur's Pass and Ashburton,[1] and one of the election meetings was held at Hororata.[2] The electorate is named after Lake Coleridge.
History
[edit]The electorate was established for the 1866 general election, when the 4th Parliament was determined. John Cracroft Wilson was its first elected representative. He was elected unopposed.[3]
In the 1871 general election, John Karslake Karslake and George Hart contested the electorate.[4] Both men had no prior political experience.[5] Karslake and Hart received 35 and 27 votes, respectively. Karslake was thus returned.[6] He resigned in 1872 to return to England.[7]
The resulting 1872 by-election was contested by George Hart, William Bluett and John Jebson[8] on 22 July 1872.[9] Hart, Bluett and Jebson received 99, 106 and 48 votes, respectively, with Bluett thus being elected.[10] He served until the end of the term in 1875.[11]
The 6 January 1876 election was contested by four people; the incumbent Bluett, Cathcart Wason, William Tosswill, and John Jebson, who received 71, 167, 160 and 53 votes, respectively.[12][13] Wason was thus elected, but he resigned his seat in Parliament in April 1879.[14] George Hart was returned unopposed in the subsequent by-election on 8 May 1879.[15]
Members of Parliament
[edit]The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament:
Key
Election results
[edit]1879 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Edward George Wright | 487 | 56.30 | ||
| Independent | George Hart | 378 | 43.70 | ||
| Majority | 109 | 12.60 | +11.05 | ||
| Turnout | 865 | 66.69 | +0.61 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,297 | ||||
1876 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Cathcart Wason | 167 | 37.03 | ||
| Independent | William Browning Tosswill | 160 | 35.48 | ||
| Independent | William Bluett | 71 | 15.74 | ||
| Independent | John Jebson | 53 | 11.75 | ||
| Majority | 7 | 1.55 | |||
| Turnout | 452 | 66.08 | |||
| Registered electors | 684 | ||||
1872 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Bluett | 106 | 41.90 | ||
| Independent | George Hart | 99 | 39.13 | ||
| Independent | John Jebson | 48 | 18.97 | ||
| Turnout | 253 | ||||
| Majority | 7 | 2.77 | |||
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Local and General". The Star. No. 842. 7 February 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Local and General". The Star. No. 840. 4 February 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Friday, March 9, 1866". The Evening Post. Vol. II, no. 25. 9 March 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Local and General". The Star. No. 826. 19 January 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "The General Elections". Otago Witness. No. 999. 21 January 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Thursday, February 9, 1871". Daily Southern Cross. Vol. XXVII, no. 4209. 9 February 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. ?.
- ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited 1903, p. 766.
- ^ "Coleridge District". The Star. No. 1370. 18 July 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Coleridge Election". The Star. No. 1375. 24 July 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ Scholefield 1925, p. 79.
- ^ a b "The Elections". The Press. Vol. XXV, no. 3227. 4 January 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ a b "The Elections". The Press. Vol. XXV, no. 3231. 8 January 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "The Star. Wednesday, April 16, 1879". The Star. No. 3436. 16 April 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ "Christchurch. 8th May". The Evening Post. Vol. XVII, no. 505. 9 May 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited 1903, p. 712.
- ^ "Coleridge Election". The Press. Vol. XXXII, no. 4409. 17 September 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "The Coleridge Election". Auckland Star. Vol. III, no. 785. 24 July 1872. p. 2.
- ^ "Coleridge Election". The Press. Vol. XX, no. 2879. 24 July 1872. p. 2.
- ^ "Coleridge District". The Star. No. 1370. 18 July 1872. p. 2.
References
[edit]- Cyclopedia Company Limited (1903). The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Scholefield, Guy (1925) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record (2nd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.