Awarua (New Zealand electorate)

The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 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 22 new electorates being formed, including Awarua, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.{{sfn|McRobie |1989 |pp=45, 49}}

This electorate was in the rural part of Southland. In its original form, it covered the area around the town of Invercargill, which had its own electorate. Bluff fell into Awarua, and all of Stewart Island / Rakiura.{{sfn|McRobie |1989 |p=49}} On the mainland, Awarua had taken area from {{NZ electorate link|Riverton}} (which was abolished) and from {{NZ electorate link|Mataura}} (which moved to the east and north). Stewart Island had previously belonged to {{NZ electorate link|Wallace}}.{{sfn|McRobie |1989 |pp=43–48}}

The electorate was established in 1881. It was represented by the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward from 1887 to 1919. Philip De La Perrelle announced his retirement due to ill health in August 1935.{{cite news |title=Not a Candidate |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19350812.2.108 |access-date=15 November 2013 |work=Auckland Star |date=12 August 1935 |volume=LXVI |issue=189 |page=9}} He died within days of the {{NZ election link|1935}}{{cite news |title=Obituary |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19351207.2.73 |access-date=15 November 2013 |work=Auckland Star |date=7 December 1935 |volume=LXVI |issue=290 |page=10}} and was succeeded by James Hargest.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=203}}

In the 1996 election, the first MMP election, the electorate was absorbed into the adjacent Invercargill electorate.

Key

{{Party index link|Independent politician}} {{Party index link|New Zealand Liberal Party}} {{Party index link|Reform Party (New Zealand)}} {{Party index link|United Party (New Zealand)}} {{Party index link|New Zealand National Party}} {{Party index link|New Zealand Labour Party}}

¹James Hargest was originally an Independent supporter of the Reform Party. He joined the National Party in 1936.

{{Election box begin | title=1963 general election: Awarua{{sfn|Norton|1988|pp=197}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Gordon Grieve

|votes = 7,869

|percentage = 55.2

|change = -1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Noel Valentine

|votes = 4,496

|percentage = 31.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = D McNaughton

|votes = 1,194

|percentage = 8.4

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party (1962)

|candidate = R J Egerton

|votes = 691

|percentage = 4.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,373

|percentage = 23.6

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 16,301

|percentage = 87.9

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Awarua by-election, 1944}}

{{Election box begin | title=1935 general election: Awarua{{cite book|title=The New Zealand Official Year-Book |year=1936 |publisher=Government Printer |url=http://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1936/NZOYB_1936.html#idsect1_1_322199 |access-date=3 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501063847/http://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1936/NZOYB_1936.html |archive-date=1 May 2012 }}{{cite news |title=Further Final Counts |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19351206.2.97.11 |access-date=12 March 2017 |work=The Evening Post |volume=CXX |issue=137 |date=6 December 1935 |page=10}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = James Hargest{{refn|group=nb|James Hargest ran as an Independent, but was aligned to the Reform Party{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=203}}}}

|votes = 3,651

|percentage = 41.32

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Thomas Francis Doyle{{cite news |title=Awarua Electorate |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19340328.2.135 |access-date=12 March 2017 |work=The New Zealand Herald |volume=LXXI |issue=21761 |date=28 March 1934 |page=14}}

|votes = 2,701

|percentage = 30.57

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Democrat Party (1934)

|candidate = L. A. Neiderer{{refn|group=nb|Neiderer was a former chairman of the Southland County Council{{cite news|title=General Election |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LWM19350820.2.30?query=Neiderer%20awarua |access-date=12 March 2017|work=Lake Wakatip Mail|issue=4222|date=20 August 1935 |page=4}}}}

|votes = 2,182

|percentage = 24.70

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Norman MacIntyre{{cite news |title=Independent Candidate for Awarua| url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19350819.2.83?query=MacIntyre%20awarua |access-date=12 March 2017 |work=The Press |volume=LXXI |issue=21555 |date=19 August 1935 |page=12}}

|votes = 301

|percentage = 3.41

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 950

|percentage = 10.75

|change =

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 140

|percentage = 1.56

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 8,975

|percentage = 94.14

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,534

}}

{{Election box end}}

Table footnotes:

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{{Election box begin | title=1931 general election: Awarua{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1931 |year=1932 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1932-I-II.2.3.2.31 |page=1 |access-date=2 November 2014}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = United Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Philip De La Perrelle

|votes = 4,645

|percentage = 65.04

|change = +10.38

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Norman McIntyre{{cite news |title=Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AMBPA19311201.2.15.4 |access-date=8 November 2014 |work=Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser |volume=LV |issue=5636 |date=1 December 1931 |page=4}}

|votes = 2,497

|percentage = 34.96

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,148

|percentage = 30.08

|change = +17.47

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 134

|percentage = 1.84

|change = +0.95

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,276

|percentage = 83.82

|change = -9.98

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 8,681

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1928 general election: Awarua{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1928 |year=1929 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1929-I.2.3.2.37 |page=1 |access-date=4 December 2013}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = United Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Philip De La Perrelle

|votes = 4,358

|percentage = 54.66

|change = +6.09

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = John Hamilton

|votes = 3,353

|percentage = 42.05

|change = -9.37

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = William Denham

|votes = 262

|percentage = 3.29

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,005

|percentage = 12.61

|change = +9.75

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 72

|percentage = 0.89

|change = +0.49

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,045

|percentage = 93.80

|change = -0.25

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 8,577

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1925 general election: Awarua{{cite news |title=Awarua |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19251112.2.47.2 |access-date=8 November 2014 |work=The Evening Post |volume=116 |issue=116 |date=12 November 1925}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = John Hamilton

|votes = 3,962

|percentage = 51.43

|change = +2.81

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Philip De La Perrelle

|votes = 3,742

|percentage = 48.57

|change = -0.76

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 220

|percentage = 2.86

|change = +2.14

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 31

|percentage = 0.40

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,704

|percentage = 94.04

|change = +4.39

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 8,192

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1922 general election: Awarua{{cite news |title=Awarua |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HNS19221214.2.57.4 |access-date=8 November 2014 |work=Hawera & Normanby Star |date=14 December 1922 |volume=XLII |page=7}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Philip De La Perrelle

|votes = 3,531

|percentage = 49.33

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = John Hamilton

|votes = 3,480

|percentage = 48.62

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Norman McIntyre{{cite news |title=In Southland |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19221202.2.46.4 |access-date=8 November 2014 |work=The Evening Post |volume=CIV |issue=133 |date=2 December 1922 |page=8}}

|votes = 147

|percentage = 2.05

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 51

|percentage = 0.71

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,158

|percentage = 89.65

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 7,984

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1919 general election: Awarua{{cite book |first1=J. |last1=Hislop |title=The General Election, 1919 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1921-I-II.2.3.2.45 |publisher=National Library |access-date=6 December 2014 |pages=1–6 | year=1921}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = John Hamilton

|votes = 3,164

|percentage = 55.99

|change = +18.16

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Sir Joseph Ward

|votes = 2,407

|percentage = 42.59

|change = -19.57

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 80

|percentage = 1.41

|change = +0.74

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 757

|percentage = 13.39

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 5,651

|percentage = 81.46

|change = +1.57

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,937

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1914 general election: Awarua{{cite book |first1=J. |last1=Hislop |title=The General Election, 1914 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1915-I.2.3.2.36 |publisher=National Library |access-date=1 August 2013 |pages=1–33 | year=1915}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Sir Joseph Ward

|votes = 3,132

|percentage = 62.16

|change = +8.51

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = John Hamilton

|votes = 1,906

|percentage = 37.83

|change = -4.18

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 34

|percentage = 0.67

|change = +0.85

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,226

|percentage = 24.33

|change = +12.69

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 5,038

|percentage = 83.03

|change = +3.68

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,067

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1911 general election: Awarua, First ballot{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1911 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1912-II.2.4.2.20 |publisher=National Library |access-date=1 August 2013 |pages=1–14 | year=1912}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Sir Joseph Ward

|votes = 2,893

|percentage = 53.65

|change = -11.27

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = John Hamilton

|votes = 2,265

|percentage = 42.01

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = William Morris

|votes = 152

|percentage = 2.81

|change = -15.93

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 82

|percentage = 1.52

|change = -2.22

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 628

|percentage = 11.64

|change = -34.18

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 5,392

|percentage = 86.71

|change = +5.06

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,218

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1908 general election: Awarua, First ballot{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1908 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1909-II.2.5.2.10&e=-------10--1------0-- |publisher=National Library |access-date=14 April 2012 |pages=1–34 | year=1909}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Sir Joseph Ward

|votes = 3,069

|percentage = 64.92

|change = -16.76

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = William Morris

|votes = 886

|percentage = 18.74

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative (New Zealand)

|candidate = Alfred Snowball

|votes = 595

|percentage = 12.58

|change =

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 177

|percentage = 3.74

|change = +2.24

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,183

|percentage = 46.18

|change = -18.69

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 4,727

|percentage = 81.65

|change = -1.74

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,789

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1905 general election: Awarua{{cite book |url=https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1906-I.2.1.5.7 |title=The General Election, 1905 |page=3 |access-date=26 November 2015}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Sir Joseph Ward

|votes = 3,586

|percentage = 81.68

|change = +6.31

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Henry Woodnorth

|votes = 738

|percentage = 16.82

|change =

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 66

|percentage = 1.50

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,848

|percentage = 64.87

|change = +14.12

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 4,390

|percentage = 83.39

|change = -6.70

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,264

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1902 general election: Awarua{{cite book |title = The General Election, 1902 |url = https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1903-I.2.3.2.48 |publisher = National Library |access-date = 4 December 2014 |page = 1 |year = 1903}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Sir Joseph Ward

|votes = 2,795

|percentage = 75.37

|change = -2.55

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = David Whyte

|votes = 913

|percentage = 24.63

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,882

|percentage = 50.75

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 3,708

|percentage = 76.69

|change = +0.32

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 4,835

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1899 general election: Awarua{{cite web |url= https://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 |access-date=1 November 2012 |location=Wellington}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Joseph Ward

|votes = 2,417

|percentage = 77.92

|change = +14.06

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative (New Zealand)

|candidate = W. T. Murray{{cite news |title=Farewell to Mr and Mrs W. T. Murray and Mr and Mrs B. W. R. Dunn |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=ST19000912.2.28 |access-date=7 February 2014 |work=The Southland Times |date=12 September 1900 |issue=14743 |page=3}}

|votes = 685

|percentage = 22.08

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,732

|percentage = 55.83

|change = +28.12

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,102

|percentage = 76.37

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 4,062

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Awarua by-election, 1897}}

{{Election box begin | title=1896 general election: Awarua{{Cite news| url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THD18970807.2.20 |title=The Awarua Election |publisher=The Timaru Herald |volume=LX |issue=2467 |date=7 August 1897 |page=3 |access-date=19 June 2013}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Joseph Ward

|votes = 1,836

|percentage = 63.60

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative (New Zealand)

|candidate = Cuthbert Cowan{{cite news |title=The General Election |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18961104.2.36 |access-date=7 February 2014 |work=The Press |date=4 November 1896 |volume=LIII |issue=9565 |page=6}}

|votes = 1,051

|percentage = 36.40

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,887

|percentage = 72.68

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 785

|percentage = 27.19

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 3,887

}}

{{end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1893 general election: Awarua{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1893 |year=1894 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1894-I.2.3.2.21 |access-date=19 November 2013 |page=1}}{{cite news |title=The General Election |date=28 November 1893 |work=Otago Daily Times |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18931128.2.55 |access-date=28 November 2013 |page=6}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Joseph Ward

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 3,129

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1890 general election: Awarua{{cite web|url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1891-I.2.1.6.2|title= New Zealand General Election, 1890 |date=1891 |access-date=15 May 2013}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Joseph Ward

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 2,158

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1887 general election: Awarua{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1887 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1887-II.2.1.9.13 |publisher=National Library |access-date=25 February 2012 |pages=1–4 |year=1887}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Joseph Ward

|votes = 660

|percentage = 50.84

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = George Froggatt

|votes = 401

|percentage = 30.89

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = James Walker Bain

|votes = 237

|percentage = 18.25

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 259

|percentage = 19.95

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,298

|percentage = 62.46

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 2,078

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1884 general election: Awarua{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1884 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1884-II.2.2.3.5 |publisher=National Library |access-date=17 March 2012 |page=3 |year=1884}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = James Joyce

|votes = 398

|percentage = 43.54

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = John Lyon McDonald

|votes = 311

|percentage = 34.03

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Andrew Kinross{{cite news |title=The Southland Times |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ST18840730.2.8 |access-date=3 August 2012 |work=The Southland Times |date=30 July 1884 |issue=4990 |page=2}}{{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-d6-d2-d56.html#name-430008-mention |publisher=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand |author=Cyclopedia Company Limited |access-date= 12 December 2015 |location=Christchurch |chapter=Old Colonists}}

|votes = 74

|percentage = 8.10

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = John Walker Mitchell

|votes = 67

|percentage = 7.33

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Thomas Hodgkinson{{cite news |title=The Southland Times |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ST18840626.2.10 |access-date=3 August 2012 |work=The Southland Times |date=26 June 1884 |issue=4965 |page=2}}

|votes = 64

|percentage = 7.00

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 87

|percentage = 9.52

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 914

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{end}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book |title=Electoral Atlas of New Zealand |last=McRobie |first=Alan |year=1989 |publisher=GP Books |location=Wellington |isbn=0-477-01384-8}}
• {{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}
• {{cite book |last= Norton |first= Clifford |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science |year= 1988 |publisher=Victoria University of Wellington |location= Wellington |isbn= 0-475-11200-8 }}

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