Christchurch North (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 35 new electorates being formed, including Christchurch North, 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}}

The boundaries of the Christchurch North electorate were Bealey Avenue in the north (then called North Town Belt), Fitzgerald Avenue in the east (then called East Town Belt), Worcester Street in the south (through Latimer and Cathedral Squares), and Park Terrace in the west (then called Antigua Street). The electorate thus comprised the northern half of what is now considered the central city.{{cite news |title=Canterbury Electorates |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18810818.2.19 |access-date=19 December 2013 |work=The Star |date=18 August 1881 |issue=4158 |page=3}} The civic offices in Worcester Street were used as the polling station for the 1881 election, and Leslie Lee acted as the returning officer.{{cite news |title=Christchurch North Election |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18811126.2.2.4 |access-date=19 December 2013 |work=The Press |date=26 November 1881 |volume=XXXVI |issue=5061 |page=1}}

The 1981 census had shown that the North Island had experienced further population growth, and three additional general seats were created through the 1983 electoral redistribution, bringing the total number of electorates to 95.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=123f}} The South Island had, for the first time, experienced a population loss, but its number of general electorates was fixed at 25 since the 1967 electoral redistribution.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=111, 123}} More of the South Island population was moving to Christchurch, and two electorates were abolished, while two electorates were recreated (including Christchurch North). In the North Island, six electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated, and six electorates were abolished.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=119–124}}

The electorate existed three times:{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=156}}

• 1881 to 1890;
• 1905 to 1946;
• 1984 to 1996, replacing the Papanui electorate, and then replaced by the Waimakiriri electorate for MMP.

It was held by three Premiers or Prime Ministers, Julius Vogel (1884 to 1889),{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=145}} Sidney Holland and Mike Moore.

Henry Thomson, a former Mayor of Christchurch, was the electorate's first representative in {{NZ election link year|1881}}.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=240}} Thomson retired at the {{NZ election link|1884}} and was succeeded by Julius Vogel, who beat John Crewes.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=240, 242}}{{DNZB|last=Chalklen|first=Mollie|id=2c38|title=John Crewes|access-date=23 April 2017}} Vogel returned to England in 1888, never to return to New Zealand, and his resignation became effective in early 1889.{{DNZB|last1=Sinclair |first1=Keith | last2=Dalziel |first2=Raewyn |id=1v4|title=Vogel, Julius|access-date=27 April 2020|author-link1=Keith Sinclair |author-link2= Raewyn Dalziel}} Edward Wingfield Humphreys won the resulting 1889 by-election and served until the end of the parliamentary term in the following year.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=206}}

For the {{NZ election link|1890}} election, a number of Christchurch electorates were amalgamated to form the three-member {{NZ electorate link|Christchurch}} electorate.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=53–57}} Humphreys came fifth in that election and was thus unsuccessful.{{Cite news |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TS18901206.2.40 |title=General Elections |date=6 December 1890 |issue=7029 |work=The Star |page=4 |access-date=28 April 2010}}

The electorate was represented by nine members of parliament.

Key

{{Party index link|Independent politician}}

{{Party index link|Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)}}

{{Party index link|Independent Liberal}}

{{Party index link|New Zealand Liberal Party}}

{{Party index link|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}

{{Party index link|New Zealand National Party}}

{{Party index link|New Zealand Labour Party}}

{{Election box begin | title=1993 general election: Christchurch North{{cite tech report |ref={{sfnref|Election results|1993}} |title=Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place |publisher=New Zealand Chief Electoral Office |year=1993 }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Mike Moore

|votes = 11,605

|percentage = 53.76

|change = +2.97

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Lee Morgan

|votes = 5,581

|percentage = 25.85

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)

|candidate = Jan Davey

|votes = 3,072

|percentage = 14.23

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand First

|candidate = Chris Fulford

|votes = 726

|percentage = 3.36

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand

|candidate = Alex Mann

|votes = 444

|percentage = 2.05

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = McGillicuddy Serious Party

|candidate = Cecil G. Murgatroyd

|votes = 108

|percentage = 0.50

|change = -0.18

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Natural Law Party of New Zealand

|candidate = Charles Drace

|votes = 47

|percentage = 0.21

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 6,024

|percentage = 27.91

|change = +18.04

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 21,583

|percentage = 86.17

|change = -1.66

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 25,045

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1990 general election: Christchurch North{{cite tech report |ref={{sfnref|Election results|1990}} |title=Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place |publisher=New Zealand Chief Electoral Office |year=1990 }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Mike Moore

|votes = 11,050

|percentage = 50.79

|change = -8.96

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Peter Yarrell

|votes = 8,902

|percentage = 40.92

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = NewLabour Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = John Strange

|votes = 1,205

|percentage = 5.53

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand

|candidate = Bill Smith

|votes = 297

|percentage = 1.36

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = McGillicuddy Serious Party

|candidate = Cecil G. Murgatroyd

|votes = 149

|percentage = 0.68

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democrats for Social Credit

|candidate = Mark Sadler

|votes = 148

|percentage = 0.68

|change = -1.72

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,148

|percentage = 9.87

|change = -12.73

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 21,753

|percentage = 87.83

|change = -0.54

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 24,767

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1987 general election: Christchurch North{{sfn|Norton|1988|pp=207}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Mike Moore

|votes = 12,420

|percentage = 59.75

|change = +3.20

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Brendan McNeill

|votes = 7,722

|percentage = 37.15

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democrats for Social Credit

|candidate = Mark Sadler

|votes = 499

|percentage = 2.40

|change =

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{{Election box candidate minor party

|color = {{party color|Imperial British Conservative Party}}

|party = Wizard Party

|candidate = John Appleby

|votes = 145

|percentage = 0.69

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,698

|percentage = 22.60

|change = -3.62

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 20,786

|percentage = 88.37

|change = -4.90

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 23,520

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1984 general election: Christchurch North{{sfn|Norton|1988|pp=207}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Mike Moore

|votes = 12,350

|percentage = 56.55

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = David Dumergue

|votes = 6,662

|percentage = 30.50

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Party

|candidate = Stephen Nicholson

|votes = 2,047

|percentage = 9.37

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Thomas Langridge

|votes = 679

|percentage = 3.10

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Values Party

|candidate = Roger McArthur

|votes = 101

|percentage = 0.46

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 5,728

|percentage = 26.22

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 21,839

|percentage = 93.27

|change =

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 23,413

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1943 general election: Christchurch North

{{cite book

|title = The General Election, 1943

|url = https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1944-I.2.2.5.37

|publisher = National Library

|access-date = 21 May 2016

|page = 3

|year = 1944

}}{{refn|group=ob|Registered electors refers to civilian voters only; nationwide, 93,295 servicemen also cast valid votes although their names did not appear on electoral rolls.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=92}}}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Sidney Holland

|votes = 8,542

|percentage = 55.23

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = George Manning

|votes = 5,897

|percentage = 38.13

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = John Thomas Lauder Hart Parry

|votes = 508

|percentage = 3.28

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Lancelot Charles Walker

|votes = 459

|percentage = 2.97

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Maud Trisillian Fere

|votes = 61

|percentage = 0.39

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,645

|percentage = 17.10

|change =

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{{Election box informal

|votes = 189

|percentage = 1.21

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 15,656

|percentage = 89.97

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 17,402

}}

{{Election box end}}

Table footnotes:

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{{Election box begin | title=1931 general election: Christchurch North{{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=2 |access-date=2 November 2014}}{{cite news |title=Notice of Nominations Received and Polling Places Appointed |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19311121.2.171.7 |access-date=20 May 2016 |work=The Press |volume=LXVII |issue=20400 |date=21 November 1931 |page=23}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Henry Holland

|votes = 5,527

|percentage = 45.11

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Elizabeth McCombs

|votes = 3,450

|percentage = 28.16

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Lancelot Charles Walker

|votes = 3,275

|percentage = 26.73

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,077

|percentage = 16.95

|change =

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{{Election box informal

|votes = 53

|percentage = 0.43

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 12,305

|percentage = 84.75

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 14,520

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1928 general election: Christchurch North{{cite book |last=Skinner | first=W. A. G. |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=2 |access-date=17 February 2020}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Henry Holland

|votes = 5,493

|percentage = 43.37

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Ernest Andrews

|votes = 3,601

|percentage = 28.43

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = John Archer

|votes = 3,572

|percentage = 28.20

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,892

|percentage = 14.94

|change =

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{{Election box informal

|votes = 125

|percentage = 0.98

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 12,791

|percentage = 88.10

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 14,518

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1914 general election: Christchurch North{{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=2 November 2019 |page=20 | year=1915}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Leonard Isitt

|votes = 5,222

|percentage = 56.59

|change = +1.47

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Henry Toogood{{cite web |title=Henry Featherston Toogood (1879–1962) |url=https://www.engineeringnz.org/our-work/heritage/engineering-hall-fame/henry-featherston-toogood-18791962/ |publisher=Engineering New Zealand |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101201421/https://www.engineeringnz.org/our-work/heritage/engineering-hall-fame/henry-featherston-toogood-18791962/ |url-status=dead }}

|votes = 4,005

|percentage = 43.41

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,217

|percentage = 13.19

|change = +2.95

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 101

|percentage = 1.08

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 9,328

|percentage = 86.80

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 10,746

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{1911 Christchurch North by-election}}

{{Christchurch North by-election, 1889}}

{{Election box begin | title=1884 general election: Christchurch North{{cite book

|first1 = G. S.

|last1 = Cooper

|title = The General Election, 1884

|year = 1884

|publisher = National Library

|url = https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1884-II.2.2.3.5

|page = 2

|access-date = 9 February 2021

}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Julius Vogel

|votes = 930

|percentage = 80.66

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = John Crewes

|votes = 223

|percentage = 19.34

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 707

|percentage = 61.32

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,153

|percentage = 51.15

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 2,254

}}

{{Election box 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 |author-link = Guy Scholefield | last = Scholefield | first= Guy | title = New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 | edition = 3rd | orig-year=First published in 1913 | year = 1950 |publisher = Govt. Printer |location = Wellington}}
• {{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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