Franklin North

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 Franklin 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}}

Franklin North included the towns of Papatoetoe, and Papakura from 1881 to 1887. In 1887 with the growth of Auckland Franklin North contracted in area, and Papakura was transferred to Franklin South.

The electorates of Franklin North and Franklin South were created from the former {{NZ electorate link|Franklin}} electorate in 1881, and were absorbed back into the reconstituted Franklin electorate in 1890.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=263}}

The first representative was Benjamin Harris, who had since the {{NZ election link|1879}} represented the Franklin electorate.

Four candidates contested the Franklin North electorate in the {{NZ election link|1881}}.{{cite news |title=Franklin North Nominations |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18811201.2.23.9 |access-date=18 June 2015|work=Auckland Star|volume=XII|issue=3532|date=1 December 1881|page=3}} Captain Harris beat Frank Buckland by just two votes.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=203}}{{cite book

|first1 = G. S.

|last1 = Cooper

|title = Votes Recorded for Each Candidate

|year = 1882

|publisher = Government Printer

|url = https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1882-I.2.2.4.1

|page = 1

|access-date = 19 June 2015

}} Early in 1882, Buckland petitioned to the courts against the election on various grounds.{{cite news |title=Untitled |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18820114.2.22 |access-date=18 June 2015 |work=The New Zealand Herald |volume=XIX |issue=6290|date=14 January 1882|page=4}} The case was heard by the Chief Justice, James Prendergast, and Justice Gillies, who declared the election void.{{cite news |title=Franklin North Election |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18820316.2.45 |access-date=19 June 2015 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 March 1882 |volume=XIX |issue=6342 |page=6}}{{cite news |title=Franklin North Election |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18820317.2.3 |access-date=19 June 2015 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=17 March 1882 |volume=XVI |issue=6343 |page=6}} Harris won the subsequent {{By-election link|Franklin North|1882}}.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=203}}

In the {{NZ election link|1884}}, Harris was defeated by Buckland.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=186}} Buckland in turn was defeated in the {{NZ election link|1887}} by Frank Lawry. At the end of the term, the electorate was abolished and Lawry successfully contested the {{NZ electorate link|Parnell}} electorate in the {{NZ election link|1890}}.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=212}}

The electorate was represented by three Members of Parliament:{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=263}}

Key

{{Party index link|Independent politician}}

{{Franklin North by-election, 1882}}

{{Election box begin | title=1881 general election: Franklin North {{cite news|title=Franklin North Nominations|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18811201.2.23.9|access-date=18 June 2015|work=Auckland Star|volume=XII|issue=3532|date=1 December 1881|page=3}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Benjamin Harris

|votes = 323

|percentage = 40.07

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Frank Buckland

|votes = 321

|percentage = 39.83

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Samuel Luke

|votes = 154

|percentage = 19.11

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = John Gordon{{cite news|title=Captain Porter at Frasertown|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DTN18811201.2.14|access-date=18 June 2015|work=Daily Telegraph|issue=3250|date=1 December 1881|page=3}}

|votes = 8

|percentage = 0.99

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 2

|percentage = 0.25

|change =

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{{Election box informal

|votes = 7{{cite news|title=Declarations of the Poll|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18811215.2.24|access-date=18 June 2015|work=Auckland Star|volume=XII|issue=3544|date=15 December 1881|page=3}}

|percentage = 0.86

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 813

|percentage = 56.69

|change =

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,434

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{{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 |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}}

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