Grey and Bell

Grey and Bell was a Taranaki electorate in the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 to 1881.{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 }}

Population centres

The electorate covered the northern, rural part of the Taranaki Province. The localities of Inglewood and Waitara fell within Grey and Bell.

History

Thomas King resigned in 1855, but the seat was not filled before the next general election through a by-election. Brown resigned on 16 August 1856 to (unsuccessfully) contest the Taranaki superintendency. He was again elected in 1858 and resigned in 1860, when his militia service required his full attention.{{cite web|last=Foster |first=Bernard John |title=Brown, Charles |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/brown-charles/1 |publisher=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand |access-date=13 June 2010 |date=22 April 2009}}

In between Brown's terms, Lewthwaite represented the electorate, who resigned in 1858.{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OW18580605.2.11|title=HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.|date=5 June 1858|issue=340|work=Otago Witness|pages=5|access-date=30 April 2010}} Thomas King and William Cutfield King contested the 1860 election. The latter won the contest, but was killed in the New Zealand Wars before he could take up the seat.{{cite book|last=WELLS |first=B. |title=The history of Taranaki |year=1878 |pages=302–304 |url=http://www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/document/1878_-_Wells,_B._The_History_of_Taranaki/CHAPTER_XXVIII:_THE_TARANAKI_PIONEERS |access-date=17 June 2010 |chapter=CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TARANAKI PIONEERS}} Robert Trimble won the 1879 election.

=Members of Parliament=

The following Members of Parliament represented Grey and Bell:

Key

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width=100 \|Election ! width=175 colspan=2 \|Winner
{{NZ election link\|1853}} \| width=5 bgcolor={{party color\|Independent politician}} \| \| Thomas King
{{NZ election link\|1855}} \| bgcolor={{party color\|Independent politician}} \| \| Charles Brown
{{By-election link small\|Grey and Bell\|1856}} \| bgcolor={{party color\|Independent politician}} \| \| John Lewthwaite{{cite book\|title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts \|year=1908 \|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc06Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d3-d4.html#name-416691-mention \|author=Cyclopedia Company Limited \|access-date=16 June 2010 \|location=Christchurch \|chapter=Former Members Of The House Of Representatives}}
{{By-election link small\|Grey and Bell\|1858}} \| bgcolor={{party color\|Independent politician}} \| \| Charles Brown
{{By-election link small\|Grey and Bell\|1860}} \| bgcolor={{party color\|Independent politician}} \| \| Thomas King
1860 election \| bgcolor={{party color\|Independent politician}} \| \| William King
{{By-election link small\|Grey and Bell\|1861}} \| bgcolor={{party color\|Independent politician}} \| \| Harry Atkinson
{{NZ election link\|1866}} \| bgcolor={{party color\|Independent politician}} \| \| James Richmond
{{NZ election link\|1871}} \| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color\|Independent politician}} \| \| rowspan=2 \| Frederic Carrington
1875 election
{{NZ election link\|1879}} \| bgcolor={{party color\|Independent politician}} \| \| Robert Trimble{{cite news\|title=The Elections \|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TH18790909.2.7 \|access-date=26 June 2010 \|work=Taranaki Herald \|volume=XXVII \|issue=3222 \|date=9 September 1879 \|page=2}}

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width=100 |Election

! width=175 colspan=2 |Winner

| width=5 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} |

| Thomas King