Ohinemuri (New Zealand electorate)

In the 1896 electoral redistribution, rapid population growth in the North Island required the transfer of three seats from the South Island to the north. Four electorates that previously existed were re-established, and three electorates were established for the first time, including Ohinemuri.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=63}} The electorate was first used in the {{NZ election link|1896}}.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=269}} The original area included the settlements of Paeroa, Waihi, and Te Aroha.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=62}}

In the 1902 electoral redistribution, Waihi was lost to the {{NZ electorate link|Bay of Plenty}} electorate.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=66f}} In the 1907 electoral redistribution, Waihi came back to the Ohinemuri electorate, but Te Aroha was lost to the {{NZ electorate link|Tauranga}} electorate.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=70f}} Ohinemuri was abolished in the 1927 electoral redistribution, and its area went to the {{NZ electorate link|Thames}} and {{NZ electorate link|Waikato}} electorates.

Alfred Cadman was the electorate's first representative. He had represented the area in Parliament since the {{NZ election link|1881}}. Cadman retired from the Lower House for appointment to the New Zealand Legislative Council at the end of the parliamentary term in 1899.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=187}}

At the {{NZ election link|1899}}, Jackson Palmer defeated Edward Moss for the Ohinemuri electorate.{{cite news |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=1 |access-date=1 November 2012 |location=Wellington}} Palmer had previously represented the {{NZ electorate link|Waitemata}} electorate north of Auckland.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=225}} At the {{NZ election link|1902}}, Moss in turn defeated Palmer.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=221, 225}} Moss was an Independent Liberal who bitterly opposed Premier Richard Seddon.{{cite news |date=7 December 1905 | work=Hokitika Guardian}} At the {{NZ election link|1905}}, Moss was defeated by Hugh Poland of the Liberal Party.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=227}} Poland became an independent in 1919, and was defeated in the {{NZ election link|1925}} by Albert Samuel.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=227, 232}}

When the electorate was abolished in 1928,{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=269}} Samuel transferred to the Thames electorate.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=232}}

Key

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

{{Party index link|Independent Liberal}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=1911 general election: Ohinemuri, 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}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Hugh Poland

|votes = 2,791

|percentage = 45.57

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Socialist Party

|candidate = Pat Hickey

|votes = 1,674

|percentage = 27.33

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Nisbet McRobie

|votes = 1,547

|percentage = 25.26

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Charles Fletcher

|votes = 48

|percentage = 0.78

|change =

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{{Election box informal

|votes = 64

|percentage = 1.04

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 127

|percentage = 2.07

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 6,124

|percentage = 82.61

|change =

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 7,413

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1911 general election: Ohinemuri, second ballot

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Hugh Poland

|votes = 3,341

|percentage = 60.60

|change = +15.03

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Socialist Party

|candidate = Pat Hickey

|votes = 2,134

|percentage = 38.70

|change = +11.37

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{{Election box informal

|votes = 38

|percentage = 0.68

|change = +0.10

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,207

|percentage = 21.89

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 5,513

|percentage = 71.67

|change = -10.94

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 7,413

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1908 general election: Ohinemuri, 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}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Hugh Poland

|votes = 2,078

|percentage = 38.03

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative (New Zealand)

|candidate = Frederick Haselden

|votes = 1,252

|percentage = 22.91

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Socialist Party

|candidate = Robert Frederick Way

|votes = 725

|percentage = 13.27

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = J Foster

|votes = 268

|percentage = 4.90

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent Labour

|candidate = Tim Armstrong

|votes = 256

|percentage = 4.68

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 5,463

|percentage = 78.08

|change =

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,932

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1908 general election: Ohinemuri, second ballot

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Hugh Poland

|votes = 2,884

|percentage = 56.68

|change = +18.65

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative (New Zealand)

|candidate = Frederick Haselden

|votes = 2,192

|percentage = 43.08

|change = +20.17

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 692

|percentage = 13.60

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 5,088

|percentage = 73.39

|change = -4.69

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,932

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1899 general election: Ohinemuri{{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=1 |access-date=12 February 2014 |location=Wellington}}{{refn|group=nb|The party affiliations shown in this table are uncertain as further discussed on the talk page.}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = Jackson Palmer

|votes = 1,765

|percentage = 31.94

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = Edward George Britton Moss

|votes = 1,470

|percentage = 26.60

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative (New Zealand)

|candidate = William McCullough

|votes = 795

|percentage = 14.39

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Mervyn James Stewart

|votes = 762

|percentage = 13.79

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative (New Zealand)

|candidate = William Deeble

|votes = 524

|percentage = 9.48

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = Leo De Bakker

|votes = 206

|percentage = 3.73

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Labour

|candidate = Edward James Drumm{{refn|group=nb|Labour candidates at the time were counted as part of the Liberal Party}}

|votes = 4

|percentage = 0.07

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 295

|percentage = 5.34

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 5,526

|percentage = 70.19

|change =

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 7,873

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{{Election box end}}

Table footnotes:

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{{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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