Waiapu (New Zealand electorate)

In the 1892 electoral redistribution, population shift to the North Island required the transfer of one seat from the South Island to the north. The resulting ripple effect saw every electorate established in 1890 have its boundaries altered, and eight electorates were established for the first time, including Waiapu.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=59f}} By area, it was a large electorate. It comprised areas that had previously belonged to the {{NZ electorate link|East Coast}} electorate (which was abolished) and to the {{NZ electorate link|Hawke's Bay}} electorate (which shifted south). Its southern boundary was at the {{NZ electorate link|Napier}} electorate and it extended north to Cape Runaway. Settlements that were covered by the original electorate include Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay, Te Karaka, Matawai, Gisborne, Wairoa, and Bay View.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=58}}

In the 1896 electoral redistribution, the Waiapu electorate lost its southern area to the Hawke's Bay electorate, with the Mohaka River used as the new boundary. The settlement of Bay View transferred to the Hawke's Bay electorate.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=62f}} In the 1902 electoral redistribution, the southern boundary of the Waiapu electorate moved further north again, and Lake Waikaremoana, the settlement of Wairoa, and the Māhia Peninsula transferred to the Hawke's Bay electorate.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=66f}}

In the 1907 electoral redistribution, the Waiapu electorate was abolished, and the majority of its area became part of the {{NZ electorate link|Bay of Plenty}} electorate, with the balance going to the new {{NZ electorate link|Gisborne}} electorate.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=70f}}

Waiapu was represented by one MP, Sir James Carroll, for all fifteen years. He had previously been the MP for Eastern Maori, and in 1908 he became the MP for the Gisborne electorate.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=188}}

Key

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

{{Election box begin | title=1899 general election: Waiapu{{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}}{{cite news |title=Notice of Nominations |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=PBH18991130.2.9.3 |access-date=7 March 2014 |work=Poverty Bay Herald |date=30 November 1899 |volume=XXVI |issue=8683 |page=3}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = New Zealand Liberal Party

|candidate = James Carroll

|votes = 3,153

|percentage = 62.10

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative (New Zealand)

|candidate = Cecil Fitzroy

|votes = 1,824

|percentage = 35.93

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|party = Independent politician

|candidate = James Charles Dunlop

|votes = 100

|percentage = 1.97

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,329

|percentage = 26.18

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 5,077

|percentage = 83.15

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,106

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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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