Coleridge (New Zealand electorate)

Coleridge (New Zealand electorate)

Coleridge is a former parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. The electorate existed from the 1866 election to 1887.

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Population centres

This electorate is in the rural part of the Canterbury Region. In the 1871 election, polling stations were in the Bealey settlement near Arthur's Pass and Ashburton,[1] and one of the election meetings was held at Hororata.[2] The electorate is named after Lake Coleridge.

History

The electorate was established for the 1866 general election, when the 4th Parliament was determined. John Cracroft Wilson was its first elected representative. He was elected unopposed.[3]

In the 1871 general election, John Karslake Karslake and George Hart contested the electorate.[4] Both men had no prior political experience.[5] Karslake and Hart received 35 and 27 votes, respectively. Karslake was thus returned.[6] He resigned in 1872 to return to England.[7]

The resulting 1872 by-election was contested by George Hart, William Bluett and John Jebson[8] on 22 July 1872.[9] Hart, Bluett and Jebson received 99, 106 and 48 votes, respectively, with Bluett thus being elected.[10] He served until the end of the term in 1875.[11]

The 6 January 1876 election was contested by four people; the incumbent Bluett, Cathcart Wason, Mr Tosswill and John Jebson, who received 71, 167, 160 and 53 votes, respectively.[12][13] Wason was thus elected, but he resigned his seat in Parliament in April 1879.[14] George Hart was returned unopposed in the subsequent by-election on 8 May 1879.[15]

Members of Parliament

The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament:

Election Winner
1866 election John Cracroft Wilson (Independent)
1871 election John Karslake Karslake (Independent)
1872 by-election William Bluett (Independent)
1876 election Cathcart Wason (Independent)
1879 by-election George Hart (Independent)
1879 election Edward George Wright (Independent)
1881 election David McMillan[16] (Independent)
1884 election

Notes

  1. ^ "Local and General". The Star: p. 2. Issue 842, 7 February 1871. http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18710207.2.4. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  2. ^ "Local and General". The Star: p. 2. Issue 840, 4 February 1871. http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18710204.2.5. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  3. ^ "Friday, March 9, 1866.". Evening Post: p. 2. Volume II, Issue 25, 9 March 1866. http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18660309.2.8. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  4. ^ "Local and General". The Star: p. 2. Issue 826, 19 January 1871. http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18710119.2.5. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  5. ^ "The General Elections". Otago Witness: p. 2. Issue 999, 21 January 1871. http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18710121.2.5. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  6. ^ "Thursday, February 9, 1871.". Daily Southern Cross: p. 2. Volume XXVII, Issue 4209, 9 February 1871. http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18710209.2.8. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  7. ^ Wilson 1985, p. ?.
  8. ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited 1903, p. 766.
  9. ^ "Coleridge District". The Star: p. 2. Issue 1370, 18 July 1872. http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18720718.2.6. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  10. ^ "COLERIDGE ELECTION". The Star. Issue 1375, 24 July 1872. p. 2. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18720724.2.7. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
  11. ^ Scholefield 1925, p. 79.
  12. ^ "Coleridge". The Star: p. 3. Issue 2431, 7 January 1876. http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18760107.2.16. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  13. ^ "General Elections". The Star: p. 2. Issue 2433, 10 January 1876. http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TS18760110.2.8. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  14. ^ "The Star. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1879". The Star: p. 2. Issue 3436, 16 April 1879. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18790416.2.7. Retrieved 6 June 2010. 
  15. ^ "CHRISTCHURCH. 8th May". Evening Post: p. 2. Volume XVII, Issue 505, 9 May 1879. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18790509.2.18.3. Retrieved 6 June 2010. 
  16. ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited 1903, p. 712.

References

Cyclopedia Company Limited (1903). The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl-t1-front1-tp1.html. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 

  • Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1925) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record. Wellington: Govt. Printer. 
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. 

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