Mount Victoria (New Zealand electorate)

Mount Victoria (New Zealand electorate)

Mount Victoria is a former New Zealand electorate, centred on the inner-city suburb of Mount Victoria in the southern suburbs of Wellington.

History

The seat was held by only one MP, Jack Marshall of the National Party for the whole of its existence from 1946 to 1954.

Jack Marshall became Prime Minister in the Second National Government in 1972, after Keith Holyoake retired. He was defeated by Norman Kirk in the 1975 election, and was replaced as leader of the National Party by Robert Muldoon.

Election results

Election Winner
1946 election Jack Marshall National)
1949 election
1951 election

References

  • New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington)




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