Sydenham (New Zealand electorate)
- Sydenham (New Zealand electorate)
Sydenham was a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, from 1946 to 1996.
Population Centres
This suburban electorate is in the southern suburbs of Christchurch.
History
The electorate existed from 1881 to 1890 and then from the 1946 election to the 1996 election, the first MMP election. It was replaced by the Wigram electorate. Sydenham was always held by Labour.
Election results
1 Jim Anderton defected to New Labour in 1989.
References
External links
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