Arch Hill (New Zealand electorate)

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Arch Hill was a New Zealand electorate. It was located in Auckland city, existed from 1946 to 1954, and was represented by two members of the Labour Party.

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Population centres

The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, eight former electorates were re-established, and 19 electorates were created for the first time, including Arch Hill. [1] The Arch Hill electorate was formed out of portions of Auckland Central, Auckland West, and Grey Lynn electorates. It was centred on the suburb of Arch Hill, and included parts of Grey Lynn, Eden Terrace, Newton, and southern Ponsonby. [2]

The Arch Hill electorate was abolished through the 1952 electoral redistribution, when it was absorbed into the neighbouring electorates of Auckland Central, Ponsonby, and Eden. These changes came into effect through the 1954 election. [3]

History

The first representative was Bill Parry, who had become prominent through his involvement in the 1912 Waihi miners' strike and his resulting imprisonment, and who had previously represented Auckland Central since the 1919 election. [4] Parry retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1951, [5] and died a year later on 27 November 1952. [4]

Parry was succeeded through the 1951 election by John Stewart. [6] When the Arch Hill electorate was abolished in 1954, Stewart contested the Eden electorate, but was beaten by National's Duncan Rae. [7]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour   

ElectionWinner
1946 election Bill Parry
1949 election
1951 election John Stewart
(Electorate abolished in 1954; see Eden, Auckland Central)

Election results

1951 election

1951 general election: Arch Hill [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Stewart 7,311 67.50
National Paddy Hope3,34630.89
Communist Vic Wilcox 1731.59-1.27
Majority3,96536.61
Turnout 10,83085.78-8.04
Registered electors 12,625

1949 election

1949 general election: Arch Hill [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Parry 8,399 70.18 -2.97
National Gordon Frederick Smith3,22526.94
Communist Vic Wilcox 3432.86-1.22
Majority5,17443.23-7.17
Turnout 11,96793.82-0.19
Registered electors 12,754

1946 election

1946 general election: Arch Hill [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Parry 9,558 73.15
National Edward James Clark2,97322.75
Communist Vic Wilcox 5344.08
Majority6,58550.40
Turnout 13,06594.01
Registered electors 13,897

Notes

  1. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
  2. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 90–94.
  3. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 94–99.
  4. 1 2 Gustafson, Barry. "Parry, William Edward". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 225.
  6. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 236.
  7. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 228, 236.
  8. ↑ "The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1951–52". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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