Heathcote was a 19th-century parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The electorate was based on the Heathcote Valley suburb.
Heathcote existed from 1861 to 1893. [1]
George Williamson Hall resigned in 1862. He was succeeded by William Sefton Moorhouse in the 1862 by-election. Moorhouse himself resigned the following year and was succeeded by Alfred Cox in the 1863 by-election. [1]
John Hall, the younger brother of George and who was later to become the 12th Premier, won the 1866 election against George Buckley [2] and represented Heathcote until 1872, when he resigned due to health reasons. At the 1872 by-election, John Cracroft Wilson was elected unopposed to represent the electorate. [3]
James Fisher the represented the electorate over the next two terms, from 1876 to 1881. He was succeeded by lawyer Henry Wynn-Williams, who won the 1881 election. During the next term, beginning with the 1884 election, John Coster was the representative, until his death on 17 December 1886. The 1887 by-election was won by Frederic Jones. [4] Jones was confirmed in the 1887 election a few months later. [1]
The last representative for Heathcote was William Tanner, who won the 1890 election. [1] He defeated Heaton Rhodes in his first attempt to enter Parliament. [5] [6]
Key
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Labour | William Tanner | 854 | 57.08 | ||
Conservative | Heaton Rhodes | 642 | 42.92 | ||
Majority | 212 | 14.17 | |||
Turnout | 1,496 | 52.89 | |||
Registered electors | 2,828 |
The following table gives the election result:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frederic Jones | 527 | 61.07 | ||
Independent | Aaron Ayers | 336 | 38.93 | ||
Majority | 191 | 22.13 | |||
Turnout | 863 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Hall | 368 | 60.63 | ||
Independent | George Buckley | 239 | 39.37 | ||
Majority | 129 | 21.25 | |||
Turnout | 607 | ||||
Registered electors |
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