Lyttelton is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1853 to 1890, and again from 1893 to 1996, when it was replaced by the Banks Peninsula electorate.
The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, passed by the British government, allowed New Zealand to establish a representative government. The initial 24 New Zealand electorates were defined by Governor George Grey in March 1853. Lyttelton was one of the initial single-member electorates. [1]
The electorate was in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch, New Zealand, and included the port of Lyttelton.
The electorate was created in 1853 and existed until 1890. In the 1890 election, the Akaroa electorate covered the town of Lyttelton. [2] The Lyttelton electorate was re-established for the 1893 election and existed until 1996, the first mixed-member proportional (MMP) election, when it was included in the Banks Peninsula electorate.
The nomination meeting for the first election was held on 15 August 1853 at the Reading Room in Lyttelton. The first election was held two days later on a Wednesday at the Resident Magistrate's Office in Lyttelton, with Charles Simeon as Resident Magistrate acting as the returning officer. [3] The election was contested by Christopher Edward Dampier, the solicitor of the Canterbury Association, and James FitzGerald, who in the previous month had been elected Canterbury's first Superintendent. FitzGerald won the election by 55 votes to 45. [4] In the 1855 election, FitzGerald was returned unopposed. [5] FitzGerald represented the electorate until 1857, when he resigned due to ill health. [6]
Crosbie Ward won the resulting by-election in May 1858. [7] Ward was re-elected unopposed on 25 January 1861. [8] [9]
Edward Allen Hargreaves won the 1866 election. [10] He resigned in April 1867. [11] Hargreaves was succeeded by George Macfarlan, who was elected unopposed in a 1 July 1867 by-election. [12] Macfarlan died in office on 9 October 1868. [13]
John Thomas Peacock won the 2 November 1868 by-election. [14] At the 1871 election, Peacock was re-elected unopposed. [15] He held the seat until April 1873, when was promoted to the New Zealand Legislative Council (the upper house). [16] [17] He resigned from Parliament on 5 April 1873. [18] The resulting by-election on 19 May 1873 was won by his brother in law, Henry Richard Webb, who beat Hugh Murray-Aynsley. [19]
At the 28 December 1875 general election, the Lyttelton electorate was contested by the same two candidates as the 1873 by-election, but this time, Murray-Aynsley was successful. [20] [21] Murray-Aynsley was defeated by Harry Allwright in the 1879 general election held on 4 September. [22]
John Joyce represented Lyttelton from 1887 to 1890 and from 1893 to 1899. The electorate was held from 1913 by James McCombs for the Social Democrats and then for Labour; he was succeeded by his wife when he died, and then his son when she also died.
The 1925 general election was contested by Melville Lyons and the incumbent, James McCombs. [23] The original count resulted in a tie of 4,900 votes each. The returning officer gave his casting vote to Lyons and declared him elected. A recount was demanded, and on 3 December 1925, an amended result of 4890 votes for Lyons and 4884 votes for McCombs was determined, with the differences in the counts explained by counting informal votes in a different way. [24] Lyons' election was declared void on 13 March 1926, and the previous holder, McCombs, was restored as the holder of the electorate. [23] The 22nd Parliament had its first sitting on 16 June 1926, hence Lyons had not been sworn in before his election was declared void. [25]
The 1931 election had a close result, with McCombs just 32 votes ahead of the United–Reform Coalition candidate, Christchurch civil engineer Frederick Willie Freeman. [26] [27]
The seat has been held by National and Norman Kirk transferred to the safer (for Labour) Sydenham seat in 1969, just as his predecessor Harry Lake transferred to the safer (for National) Fendalton seat in 1960.
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Independent Liberal Social Democrat Labour Reform National
Table footnotes:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth Dyson | 9,616 | 40.60 | ||
National | David Carter | 8,939 | 37.74 | ||
Alliance | Ann Lewis | 3,729 | 15.74 | +6.98 | |
NZ First | Ross Gluer | 829 | 3.50 | ||
Christian Heritage | Bruce Burnett | 375 | 1.58 | ||
Natural Law | David Lovell-Smith | 193 | 0.81 | ||
Majority | 677 | 2.85 | |||
Turnout | 23,681 | 87.71 | +0.55 | ||
Registered electors | 26,997 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Gail McIntosh | 9,368 | 41.13 | ||
Labour | Peter Simpson | 9,300 | 40.83 | -15.13 | |
NewLabour | Ann Lewis | 1,996 | 8.76 | ||
Green | Cliff Mason | 1,760 | 7.72 | ||
Democrats | Audrey Evans Scott | 141 | 0.61 | ||
Social Credit | Louise Moore | 137 | 0.60 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Tom Wells | 74 | 0.32 | ||
Majority | 68 | 0.29 | |||
Turnout | 22,776 | 87.16 | -1.37 | ||
Registered electors | 26,129 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Simpson | 12,362 | 55.96 | ||
National | Philip Hall | 8,629 | 39.06 | ||
Democrats | Michael Bruce | 813 | 3.68 | -0.45 | |
NZ Party | Alan John Roberts | 187 | 0.84 | ||
Imperial British Conservative | Paul Swafford | 96 | 0.43 | ||
Majority | 3,733 | 16.90 | |||
Turnout | 22,087 | 88.53 | -4.11 | ||
Registered electors | 24,948 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Hercus | 11,994 | 51.52 | -2.47 | |
National | Doug Graham | 7,031 | 30.20 | ||
NZ Party | Ross Burrows | 3,291 | 14.13 | ||
Social Credit | Michael Bruce | 962 | 4.13 | -5.86 | |
Majority | 4,963 | 21.32 | +3.34 | ||
Turnout | 23,278 | 92.64 | +1.91 | ||
Registered electors | 25,127 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Hercus | 11,685 | 53.99 | +5.43 | |
National | Simon Stamers-Smith | 7,793 | 36.01 | ||
Social Credit | Michael Bruce | 2,163 | 9.99 | ||
Majority | 3,892 | 17.98 | +11.40 | ||
Turnout | 21,641 | 90.73 | +19.93 | ||
Registered electors | 23,852 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Hercus | 10,493 | 48.56 | ||
National | Colleen Dewe | 9,070 | 41.98 | -5.90 | |
Social Credit | Louise Moore | 1,294 | 5.98 | ||
Values | Helen Chambers | 577 | 2.67 | ||
Independent | John Victor Pierson | 153 | 0.70 | ||
Tory | Suzanne Sadler | 17 | 0.07 | ||
Majority | 1,423 | 6.58 | |||
Turnout | 21,604 | 70.80 | -15.09 | ||
Registered electors | 30,510 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Colleen Dewe | 10,107 | 47.88 | ||
Labour | Tom McGuigan | 9,108 | 43.15 | -13.73 | |
Values | Peter Heal | 1,300 | 6.15 | ||
Social Credit | Errol Crockett | 592 | 2.80 | ||
Majority | 999 | 4.73 | |||
Turnout | 21,107 | 85.89 | -5.69 | ||
Registered electors | 24,574 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom McGuigan | 11,078 | 56.88 | +9.68 | |
National | John Blumsky | 7,843 | 40.27 | ||
Social Credit | Joe Pounsford | 472 | 2.42 | ||
Liberal Reform | W J Jamieson | 52 | 0.26 | ||
New Democratic | Robert Ramsay Scarth | 31 | 0.15 | ||
Majority | 3,235 | 16.61 | +15.05 | ||
Turnout | 19,476 | 91.58 | -0.18 | ||
Registered electors | 21,266 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom McGuigan | 8,800 | 47.20 | ||
National | Peter de Latour | 8,508 | 45.63 | +5.83 | |
Social Credit | Terry Huggins | 1,042 | 5.58 | ||
Majority | 292 | 1.56 | |||
Turnout | 18,642 | 91.76 | +4.12 | ||
Registered electors | 20,315 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | 9,045 | 52.00 | -2.04 | |
National | Peter de Latour | 6,924 | 39.80 | ||
Social Credit | Cliff Munnings | 1,424 | 8.18 | +1.11 | |
Majority | 2,121 | 12.19 | -2.97 | ||
Turnout | 17,393 | 87.64 | -4.51 | ||
Registered electors | 19,844 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | 9,539 | 54.04 | +6.35 | |
National | Tom Flint | 6,862 | 38.87 | ||
Social Credit | Cliff Munnings | 1,249 | 7.07 | +0.81 | |
Majority | 2,677 | 15.16 | +13.60 | ||
Turnout | 17,650 | 92.15 | -0.53 | ||
Registered electors | 19,153 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | 7,910 | 47.65 | -1.00 | |
National | Jim Hay | 7,650 | 46.08 | ||
Social Credit | Cliff Munnings | 1,040 | 6.26 | ||
Majority | 260 | 1.56 | -1.86 | ||
Turnout | 16,600 | 92.68 | -1.93 | ||
Registered electors | 17,911 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | 8,064 | 48.65 | ||
National | Harry Lake | 7,497 | 45.23 | +2.94 | |
Social Credit | Wilfrid Owen | 1,014 | 6.11 | -12.21 | |
Majority | 567 | 3.42 | |||
Turnout | 16,575 | 94.61 | -3.01 | ||
Registered electors | 17,519 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Harry Lake | 6,175 | 42.29 | -8.15 | |
Labour | Tom McGuigan | 6,151 | 42.12 | ||
Social Credit | Wilfrid Owen | 2,675 | 18.32 | ||
Majority | 24 | 0.16 | -0.73 | ||
Turnout | 14,601 | 91.90 | +2.24 | ||
Registered electors | 15,887 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Harry Lake | 7,480 | 50.44 | ||
Labour | Terry McCombs | 7,347 | 49.55 | -3.81 | |
Majority | 133 | 0.89 | |||
Turnout | 14,827 | 89.36 | -2.51 | ||
Registered electors | 16,591 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry McCombs | 7,758 | 53.36 | -1.50 | |
National | Richard Ralph Beauchamp | 6,780 | 46.63 | ||
Majority | 978 | 6.72 | -4.30 | ||
Turnout | 14,538 | 91.87 | +1.55 | ||
Registered electors | 15,824 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry McCombs | 7,682 | 54.86 | +3.05 | |
National | Ted Taylor | 6,319 | 45.13 | +3.77 | |
Majority | 1,543 | 11.02 | +0.57 | ||
Turnout | 14,001 | 90.32 | +0.82 | ||
Registered electors | 15,500 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry McCombs | 6,817 | 51.81 | -9.58 | |
National | Ted Taylor | 5,443 | 41.37 | ||
Democratic Labour | Malcolm Frederick Nottage | 781 | 5.94 | ||
Real Democracy | Leonard Alexander Jarden | 117 | 0.89 | ||
Informal votes | 124 | 0.93 | 0.53 | ||
Majority | 1,374 | 10.44 | -12.34 | ||
Turnout | 13,282 | 84.04 | -9.10 | ||
Registered electors | 15,805 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry McCombs | 8,041 | 61.39 | 2.68 | |
National | Isaac Wilson | 5,057 | 38.61 | ||
Majority | 2,984 | 22.78 | -0.61 | ||
Informal votes | 53 | 0.40 | -0.19 | ||
Turnout | 13,151 | 93.14 | 7.87 | ||
Registered electors | 14,120 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry McCombs | 6,965 | 58.71 | 0.06 | |
United/Reform | Seton Fulton Marshall | 4,190 | 35.32 | ||
Democrat | Benjamin Henry Riseley | 709 | 5.98 | ||
Majority | 2,775 | 23.39 | 4.49 | ||
Informal votes | 71 | 0.59 | |||
Turnout | 11,935 | 85.27 | |||
Registered electors | 13,997 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry McCombs | 5,437 | 58.65 | ||
United/Reform | Melville Lyons | 3,685 | 39.75 | ||
Independent Labour | Edward Hills | 103 | 1.11 | ||
Independent | G.S. Hamilton | 46 | 0.50 | ||
Majority | 1752 | 18.9 | -6.75 | ||
Turnout | 9,271 | 67.43 [40] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth McCombs | 6,344 | 61.66 | 11.89 | |
United/Reform | Frederick Freeman | 3,675 | 35.72 | -13.76 | |
Independent Labour | Edward Hills | 269 | 2.61 | ||
Majority | 2,669 | 25.94 | +25.65 | ||
Turnout | 10,288 | 74.98 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James McCombs | 5,404 | 49.77 | ||
Reform | Frederick Willie Freeman | 5,372 | 49.47 | ||
Independent | William Ling Page | 83 | 0.76 | ||
Majority | 32 | 0.29 | |||
Informal votes | 71 | 0.65 | |||
Turnout | 10,930 | 86.57 | |||
Registered electors | 12,625 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James McCombs | 5,022 | 46.53 | -3.52 | |
Reform | John Beanland | 3,036 | 28.13 | ||
United | William Thomas Lester | 2,734 | 25.33 | ||
Majority | 1,986 | 18.40 | 18.29 | ||
Informal votes | 88 | 0.81 | -0.26 | ||
Turnout | 10,880 | 90.27 | -0.85 | ||
Registered electors | 12,053 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James McCombs [nb 1] | 4,900 | 50.06 | -3.39 | |
Reform | Melville Lyons | 4,889 | 49.94 | ||
Majority | 11 | 0.11 | -6.78 | ||
Informal votes | 106 | 1.07 | -0.19 | ||
Turnout | 9,895 | 91.12 | 0.73 | ||
Registered electors | 10,859 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James McCombs | 4,758 | 53.45 | 12.27 | |
Reform | Robert Macartney | 4,144 | 46.55 | 13.30 | |
Majority | 614 | 6.90 | -1.03 | ||
Informal votes | 114 | 1.26 | -0.71 | ||
Turnout | 9,016 | 90.40 | 6.99 | ||
Registered electors | 9,974 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James McCombs | 2,999 | 41.18 | -20.31 | |
Reform | Robert Macartney | 2,422 | 33.26 | ||
Liberal | William Thomas Lester | 1,277 | 17.53 | ||
Liberal | Harry Ell | 585 | 8.03 | ||
Majority | 577 | 7.92 | -15.06 | ||
Informal votes | 147 | 1.98 | 0.49 | ||
Turnout | 7,430 | 83.41 | -0.44 | ||
Registered electors | 8,908 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrat | James McCombs | 4,276 | 61.49 | 9.24 | |
Reform | Malcolm Miller | 2,678 | 38.51 | -9.24 | |
Majority | 1,598 | 22.98 | 18.48 | ||
Informal votes | 105 | 1.49 | |||
Turnout | 7,059 | 83.85 | |||
Registered electors | 8,419 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrat | James McCombs | 2,075 | 42.20 | ||
Reform | Malcolm Miller | 1,560 | 31.73 | ||
Liberal | James Laurenson | 922 | 18.75 | ||
Independent Liberal | Henry Thacker | 263 | 5.35 | ||
Independent | William Radcliffe | 97 | 1.97 | ||
Turnout | 4,917 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrat | James McCombs | 2,628 | 52.25 | ||
Reform | Malcolm Miller | 2,402 | 47.75 | ||
Majority | 226 | 4.50 | |||
Turnout | 5,030 | ||||
Social Democrat gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Laurenson | 4,160 | 66.66 | 9.76 | |
Independent Liberal | Colin Cook | 2,081 | 33.34 | ||
Majority | 2,079 | 33.31 | 19.51 | ||
Informal votes | 79 | 1.25 | 0.47 | ||
Turnout | 6,320 | 83.85 | 0.27 | ||
Registered electors | 7,537 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Laurenson | 3,682 | 56.90 | 9.21 | |
Independent Liberal | Henry Thacker | 2,789 | 43.10 | ||
Majority | 893 | 13.80 | -7.47 | ||
Informal votes | 51 | 0.78 | |||
Turnout | 6,522 | 83.58 | -2.92 | ||
Registered electors | 7,803 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Laurenson | 2,515 | 47.69 | -30.09 | |
Liberal | William Radcliffe | 1,393 | 26.41 | ||
Conservative | Charles Lord Russell | 967 | 18.34 | ||
Conservative | Samuel R. Webb | 399 | 7.57 | ||
Majority | 1,122 | 21.27 | -34.28 | ||
Informal votes | 121 | 2.24 | |||
Turnout | 5,395 | 86.50 | 6.15 | ||
Registered electors | 6,237 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Laurenson | 3,041 | 77.77 | 2.50 | |
Liberal | William Rollitt | 869 | 22.23 | ||
Majority | 2,172 | 55.55 | 5.01 | ||
Turnout | 3,910 | 80.35 | 6.26 | ||
Registered electors | 4,866 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Laurenson | 2,700 | 75.27 | ||
Conservative | William Jacques | 887 | 24.73 | ||
Majority | 1,813 | 50.54 | |||
Informal votes | |||||
Registered electors | 4,841 | ||||
Turnout | 3,587 | 74.10 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Joyce | 1,734 | 49.83 | -18.12 | |
Conservative | William Jacques | 1,288 | 37.01 | ||
Independent Liberal | Samuel R. Webb | 458 | 13.16 | ||
Majority | 446 | 12.82 | |||
Informal votes | |||||
Registered electors | 4,285 [55] | ||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Joyce | 1,895 | 67.95 | ||
Liberal | Edwin Blake | 854 | 30.62 | ||
Independent | John Moncrieff Douglass | 40 | 1.43 | ||
Majority | 1,041 | 37.33 | |||
Informal votes | |||||
Turnout | 2,789 | 77.71 | |||
Registered electors | 3,589 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Joyce | 613 | 59.75 | ||
Independent | Harry Allwright | 413 | 40.25 | -7.49 | |
Majority | 200 | 19.49 | 13.67 | ||
Turnout | 1,026 | 74.08 | -11.05 | ||
Registered electors | 1,385 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Harry Allwright | 328 | 47.74 | 13.35 | |
Independent | Samuel R. Webb | 288 | 41.92 | 9.25 | |
Independent | E. M. Clissold | 71 | 10.33 | ||
Majority | 40 | 5.82 | 4.36 | ||
Turnout | 687 | 85.13 | 5.87 | ||
Registered electors | 807 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Harry Allwright | 259 | 34.40 | -17.78 | |
Independent | Edward Richardson | 248 | 32.93 | ||
Independent | Samuel R. Webb | 246 | 32.67 | ||
Majority | 11 | 1.46 | -2.89 | ||
Turnout | 753 | 79.26 | -1.47 | ||
Registered electors | 950 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Harry Allwright | 192 | 52.17 | ||
Independent | Hugh Murray-Aynsley | 176 | 47.83 | -8.68 | |
Majority | 16 | 4.35 | -8.66 | ||
Informal votes | 5 | 1.34 | |||
Turnout | 373 | 80.74 | 4.34 | ||
Registered electors | 462 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hugh Murray-Aynsley | 139 | 56.50 | 7.98 | |
Independent | Henry Richard Webb | 107 | 43.50 | -7.98 | |
Majority | 32 | 13.01 | 10.06 | ||
Turnout | 246 | 76.40 | |||
Registered electors | 322 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Henry Richard Webb | 122 | 51.48 | ||
Independent | Hugh Murray-Aynsley | 115 | 48.52 | ||
Turnout | 237 | ||||
Majority | 7 | 2.95 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward Hargreaves | 107 | 60.80 | ||
Independent | Henry Sewell | 69 | 39.20 | ||
Majority | 38 | 21.59 | |||
Turnout | 176 | 48.09 | |||
Registered electors | 366 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James FitzGerald | 55 | 55.0% | ||
Independent | Christopher Edward Dampier | 45 | 45.0% | ||
Majority | 10 | 10.0% | |||
Turnout | 100 | 80.0% | |||
Registered electors | 125 |
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