Timaru (New Zealand electorate)

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Timaru was a parliamentary electorate, in New Zealand's South Island. It existed continuously from 1861 to 1996 and was represented by eleven Members of Parliament.

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In the 1860 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of representatives by 12, reflecting the immense population growth since the original electorates were established in 1853. The redistribution created 15 additional electorates with between one and three members, and Timaru was one of the single-member electorates. [1] The electorates were distributed to provinces so that every province had at least two members. Within each province, the number of registered electors by electorate varied greatly. [1] The Timaru electorate had 121 registered electors for the 1861 election. [2]

The electorate is partly urban, and is based on the South Canterbury city of Timaru.

History

The electorate was formed in 1861 for the 3rd Parliament and existed continuously until the 1996 election. [3]

Francis Jollie was the first representative. In the 1866 election, he successfully stood for Gladstone. Alfred Cox was the next representative. At the nomination meeting, Nathan Fisher was put forward as a candidate but he declined to stand, and Cox was declared elected unopposed. [4] Cox resigned in 1868 partway through the term. Edward Stafford won the resulting 1868 by-election. He represented the electorate for a decade and resigned in 1878.

Richard Turnbull won the 1878 by-election and represented Timaru until 1890, when he died on 17 July. [5] He had contested the 1887 election against Edward George Kerr, [6] the proprietor of The Timaru Herald , [7] and had won with a comfortable majority. [8]

William Hall-Jones won the 1890 by-election. He became Prime Minister during his term, and retired in 1908.

James Craigie was the next representative, from the 1908 election. He retired in 1922. Craigie was succeeded by Frank Rolleston, who was defeated at the 1928 election. [9]

From 1928 to 1985, the seat was held by two Labour MPs: Rev Clyde Carr a Christian minister who was a supporter of John A. Lee and remained a backbencher; and then Sir Basil Arthur a hereditary baronet and later Speaker of the House.

David Lange recalled in My Life (2005) the death of Sir Basil, and also that Labour lost the subsequent 1985 by-election when "the Labour Party organisation insisted on the selection of a candidate who could hardly be less suited to the place" and "was a good lawyer but she did not live in Timaru, and her opinions, and even her appearance, were at odds with the conservative character of the electorate." Jim Sutton won the seat back for Labour in 1993.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   Independent Liberal   Liberal   Reform   Labour   National

ElectionWinner
1861 election Francis Jollie
1866 election Alfred Cox
1868 by-election Edward Stafford
1871 election
1875 election
1878 by-election Richard Turnbull
1879 election
1881 election
1884 election
1887 election
1890 by-election William Hall-Jones
1890 election
1893 election
1896 election
1899 election
1902 election
1905 election
1908 election James Craigie
1911 election
1914 election
1919 election
1922 election Frank Rolleston
1925 election
1928 election Clyde Carr
1931 election
1935 election
1938 election
1943 election
1946 election
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election
1960 election
1962 by-election Sir Basil Arthur
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election
1985 by-election Maurice McTigue
1987 election
1990 election
1993 election Jim Sutton
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Aoraki)

Election results

1993 election

1993 general election: Timaru [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Sutton 10,153 46.96
National Maurice McTigue 7,21333.36−18.02
Alliance Peter Binns2,53311.71+3.18
NZ First Jenny Bloxham 1,4596.74
Christian Heritage S Brodie2000.92
Natural Law S Sole590.27
Majority2,94013.60
Turnout 21,61786.80+0.19
Registered electors 24,902

1990 election

1990 general election: Timaru [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Maurice McTigue 10,471 51.38 +0.77
Labour Gary Clarke7,27935.72−10.90
Green Peter Binns1,7398.53
NewLabour Eveline Glanville6743.30
Democrats David Wood2131.04
Majority3,19215.66+11.67
Turnout 20,37686.61−4.47
Registered electors 23,526

1987 election

1987 general election: Timaru [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Maurice McTigue 10,870 50.61 +7.94
Labour Gary Clarke10,01346.62
Democrats Lynley Simmons4882.27−5.14
Independent Stanley Lusby530.24
NZ Party McGregor Simpson530.24
Majority8573.99−2.80
Turnout 21,47791.08+1.09
Registered electors 23,580

1985 by-election

1985 Timaru by-election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Maurice McTigue 9,371 42.67 +4.22
Labour Jan Walker7,87935.88
NZ Party Bill Greenslade2,99813.65
Social Credit Lynley Simmons1,6287.41+2.10
Values Jamie Luck540.25
Independent Labour Alan Falloon310.14
Majority1,4926.79
Informal votes660.29
Turnout 22,02789.99−3.19
Registered electors 24,476
National gain from Labour Swing

1984 election

1984 general election: Timaru [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sir Basil Arthur 11,033 48.13 +3.96
National Maurice McTigue 8,81438.45
NZ Party Christine Musgrave1,8558.09
Social Credit Lynley Simmons1,2175.31−14.06
Majority2,2249.70+0.78
Turnout 22,91993.18+3.16
Registered electors 24,594

1981 election

1981 general election: Timaru [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sir Basil Arthur 9,281 44.77 −3.98
National Jane Coughlan 7,43135.85
Social Credit Lynley Simmons4,01519.37
Majority1,8508.92−1.74
Turnout 20,72790.02+11.73
Registered electors 23,024

1978 election

1978 general election: Timaru [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sir Basil Arthur 9,977 48.75 +1.27
National Bill Penno7,79438.08
Social Credit Ted Rapsey2,18010.65
Values Laurie Durand5122.50
Majority2,18310.66+5.22
Turnout 20,46378.29−5.80
Registered electors 26,135

1975 election

1975 general election: Timaru [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sir Basil Arthur 8,815 47.48 −10.77
National Dave Walker7,80442.04+7.39
Social Credit Ted Rapsey1,1406.14
Values Mary Mold8034.32
Majority1,0115.44−18.16
Turnout 18,56284.09−6.10
Registered electors 22,072

1972 election

1972 general election: Timaru [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sir Basil Arthur 9,760 58.25 +2.24
National Dave Walker5,80634.65+2.90
Social Credit Jenny Body5993.57
Values Philip Lister4032.40
New Democratic David Armstrong1861.11
Majority3,95423.60+5.15
Turnout 16,75490.19+0.01
Registered electors 18,575

1969 election

1969 general election: Timaru [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sir Basil Arthur 9,412 56.01 +0.95
National Dave Walker6,31137.55
Social Credit Maurice Hayes1,0846.44−2.58
Majority3,10118.45−0.71
Turnout 16,80790.18+1.46
Registered electors 18,636

1966 election

1966 general election: Timaru [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sir Basil Arthur 8,929 55.06 −1.28
National Norman Stanley Brown5,82135.90
Social Credit Maurice Hayes1,4649.02+4.62
Majority3,10819.16+2.08
Turnout 16,21488.72−2.83
Registered electors 18,274

1963 election

1963 general election: Timaru [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sir Basil Arthur 9,334 56.34 +3.79
National Maurice John O'Reilly6,50339.25
Social Credit Maurice Hayes7294.40+0.43
Majority2,83117.08+8.02
Turnout 16,56691.55+7.76
Registered electors 18,094

1962 by-election

1962 Timaru by-election [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sir Basil Arthur 7,578 52.55
National Derek Quigley 6,27143.49
Social Credit Maurice Hayes5723.97
Majority1,3079.06
Informal votes340.24
Turnout 14,45583.79−7.62
Registered electors 17,252
Labour hold Swing

1960 election

1960 general election: Timaru [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Carr 7,617 49.11 −4.60
National Ronald Erle White 7,26046.81
Social Credit Francis C. Isitt5423.49−0.11
Independent J R Rae900.58
Majority3572.30−16.63
Turnout 15,50991.41−2.94
Registered electors 16,966

1957 election

1957 general election: Timaru [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Carr 8,379 53.71 +8.85
National Alfred Davey 6,65742.67
Social Credit Francis C. Isitt5623.60
Majority2,95418.93+8.71
Turnout 15,59894.35+0.89
Registered electors 16,532

1954 election

1954 general election: Timaru [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Carr 6,241 44.86 −7.16
National Vic Wilson4,81834.63
Social Credit George Edmonds2,85320.50
Majority1,42310.22+6.19
Turnout 13,91293.46+1.78
Registered electors 14,884

1951 election

1951 general election: Timaru [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Carr 7,265 52.02 −0.97
National William Leslie Richards6,70147.98
Majority5644.03−1.95
Turnout 13,96691.68−3.31
Registered electors 15,233

1949 election

1949 general election: Timaru [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Carr 7,364 52.99 +1.07
National Jack Lockington6,53247.01
Majority8325.98+2.13
Turnout 13,89694.99−0.01
Registered electors 14,628

1946 election

1946 general election: Timaru [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Carr 7,005 51.92 +1.49
National Jack Acland 6,48548.07
Majority5203.85−9.59
Turnout 13,49095.00−0.90
Registered electors 14,200

1943 election

1943 general election: Timaru [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Carr 6,383 50.43 −8.05
National Jack Satterthwaite4,68236.99
Democratic Labour Douglas Cresswell 1,50411.88
Informal votes860.67+0.05
Majority1,70113.44−4.16
Turnout 12,65595.90+0.72
Registered electors 13,195

1938 election

1938 general election: Timaru [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Carr 7,296 58.48 +4.07
National Bill Hall5,10040.88
Informal votes780.62+0.01
Majority2,19617.60+8.77
Turnout 12,47495.18+2.81
Registered electors 13,105

1935 election

1935 general election: Timaru [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Carr 6,524 54.41 +5.96
Independent William Thomas [nb 1] 5,46545.58
Informal votes740.61+0.30
Majority1,0598.83+1.48
Turnout 11,98992.37+2.06
Registered electors 12,978

William Angland (independent) withdrew before election day.

Table footnotes:

  1. ↑ Thomas ran as an Independent, but was aligned to the United–Reform Coalition.

1931 election

1931 general election: Timaru [20] [mb 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Carr 5,407 48.45 −3.74
Reform Herbert N. Armstrong [21] 4,58741.11
United Herbert Hall [21] 1,16510.44
Informal votes350.31−1.68
Majority8207.35+2.95
Turnout 11,19490.31−1.45
Registered electors 12,395

Table footnotes:

  1. ↑ The Reform and United parties could not agree on an official coalition candidate for the Timaru electorate, so neither Armstrong nor Hall were official candidates, and many sources show them as Independents

1928 election

1928 general election: Timaru [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Carr 5,547 52.20
Reform Frank Rolleston 5,08047.80−14.37
Informal votes2161.99+1.17
Majority4674.39
Turnout 10,84391.76−0.76
Registered electors 11,817

1925 election

1925 general election: Timaru [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Frank Rolleston 6,140 62.17 +11.12
Labour Percy Vinnell 3,65437.00−10.93
Informal votes810.82−0.18
Majority2,48625.17+22.05
Turnout 9,87592.52+0.91
Registered electors 10,673

1922 election

1922 general election: Timaru [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Frank Rolleston 4,709 51.05
Labour Percy Vinnell 4,42147.93+8.34
Informal votes931.00−1.01
Majority2883.12
Turnout 9,22391.61+12.75
Registered electors 10,067

1919 election

1919 general election: Timaru [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal James Craigie 4,717 58.39 +1.65
Labour Percy Vinnell 3,19839.59
Informal votes1632.01+0.88
Majority1,51918.80+4.18
Turnout 8,07878.86−4.79
Registered electors 10,243

1914 election

1914 general election: Timaru [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Craigie 4,308 56.74 −2.34
Reform Frank Smith 3,19842.12
Informal votes861.13+0.76
Majority1,11014.62−3.92
Turnout 7,59283.65+6.71
Registered electors 9,075

1911 election

1911 general election: Timaru, first ballot [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Craigie 3,152 43.04 −9.75
Reform Joseph Moore 1,923 26.25
Labour Jesse Reader1,63622.34
Independent William Angland4976.78
Informal votes1151.57−1.20
Turnout 7,32385.23+5.60
Registered electors 8,592
Second ballot result
Liberal James Craigie 3,906 59.08 +16.04
Reform Joseph Moore2,68040.53+14.28
Informal votes250.37
Majority1,22618.54+12.56
Turnout 6,61176.94−8.29

1908 election

1908 general election: Timaru, first ballot [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Craigie 2,610 39.63
Conservative William David Campbell 2,478 37.63
Ind. Labour League George Koller1,25919.11
Independent Joseph Mahoney1332.01
Informal votes1051.59+1.05
Turnout 6,58582.66−2.26
Registered electors 7,966
Second ballot result
Liberal James Craigie 3,349 52.79 +13.16
Conservative William David Campbell2,96946.80+9.17
Informal votes260.40−1.19
Majority3805.98
Turnout 6,34479.63−3.03

1905 election

1905 general election: Timaru [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Hall-Jones 3,541 58.50 −5.10
Conservative Frank Rolleston 2,47840.94
Informal votes330.54
Majority1,06317.56−16.91
Turnout 6,05284.92+3.16
Registered electors 7,126

1902 election

1902 general election: Timaru [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Hall-Jones 3,046 63.60 −14.08
Conservative Frank Smith 1,39529.13
Independent Frank Isitt 3487.27
Majority1,65134.47−22.71
Turnout 4,78981.76+2.47
Registered electors 5,857

1899 election

1899 general election: Timaru [31] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Hall-Jones 3,091 77.68 +20.32
Independent Liberal James Stephen Keith [nb 1] 81620.51
Independent Labour Joseph Mahoney [nb 2] 721.81
Majority2,27557.18+40.32
Turnout 3,97979.29
Registered electors 5,018

Table footnotes:

  1. ↑ Note that in many newspapers, Keith is labelled as standing for the opposition
  2. ↑ Labour candidates at the time were counted as part of the Liberal Party

1896 election

1896 general election: Timaru [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Hall-Jones 2,180 57.36 +1.42
Conservative Frank Smith 1,53940.50
Informal votes812.14
Majority64116.86+4.97
Turnout 3,800

James Stephen Keith (independent) withdrew before election day. [34]

1893 election

1893 general election: Timaru [35] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal William Hall-Jones 1,914 55.94 +24.16
Liberal Edward G. Kerr1,50744.05+15.77
Majority40711.89+8.39
Turnout 3,42181.22+20.78
Registered electors 4,212

1890 election

1890 general election: Timaru [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal William Hall-Jones 472 31.78 −16.83
Independent Edward G. Kerr [7] 42028.28−11.35
Liberal Jeremiah Twomey 36624.65
Conservative Samuel Frederick Smithson21814.68
Liberal Philip E. Thoreau90.61
Majority523.50−5.48
Turnout 1,48560.44−6.84
Registered electors 2,457

1890 by-election

1890 Timaru by-election [38] [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal William Hall-Jones 422 48.61
Independent Edward G. Kerr34439.63−0.58
Independent Labour W F Alpin8810.13
Informal votes141.61
Majority788.98
Turnout 86867.28−0.27

Notes

  1. 1 2 McRobie 1989, p. 35.
  2. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 33.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 273.
  4. ↑ "Timaru election". Timaru Herald . Vol. IV, no. 93. 23 February 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 241.
  6. ↑ "The Nominations". Ashburton Guardian. Vol. VII, no. 1667. 20 September 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  7. 1 2 "History of The Timaru Herald". The Timaru Herald . 9 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "General Election". Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. XIV, no. 4977. 27 September 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  9. ↑ Rolleston 1971, p. 131.
  10. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 115.
  11. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. pp. 119–20.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Norton 1988, p. 363.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Norton 1988, p. 362.
  14. ↑ "Social Credit candidate". The Press . Vol. XCIX, no. 29330. 8 October 1960. p. 15. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  16. ↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  17. ↑ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. pp. 1–12. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  18. ↑ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  19. ↑ The General Election, 1935. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  20. ↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  21. 1 2 Kerr, Stephen (2003). "Good Old Clyde": Clyde Carr M.P., Timaru and the Art of Incumbency, 1928–1962 (PDF) (Thesis). University of Canterbury. p. 66. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  22. ↑ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 5. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  23. ↑ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  24. ↑ The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  25. ↑ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  26. ↑ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  27. ↑ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  28. ↑ "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  29. ↑ The General Election, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  30. ↑ The General Election, 1902. National Library. 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  31. ↑ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  32. ↑ "The General Election". The Daily Telegraph. No. 9729. 30 November 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  33. ↑ "Timaru". The Star . No. 5739. 5 December 1896. p. 6.
  34. ↑ "The General Election". Evening Star . No. 10179. 4 December 1896. p. 1.
  35. ↑ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  36. ↑ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times . 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  37. ↑ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  38. ↑ "The Timaru Seat - Result of the Election". The Press . Vol. XLVII, no. 7634. 19 August 1890. p. 5.
  39. ↑ "The Timaru Seat". The Star . No. 6929. 12 August 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

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