Former electorate in Canterbury, New Zealand
Avon is a former New Zealand parliamentary
electorate . It was created for the
1861 general election and existed until 1996. It was represented by 13
Members of Parliament and was held by Independents,
Liberal Party or
Labour Party representatives.
Population centres
The electorate was in
Christchurch , New Zealand, named after the
Avon River . For the
1887 by-election , polling booths were in
Riccarton and
Papanui .
[1] For the
1887 general election , polling booths were in Papanui, Bright's Road,
Spreydon and
New Brighton .
[2] For the
1890 election , polling booths were in Papanui,
Richmond ,
Belfast ,
Ohoka and
Clarkville .
[3]
History
The electorate was created in 1861, and existed continuously until 1996, when with
MMP it was absorbed into the new
Christchurch East electorate.
Alfred Richard Creyke stood in the
1861 general election (held on 1 February) in the Avon electorate for
Parliament , whilst
William Thomson stood in the same electorate for the
Canterbury Provincial Council . Thomson proposed Creyke and vice versa; both were elected unopposed.
[4] Creyke thus became the first representative.
[5] Creyke resigned from Parliament on 21 April 1862.
Creyke was succeeded by
William Thomson , who was elected in the 11 June
1862 by-election and took his oath on 30 July 1862.
[7] He retired on 27 January 1866. Thomson was succeeded by
Crosbie Ward , who won the
1866 election against Charles Wellington Bishop (brother of
Edward Bishop ).
[9] Ward resigned in the following year.
William Reeves won the resulting
1867 by-election by-election. He resigned in the following year.
William Rolleston represented the electorate from the resulting
1868 by-election (elected unopposed) to 1884. In the
1879 general election , he was returned unopposed.
[13] Rolleston did not stand in the Avon electorate in the
1884 election , but (successfully) contested
Geraldine instead.
Rolleston was succeeded by
Leonard Harper in the Avon electorate. Harper resigned on 3 May 1887,
[15] and the resulting
by-election was contested by
Edwin Blake and William Dunlop, who received 255 and 252 votes, respectively.
[1] The
1887 general election was contested by Edwin Blake and E. G. Wright.
[16] Blake won the election by a good margin.
[2] In the
1890 election , Edwin Blake and
George Gatonby Stead received 774 and 587 votes, respectively.
[3] At the end of the parliamentary term in 1893, Blake retired from politics.
William Tanner won the
1893 election . In the
previous Parliament , he had represented the
Heathcote electorate. Tanner was initially an independent, but joined the
Liberal Party for the
1905 election . In the
1908 election , he was beaten by
George Warren Russell in the
second ballot (the voting system in place from 1908 until 1913). In the
1911 election , four candidates contested the electorate, with Russell representing the liberal
Ward Government ,
James McCombs standing as an Independent Liberal, J. O. Jamieson as an opposition candidate and W. R. Smith representing labour interests. Russell and McCombs polled 3,040 and 2,817 votes, respectively, and proceeded to the second ballot.
[19] Russell won the second ballot with 3,854 to 3,583 votes.
[20] Russell was defeated in the
1919 election by
Labour 's
Dan Sullivan . Sullivan was successful at the next eight subsequent elections. In the
1943 election , he was opposed by James Neil Clarke of the
National Party , who a few years later became
Deputy-Mayor of Christchurch .
[22] Sullivan died in office on 8 April 1947.
Sullivan's death caused the
1947 by-election by-election, which was won by
John Mathison of the Labour Party. He was a cabinet minister from 1957 to 1960 in the
Second Labour Government and retired from Parliament in 1972.
Mathison was succeeded by
Mary Batchelor , who represented the electorate for five parliamentary terms.
[25] Batchelor in turn was succeeded by
Larry Sutherland , who won the
1987 election . He served the electorate until its abolition in 1996. He successfully contested the replacement electorate of
Christchurch East in the
1996 election .
[26]
Members of Parliament
Key
Independent
Liberal–Labour
Liberal
Labour
Election results
1993 election
1990 election
1987 election
1984 election
1981 election
1978 election
1975 election
1972 election
1969 election
1966 election
1963 election
1960 election
1957 election
1954 election
1951 election
1949 election
1947 by-election
Robertson was a member of the
Democratic Labour Party (DLP) but his nomination was refused endorsement by DLP leader
John A. Lee .
[32]
1946 election
1943 election
1935 election
1931 election
1928 election
1925 election
1922 election
1919 election
1914 election
1911 election
1908 election
1899 election
1896 election
1893 election
1890 election
1866 election
Notes
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a
b
"THE AVON ELECTION" .
The Star . No. 5944. 2 June 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 21 April 2010 .
^
a
b
"Avon" .
The Star . No. 6043. 27 September 1887. Retrieved 21 April 2010 .
^
a
b
"Avon" .
The Star . No. 7029. 6 December 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 21 April 2010 .
^
"Elections" .
Lyttelton Times . Vol. XV, no. 859. 2 February 1861. p. 4. Retrieved 13 February 2012 .
^ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1903). "Mr. Alfred Richard Creyke".
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District . Christchurch. Retrieved 7 June 2010 . {{
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link )
^
"GENERAL ASSEMBLY" .
Otago Witness . No. 560. 23 August 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2010 .
^
a
b
"The Avon election" .
The Press . Vol. IX, no. 1026. 21 February 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 22 December 2020 .
^
"The General Elections" .
The Star . No. 3551. 28 August 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 14 November 2011 .
^
"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" .
The Star . No. 5920. 5 May 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 21 April 2010 .
^
"Avon" .
The Star . No. 6034. 16 September 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 8 March 2012 .
^
"Official Results" .
The Press . Vol. LXVII, no. 14224. 12 December 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 10 March 2012 .
^
"Official returns" .
The Press . Vol. LXVII, no. 14229. 18 December 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 9 March 2012 .
^
"More Candidates" .
Evening Post . Vol. CXXXVI, no. 31. 5 August 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 25 October 2013 .
^ Bryce, Fiona (1 April 2005).
"Where are they now?... Former MP Mary Batchelor" .
The Star . Archived from
the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2012 .
^
"Obituaries — Hon Jonathan Elworthy, Larry Sutherland" . New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 7 February 2012 .
^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 8.
^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. p. 11.
^
"The General Election, 1949" .
National Library . 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014 .
^
"Avon By-Election" . Vol. LXXII, no. 26109. Evening Star. 24 May 1947. p. 5 – via
Papers Past .
^
"Public Notices" .
The Press . Vol. LXXIX, no. 24076. 12 October 1943. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2017 .
^
The New Zealand Official Year-Book . Government Printer. 1936. Archived from
the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013 .
^
The General Election, 1931 . Government Printer. 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 2 November 2014 .
^
The General Election, 1928 . Government Printer. 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2015 .
^
"Electoral Notices" .
The Press . Vol. LXIV, no. 19454. 30 October 1928. p. 15. Retrieved 1 December 2014 .
^
"Christchurch Seats" .
Auckland Star . Vol. LIX, no. 245. 16 October 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 24 April 2015 .
^
The General Election, 1925 . Government Printer. 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 25 April 2015 .
^
"Tribute to Mr Leadley" .
The Press . Vol. LXI, no. 18528. 2 November 1925. p. 15. Retrieved 24 April 2015 .
^ Hislop, J. (1923).
The General Election, 1922 . Government Printer. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2015 .
^
"Election Notices" .
The Press . Vol. LVIII, no. 17623. 28 November 1922. p. 14. Retrieved 24 April 2015 .
^ Hislop, J. (1921).
The General Election, 1919 .
National Library . p. 4. Retrieved 24 April 2015 .
^
"Election Notices" .
The Press . Vol. LV, no. 16716. 27 December 1919. p. 14. Retrieved 23 April 2015 .
^
"Avon" .
The Press . Vol. LV, no. 16707. 16 December 1919. p. 11. Retrieved 23 April 2015 .
^ Hislop, J. (1915).
The General Election, 1914 .
National Library . p. 21. Retrieved 24 April 2015 .
^
"The Avon Seat" .
The Star . No. 11215. 22 October 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 23 April 2015 .
^
a
b
"The General Election, 1911" .
National Library . 1912. pp. 4, 8. Retrieved 1 August 2013 .
^
"Thacker and Davey in Second Ballot" .
The Evening Post . Vol. LXXXII, no. 141. 12 December 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 1 August 2013 .
^
"Things going merrily in Christchurch" .
Evening Post . Vol. LXXXII, no. 121. 18 November 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 5 August 2013 .
^
"The Avon Election" .
The Press . Vol. LXVII, no. 14218. 5 December 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 6 January 2018 .
^
"Notes" .
The Press . Vol. LXVII, no. 14207. 22 November 1911. p. 10. Retrieved 5 August 2013 .
^
"Labour Party's Support" . Wairarapa Daily Times . Vol. LXIV, no. 11219. 9 December 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 5 August 2013 .
^
"The General Election, 1899" . Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 1 November 2012 .
^
"Electoral District of Avon" .
The Press . Vol. LIII, no. 9593. 7 December 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 15 January 2014 .
^
"The General Election, 1893" .
National Library . 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2014 .
^
"The General Election" .
Nelson Evening Mail . Vol. XXVII, no. 281. 29 November 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2014 .
^
"The General Election, 1890" .
National Library . 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012 .
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