Clutha was a New Zealand

New Zealand

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 Parliamentary electorate

New Zealand electorates

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, from 1866 to 1996.

Population centres

This electorate is in the rural part of Southland.

History

The electorate was established in 1866. It was represented by:

• James Macandrew
  James Macandrew
  James Macandrew was a New Zealand ship-owner and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1853 to 1887 and as the last Superintendent of Otago Province.-Early life:...
  
   1866–70
• James William Thomson
  James William Thomson
  James William Thomson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.-Early life:Thomson was born in Scotland. He obtained his education at the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained an MA. He came to New Zealand in 1859 and settled in Balclutha.-Provincial Council:He was elected onto...
  
   1871–87 & 1896–1905
• Sir Thomas Mackenzie
  Thomas Mackenzie
  Sir Thomas Noble Mackenzie GCMG was a Scottish-born New Zealand politician and explorer who briefly served as the 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1912, and later served as New Zealand High Commissioner in London....
  
   1887–96
• Alexander Malcolm
  Alexander Malcolm
  Alexander Scott Malcolm was an independent conservative and then Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He was elected to the Clutha electorate in the 1905 general election, but was defeated in 1922. He was later on the Legislative Council, from 1924 to 1931.-References:*New Zealand...
  
   1905–22
• John Edie
  John Edie (New Zealand)
  John Edie was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He won the Bruce electorate in the 1920 Bruce by-election after the resignation of James Allen, having previously stood for Clutha in 1896 and Bruce in 1919....
  
   1922–25
• Fred Waite
  Fred Waite (New Zealand)
  Fred Waite was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and was later appointed to the Legislative Council.He served in the New Zealand Army in World War I, and wrote the semi-official history ....
  
   1925–31
• Peter McSkimming
  Peter McSkimming
  Peter McNish McSkimming was an Independent Member of Parliament for Clutha, in the South Island of New Zealand.-Member of Parliament:...
  
   1931–35

In the 1996 election

New Zealand general election, 1996

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, the first MMP

Mixed member proportional representation

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 election, the electorate was combined with the adjacent Wallace electorate

Wallace (New Zealand electorate)

Wallace was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1859 to 1996.-Population centres:This electorate is in the rural part of Southland.-History:...

 into the Clutha-Southland electorate.

Members of Parliament

The electorate was represented by ten Members of Parliament:

Key

Election	Winner
		James Macandrew James Macandrew James Macandrew was a New Zealand ship-owner and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1853 to 1887 and as the last Superintendent of Otago Province.-Early life:...
		James Thomson James William Thomson James William Thomson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.-Early life:Thomson was born in Scotland. He obtained his education at the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained an MA. He came to New Zealand in 1859 and settled in Balclutha.-Provincial Council:He was elected onto...
		Thomas Mackenzie Thomas Mackenzie Sir Thomas Noble Mackenzie GCMG was a Scottish-born New Zealand politician and explorer who briefly served as the 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1912, and later served as New Zealand High Commissioner in London....
		James Thomson
		Alexander Malcolm Alexander Malcolm Alexander Scott Malcolm was an independent conservative and then Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He was elected to the Clutha electorate in the 1905 general election, but was defeated in 1922. He was later on the Legislative Council, from 1924 to 1931.-References:*New Zealand...
		John Edie John Edie (New Zealand) John Edie was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He won the Bruce electorate in the 1920 Bruce by-election after the resignation of James Allen, having previously stood for Clutha in 1896 and Bruce in 1919....
		Fred Waite Fred Waite (New Zealand) Fred Waite was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and was later appointed to the Legislative Council.He served in the New Zealand Army in World War I, and wrote the semi-official history ....
		Peter McSkimming Peter McSkimming Peter McNish McSkimming was an Independent Member of Parliament for Clutha, in the South Island of New Zealand.-Member of Parliament:...
		James Roy James Alexander McLean Roy James Alexander McLean Roy was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the electorate of Clutha from 1935 to 1960, when he retired....  1
		Peter Gordon John Bowie Gordon John Bowie Gordon , known as Peter Gordon, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He was the Member of Parliament for Clutha from 1960 to 1978, when he retired...
		Robin Gray Robin Gray (New Zealand) Sir Robert "Robin" McDowall Gray is a former New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1978 to 1996, and served as Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1990 and 1993.-Early life:Gray was born in Borgue, Scotland...

¹Note 1: James Roy

James Alexander McLean Roy

James Alexander McLean Roy was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the electorate of Clutha from 1935 to 1960, when he retired....

 was elected as an Independent supporting the United/Reform Coalition

United/Reform Coalition

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 in 1935, and in 1936 he joined the National Party

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.