Inangahua (New Zealand electorate)
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Inangahua was a former parliamentary electorate
in the Buller District
, which is part of the West Coast
region of New Zealand
, from 1881 to 1896. It was centred on the town of Inangahua Junction
.
Inangahua was represented by six Members of Parliament:
New Zealand electorates
An electorate is a voting district for elections to the Parliament of New Zealand. In informal discussion, electorates are often called seats. The most formal description, electoral district, is rarely seen outside of electoral legislation. Before 1996, all Members of Parliament were directly...
in the Buller District
Buller District
200px|rightBuller District, administered by the Buller District Council is an administrative region in the West Coast Region of New Zealand. It covers Westport, Karamea, Reefton and Inangahua Junction. Its land area is 7,953.12 km²...
, which is part of the West Coast
West Coast, New Zealand
The West Coast is one of the administrative regions of New Zealand, located on the west coast of the South Island, and is one of the more remote and most sparsely populated areas of the country. It is made up of three districts: Buller, Grey and Westland...
region of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, from 1881 to 1896. It was centred on the town of Inangahua Junction
Inangahua Junction
Inangahua Junction is a small town in the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. It is located at the confluence of the Inangahua and Buller Rivers, 34 kilometres north of Reefton and 46 kilometres southeast of Westport. Murchison is 52 kilometres to the east. The town of Inangahua is just to the...
.
Inangahua was represented by six Members of Parliament:
- Thomas Shailer WestonThomas Shailer WestonThomas Shailer Weston was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Westland, New Zealand.He represented the Grey Valley electorate in 1881, from 16 June to 8 November; and then the Inangahua electorate from 1881 to 1883, when he resigned....
from 1881 to 1883 (resigned) - Edward ShawEdward Shaw (New Zealand)Edward Shaw was a 19th-century Member of the New Zealand Parliament.Originally an English barrister, Shaw worked in the Inangahua area of the Buller District in the West Coast Region as a resident warden and magistrate in Inangahua Junction, Reefton and Westport. He represented the Inangahua...
from 1883 to 1884 (retired) - Andrew Agnew Stuart MenteathAndrew Agnew Stuart MenteathAndrew Agnew Stuart Menteath was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Westland, New Zealand.He represented the Inangahua electorate from 1884 to 1887; and then the Te Aro electorate in Wellington from 1887 to 1890, when he retired....
from 1884 to 1887 (elected for Te AroTe Aro (New Zealand electorate)Te Aro was a parliamentary electorate in Wellington, New Zealand from 1881 to 1890.It was based on the inner suburb of Te Aro.The electorate was represented by three Members of Parliament:*Charles John Johnston from 1881 to 1887...
electorate) - Richard ReevesRichard Reeves (New Zealand)Richard Harman Jeffares Reeves MLC was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.He was born in County Wexford, Ireland. He was on the Canterbury Provincial Council in 1866. He represented the Grey Valley electorate in Parliament from a 1878 by-election to 1881...
from 1887 to 1893 (resigned, as bankrupt) - Robert StoutRobert StoutSir Robert Stout, KCMG was the 13th Premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices...
briefly in 1893 (from 8 June to 8 November) after Reeves (a fellow Liberal PartyNew Zealand Liberal PartyThe New Zealand Liberal Party is generally regarded as having been the first real political party in New Zealand. It governed from 1891 until 1912. Out of office, the Liberals gradually found themselves pressed between the conservative Reform Party and the growing Labour Party...
member) resigned when he became bankrupt (elected for City of WellingtonWellington (New Zealand electorate)Wellington , was a parliamentary electorate in Wellington, New Zealand. It existed from 1853 to 1905 with a break in the 1880s. It was a multi-member electorate. The electorate was represented by 24 Members of Parliament....
electorate) - Patrick Joseph O'Regan from 1893 to 1896 (elected for BullerBuller (New Zealand electorate)Buller is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, from 1871 to 1972.-History:Early members for Buller were:*Eugene O'Conor from 1871 to 1875 and again from 1884 to 1893 *Joseph Henry from 1876 to 1879...
electorate)