Port Chalmers then Chalmers was a parliamentary electorate

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 Otago

Otago

Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...

 region of New Zealand

New Zealand

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, from 1866 to 1938. It was centred on the town of Port Chalmers

Port Chalmers

Port Chalmers is a suburb and the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, with a population of 3,000. Port Chalmers lies ten kilometres inside Otago Harbour, some 15 kilometres northeast from Dunedin's city centre....

, the main port of Dunedin

Dunedin

Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 and Otago.

History

Port Chalmers was first established in 1866 for the term of the 4th New Zealand Parliament

4th New Zealand Parliament

The 4th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 61 electorates between 12 February and 6 April 1866 to elect 70 MPs. Parliament was prorogued in late 1870. During the term of this Parliament, two Ministries were in power...

. Thomas Dick

Thomas Dick (New Zealand)

Thomas Dick was a 19th century New Zealand politician. He was Superintendent of Otago Province in 1865, then Minister of Justice from 1881 to 1882, and Minister of Education from 1881 to 1884.-Early life:...

 was elected on 17 March 1866 and resigned on 15 October 1866. He successfully contested the 15 December 1866 by-election, but resigned again on 26 April 1867. David Forsyth Main

David Forsyth Main

David Forsyth Main was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Port Chalmers electorate from 1867 to 1870, when he retired.-References:...

 succeeded him through the 1867 by-election.

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:...

 died in February 1887 whilst holding the seat. The 1887 by-election was won by James Green

James Green (politician)

James Green was a 19th century independent Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Port Chalmers electorate from 1878 to 1879, when he was defeated....

.

1866 to 1893

As Port Chalmers the seat was represented by six Members of Parliament from 1866 to 1893.

Election	Winner
1866 New Zealand general election, 1866 The New Zealand general election of 1866 was held between 12 February and 6 April to elect 70 MPs to the fourth term of the New Zealand Parliament. 13,196 votes were cast....		Thomas Dick Thomas Dick (New Zealand) Thomas Dick was a 19th century New Zealand politician. He was Superintendent of Otago Province in 1865, then Minister of Justice from 1881 to 1882, and Minister of Education from 1881 to 1884.-Early life:...  (Independent)
1866 by-election
1867 by-election		David Forsyth Main David Forsyth Main David Forsyth Main was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Port Chalmers electorate from 1867 to 1870, when he retired.-References:...  (Independent)
1871		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:...  (Independent)
1876		William Hunter Reynolds William Hunter Reynolds William Hunter Reynolds was a 19th century businessman and Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago Region, New Zealand...  (Independent)
1878 by-election		James Green James Green (politician) James Green was a 19th century independent Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Port Chalmers electorate from 1878 to 1879, when he was defeated....  (Independent)
1879 New Zealand general election, 1879 The New Zealand general election of 1879 was held between 28 August and 15 September to elect a total of 88 MPs to the 7th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 1 and 8 September. A total number of 82,271 voters turned out to vote.The election came about when George...		James Macandrew (2nd period) (Independent)
1881 New Zealand general election, 1881 The New Zealand general election of 1881 was held 9 December to elect a total of 95 MPs to the 8th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 8 December...
1884 New Zealand general election, 1884 The New Zealand general election of 1884 was held on 22 July to elect a total of 95 MPs to the 9th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 21 July. A total number of 137,686 voters turned out to vote.-References:...
1887 by-election		James Mills James Mills (New Zealand) Sir James Mills was a prominent New Zealand businessman and politician. He founded the Union Steam Ship Company in Dunedin in 1875....  (Independent)
1887 New Zealand general election, 1887 The New Zealand general election of 1887 was held on 26 September to elect 95 MPs to the tenth session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 7 September. 175,410 votes were cast....
1890 New Zealand general election, 1890 The New Zealand general election of 1890 was one of New Zealand's most significant. It marked the beginning of party politics in New Zealand with the formation of the First Liberal government, which was to enact major welfare, labour and electoral reforms, including giving the vote to women.It was...

1893 to 1896

In 1893, the electorate was renamed as Chalmers. It existed for one term until 1896 and was represented by one Member of Parliament.

Election	Winner
1893 New Zealand general election, 1893 The New Zealand general election of 1893 was held on Tuesday, 28 November in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 74 MPs to the 12th session of the New Zealand Parliament...		John A. Millar John A. Millar John Andrew Millar was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party from Otago.Born in Jalandhar, India, he came to New Zealand in 1870...  (Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party The 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... )

1902 to 1938

The electorate was re-established in 1902 and existed until 1938. During this time, it was represented by a further five Members of Parliament.

Election	Winner
1902 New Zealand general election, 1902 The New Zealand general election of 1902 was held on Tuesday, 25 November in the general electorates, and on Monday, 22 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 15th session of the New Zealand Parliament...		Edmund Allen Edmund Allen (New Zealand) Edmund Giblett Allen was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He was elected to the Waikouaiti electorate in 1896, which he represented to 1902. In 1902 he was elected for the Chalmers electorate, which he represented until he was defeated in 1908-References:*New Zealand...  (Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party The 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... )
1905 New Zealand general election, 1905 The New Zealand general election of 1905 was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 16th session of the New Zealand Parliament...
1908 New Zealand general election, 1908 The New Zealand general election of 1908 was held on Tuesday, 17 November, 24 November and 1 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 2 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 17th session of the New Zealand Parliament...		Edward Henry Clark Edward Henry Clark Edward Henry Clark was an Independent Member of Parliament for Chalmers, in the South Island of New Zealand.-Member of Parliament:...  (Independent)
1911 New Zealand general election, 1911 The New Zealand general election of 1911 was held on Thursday, 7 and 14 December in the general electorates, and on Tuesday, 19 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 18th session of the New Zealand Parliament...
1914 New Zealand general election, 1914 The New Zealand general election of 1914 was held on 10 December to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 19th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 616,043 voters were registered, of which 84.7% voters turned out to vote....		James McColl Dickson James McColl Dickson James McColl Dickson was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Dunedin electorate of Chalmers in the 1914 general election, and held it to 1928, when he retired.-References:...  (Reform New Zealand Reform Party The Reform Party, formally the New Zealand Political Reform League, was New Zealand's second major political party, having been founded as a conservative response to the original Liberal Party... )
1919
1922 New Zealand general election, 1922 The New Zealand general election of 1922 was held on Monday, 6 December in the Māori electorates, and on Tuesday, 7 December in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 21st session of the New Zealand Parliament...
1925 New Zealand general election, 1925 The New Zealand general election of 1925 was held 4 November to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament...
1928 New Zealand general election, 1928 The New Zealand general election of 1928 was held on Tuesday, 13 November in the Māori electorates, and on Wednesday, 14 November in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 23rd session of the New Zealand Parliament...		Alfred Ansell Alfred Ansell Alfred Edward Ansell was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He was elected to the Chalmers electorate in the 1928 general election, but was defeated in 1935.-References:...  (Reform New Zealand Reform Party The Reform Party, formally the New Zealand Political Reform League, was New Zealand's second major political party, having been founded as a conservative response to the original Liberal Party... )
1931 New Zealand general election, 1931 The 1931 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 24th term. It resulted in the newly formed coalition between the United Party and the Reform Party remaining in office as the Liberal-Reform Government, although the opposition Labour...
1935 New Zealand general election, 1935 The 1935 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 25th term. It resulted in the Labour Party's first electoral victory, with Michael Joseph Savage becoming the first Labour Prime Minister...		Archibald Campbell Archibald Campbell (New Zealand) Archibald Campbell was a New Zealand politician of the Labour PartyHe was elected for the Chalmers electorate with the swing to Labour in the 1935 general election but retired in 1938....  (Labour New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935.... )

After 1938 the area was in the Dunedin North

Dunedin North

Dunedin North, also known as North Dunedin, is a major inner suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, located to the northeast of the city centre. It contains many of the city's major institutions, including the city's university, polytechnic, main hospital, and largest museum...

electorate.