Stratford (New Zealand electorate)
Encyclopedia
Stratford is a former Parliamentary electorate
, in Taranaki, New Zealand
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1Robert Masters
was elected in 1919; the election was declared void but Masters was elected in the subsequent
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 Taranaki, 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...
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Population centres
The electorate was mixed urban and rural, around the town of StratfordStratford, New Zealand
Stratford is the only town in the central Taranaki district of Stratford District, New Zealand. It lies beneath the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki/Egmont, approximately half-way between New Plymouth and Hawera, near the geographic centre of the Taranaki region. The town has a population of...
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History
The electorate existed from 1908 to 1946, and from 1954 to 1978.Election results
Key| Election | Winner | |
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| John Bird Hine John Bird Hine John Bird Hine was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in the Taranaki region of New Zealand. He was Minister of Internal Affairs from 1919 to 1920 in the Reform Government.... |
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| 1 | Robert Masters Robert Masters Robert Masters was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and a cabinet minister.He was Minister of Education in the Liberal-Reform coalition Government of New Zealand from 1931 to 1934 as a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council, after being a Minister without Portfolio from 1930... |
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| Edward Walter Edward Walter Edward Walter was a New Zealand politician from Taranaki. He was elected Reform Party member of parliament for Stratford in 1925, but was defeated in 1928.He was Chairman of the Stratford County Council from 1917 to 1925.... |
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| William Polson William Polson Sir William John Polson, KCMG was a New Zealand politician, first as an Independent and then in the National Party. He joined the National Party on its formation in 1936, and "later acted effectively as Holland's deputy" .... |
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| 1935 election 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... |
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| 1938 election New Zealand general election, 1938 The 1938 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 26th term. It resulted in the governing Labour Party being re-elected, although the newly-founded National Party gained a certain amount of ground.-Background:The Labour Party had won... |
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| Thomas Murray Thomas Templeton Murray Thomas Templeton Murray was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Stratford electorate from 1954. He retired in 1963.He served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I, and was awarded the M.C. and M.M.... |
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| David Thomson David Spence Thomson David Spence Thomson, MC was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He was a dairy farmer, born in Stratford, the son of former Stratford mayor Percy Thomson.... |
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1Robert Masters
Robert Masters
Robert Masters was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and a cabinet minister.He was Minister of Education in the Liberal-Reform coalition Government of New Zealand from 1931 to 1934 as a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council, after being a Minister without Portfolio from 1930...
was elected in 1919; the election was declared void but Masters was elected in the subsequent