Wakatipu (New Zealand electorate)
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Wakatipu was a parliamentary electorate
in the Otago Region of New Zealand
, from 1871 to 1928.
Wakatipu was represented by eight 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 Otago 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 1871 to 1928.
Wakatipu was represented by eight Members of Parliament:
- Charles Edward HaughtonCharles Edward HaughtonCharles Edward Haughton was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Goldfields electorate from 1865 to 1866, then the Hampden electorate from 1866 to 1870, then the Wakatipu electorate in 1871, until he resigned.-References:...
in 1871 - Bendix HallensteinBendix HallensteinBendix Hallenstein was a merchant, statesman, and manufacturer from Dunedin, New Zealand. He was born in Brunswick, Germany. A clothing retailer, Hallensteins, still bears his name. He also founded the D.I.C...
from 1872 to 1873 - Vincent PykeVincent PykeVincent Pyke was a 19th century politician in Otago, New Zealand and Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.-Early life:He was born in Somerset, England...
from 1873 to 1875 - Henry MandersHenry MandersHenry Manders was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Wakatipu electorate from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated.-References:...
from 1876 to 1879 - Hugh Joseph Finn from 1879 to 1881
- Thomas FergusThomas FergusThomas Fergus was a 19th century New Zealand politician.-Early life:Thomas Fergus was born in Ayr Scotland on 6 April 1850. There is some question as to the Hon Thomas Fergus' date of birth as the NZ Government records are two years different from this birth record, and his newspaper obituary...
from 1881 to 1893 - William FraserWilliam Fraser (1840-1923)Sir William Fraser was an Independent Conservative then Reform Party member of parliament in New Zealand.He won the Wakatipu electorate in the 1893 general election, and retired in 1919. He served on the Legislative Council from 1919 to 1923 when he died.He was knighted in 1918 and awarded the...
from 1893 to 1919 - James HornJames HornJames Horn was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He won the Wakatipu electorate in the 1919 general election, and held it to 1928, when he retired. In parliament he supported construction of the Otago Central Railway to Clyde and then Cromwell, and the breaking-up of large...
from 1919 to 1928