Wellington East (New Zealand electorate)
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Wellington East was a parliamentary electorate
in the eastern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand
from 1887 to 1890 and from 1905 to 1946. It was succeeded by the Miramar electorate
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The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament: George Fisher
1887-90, John Aitken
1905-08, David McLaren 1908-11, Alfred Newman
1911-22, Alec Monteith
1922-25, Thomas Forsyth
1925-28 and Bob Semple
from 1928 to 1946.
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 eastern suburbs of Wellington, 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 1887 to 1890 and from 1905 to 1946. It was succeeded by the Miramar electorate
Miramar (New Zealand electorate)
Miramar was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the south-eastern suburbs of Wellington. It was created in 1946, replacing Wellington East, and was replaced by Rongotai for the first MMP election of 1996.-History:...
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The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament: George Fisher
George Fisher (New Zealand)
George Fisher was a four-time Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand from 1882 to 1885, and in 1896. He represented various Wellington electorates in Parliament for a total of 18 years...
1887-90, John Aitken
John Aitken (Mayor of Wellington)
John Guthrie Wood Aitken was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand from 1900 to 1904.He represented the City of Wellington electorate from 1902 to 1905, and then the Wellington East electorate from 1905 to 1908, when he retired....
1905-08, David McLaren 1908-11, Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman (New Zealand)
Alfred Kingcome Newman was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand in 1909, and a Wellington City Councillor from 1881 to 1885.He was the Member of Parliament for Thorndon 1884-90, Hutt 1890-93, then Wellington Suburbs from 1893 to 1896 when he was defeated . Later he was MP for Wellington East, from...
1911-22, Alec Monteith
Alec Monteith
Alexander Lamont Monteith was a New Zealand Member of Parliament and trade unionist.-Member of Parliament:Alec Monteith represented the Wellington East electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives between 1922 and 1925 . He was also a member of the Wellington City Council.Monteith was...
1922-25, Thomas Forsyth
Thomas Forsyth (New Zealand)
Thomas Forsyth was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Wellington East electorate in the 1925 general election, but was defeated in the next general election in 1928,-References:...
1925-28 and Bob Semple
Bob Semple
Robert "Bob" Semple was a union leader and later Minister of Public Works for the first Labour Government of New Zealand....
from 1928 to 1946.