Coleridge (New Zealand electorate)

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Coleridge is a former parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. The electorate existed from the 1866 election to 1887.

Population centres[edit]

This electorate is in the rural part of the Canterbury Region. In the 1871 election, polling stations were in the Bealey settlement near Arthur's Pass and Ashburton,[1] and one of the election meetings was held at Hororata.[2] The electorate is named after Lake Coleridge.

History[edit]

The electorate was established for the 1866 general election, when the 4th Parliament was determined. John Cracroft Wilson was its first elected representative. He was elected unopposed.[3]

In the 1871 general election, John Karslake Karslake and George Hart contested the electorate.[4] Both men had no prior political experience.[5] Karslake and Hart received 35 and 27 votes, respectively. Karslake was thus returned.[6] He resigned in 1872 to return to England.[7]

The resulting 1872 by-election was contested by George Hart, William Bluett and John Jebson[8] on 22 July 1872.[9] Hart, Bluett and Jebson received 99, 106 and 48 votes, respectively, with Bluett thus being elected.[10] He served until the end of the term in 1875.[11]

The 6 January 1876 election was contested by four people; the incumbent Bluett, Cathcart Wason, William Tosswill, and John Jebson, who received 71, 167, 160 and 53 votes, respectively.[12][13] Wason was thus elected, but he resigned his seat in Parliament in April 1879.[14] George Hart was returned unopposed in the subsequent by-election on 8 May 1879.[15]

Members of Parliament[edit]

The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament:

Key

  Independent

Election Winner
1866 election John Cracroft Wilson
1871 election John Karslake Karslake
1872 by-election William Bluett
1876 election Cathcart Wason
1879 by-election George Hart
1879 election Edward George Wright
1881 election David McMillan[16]
1884 election

Election results[edit]

1879 election[edit]

1879 general election: Coleridge[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edward George Wright 487 56.30
Independent George Hart 378 43.70
Majority 109 12.60 +11.05
Turnout 865 66.69 +0.61
Registered electors 1,297

1876 election[edit]

1876 general election: Coleridge[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Cathcart Wason 167 37.03
Independent William Browning Tosswill 160 35.48
Independent William Bluett 71 15.74
Independent John Jebson 53 11.75
Majority 7 1.55
Turnout 452 66.08
Registered electors 684

1872 by-election[edit]

1872 Coleridge by-election[18][19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Bluett 106 41.90
Independent George Hart 99 39.13
Independent John Jebson 48 18.97
Turnout 253
Majority 7 2.77

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Local and General". The Star. No. 842. 7 February 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Local and General". The Star. No. 840. 4 February 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Friday, March 9, 1866". The Evening Post. Vol. II, no. 25. 9 March 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Local and General". The Star. No. 826. 19 January 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  5. ^ "The General Elections". Otago Witness. No. 999. 21 January 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Thursday, February 9, 1871". Daily Southern Cross. Vol. XXVII, no. 4209. 9 February 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  7. ^ Wilson 1985, p. ?.
  8. ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited 1903, p. 766.
  9. ^ "Coleridge District". The Star. No. 1370. 18 July 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  10. ^ "Coleridge Election". The Star. No. 1375. 24 July 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  11. ^ Scholefield 1925, p. 79.
  12. ^ a b "The Elections". The Press. Vol. XXV, no. 3227. 4 January 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  13. ^ a b "The Elections". The Press. Vol. XXV, no. 3231. 8 January 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  14. ^ "The Star. Wednesday, April 16, 1879". The Star. No. 3436. 16 April 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  15. ^ "Christchurch. 8th May". The Evening Post. Vol. XVII, no. 505. 9 May 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  16. ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited 1903, p. 712.
  17. ^ "Coleridge Election". The Press. Vol. XXXII, no. 4409. 17 September 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  18. ^ "The Coleridge Election". Auckland Star. Vol. III, no. 785. 24 July 1872. p. 2.
  19. ^ "Coleridge Election". The Press. Vol. XX, no. 2879. 24 July 1872. p. 2.
  20. ^ "Coleridge District". The Star. No. 1370. 18 July 1872. p. 2.

References[edit]

  • Cyclopedia Company Limited (1903). The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Scholefield, Guy (1925) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record (2nd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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