{{NZelectorateShortDesc|current=no|type=general|region=Auckland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2015}} '''Auckland East''' was a New Zealand electorate, situated in the east of Auckland. It existed between 1861 and 1887, and again between 1905 and 1946.
==History== The Auckland East electorate was established for the 1860–1861 election, when the City of Auckland electorate was split in half. It consisted of most of modern Auckland's central business district. Its boundaries remained largely static until 1875–1876 election, when the focus of the electorate shifted eastwards, making room for Auckland North electorate. It was abolished in the 1887 election, with most of its territory being absorbed by the neighbouring Parnell electorate.
At the 1905 election, a new electorate of the same name was created, again by abolishing a multi-member seat called City of Auckland. The boundaries of the new Auckland East were similar to those of the original, although its borders often shifted. By the 1938 election, it had lost most of the central business district, and was more focused on Parnell, Newmarket, and Grafton. It was abolished in the 1946 election, with most of its territory becoming part of a re-established Parnell electorate.
The first seat called Auckland East existed before political parties. The second seat was initially held by the Liberals, but later swung to the rising Labour Party, with the United Party (the Liberals' successor) capturing it only once after its initial loss. The seat also briefly belonged to the Reform Party, which captured it in a by-election but was unable to keep it.
John A. Lee failed to win the seat for Labour in the {{By-election link|Auckland East|1921}}, but won it in the {{NZ election link|1922}} and the {{NZ election link|1925}}. However he lost the seat in the {{NZ election link|1928}} (by 37 votes), which he later blamed on boundary changes. In 1927 the Representation Commission proposed altering the boundaries of the {{NZ electorate link|Parnell}} electorate; which if confirmed would have made the electorate "dry" or no-licence, and without an authority which could issue temporary licences for the Ellerslie and Alexandra Park raceways. Following objections, the boundary between the Parnell and Auckland East electorates was adjusted to include a hotel in the Parnell electorate (so retaining the licensing committee). {{sfn| McRobie |1989|pp=10}}
Emily Maguire contested the {{NZ election link|1928}} for the Reform Party, but was unsuccessful against James Donald of the United Party.<ref name="DNZB Maguire">{{DNZB|title=Emily Maguire|first= Megan|last= Hutching|id=4m28|access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref>
===Election results=== ;Key
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{| class="wikitable" |- | width=100| '''Election''' | colspan=2 width=175|'''Winner''' |- | 1861 election<!-- Russell was elected on 11 January 1861, so this should pipe to 1861 --> | width=5px rowspan=1 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=1 | Thomas Russell |- | 1866 election | bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | Archibald Clark<ref name="NZETC Clark">{{cite book |title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District |year=1902 |url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d10-d14.html |author=Cyclopedia Company Limited |access-date=24 June 2010 |location=Christchurch |chapter=Mr. Archibald Clark}}</ref> |- | 1871 election | bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | Julius Vogel |- | 1875 election<!-- Rees was elected on 30 December 1875, so this should pipe to 1875. --> | bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | William Rees |- | 1879 election | bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | William Speight |- | 1881 election | rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=2 | Sir George Grey |- | 1884 election |- | colspan=3 align=center|<small> (Electorate abolished 1887–1905)</small> |- | 1905 election | rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}} | | rowspan=2 | Frederick Baume |- | 1908 election |- | <span style="font-size:87%;">''1910 by-election''</span> | bgcolor={{party color|Independent Liberal}} | | rowspan=4 | Arthur Myers |- | 1911 election |rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}| |- | 1914 election |- | 1919 election |- | <span style="font-size:87%;">''1921 by-election''</span> | bgcolor={{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}| | Clutha Mackenzie |- | 1922 election | rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} | | rowspan=2 | John A. Lee |- | 1925 election |- | 1928 election | bgcolor={{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}} | | James Donald |- | 1931 election | rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} | | rowspan=4 | Bill Schramm |- | 1935 election |- | 1938 election |- | 1943 election |- | colspan=3 align=center|{{small|(electorate abolished 1946; see {{NZ electorate link|Parnell}})}} |}
==Election results==
===1943 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1943 general election: Auckland East<ref name="General Election, 1943">{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1943 |url= http://www.atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1944-I.2.2.5.37 |publisher=National Library |access-date=2 January 2014 |pages=1–12 |year=1944}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = New Zealand Labour Party |candidate = Bill Schramm |votes = 7,167 |percentage = 47.08 |change = -11.18 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = New Zealand National Party |candidate = Harry Tom Merritt |votes = 6,205 |percentage = 40.76 |change = -1.27 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand) |candidate = Leo Steve Dromgoole |votes = 1,366 |percentage = 8.97 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Ron Howell |votes = 127 |percentage = 0.83 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Real Democracy Movement |candidate = Frederick Jordan |votes = 96 |percentage = 0.63 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = People's Movement (New Zealand) |candidate = Richard Culver |votes = 46 |percentage = 0.30 |change = }} {{Election box informal |votes = 199 |percentage = 1.30 |change = +0.59 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 962 |percentage = 6.32 |change = -10.89 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 15,220 |percentage = 81.85 |change = -6.38 }} {{Election box end}}
===1938 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1938 general election: Auckland East<ref name="General election, 1938">{{cite web |title = The General Election, 1938 |url = https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1939-I.2.3.2.36 |publisher = National Library |access-date = 8 February 2012 |pages = 1–6 |year = 1939}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = New Zealand Labour Party |candidate = Bill Schramm |votes = 8,887 |percentage = 58.26 |change = +6.28 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = New Zealand National Party |candidate = Harry Tom Merritt |votes = 6,261 |percentage = 41.03 |change = }} {{Election box informal |votes = 109 |percentage = 0.71 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,626 |percentage = 17.21 |change = -2.57 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 15,257 |percentage = 88.23 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
===1935 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1935 general election: Auckland East<ref name="The General Election 1935">{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1935 |year=1936 |publisher=National Library |pages = 1–35 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1936-I.2.3.2.33&srpos=167 |access-date=3 August 2013}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = New Zealand Labour Party |candidate = Bill Schramm |votes = 6,140 |percentage = 51.98 |change = +10.32 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Reform Party (New Zealand) |candidate = Harold Percy Burton |votes = 3,803 |percentage = 32.20 |change = +8.06 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = New Zealand Democrat Party (1934) |candidate = James Donald |votes = 1,649 |percentage = 13.96 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Thomas Lamont |votes = 218 |percentage = 1.84 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,337 |percentage = 19.78 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 11,810 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box end}}
===1931 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1931 general election: Auckland East<ref name="1931 election">{{cite news |title=Recount of Votes |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19311207.2.142 |access-date=31 October 2014 |work=Auckland Star |volume=LXII |issue=289 |date=7 December 1931 |page=9}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = New Zealand Labour Party |candidate = Bill Schramm |votes = 3,893 |percentage = 41.66 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Reform Party (New Zealand) |candidate = Harold Percy Burton |votes = 2,256 |percentage = 24.14 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = United Party (New Zealand) |candidate = William Henry Horton |votes = 1,754 |percentage = 18.77 |change = }} {{Election box candidate minor party |party = Women's Candidate |candidate = Ellen Melville |votes = 1,002 |percentage = 10.72 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent politician |candidate = John Alexander Arthur |votes = 439 |percentage = 4.70 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = 1,637 |percentage = 17.52 |change = +17.17 }}<!-- {{Election box informal |votes = |percentage = |change = }}--> {{Election box turnout |votes = 9,344 |percentage = 73.70 |change = -5.74 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 12,678 }} {{Election box end}}
===1928 election===
{{Election box begin | title=1928 general election: Auckland East<ref name="1928 election">{{cite book |last=Skinner | first=W. A. G. |title=The General Election, 1928 |year=1929 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1929-I.2.3.2.37 |page=1 |access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = United Party (New Zealand) |candidate = James Donald |votes = 4,254 |percentage = 39.59 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = New Zealand Labour Party |candidate = John A. Lee |votes = 4,217 |percentage = 39.25 |change = -5.70 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Reform Party (New Zealand) |candidate = Emily Maguire |votes = 2,274 |percentage = 21.16 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = 37 |percentage = 0.34 |change = -2.55 }} {{Election box informal |votes = 220 |percentage = 2.01 |change = +0.92 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 10,965 |percentage = 79.45 |change = -7.55 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 13,802 }} {{Election box end}}
===1925 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1925 general election: Auckland East<ref name="1925 election">{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1925 |year=1926 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1926-I.2.2.6.39 |page=1 |access-date=19 April 2015}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = New Zealand Labour Party |candidate = John A. Lee |votes = 4,477 |percentage = 44.95 |change = -7.90 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Reform Party (New Zealand) |candidate = James Stewart |votes = 4,189 |percentage = 42.06 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = New Zealand Liberal Party |candidate = H. Oakley Browne<ref>{{cite news|title=Independent Stand|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19251015.2.129|access-date=19 April 2015|work=The New Zealand Herald|volume=LXII|issue=19149|date=15 October 1925|page=14}}</ref> |votes = 1,293 |percentage = 12.98 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = 288 |percentage = 2.89 |change = -4.34 }} {{Election box informal |votes = 110 |percentage = 1.09 |change = -0.42 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 10,069 |percentage = 87.00 |change = +0.35 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 11,573 }} {{Election box end}}
===1922 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1922 general election: Auckland East<ref>{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1922 |year=1923 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1923-I-II.2.2.5.36 |page=2 |access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = New Zealand Labour Party |candidate = John A. Lee |votes = 5,226 |percentage = 52.85 |change = +20.04 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Reform Party (New Zealand) |candidate = Clutha Mackenzie |votes = 4,511 |percentage = 45.62 |change = +6.86 }} {{Election box informal |votes = 150 |percentage = 1.51 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = 715 |percentage = 7.23 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 9,887 |percentage = 86.65 |change = +27.57 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 11,409 }} {{Election box end}}
===1921 by-election=== {{Auckland East by-election, 1921}}
===1919 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1919 general election: Auckland East<ref name="Year-Book 1920">{{cite book |first1=J. |last1=Hislop |title=The General Election, 1919 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1921-I-II.2.3.2.45 |publisher=National Library |access-date=6 December 2014 |pages=1–6 | year=1921}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = New Zealand Liberal Party |candidate = Arthur Myers |votes = 3,718 |percentage = 40.50 |change = -26.05 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Reform Party (New Zealand) |candidate = Clutha Mackenzie |votes = 3,560 |percentage = 38.77 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = New Zealand Labour Party |candidate = Robert Frederick Way |votes = 1,756 |percentage = 19.12 |change = }} {{Election box informal |votes = 146 |percentage = 1.59 |change = +0.01 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 158 |percentage = 1.72 |change = -31.39 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 9,180 |percentage = 83.76 |change = +6.03 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 10,959 }} {{Election box end}}
===1914 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1914 general election: Auckland East<ref name="General Election, 1914">{{cite book |first1=J. |last1=Hislop |title=The General Election, 1914 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1915-I.2.3.2.36 |publisher=National Library |access-date=1 August 2013 |pages=1–33 | year=1915}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = New Zealand Liberal Party |candidate = Arthur Myers |votes = 5,039 |percentage = 66.55 |change = +3.70 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Reform Party (New Zealand) |candidate = Arthur Holmes |votes = 2,532 |percentage = 33.44 |change = }} {{Election box informal |votes = 120 |percentage = 1.58 |change = -0.66 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 2,507 |percentage = 33.11 |change = +5.18 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 7,571 |percentage = 77.73 |change = -1.14 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 9,740 }} {{Election box end}}
===1911 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1911 general election: Auckland East<ref name="1911 election">{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1911 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1912-II.2.4.2.20 |publisher=National Library |access-date=1 August 2013 |pages=1–14 | year=1912}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = New Zealand Liberal Party |candidate = Arthur Myers |votes = 4,485 |percentage = 62.85 |change = +4.43 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent Labour |candidate = Arthur Withy |votes = 2,490 |percentage = 34.89 |change = }} {{Election box informal |votes = 160 |percentage = 2.24 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = 1,993 |percentage = 27.93 |change = -10.52 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 7,135 |percentage = 78.87 |change = +13.85 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 9,046 }} {{Election box end}}
===1910 by-election=== {{Auckland East by-election, 1910}}
===1908 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1908 general election: Auckland East<ref name="1908 election">{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1908 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1909-II.2.5.2.10&e=-------10--1------0-- |publisher=National Library |access-date=14 April 2012 |pages=1–34 | year=1909}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = New Zealand Liberal Party |candidate = Frederick Baume |votes = 3,358 |percentage = 55.37 |change = +9.40 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative (New Zealand) |candidate = William Richardson |votes = 2,262 |percentage = 37.30 |change = +16.83 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent Political Labour League |candidate = John Nicholson Harle |votes = 374 |percentage = 6.16 |change = }} {{Election box informal |votes = 70 |percentage = 1.15 |change = -0.35 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 1,096 |percentage = 18.07 |change = +2.28 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 6,064 |percentage = 73.69 |change = -6.43 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 8,228 }} {{Election box end}}
===1905 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1905 general election: Auckland East<ref name="General Election, 1905">{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1905 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1906-I.2.1.5.7 |publisher=National Library |access-date=8 March 2014 |pages=1–6 |year=1906}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = New Zealand Liberal Party |candidate = Frederick Baume |votes = 2,535 |percentage = 45.97 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative (New Zealand) |candidate = Harry Bamford |votes = 1,664 |percentage = 30.17 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative (New Zealand) |candidate = William Richardson |votes = 1,129 |percentage = 20.47 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = New Zealand Socialist Party |candidate = Robert Frederick Way |votes = 103 |percentage = 1.86 |change = }} {{Election box informal| |votes = 83 |percentage = 1.50 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 871 |percentage = 15.79 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 5,514 |percentage = 80.12 |change = }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 6,882 }} {{Election box end}}
===1881 election=== {{Election box begin | title=1881 general election: Auckland East<ref>*{{cite book|first1 = G. S. |last1 = Cooper |title = Votes Recorded for Each Candidate |year = 1882 |publisher = Government Printer |url = https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1882-I.2.2.4.1 |access-date = 24 October 2015}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Independent politician |candidate = Sir George Grey |votes = 349 |percentage = 52.56 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent politician |candidate = James Clark |votes = 315 |percentage = 47.43 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = 34 |percentage = 5.12 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 664 |percentage = 71.78 |change = }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 925 }} {{Election box end}}
==References== *{{cite book |last = McRobie |first = Alan |title = New Zealand Electoral Atlas |year = 1989 |publisher = GP Books |location = Wellington |isbn = 0-477-01384-8 }} {{Reflist}}
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