{{NZelectorateShortDesc|current=no|type=general|region=Auckland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2015}} '''Auckland North''' was a parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand, from 1881 to 1890.
==Population centres== The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Auckland North, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.{{sfn|McRobie |1989 |pp=43–48}}
The area that was covered comprised what is today the central business district.{{sfn|McRobie |1989 |p=46}}
==History== Four people were nominated for the {{NZ election link|1881}}: William Lee Rees, who had previously represented {{NZ electorate link|Auckland East}}, Thomas Peacock, William George Garrard, and Thomas Thwaites.<ref>{{cite news |title=City North |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18811201.2.23.5 |access-date=3 December 2013 |work=Auckland Star |date=1 December 1881 |volume=XII |issue=3532 |page=3}}</ref><ref name="1881 nomination" /> Thwaites soon withdrew from the contest,<ref>{{cite news |title=Auckland |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18811205.2.14.4 |access-date=3 December 2013 |work=The Press |date=5 December 1881 |volume=XXXVI |issue=5068 |page=3}}</ref> and Peacock narrowly defeated Rees, with Garrard coming a distant third.<ref name="1881 election" />
In the {{NZ election link|1884}}, Peacock successfully stood in the {{NZ electorate link|Newton}} electorate.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=226}} Thomas Thompson and Joseph Newman contested Auckland North in 1884, with Thompson achieving a decisive win.<ref name="General Election, 1884" />
Three people were nominated for the {{NZ election link|1887}}: the incumbent, Thompson; Samuel Vaile, a merchant and land agent, and Harry Farnall.<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18870919.2.8 |access-date=3 December 2013 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=19 September 1887 |volume=XXIV |issue=8057 |page=3}}</ref> The latter withdrew before the election, and Thompson achieved a narrow win over Vaile.<ref name="General Election, 1887" /> Thompson represented Auckland North until its abolition in 1890.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=240}}
===Members of Parliament=== The electorate was represented by two Members of Parliament.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=259}}
'''Key'''
{{Party index link|Independent politician}}
{| class="wikitable" |- | width=125 |'''Election''' | width=200 colspan=2 |'''Winner''' |- | {{NZ election link|1881}} | width=5 rowspan=1 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=1 | Thomas Peacock |- | {{NZ election link|1884}} | rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=2 | Thomas Thompson |- | {{NZ election link|1887}} |}
==Election results==
===1887 election===
{{Election box begin | title=1887 general election: Auckland North<ref name="General Election, 1887">{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1887 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1887-II.2.1.9.13 |publisher=National Library |access-date=25 February 2012 |page=1 |year=1887}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Thomas Thompson |votes = 743 |percentage = 51.21 |change = -27.99 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Samuel Vaile |votes = 708 |percentage = 48.79 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 35 |percentage = 2.41 |change = -55.98 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 1,451 |percentage = 63.53 |change = -1.17 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 2,284 }} {{Election box end}}
===1884 election===
{{Election box begin | title=1884 general election: Auckland North<ref name="General Election, 1884">{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1884 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1884-II.2.2.3.5 |publisher=National Library |access-date=17 March 2012 |page=1 |year=1884}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Thomas Thompson |votes = 746 |percentage = 79.19 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Joseph Newman |votes = 196 |percentage = 20.81 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 550 |percentage = 58.39 |change = +54.51 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 942 |percentage = 64.70 |change = +0.03 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 1,456 }} {{Election box end}}
===1881 election===
{{Election box begin | title=1881 general election: Auckland North<ref name="1881 nomination">{{cite news |title=City North |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18811202.2.37 |access-date=3 December 2013 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=2 December 1881 |volume=XVIII |issue=6254 |page=5}}</ref><ref name="1881 election">{{cite news |title=The Elections |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18811215.2.15 |access-date=3 December 2013 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=15 December 1881 |volume=XVIII |issue=6265 |page=5}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Thomas Peacock |votes = 346 |percentage = 51.64 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = William Lee Rees |votes = 320 |percentage = 47.76 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = William George Garrard |votes = 4 |percentage = 0.60 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 26 |percentage = 3.88 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 670 |percentage = 64.67 |change = }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 1,036 }} {{Election box end}}
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==References== *{{cite book |title=Electoral Atlas of New Zealand |last=McRobie |first=Alan |year=1989 |publisher=GP Books |location=Wellington |isbn=0-477-01384-8}} *{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= Jim | author-link=Jim Wilson (librarian) |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}
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