Eden, a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, lay in the general area of the suburb of Mount Eden in the city of Auckland.
The 1870 electoral redistribution was undertaken by a parliamentary select committee based on population data from the 1867 census. Eight sub-committees were formed, with two members each making decisions for their own province; thus members set their own electorate boundaries. The number of electorates was increased from 61 to 72, and Eden was one of the new electorates.[1]
The electorate was urban, and comprised a number of inner-city suburbs in the central-south part of Auckland.
The Eden electorate was created in 1871 for the 5th Parliament.[2] The first elected representative was Robert James Creighton, who won the 1871 election.[3] He was succeeded in 1876 by Joseph Tole, who served until 1887.[4] In the 1879 election, Tole beat Frederick Whitaker.[5] Edwin Mitchelson won the 1887 election. He served three parliamentary terms until 1896, when he unsuccessfully contested the City of Auckland electorate.[6]
John Bollard was the next representative, elected in the 1896 election. He held the electorate until 1914.[7] In the 1899 election, he had a wafer-thin majority of just four votes over Malcolm Niccol.[8][9] Bollard was succeeded by James Parr, who won the 1914 election. Parr resigned on 26 March 1926, as he had been appointed as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Rex Mason won the resulting 1926 by-election, as the Reform Party vote was split between two candidates. He held the electorate for the remainder of the term until 1928. He was succeeded by Arthur Stallworthy, who won in the 1928 election. He was defeated in 1935 by Bill Anderton, who held Eden until 1946, when he was elected for Auckland Central. Wilfred Fortune won Eden in 1946 and held the electorate for three terms until 1954, when he was defeated for the Onslow electorate.
Premier and Attorney-General Frederick Whitaker stood unsuccessfully for Eden in 1879; as did John Kerr in 1871.
The electorate was abolished in 1996, when it was replaced by the new MMP electorate of Epsom.
Eden was represented by 15 Members of Parliament.
Key
Independent Conservative Reform Labour United National
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Christine Fletcher | 10,121 | 49.38 | +3.34 | |
Labour | Verna Smith | 6,727 | 32.82 | ||
Alliance | Keith Locke | 2,878 | 14.04 | +10.51 | |
Christian Heritage | Ewen McQueen | 375 | 1.82 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton | 164 | 0.80 | +0.18 | |
Independent | Julie Halligan | 82 | 0.40 | ||
Defence Movement | Michael Bowden | 76 | 0.37 | ||
Natural Law | John Hodgson | 70 | 0.34 | ||
Majority | 3,394 | 16.56 | +8.87 | ||
Turnout | 20,493 | 84.73 | -1.65 | ||
Registered electors | 24,184 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Christine Fletcher | 9,117 | 46.04 | ||
Labour | Richard Northey | 7,593 | 38.35 | -18.49 | |
Green | Robyn Dormer | 1,814 | 9.16 | ||
NewLabour | Keith Locke | 700 | 3.53 | ||
Democrats | Mary Tierney | 293 | 1.47 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton | 124 | 0.62 | ||
NZ Party | Stephen Greenfield | 116 | 0.58 | ||
Independent | W Littlewood | 42 | 0.21 | ||
Majority | 1,524 | 7.69 | |||
Turnout | 19,799 | 86.38 | -3.12 | ||
Registered electors | 22,919 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Northey | 11,916 | 56.84 | +8.28 | |
National | Hiwi Tauroa | 8,512 | 40.60 | ||
Democrats | Arthur Drabble | 380 | 1.81 | ||
NZ Party | Blanche Victoria Holloway | 153 | 0.72 | ||
Majority | 3,404 | 16.23 | +6.15 | ||
Turnout | 20,961 | 89.50 | -4.19 | ||
Registered electors | 23,419 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Northey | 11,106 | 48.56 | ||
National | Aussie Malcolm | 8,800 | 38.43 | -3.36 | |
NZ Party | Richard Cullen | 2,294 | 10.03 | ||
Social Credit | Ken Harris | 571 | 2.49 | ||
Values | Sylvia Williams | 96 | 0.41 | ||
Majority | 2,306 | 10.08 | |||
Turnout | 22,867 | 93.69 | +5.53 | ||
Registered electors | 24,406 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Aussie Malcolm | 8,526 | 41.79 | -1.47 | |
Labour | Ian Scott | 8,409 | 41.22 | ||
Social Credit | Allan Scott | 3,303 | 16.19 | ||
Values | Rosa Tyson | 162 | 0.79 | ||
Majority | 117 | 0.57 | -2.67 | ||
Turnout | 20,400 | 88.16 | +32.44 | ||
Registered electors | 23,138 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Aussie Malcolm | 8,653 | 43.26 | -6.22 | |
Labour | John Hinchcliff | 8,005 | 40.02 | ||
Social Credit | Les Tasker | 1,836 | 9.18 | +6.66 | |
Values | Margaret Crozier | 877 | 4.38 | ||
Independent National | Max Louis Peers | 525 | 2.62 | ||
Independent Labour | Barry Moss | 53 | 0.26 | ||
Cheer Up | Vince Terreni | 49 | 0.24 | ||
Majority | 648 | 3.24 | -3.53 | ||
Turnout | 19,998 | 55.72 | -18.18 | ||
Registered electors | 35,888 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Aussie Malcolm | 9,725 | 49.48 | ||
Labour | Mike Moore | 8,394 | 42.71 | -5.48 | |
Values | Paul Lunberg | 991 | 5.04 | ||
Social Credit | Leslie Clark | 497 | 2.52 | ||
National Socialist | Colin King-Ansell | 19 | 0.09 | -0.09 | |
Independent Labour | Marilyn Voss | 16 | 0.08 | ||
Democratic Labour | Norma Hughes | 11 | 0.05 | ||
Majority | 1,331 | 6.77 | |||
Turnout | 19,653 | 73.90 | -14.65 | ||
Registered electors | 26,591 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Moore | 9,046 | 48.19 | ||
National | Mary Kidd | 8,258 | 43.99 | ||
Values | Bert Keiller | 656 | 3.49 | ||
Social Credit | Neil Morrison | 646 | 3.44 | ||
New Democratic | C W Bott | 60 | 0.31 | ||
Independent | F W Bell | 48 | 0.25 | ||
National Socialist | Colin King-Ansell | 35 | 0.18 | ||
Liberal Reform | G T Tudor | 21 | 0.11 | ||
Majority | 788 | 4.19 | |||
Turnout | 18,770 | 88.55 | +1.21 | ||
Registered electors | 21,196 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | John Rae | 8,887 | 48.88 | -5.70 | |
Labour | Keith Sinclair | 8,569 | 47.13 | ||
Social Credit | Heather-Ann Molloy | 975 | 5.36 | ||
Majority | 67 | 0.36 | -18.17 | ||
Turnout | 18,180 | 89.76 | +7.42 | ||
Registered electors | 20,254 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | John Rae | 7,502 | 54.58 | -3.15 | |
Labour | John William Stewart | 4,954 | 36.04 | ||
Social Credit | Thomas Tansfield | 1,288 | 9.37 | ||
Majority | 2,548 | 18.53 | -3.13 | ||
Turnout | 13,744 | 82.34 | -5.77 | ||
Registered electors | 16,690 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | John Rae | 8,887 | 57.73 | +3.51 | |
Labour | Frank Knipe | 5,552 | 36.06 | ||
Social Credit | Alfred George Grove | 632 | 4.10 | +0.61 | |
Liberal | William Wynyard Rayner | 323 | 2.09 | ||
Majority | 3,335 | 21.66 | +9.72 | ||
Turnout | 15,394 | 88.11 | +1.07 | ||
Registered electors | 17,471 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | John Rae | 8,632 | 54.22 | ||
Labour | Russell Gordon Penney | 6,730 | 42.27 | ||
Social Credit | Alfred George Grove | 556 | 3.49 | +0.09 | |
Majority | 1,902 | 11.94 | |||
Turnout | 15,918 | 87.04 | -5.55 | ||
Registered electors | 18,288 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Duncan Rae | 8,744 | 49.71 | +1.83 | |
Labour | Ian Watkins | 8,246 | 46.88 | ||
Social Credit | Alfred George Grove | 599 | 3.40 | ||
Majority | 498 | 2.83 | +2.78 | ||
Turnout | 17,589 | 92.59 | +3.40 | ||
Registered electors | 18,995 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Duncan Rae | 6,910 | 47.88 | ||
Labour | John Stewart | 6,902 | 47.74 | ||
Social Credit | Allan Donovan | 644 | 4.45 | ||
Majority | 8 | 0.05 | |||
Turnout | 14,456 | 89.19 | +2.01 | ||
Registered electors | 16,208 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Wilfred Fortune | 7,016 | 62.47 | +3.15 | |
Labour | John Ronald Burfitt | 4,214 | 37.53 | ||
Majority | 2,802 | 24.95 | +6.30 | ||
Turnout | 11,230 | 87.18 | -7.19 | ||
Registered electors | 12,881 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Wilfred Fortune | 7,184 | 59.32 | +4.33 | |
Labour | Pat Curran | 4,925 | 40.68 | ||
Majority | 2,259 | 18.65 | +8.67 | ||
Turnout | 12,109 | 94.37 | +2.18 | ||
Registered electors | 12,831 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Wilfred Fortune | 7,055 | 54.99 | +9.38 | |
Labour | Warren Freer | 5,774 | 45.01 | ||
Majority | 1,281 | 9.98 | |||
Turnout | 12,829 | 92.19 | -0.82 | ||
Registered electors | 13,915 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Anderton | 7,266 | 45.70 | -10.73 | |
National | Wilfred Fortune | 7,252 | 45.61 | ||
Democratic Labour | Terrence Nixon | 730 | 4.59 | ||
Real Democracy | Gertrude Brooks | 304 | 1.91 | ||
People's Movement | David Wilson | 201 | 1.26 | ||
Informal votes | 149 | 0.93 | +0.10 | ||
Majority | 14 | 0.08 | -14.60 | ||
Turnout | 15,899 | 91.37 | +0.13 | ||
Registered electors | 17,400 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Anderton | 8,969 | 56.43 | +10.84 | |
National | Donald Pool | 6,636 | 41.75 | ||
Country Party | Albert Robinson | 155 | 0.97 | ||
Informal votes | 132 | 0.83 | +0.22 | ||
Majority | 2,333 | 14.68 | -4.22 | ||
Turnout | 15,892 | 91.50 | +1.86 | ||
Registered electors | 17,368 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Anderton | 5,946 | 45.59 | +14.37 | |
Democrat | Arthur Stallworthy | 3,481 | 26.69 | -15.57 | |
United | Clifton Clarke | 3,458 | 26.51 | ||
Independent | Cecil Pickering | 155 | 1.18 | ||
Informal votes | 80 | 0.61 | -0.84 | ||
Majority | 2,465 | 18.90 | |||
Turnout | 13,040 | 89.64 | +7.64 | ||
Registered electors | 14,546 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Arthur Stallworthy | 4,860 | 42.26 | -7.71 | |
Labour | Bill Anderton | 3,590 | 31.22 | +12.41 | |
Independent | William Henry Nagle | 1,823 | 15.85 | ||
Reform | Richard Glover-Clark | 874 | 7.60 | ||
Independent | Vivian Potter | 352 | 3.06 | -26.47 | |
Informal votes | 169 | 1.45 | -0.05 | ||
Majority | 1,270 | 11.04 | -9.41 | ||
Turnout | 11,668 | 82.00 | -3.61 | ||
Registered electors | 14,230 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Arthur Stallworthy | 5,953 | 49.98 | ||
Reform | Vivian Potter | 3,517 | 29.53 | ||
Labour | Bill Anderton | 2,241 | 18.81 | ||
Christian Socialist | Ormond Burton | 200 | 1.68 | ||
Informal votes | 135 | 1.12 | -0.33 | ||
Majority | 2,436 | 20.45 | |||
Turnout | 12,046 | 85.29 | |||
Registered electors | 14,123 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rex Mason | 4,589 | 41.54 | +2.06 | |
Reform | James Gunson | 4,163 | 37.68 | ||
Independent Reform | Ellen Melville | 2,197 | 19.89 | ||
Informal votes | 99 | 0.90 | -0.02 | ||
Majority | 3,811 | 3.86 | |||
Turnout | 11,048 | 80.03 | -11.23 | ||
Labour gain from Reform | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | James Parr | 7,158 | 58.61 | -13.33 | |
Labour | Rex Mason | 4,822 | 39.48 | +2.03 | |
Liberal | Frank Walter Grigg | 118 | 0.96 | ||
Informal votes | 113 | 0.92 | -0.18 | ||
Majority | 2,336 | 19.13 | +11.30 | ||
Turnout | 12,211 | 91.26 | -0.77 | ||
Registered electors | 13,379 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | James Parr | 3,901 | 45.28 | -6.69 | |
Labour | Rex Mason | 3,226 | 37.45 | ||
Liberal | Frederick Stanley Morton | 1,392 | 16.15 | ||
Informal votes | 95 | 1.10 | -0.30 | ||
Majority | 675 | 7.83 | -20.25 | ||
Turnout | 8,614 | 92.03 | +8.35 | ||
Registered electors | 9,359 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | James Parr | 3,431 | 51.97 | -2.02 | |
Labour | Oscar McBrine | 1,577 | 23.89 | ||
Liberal | Robert Hornblow | 1,500 | 22.72 | ||
Informal votes | 93 | 1.40 | +0.52 | ||
Majority | 1,854 | 28.08 | +2.73 | ||
Turnout | 6,601 | 83.68 | -2.52 | ||
Registered electors | 7,888 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | James Parr | 5,231 | 53.99 | ||
Liberal | William Tuck | 2,775 | 28.64 | ||
Social Democrat | Wesley Richards | 1,682 | 17.36 | ||
Informal votes | 86 | 0.88 | |||
Majority | 2,456 | 25.35 | |||
Turnout | 9,688 | 86.20 | |||
Registered electors | 11,239 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Bollard | 2,255 | 50.04 | ||
Liberal | Malcolm Niccol[8] | 2,251 | 49.96 | ||
Informal votes | 52 | 0.94 | |||
Majority | 4 | 0.09 | |||
Turnout | 4,558 | 82.30 | |||
Registered electors | 5,538 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin Mitchelson | 1,515 | 43.03 | -17.73 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Niccol[8] | 1,189 | 33.77 | ||
Liberal | Joseph Dargaville | 817 | 23.20 | ||
Majority | 326 | 9.26 | -12.27 | ||
Turnout | 3,521 | 75.20 | +27.59 | ||
Registered electors | 4,682 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin Mitchelson | 728 | 60.76 | ||
Liberal | Joseph Greenwood | 470 | 39.23 | ||
Majority | 258 | 21.53 | |||
Turnout | 1,198 | 47.61 | |||
Registered electors | 2,516 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin Mitchelson | 901 | 65.96 | ||
Independent | J. A. Connell | 465 | 34.04 | ||
Majority | 436 | 31.92 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,366 | 99.49 | |||
Informal votes | 7 | 0.51 | |||
Turnout | 1,373 | 72.26 | |||
Registered electors | 1,900 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Tole | 409 | 56.96 | +1.59 | |
Independent | Frederick Whitaker[36] | 309 | 43.04 | ||
Majority | 100 | 13.92 | |||
Total valid votes | 718 | ||||
Informal votes | 9 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 4 | ||||
Turnout | 731 | ||||
Registered electors |
NB: Officially there are 731 ballot papers, 9 informal votes, and 2*2 duplicate votes. After removing 13 from consideration, 718 total valid votes were counted. So technically, turnout is 729 voters.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Tole | 263 | 55.37 | ||
Independent | Allan Kerr Taylor | 212 | 44.63 | ||
Majority | 51 | 10.74 | |||
Turnout | 475 | 64.54 | |||
Registered electors | 736 |