Eden (New Zealand electorate)

Eden, a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, lay in the general area of the suburb of Mount Eden in the city of Auckland.

Eden electorate boundaries between 1993 and 1996

Population centres

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.

History

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.

Members of Parliament

Eden was represented by 15 Members of Parliament.

Key

  Independent     Conservative     Reform     Labour     United     National  

Election	Winner
1871 election		Robert Creighton
1876 election		Joseph Tole
1879 election
1881 election
1884 election
1887 election		Edwin Mitchelson
1890 election
1893 election
1896 election		John Bollard
1899 election
1902 election
1905 election
1908 election
1911 election
1914 election		James Parr
1919 election
1922 election
1925 election
1926 by-election		Rex Mason
1928 election		Arthur Stallworthy
1931 election
1935 election		Bill Anderton
1938 election
1943 election
1946 election		Wilfred Fortune
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election		Duncan Rae
1957 election
1960 election		John Rae
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election
1972 election		Mike Moore
1975 election		Aussie Malcolm
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election		Richard Northey
1987 election
1990 election		Christine Fletcher
1993 election
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Epsom)

Election results

1993 election

1993 general election: Eden[10]

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

1990 election

1990 general election: Eden[11]

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

1987 election

1987 general election: Eden[12]

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

1984 election

1984 general election: Eden[12]

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

1981 election

1981 general election: Eden[12]

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	R A Tyson	162	0.79
Majority			117	0.57	-2.67
Turnout			20,400	88.16	+32.44
Registered electors			23,138

1978 election

1978 general election: Eden[12]

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

1975 election

1975 general election: Eden[12]

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

1972 election

1972 general election: Eden[12]

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

1969 election

1969 general election: Eden[13]

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

1966 election

1966 general election: Eden[13]

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

1963 election

1963 general election: Eden[13]

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

1960 election

1960 general election: Eden[13]

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

1957 election

1957 general election: Eden[13]

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

1954 election

1954 general election: Eden[13]

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

1951 election

1951 general election: Eden[14]

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

1949 election

1949 general election: Eden[15]

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

1946 election

1946 general election: Eden[16]

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

1943 election

1943 general election: Eden[17][18]

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

1938 election

1938 general election: Eden[19]

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

1935 election

1935 general election: Eden[20]

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

1931 election

1931 general election: Eden[21]

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

1928 election

1928 general election: Eden[22][23][24]

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

1926 by-election

1926 Eden by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rex Mason	4,589	41.54
	Reform	James Gunson	4,163	37.68
	Independent Reform	Ellen Melville	2,197	19.89
Informal votes			99	0.90
Majority			3,811	3.86
Turnout			11,048
	Labour gain from Reform		Swing

1914 election

1914 general election: Eden[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Reform	James Parr	5,231	57.55
	Liberal	William Tuck	2,775	30.53
	Social Democrat	Wesley Richards	1,682	18.50
Informal votes			86	0.94
Majority			2,456	27.02
Turnout			9,088	80.86
Registered electors			11,239

1899 election

1899 general election: Eden[9][26]

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

1893 election

1893 general election: Eden[27][28]

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

1890 election

1890 general election: Eden[29]

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

1887 election

1887 general election: Eden[30][31]

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

1879 election

1879 general election: Eden[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Joseph Tole	409	56.96	+1.59
	Independent	Frederick Whitaker[33]	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.

1876 election

1876 general election: Eden[34]

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

Notes

1. McRobie 1989, p. 39.
2. Scholefield 1950, p. 157.
3. Scholefield 1925, p. 86.
4. Scholefield 1925, p. 141.
5. Stone, R. C. J. "Whitaker, Frederick - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
6. Scholefield 1925, p. 118.
7. Scholefield 1925, p. 79.
8. Scholefield 1940, p. 124.
9. "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
10. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
11. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
12. Norton 1988, pp. 221.
13. Norton 1988, pp. 220.
14. "The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1951–52". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
15. "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
16. "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
17. "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
18. "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. 80 (24713). 13 October 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
19. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
20. The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
21. "Election Results". Auckland Star. LXII (290). 8 December 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
22. The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
23. "Auckland Seats". The New Zealand Herald. LXV (20109). 21 November 1928. p. 13. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
24. "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. LXV (20090). 30 October 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
25. Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
26. "The General Elections". The Star (6668). 14 December 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
27. "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
28. "The General Election". Otago Daily Times. 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
29. "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
30. "Eden". Auckland Star. XVIII (232). 3 October 1887. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
31. "Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1887 Session II, H-13". AtoJs Online. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
32. "Eden Election". The New Zealand Herald. XVI (5558). 9 September 1879. p. 6. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
33. "Story: Whitaker, Frederick". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
34. "General Elections". The New Zealand Herald. XIII (4419). 12 January 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

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