Kaiapoi (New Zealand electorate)

Kaiapoi was a rural New Zealand electorate, north of Christchurch in the Canterbury region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1946. It was represented by twelve Members of Parliament.

Population centres

The electorate was centred on the town of Kaiapoi to the north of Christchurch. In the 1887 election, polling booths were in Kaiapoi, Clarkville, Rangiora and Woodend.^[1]

History

The electorate dates from 1861.^[2] Isaac Cookson was the first representative after winning the 1861. Cookson had previously represented the Christchurch Country electorate, which was abolished at the end of the term of the 2nd Parliament in 1960.^[3] Cookson resigned in 1863,^[4] and the resulting 1863 by-election was won by Robert Wilkin.^[5] Wilkin retired at the end of the parliamentary term and was succeeded by Joseph Beswick, who won the 1866 election, but resigned the following year.^[6]^[7]

The resulting 1867 by-election was won by John Studholme, who was confirmed at the 1871 election^[8] but resigned in 1874.^[9] He was succeeded by Charles Bowen in the 1875 by-election. Bowen was confirmed in the 1875 and 1879 elections.^[7] Bowen retired at the 1881 election.

Isaac Wilson was elected in 1881,^[10] but resigned before the end of the term due to failing health.^[11]^[12] Edward Richardson stood in the 16 May 1884 by-election. He was returned unopposed.^[13] Richardson won the 1884 and 1887 elections,^[14] and he retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1890.^[15]^[16] In the 1887 election, his opponent was Richard Moore.^[1]

Moore was the successful candidate in the 1890 election.^[17]^[18] A conservative, he was defeated by David Buddo of the Liberal Party in the 1893 election.^[19] Moore in turn defeated Buddo in the 1896 election.^[17] In the 1899 election, Buddo defeated Moore again.^[19] This time, Buddo held the electorate until he was defeated in the 1919 election by David Jones.^[20] At the next election in 1922, Buddo defeated Jones. From 1925, his Liberal Party called itself 'National Party' for two years.^[21] Buddo retired in 1928.^[19]

Buddo was succeeded by Richard Hawke from the United Party in the 1928 election. He was re-elected in 1931,^[22] but lost the 1935 election against Labour's Morgan Williams.^[23] Williams held the electorate until it was abolished in 1946.^[24] Williams contested the St Albans in the 1946 election, but was defeated.^[23]

Members of Parliament

Key

Independent Conservative Liberal Reform United Labour

Election	Winner
1861 election		Isaac Cookson
1863 by-election		Robert Wilkin
1866 election		Joseph Beswick
1867 by-election		John Studholme
1871 election		John Studholme
1875 by-election		Charles Bowen
1875 election
1879 election
1881 election		Isaac Wilson
1884 by-election		Edward Richardson
1884 election
1887 election
1890 election		Richard Moore
1893 election		David Buddo
1896 election		Richard Moore
1899 election		David Buddo
1902 election
1905 election
1908 election
1911 election
1914 election
1919 election		David Jones
1922 election		David Buddo
1925 election		David Buddo
1928 election		Richard Hawke
1931 election		Richard Hawke
1935 election		Morgan Williams
1938 election
1943 election
(Electorate abolished 1946)

Election results

1943 election

1943 general election: Kaiapoi^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Morgan Williams	5,767	50.08	−5.68
	National	William Harold Overton	5,006	43.47
	Real Democracy	Oscar Alfred Thelning	432	3.75
	People's Movement	Harry Bliss	143	1.24
Informal votes			166	1.44	−0.04
Majority			761	6.60	−6.94
Turnout			11,514	89.34	−2.07
Registered electors			12,887

1938 election

1938 general election: Kaiapoi^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Morgan Williams	6,318	55.76	+8.71
	National	George Warren	4,813	42.48
Informal votes			168	1.48
Majority			1,535	13.54	−0.53
Turnout			11,329	91.41
Registered electors			12,393

1935 election

1935 general election: Kaiapoi^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Morgan Williams	4,763	47.05
	United	Richard Hawke	3,339	32.98	−24.69
	Independent	Archibald Albany McLachlan^{[nb 1]}	2,021	19.96
Majority			1,424	14.07	−1.29
Turnout			10,123	88.17	+2.30
Registered electors			11,481

Table footnotes:

^ For some biographical details of McLachlan refer to his grandfather's article

1931 election

1931 general election: Kaiapoi^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Richard Hawke	5,312	57.68	+23.16
	Labour	John Archer	3,898	42.32
Majority			1,414	15.35	+14.32
Informal votes			26	0.28	−1.47
Turnout			9,236	85.87	−3.80
Registered electors			10,756

1928 election

1928 general election: Kaiapoi^[29]^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Richard Hawke	3,216	34.52
	Reform	James Arthur Flesher	3,120	33.49
	Labour	Elizabeth McCombs	2,980	31.99
Majority			96	1.03	−6.08
Informal votes			166	1.75	+0.94
Turnout			9,482	89.67	−1.98
Registered electors			10,574

1925 election

1925 general election: Kaiapoi^[31]^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Buddo	3,594	45.98	+0.56
	Reform	William Brock	3,038	38.86
	Labour	Morgan Williams	1,185	15.16	+5.11
Majority			556	7.11	+6.23
Informal votes			64	0.81	0.19
Turnout			7,881	91.65	+2.40
Registered electors			8,599

1922 election

1922 general election: Kaiapoi^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Buddo	3,328	45.42	+7.27
	Reform	David Jones	3,263	44.53	+5.63
	Labour	Morgan Williams	736	10.05	−12.89
Majority			65	0.89	+0.13
Informal votes			46	0.62	−0.44
Turnout			7,373	89.25	+5.45
Registered electors			8,261

1919 election

1919 general election: Kaiapoi^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David Jones	2,580	38.91	−1.30
	Liberal	David Buddo	2,530	38.15	−21.64
	Labour	Morgan Williams	1,521	22.94
Majority			50	0.75	−18.83
Informal votes			71	1.06	+0.53
Turnout			6,702	83.80	−4.24
Registered electors			7,998

1914 election

1914 general election: Kaiapoi^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David Buddo	3,606	59.79
	Reform	David Jones	2,425	40.21
Majority			1,181	19.58
Informal votes			32	0.53
Turnout			6,063	88.04
Registered electors			6,887

1899 election

1899 general election: Kaiapoi^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David Buddo	2,186	54.45
	Conservative	Richard Moore	1,705	42.47
	Independent	John Verrall	124	3.09
Majority			481	11.98
Turnout			4,015	83.72
Registered electors			4,796

1893 election

1893 general election: Kaiapoi^[37]^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Buddo	1,587	51.41
	Conservative	Richard Moore	1,500	48.59	−14.42
Majority			87	2.82
Turnout			3,087	82.96	+14.19
Registered electors			3,721

1890 election

1890 general election: Kaiapoi^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Moore	937	63.01
	Liberal–Labour	William Hoban	550	36.99
Majority			387	26.02
Turnout			1,487	68.77
Registered electors			2,162

1875 by-election

1875 Kaiapoi by-election^[40]^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Charles Bowen	294	60.49
	Independent	Joseph Beswick	192	39.51
Turnout			486
Majority			102	20.99

1866 election

1866 general election: Kaiapoi^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joseph Beswick	101	52.06
	Independent	William Travers	93	47.94
Majority			8	4.12
Turnout			194
Registered electors

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Kaiapoi". The Star. No. 6043. 27 September 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^ Scholefield 1950, p. 159.
^ Scholefield 1950, pp. 101, 156.
^ Scholefield 1950, p. 101.
^ Scholefield 1950, p. 147.
^ ^a ^b "Town and country". Lyttelton Times. Vol. XXV, no. 1616. 17 February 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b Scholefield 1950, p. 96.
^ "The General Elections". The Star. No. 846. 11 February 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
^ Scholefield 1950, p. 141.
^ "The General Election". The Star. No. 4255. 10 December 1881. p. 3. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
^ Scholefield 1950, p. 148.
^ "Old Colonists". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand - Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia Company Limited. 1903. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
^ "The Kaiapoi Election". The Evening Post. Vol. XXVII, no. 117. 17 May 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
^ "The General Election Results". The Star. No. 6043. 27 September 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
^ Scholefield 1950, p. 135.
^ "General Election - Candidates For Seats In House". Vol. XXXIX, no. 8950. Taranaki Herald. 5 December 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b Wilson 1985, p. 221.
^ "Further Results". The Star. No. 7030. 8 December 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wilson 1985, p. 186.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 208.
^ Wilson 1985, pp. 177, 186.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 204.
^ ^a ^b Wilson 1985, p. 245.
^ Wilson 1985, pp. 245, 265.
^ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ "Election Results". The Evening Post. Vol. CXX, no. 137. 6 December 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
^ "The Battle Eve". Auckland Star. Vol. LIX, no. 269. 13 November 1928. p. 13. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
^ "Election Notices". The Press. Vol. LXI, no. 18524. 28 October 1925. p. 17. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "The Official Count". Auckland Star. Vol. LIII, no. 295. 13 December 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1920. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
^ "The General Election, 1914". National Library. 1915. p. 20. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
^ "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
^ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times. 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
^ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ "Kaiapoi Election". Press. Vol. XXIII, no. 2941. 23 January 1875. p. 2.
^ "Kaiapoi Election". Press. Vol. XXIII, no. 2943. 26 January 1875. p. 2.

References

Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd 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.

[28] For some biographical details of McLachlan refer to his grandfather's article

[1887_election-1] "Kaiapoi". The Star. No. 6043. 27 September 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield1950159-2] Scholefield 1950, p. 159.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield1950101,_156-3] Scholefield 1950, pp. 101, 156.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield1950101-4] Scholefield 1950, p. 101.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield1950147-5] Scholefield 1950, p. 147.

[1866_election-6] "Town and country". Lyttelton Times. Vol. XXV, no. 1616. 17 February 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield195096-7] Scholefield 1950, p. 96.

[1871_elections-8] "The General Elections". The Star. No. 846. 11 February 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield1950141-9] Scholefield 1950, p. 141.

[1881_Canterbury_results-10] "The General Election". The Star. No. 4255. 10 December 1881. p. 3. Retrieved 20 March 2010.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield1950148-11] Scholefield 1950, p. 148.

[NZETC_Wilson-12] "Old Colonists". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand - Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia Company Limited. 1903. Retrieved 21 March 2010.

[1884_Kaiapoi_by-election-13] "The Kaiapoi Election". The Evening Post. Vol. XXVII, no. 117. 17 May 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2010.

[1887_Canterbury_results-14] "The General Election Results". The Star. No. 6043. 27 September 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 20 March 2010.

[FOOTNOTEScholefield1950135-15] Scholefield 1950, p. 135.

[1890_candidates-16] "General Election - Candidates For Seats In House". Vol. XXXIX, no. 8950. Taranaki Herald. 5 December 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2010.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985221-17] Wilson 1985, p. 221.

[1890_results-18] "Further Results". The Star. No. 7030. 8 December 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 20 March 2010.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985186-19] Wilson 1985, p. 186.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985208-20] Wilson 1985, p. 208.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985177,_186-21] Wilson 1985, pp. 177, 186.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985204-22] Wilson 1985, p. 204.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985245-23] Wilson 1985, p. 245.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985245,_265-24] Wilson 1985, pp. 245, 265.

[25] "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[26] "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[1935_election-27] "Election Results". The Evening Post. Vol. CXX, no. 137. 6 December 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 14 November 2013.

[1931_election-29] The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

[30] "The Battle Eve". Auckland Star. Vol. LIX, no. 269. 13 November 1928. p. 13. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

[1928_election-31] The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

[1925_election-32] The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

[33] "Election Notices". The Press. Vol. LXI, no. 18524. 28 October 1925. p. 17. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[AS_13_Dec-34] "The Official Count". Auckland Star. Vol. LIII, no. 295. 13 December 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

[Year-Book_1920-35] The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1920. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

[General_Election,_1914-36] "The General Election, 1914". National Library. 1915. p. 20. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

[37] "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

[1893_election_results-38] "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2013.

[1893_affiliation-39] "The General Election". Otago Daily Times. 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013.

[General_Election,_1890-40] "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

[41] "Kaiapoi Election". Press. Vol. XXIII, no. 2941. 23 January 1875. p. 2.

[42] "Kaiapoi Election". Press. Vol. XXIII, no. 2943. 26 January 1875. p. 2.

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