Westland South

Westland South was a parliamentary electorate on the West Coast of New Zealand from 1868 to 1870.

History

The Westland Representation Act 1867 introduced changes to the Waimea and Westland electorates. Their areas were reassigned and four electorates formed. Waimea lost some area, but continued to exist. Westland was abolished in 1867. A new electorate (Westland Boroughs) was established, and the Act stipulated that the sitting member (William Sefton Moorhouse) was transferred to it. Other new electorates, for which by-elections were to be held, were Westland North and Westland South.^[1]^[2]

Edmund Barff was elected in 1868. He served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1870, and the electorate was abolished.^[3] In 1871, Barff was defeated for Hokitika by John White.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Westland North was represented by one Member of Parliament:^[5]

Election	Winner
1868 supplementary election		Edmund Barff (Independent)

Election results

1868 supplementary election

1868 Westland South election^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Edmund Barff	355	51.7
	Independent	Charles Button	332	48.3
Turnout			687
Majority			23

Notes

↑ "Westland Representation Act 1867 (31 Victoriae 1867 No 48)". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 127.
↑ Scholefield 1950, pp. 94, 167.
↑ "Hokitika". The Evening Post. Vol. VI, no. 293. 26 January 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 167.
↑ "Local and General News". Wellington Independent. Vol. XXII, no. 2657. 4 April 1868. p. 4. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
↑ "(Westland South results)". West Coast Times. No. 828. 19 May 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 3 May 2013.

References

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

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