Auckland East

Auckland East was a New Zealand electorate, situated in the east of Auckland. It existed between 1861 and 1887, and again between 1905 and 1946.

History

The Auckland East electorate was established for the 1860–1861 election, when the City of Auckland electorate was split in half. It consisted of most of modern Auckland's central business district. Its boundaries remained largely static until 1875–1876 election, when the focus of the electorate shifted eastwards, making room for Auckland North electorate. It was abolished in the 1887 election, with most of its territory being absorbed by the neighbouring Parnell electorate.

At the 1905 election, a new electorate of the same name was created, again by abolishing a multi-member seat called City of Auckland. The boundaries of the new Auckland East were similar to those of the original, although its borders often shifted. By the 1938 election, it had lost most of the central business district, and was more focused on Parnell, Newmarket, and Grafton. It was abolished in the 1946 election, with most of its territory becoming part of a re-established Parnell electorate.

The first seat called Auckland East existed before political parties. The second seat was initially held by the Liberals, but later swung to the rising Labour Party, with the United Party (the Liberals' successor) capturing it only once after its initial loss. The seat also briefly belonged to the Reform Party, which captured it in a by-election but was unable to keep it.

John A. Lee failed to win the seat for Labour in the 1921 by-election, but won it in the 1922 election and the 1925 election. However he lost the seat in the 1928 election (by 37 votes), which he later blamed on boundary changes. In 1927 the Representation Commission proposed altering the boundaries of the Parnell electorate; which if confirmed would have made the electorate "dry" or no-licence, and without an authority which could issue temporary licences for the Ellerslie and Alexandra Park raceways. Following objections, the boundary between the Parnell and Auckland East electorates was adjusted to include a hotel in the Parnell electorate (so retaining the licensing committee). ^[1]

Emily Maguire contested the 1928 election for the Reform Party, but was unsuccessful against James Donald of the United Party.^[2]

Election results

Key

Independent Liberal Independent Liberal Reform Labour United

Election	Winner
1861 election		Thomas Russell
1866 election		Archibald Clark^[3]
1871 election		Julius Vogel
1875 election		William Rees
1879 election		William Speight
1881 election		Sir George Grey
1884 election		Sir George Grey
(Electorate abolished 1887–1905)
1905 election		Frederick Baume
1908 election		Frederick Baume
1910 by-election		Arthur Myers
1911 election
1914 election
1919 election
1921 by-election		Clutha Mackenzie
1922 election		John A. Lee
1925 election		John A. Lee
1928 election		James Donald
1931 election		Bill Schramm
1935 election
1938 election
1943 election
(electorate abolished 1946; see Parnell)

Election results

1943 election

1943 general election: Auckland East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Schramm	7,167	47.08	−11.18
	National	Harry Tom Merritt	6,205	40.76	−1.27
	Democratic Labour	Leo Steve Dromgoole	1,366	8.97
	Independent	Ron Howell	127	0.83
	Real Democracy	Frederick Jordan	96	0.63
	People's Movement	Richard Culver	46	0.30
Informal votes			199	1.30	+0.59
Majority			962	6.32	−10.89
Turnout			15,220	81.85	−6.38

1938 election

1938 general election: Auckland East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Schramm	8,887	58.26	+6.28
	National	Harry Tom Merritt	6,261	41.03
Informal votes			109	0.71
Majority			2,626	17.21	−2.57
Turnout			15,257	88.23

1935 election

1935 general election: Auckland East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Schramm	6,140	51.98	+10.32
	Reform	Harold Percy Burton	3,803	32.20	+8.06
	Democrat	James Donald	1,649	13.96
	Independent	Thomas Lamont	218	1.84
Majority			2,337	19.78
Turnout			11,810

1931 election

1931 general election: Auckland East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Schramm	3,893	41.66
	Reform	Harold Percy Burton	2,256	24.14
	United	William Henry Horton	1,754	18.77
	Women's Candidate	Ellen Melville	1,002	10.72
	Independent	John Alexander Arthur	439	4.70
Majority			1,637	17.52	+17.17
Turnout			9,344	73.70	−5.74
Registered electors			12,678

1928 election

1928 general election: Auckland East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	James Donald	4,254	39.59
	Labour	John A. Lee	4,217	39.25	−5.70
	Reform	Emily Maguire	2,274	21.16
Majority			37	0.34	−2.55
Informal votes			220	2.01	+0.92
Turnout			10,965	79.45	−7.55
Registered electors			13,802

1925 election

1925 general election: Auckland East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John A. Lee	4,477	44.95	−7.90
	Reform	James Stewart	4,189	42.06
	Liberal	H. Oakley Browne^[10]	1,293	12.98
Majority			288	2.89	−4.34
Informal votes			110	1.09	−0.42
Turnout			10,069	87.00	+0.35
Registered electors			11,573

1922 election

1922 general election: Auckland East^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John A. Lee	5,226	52.85	+20.04
	Reform	Clutha Mackenzie	4,511	45.62	+6.86
Informal votes			150	1.51
Majority			715	7.23
Turnout			9,887	86.65	+27.57
Registered electors			11,409

1921 by-election

1921 Auckland East by-election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Clutha Mackenzie	2,613	38.76	−0.01
	Labour	John A. Lee	2,212	32.81
	Liberal	George Russell	1,053	15.62
	Independent	George H Foster	863	12.80
Majority			401	5.94
Turnout			6,741	59.08	−24.68

1919 election

1919 general election: Auckland East^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Myers	3,718	40.50	−26.05
	Reform	Clutha Mackenzie	3,560	38.77
	Labour	Robert Frederick Way	1,756	19.12
Informal votes			146	1.59	+0.01
Majority			158	1.72	−31.39
Turnout			9,180	83.76	+6.03
Registered electors			10,959

1914 election

1914 general election: Auckland East^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Myers	5,039	66.55	+3.70
	Reform	Arthur Holmes	2,532	33.44
Informal votes			120	1.58	−0.66
Majority			2,507	33.11	+5.18
Turnout			7,571	77.73	−1.14
Registered electors			9,740

1911 election

1911 general election: Auckland East^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Myers	4,485	62.85	+4.43
	Independent Labour	Arthur Withy	2,490	34.89
Informal votes			160	2.24
Majority			1,993	27.93	−10.52
Turnout			7,135	78.87	+13.85
Registered electors			9,046

1910 by-election

1910 Auckland East by-election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Arthur Myers	3,180	58.42
	Labour	George Davis	1,087	19.97
	Reform	William Richardson	754	13.85	−23.45
	Independent	Reginald Walter Hill	309	5.67
	Labour	George Irving McKnight	75	1.37
Majority			2,093	38.45
Turnout			5,443	65.02	−8.67

1908 election

1908 general election: Auckland East^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Baume	3,358	55.37	+9.40
	Conservative	William Richardson	2,262	37.30	+16.83
	Ind. Labour League	John Nicholson Harle	374	6.16
Informal votes			70	1.15	−0.35
Majority			1,096	18.07	+2.28
Turnout			6,064	73.69	−6.43
Registered electors			8,228

1905 election

1905 general election: Auckland East^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frederick Baume	2,535	45.97
	Conservative	Harry Bamford	1,664	30.17
	Conservative	William Richardson	1,129	20.47
	Socialist	Robert Frederick Way	103	1.86
Informal votes			83	1.50
Majority			871	15.79
Turnout			5,514	80.12
Registered electors			6,882

1881 election

1881 general election: Auckland East^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Sir George Grey	349	52.56
	Independent	James Clark	315	47.43
Majority			34	5.12
Turnout			664	71.78
Registered electors			925

References

McRobie, Alan (1989). New Zealand Electoral Atlas. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.

^ McRobie 1989, pp. 10.
^ Hutching, Megan. "Emily Maguire". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1902). "Mr. Archibald Clark". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District. Christchurch. Retrieved 24 June 2010.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. pp. 1–12. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ "Recount of Votes". Auckland Star. Vol. LXII, no. 289. 7 December 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 1. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^ "Independent Stand". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXII, no. 19149. 15 October 1925. p. 14. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^ The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "Auckland East Election". Manawatu Standard. Vol. XLIII, no. 365. 8 November 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ "Auckland East by-election". Wanganui Chronicle. Vol. L, no. 12539. 17 June 1910. p. 5. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
^ "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
^ "The General Election, 1905". National Library. 1906. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
^ *Cooper, G. S. (1882). Votes Recorded for Each Candidate. Government Printer. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198910-1] McRobie 1989, pp. 10.

[DNZB_Maguire-2] Hutching, Megan. "Emily Maguire". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

[NZETC_Clark-3] Cyclopedia Company Limited (1902). "Mr. Archibald Clark". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District. Christchurch. Retrieved 24 June 2010.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[General_Election,_1943-4] "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. pp. 1–12. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

[General_election,_1938-5] "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[The_General_Election_1935-6] The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

[1931_election-7] "Recount of Votes". Auckland Star. Vol. LXII, no. 289. 7 December 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[1928_election-8] Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 1. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

[1925_election-9] The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

[10] "Independent Stand". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXII, no. 19149. 15 October 1925. p. 14. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

[11] The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[1921_by-election-12] "Auckland East Election". Manawatu Standard. Vol. XLIII, no. 365. 8 November 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[Year-Book_1920-13] Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[General_Election,_1914-14] Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[1911_election-15] "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[Mr._Myers_Elected-16] "Auckland East by-election". Wanganui Chronicle. Vol. L, no. 12539. 17 June 1910. p. 5. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

[1908_election-17] "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.

[General_Election,_1905-18] "The General Election, 1905". National Library. 1906. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

[19] *Cooper, G. S. (1882). Votes Recorded for Each Candidate. Government Printer. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

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