Hutt was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate . It was one of the original electorates in 1853 and existed during two periods until 1978. It was represented by 13 Members of Parliament .
Population centres [ ]
The Representation Act 1900 had increased the membership of the House of Representatives from general electorates 70 to 76, and this was implemented through the 1902 electoral redistribution. In 1902, changes to the country quota affected the three-member electorates in the four main centres. The tolerance between electorates was increased to ±1,250 so that the Representation Commissions (since 1896, there had been separate commissions for the North and South Islands ) could take greater account of communities of interest. These changes proved very disruptive to existing boundaries, and six electorates were established for the first time, and two electorates that previously existed were re-established, including Hutt.
The main population centre in the electorate was the city of Lower Hutt in the Hutt Valley .
History [ ]
The Hutt seat first existed from 1853 to 1870 as a two-member electorate.
At the opening of the 6th session of the 2nd Parliament on 10 April 1858,[3] the speaker read out 14 resignations, including those of Dillon Bell and Samuel Revans .[4] Bell moved to Otago and continued his political career there. On 31 July 1858, a by-election was held, and Alfred Renall and William Fitzherbert were returned.[5] [6]
From 1871 onwards, the electorate was a single-member constituency. Fitzherbert contested the general election on 29 December 1875 against Hutchison and obtained 178 votes, with Hutchison receiving 38.[7] He retained the Hutt electorate until his resignation in 1879, so that he could appointed to the Legislative Council . H. Jackson won the resulting by-election against T. Mason,[8] but Mason was successful against Jackson at the 1879 general election a few months later.[9]
The electorate was abolished in 1893.
In 1902 the seat was recreated and was won by the Liberal leader Thomas Wilford . His party allegiance changed to the United Party, which took over from the Liberal Party by 1928. He resigned in 1929, and the ensuing by-election was won by Walter Nash . Nash became Minister of Finance and Prime Minister , who died in 1968. The seat was then held by Trevor Young , also for Labour .
When the seat was split into Eastern Hutt and Western Hutt in 1978 , Young won the new Eastern Hutt seat for Labour .
Members of Parliament [ ]
Key:
Independent
Conservative
Liberal
��� United
Labour
1853 to 1870 [ ]
From 1853 to 1870, Hutt was a two-member electorate represented by six Members of Parliament:
Election
Winners
1853 election
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Alfred Ludlam
1855 election
Francis Dillon Bell
1856 by-election
Samuel Revans
1858 by-election
William Fitzherbert
Alfred Renall
1860 election
1866 election
Alfred Ludlam
1871 to 1893 [ ]
From 1871 to 1893, the electorate was represented by a further four Members of Parliament, with Fitzherbert continuing his term:
1902 to 1978 [ ]
From 1902 to 1978, the electorate was represented by three Members of Parliament:
Election results [ ]
1975 election [ ]
1975 general election : Hutt
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Trevor Young
9,540
48.10
-7.20
National
Brett Newell
8,521
42.96
Social Credit
Noel Riches
985
4.96
Values
Paul Irik
785
3.95
Majority
1,019
5.13
-12.73
Turnout
19,831
83.29
-8.53
Registered electors
23,808
1972 election [ ]
1972 general election : Hutt
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Trevor Young
10,516
55.30
+2.39
National
Michael Fowler
7,119
37.43
Social Credit
Annette Harvey
719
3.78
Values
Max Overton
595
3.12
New Democratic
Kenneth George Hurren
67
0.35
Majority
3,397
17.86
+7.27
Turnout
19,016
91.82
+2.09
Registered electors
20,709
1969 election [ ]
1969 general election : Hutt
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Trevor Young
8,861
52.91
+5.12
National
Don Lee
7,086
42.31
Social Credit
Graeme Constable
637
3.80
Independent
Nick Ursin
162
0.96
-1.40
Majority
1,775
10.59
-0.56
Turnout
16,746
89.73
+21.69
Registered electors
18,661
1968 by-election [ ]
1968 Hutt by-election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Trevor Young
5,968
47.79
National
John Kennedy-Good
4,576
36.64
-2.24
Social Credit
Tom Weal
1,649
5.18
Independent
Nick Ursin
295
2.36
Majority
1,392
11.15
Turnout
12,488
68.04
-18.74
Registered electors
18,354
Labour hold
Swing
1966 election [ ]
1966 general election : Hutt
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Sir Walter Nash
7,861
51.70
-6.91
National
John Kennedy-Good
5,912
38.88
Social Credit
Christina Dalglish
1,431
9.41
Majority
1,949
12.81
-11.30
Turnout
15,204
86.78
-2.47
Registered electors
17,520
1963 election [ ]
1963 general election : Hutt
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
8,865
58.61
+4.35
National
Vere Edward Hampson-Tinadale
5,217
34.49
Social Credit
Donald Milne
972
6.42
-0.68
Majority
3,648
24.11
+7.37
Turnout
15,125
89.25
-0.05
Registered electors
16,945
1960 election [ ]
1960 general election : Hutt
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
7,614
54.26
-8.37
National
George Llewellyn Barker
5,265
37.52
Social Credit
Donald Milne
997
7.10
+1.47
Independent
George Wain
115
0.81
Communist
Ralph Hegman
40
0.28
Majority
2,349
16.74
-14.17
Turnout
14,031
89.30
-3.85
Registered electors
15,712
1957 election [ ]
1957 general election : Hutt
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
8,975
62.63
+2.37
National
Lance Adams-Schneider
4,545
31.72
Social Credit
Donald Milne
808
5.63
Majority
4,430
30.91
+4.41
Turnout
14,328
93.15
+4.91
Registered electors
15,381
1954 election [ ]
1954 general election : Hutt
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
8,371
60.26
+2.53
National
Clevedon Costello
4,690
33.76
Social Credit
Terrence Maddison
829
5.96
Majority
3,681
26.50
+11.88
Turnout
13,890
88.24
-1.30
Registered electors
15,740
1951 election [ ]
1951 general election : Hutt
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
8,872
57.73
+0.05
National
John Andrews
6,424
41.80
World Socialist
Thomas Simpson
71
0.46
-0.24
Majority
2,248
14.62
-1.46
Turnout
15,367
89.54
-1.75
Registered electors
17,161
1949 election [ ]
1949 general election : Hutt[13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
8,153
57.68
-0.99
National
Horace Leonard Heatley
5,880
41.60
World Socialist
Thomas Simpson
100
0.70
+0.34
Majority
2,273
16.08
-2.83
Turnout
14,133
91.29
-1.51
Registered electors
15,480
1946 election [ ]
1946 general election : Hutt[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
8,025
58.67
-2.20
National
Jim Vogel
5,438
39.76
Independent Labour
George Laing
163
1.19
World Socialist
Thomas Simpson
50
0.36
Majority
2,587
18.91
-17.38
Turnout
13,676
92.80
-1.13
Registered electors
14,737
1943 election [ ]
1943 general election : Hutt[15] [16] [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
8,823
60.87
+11.97
Real Democracy
John H. Hogan[18]
3,563
24.58
National
Norman Percival Croft
3,017
20.81
Democratic Labour
Patrick Connors
437
3.01
Informal votes
178
1.22
+0.45
Majority
5,260
36.29
-10.15
Turnout
16,018
93.93
-2.00
Registered electors
17,052
1938 election [ ]
1938 general election : Hutt[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
10,687
72.84
-1.41
National
John Andrews
3,873
26.39
Majority
6,814
46.44
+2.07
Informal votes
114
0.77
-0.74
Turnout
14,671
95.93
+6.05
Registered electors
15,292
1935 election [ ]
1935 general election : Hutt[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
11,873
74.25
+15.17
Reform
Victor Jacobsen
4,116
25.74
Informal votes
243
1.51
+0.77
Majority
7,757
48.51
+30.36
Turnout
15,989
89.88
+2.90
Registered electors
17,788
1931 election [ ]
1931 general election : Hutt[21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
9,187
59.08
+18.54
United
James Kerr[nb 1]
6,364
40.92
+2.09
Informal votes
116
0.74
Majority
2,823
18.15
+16.45
Turnout
15,667
86.98
+3.39
Registered electors
18,013
Table footnotes:
^ For some biographical details of James Kerr refer to his father's article .
1929 by-election [ ]
1929 Hutt by-election [22]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Walter Nash
5,047
40.53
-4.55
United
James Kerr[mb 1]
4,835
38.83
Reform
[mb 2]
2,570
20.64
Majority
212
1.70
-8.14
Informal votes
103
0.82
-1.31
Turnout
12,555
84.27
-6.67
Registered electors
14,898
Table footnotes:
^ For some biographical details of Kerr refer to his father's article .
^ For some biographical details of Johnston refer to his father's article .
1928 election [ ]
1928 general election : Hutt[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
United
Thomas Wilford
7,283
54.92
-3.21
Labour
Walter Nash
5,978
45.08
+4.10
Informal votes
288
2.13
+1.26
Majority
1,305
9.84
-7.31
Turnout
13,549
90.95
-0.9
Registered electors
14,898
1925 election [ ]
1925 general election : Hutt[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Wilford
6,080
58.13
+16.98
Labour
Walter Nash
4,286
40.98
Informal votes
92
0.87
+0.01
Majority
1,794
17.15
+8.25
Turnout
10,458
91.04
-0.17
Registered electors
11,487
1922 election [ ]
1922 general election : Hutt[25]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Wilford
3,707
41.15
-0.44
Labour
David Pritchard
2,905
32.25
+2.87
Reform
Henry Bennett
2,317
25.72
Informal votes
78
0.86
+0.04
Majority
802
8.90
-3.31
Turnout
9,007
91.21
+8.77
Registered electors
9,874
1919 election [ ]
1919 general election : Hutt[28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Wilford
3,422
41.59
-15.13
Labour
David Pritchard
2,417
29.38
Reform
2,319
28.19
Informal votes
68
0.82
-1.21
Majority
1,005
12.21
-1.24
Turnout
8,226
82.44
-0.59
Registered electors
9,983
1914 election [ ]
1914 general election : Hutt[29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Wilford
3,977
56.72
-6.39
United Labour
Albert Samuel
3,034
43.27
Informal votes
143
2.03
+0.69
Majority
943
13.45
-14.55
Turnout
7,011
83.03
+0.57
Registered electors
8,443
1911 election [ ]
1911 general election : Hutt, First ballot [30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Wilford
3,471
50.33
-11.27
Labour
Michael Reardon
1,540
22.33
Independent
John McEwan
911
13.21
Reform
Richard Shortt
881
12.77
-23.66
Informal votes
93
1.34
-0.52
Majority
1,931
28.00
+2.83
Turnout
6,896
83.60
+5.15
Registered electors
8,248
1908 election [ ]
1908 general election : Hutt, First ballot [31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Wilford
3,764
61.60
+7.08
Conservative
Richard Shortt
2,226
36.43
Informal votes
120
1.96
+1.05
Majority
1,538
25.17
+6.67
Turnout
6,110
78.45
-3.97
Registered electors
7,788
1905 election [ ]
1905 general election : Hutt[32]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Wilford
3,452
57.49
+2.97
New Liberal
George Yerex[33]
1,540
25.64
Independent
George London
957
15.93
Informal votes
55
0.91
Majority
1,912
31.84
+20.48
Turnout
6,004
82.42
+5.83
Registered electors
7,284
1902 election [ ]
1890 election [ ]
1890 general election : Hutt[35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Alfred Newman
680
42.63
Liberal
George Thomas London
502
31.47
Independent
Charles Beard Izard
413
25.89
Majority
178
11.15
Turnout
1,595
66.45
Registered electors
2,400
1858 by-election [ ]
1858 Hutt by-election [36] [37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Independent
William Fitzherbert
229
30.29
-
Independent
Alfred Renall
228
30.16
-
Independent
George Hart
153
20.24
-
Independent
Peter Cheyne
146
19.31
-
Majority
75[a]
9.92
-
Total votes
756
-
-
Table footnotes:
^ Majority is the difference between lowest winning poll (Renall: 228) and highest losing poll (Hart: 153)
1856 by-election [ ]
1856 Hutt by-election [38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Independent
Samuel Revans
96
80.0
Independent
George Hart
24
20.0
Turnout
120
Majority
72
Notes [ ]
^ "THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NEW ZEALAND" . Otago Witness (340). 5 June 1858. p. 4. Retrieved 30 April 2010 .
^ "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" . Otago Witness (340). 5 June 1858. p. 5. Retrieved 30 April 2010 .
^ "Wellington" . Hawke's Bay Herald . 1 (48). 21 August 1858. p. 3. Retrieved 3 July 2010 .
^ Jump up to: a b Hamer, David (22 June 2007). "Fitzherbert, William 1810 - 1891" . Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 1 July 2010 .
^ "The Hutt Election" . The Evening Post . XII (154). 30 December 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 2 July 2010 .
^ Jump up to: a b "The Hutt Election" . The Evening Post . XVIII (3). 3 July 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 2 July 2010 .
^ Jump up to: a b "The new Parliament" . Clutha Leader . VI (310). 12 September 1879. p. 5. Retrieved 30 June 2010 .
^ "The Hutt Election" . The Evening Post . XVIII (62). 10 September 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 2 July 2010 .
^ "The General Election, 1949" . National Library . 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014 .
^ "The General Election, 1946" . National Library . 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014 .
^
"The General Election, 1943" . National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014 .
^ "Results from all Electorates" . Evening Post . CXXXVI (76). 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014 .
^ "City Nominations" . Evening Post . CXXXVI (61). 9 September 1943. p. 9. Retrieved 28 March 2014 .
^ Calderwood, David (2010). Not a Fair Go: A History and Analysis of Social Credit’s Struggle for Success in New Zealand’s Electoral System (PDF) (M.A. Political Science thesis). University of Waikato . p. 28. Retrieved 18 April 2015 .
^ "The General Election, 1938" . National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012 .
^ The General Election, 1935 . Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 2 November 2014 .
^ The General Election, 1931 . Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014 .
^ "The Hutt Seat" . The Evening Post . CXII (108). 3 November 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 18 November 2014 .
^ The General Election, 1928 . Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014 .
^ The General Election, 1925 . Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014 .
^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book . Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013 .
^ 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 .
^ "The General Election, 1908" . National Library . 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012 .
^ The General Election, 1905 . p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015 .
^ "The New Liberal Party in Wellington" . Otago Daily Times . 17 October 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 30 December 2016 .
^ The General Election, 1902 . National Library . 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014 .
^ "The General Election, 1890" . National Library . 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012 .
^ "Country Districts Election" . The Wellington Independent . X (1310). 4 August 1858. p. 3. Retrieved 18 December 2016 .
^ "Memorial of Merchants, Tradesmen, and Others" . Lyttelton Times . VI (427). 6 December 1856. p. 3. Retrieved 18 December 2016 .
^ "Memorial of Merchants, Tradesmen, and Others" . Lyttelton Times . VI (427). 6 December 1856. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2013 .
References [ ]
McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand . Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8 .
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103 .
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