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stated that he was not available to represent the electorate. The returning officer therefore declared Cutten and
Cargill elected. Cutten resigned in 1855 before the end of the term of the term of the
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46:, passed by the British government, allowed New Zealand to establish a representative government. The initial 24 New Zealand electorates were defined by Governor
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2024:
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citing business pressure; no by-election was held. John
Cargill and his father William were elected unopposed on 11 December 1855 for the
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to establish new electorates, and this was first done in 1858, when four new electorates were formed by splitting existing electorates.
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782:
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1397:
1372:
1322:
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817:
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1887:
1757:
1532:
1432:
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34:, New Zealand, from 1853 to 1860. It was a two-member electorate and was represented by a total of five members of parliament.
599:
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1282:
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76:
In the 1860 electoral redistribution, the
Dunedin Country electorate was abolished, and its area split between the Wallace,
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1142:
1097:
932:
66:
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1837:
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1657:
1537:
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1347:
1202:
1172:
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1412:
1337:
1312:
1307:
1267:
1227:
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1117:
1107:
1102:
1062:
1042:
907:
847:
827:
640:
410:
175:
154:
93:
43:
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1817:
1807:
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in March 1853. Dunedin
Country was one of the initial two-member electorates. The electorate covered the
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Only one election in the
Dunedin Country electorate was contested. At the two general elections and the
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was one of those four electorates, and it was established by splitting the
Dunedin Country electorate.
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116:. John and William resigned in 1858 and October 1859, respectively. The first vacancy was filled by
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8:
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120:, who retired from parliament at the end of this term. The second vacancy was filled by
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200:
117:
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877:
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636:
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in its entirety with the exclusion of
Dunedin, which was represented through the
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468:"Election of Members for the Country District to Serve in the General Assembly"
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electorate. The area was sparsely populated, but during its existence,
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682:(4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer.
520:"Election of Members for the House of Representatives"
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Three people were nominated for the first election in
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16:Former electorate in Otago, New Zealand
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677:
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264:1858 Dunedin Country by-election
226:(Electorate abolished 1860; see
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1878:Wellington Suburbs and Country
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10:
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560:"Dunedin Country District"
114:2nd New Zealand Parliament
110:1st New Zealand Parliament
87:
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62:was laid out in 1856.
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134:members of parliament
128:Members of Parliament
888:City of Christchurch
863:Christchurch Country
509:, pp. 191, 262.
22:was a parliamentary
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118:John Parkin Taylor
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1523:Ponsonby
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