in 1887. The was won by William Kelly, who represented the electorate until the end of the term in 1890, at which time the electorate was abolished. The electorate was recreated in 1908. William Herries was the first representative, elected at the ; he had since the represented the electorate. He became a member of the Reform Party when it formed itself in the following year. Herries represented the electorate until his death on 22 February 1923. The resulting by-election was won by Charles MacMillan, who also represented the Reform Party. MacMillan won the three subsequent general elections before he was beaten in the by Labour's Charles Burnett. At the next election held in , Burnett was beaten by National's Frederick Doidge, who held the electorate until his retirement in 1951. Doidge was succeeded by George Walsh, who won the . Walsh served for seven terms and retired in 1972. Keith Allen was the next representative, first elected in and an MP until his death shortly before the . Allen's death did not cause a by-election, as it occurred within six months of the next general election. The 1984 election was won by Winston Peters, who had previously represented the electorate. In 1990 until March 1991, Peters was Minister of Māori Affairs, but he was sacked from Cabinet by Prime Minister Jim Bolger in October 1991 after repeatedly criticising his National Party leadership. Peters remained as a National backbencher, continuing to criticise the party. In late 1992, when the National Party was considering possible candidates for the elections in the following year, it was decided that Peters would not be allowed to seek renomination for the Tauranga electorate. Peters unsuccessfully challenged this decision in the High Court, and in early 1993, he chose to resign from the party and from Parliament. This prompted a by-election in Tauranga some months before the scheduled general election. Peters stood as an independent and won with over 90% of the vote, assisted by the major parties not standing candidates against him. Shortly before the 1993 election, Peters established New Zealand First and retained the Tauranga electorate. He continued to represent Tauranga until he was defeated in the by National's Bob Clarkson. Clarkson's defeat of Winston Peters was significant, as this resulted in New Zealand First losing its only electorate seat. The party still gained parliamentary representation by polling over the five percent threshold, however.