Wellington East (New Zealand electorate)
Introduction '''Wellington East''' was a parliamentary electorate in the eastern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand from 1887 to 1890 and from 1905 to 1946.It was succeeded by the Miramar electorate. The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament.
Population centres In the 1887 electoral redistribution, although the Representation Commission was required through the Representation Act 1887 to maintain existing electorates "as far as possible", rapid population growth in the North Island required the transfer of three seats from the South Island to the north. Ten new electorates were created, including Wellington East, and one former electorate was recreated.The initial electorate was located east of the suburb of Te Aro and included the suburb of Mount Victoria. The polling booth for the  was located at the Lyceum Hall in Tory Street.In December 1887, the House of Representatives voted to reduce its membership from general electorates from 91 to 70.The 1890 electoral redistribution used the same 1886 census data used for the 1887 electoral redistribution. In addition, three-member electorates were introduced in the four main centres. This resulted in a major restructuring of electorates, and Wellington East became part of the  electorate.Through the City Single Electorates Act, 1903, the three-member electorates of the four main centres were split again, and this became effective at the end of the 15th Parliament and was thus used for the . The City of Wellington electorate was split into the Wellington East, , and  electorates.
History ===Members of Parliament===The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament:'''Key'''ElectionWinner   George Fisher   John Aitken   David McLaren  Alfred Newman     Alec Monteith   Thomas Forsyth Bob Semple
Election results ===1943 election===         ===1938 election===      ===1935 election===          ===1931 election===      ===1928 election===       ===1925 election===     ===1922 election===       ===1919 election===       ===1914 election===      ===1911 election===      '''Second ballot result     ===1908 election===      '''Second ballot result      ===1905 election===
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