Dunedin Suburbs is a former parliamentary

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in the city of

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, New Zealand from to 1893. The electorate was represented by one Member of Parliament, William Dawson, representing the

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Population centres

In December 1887, the

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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 Dunedin Suburbs was one of four electorates to be first created for the . It covered the area north, west and south of the electorate, including

North East Valley North East Valley (sometimes spelled Northeast Valley, and often abbreviated to NEV) is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. Geography North East Valley sits in the valley of the Lindsay Creek, a tributary of the Water of Leith and o ...

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, and

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. Dunedin Suburbs incorporated the vast majority of the former electorate. In the 1892 electoral redistribution, the Dunedin Suburbs electorate was abolished again. Its southern area mostly went to the City of Dunedin electorate, and some areas went to the electorate. Northern and eastern areas were taken into the new electorate, and small areas went to the new electorate.

History

The 1890 election was contested by William Dawson,

Archibald Hilson Ross Archibald Hilson Ross (1821 – (9 December 1900) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Otago region of New Zealand, and Mayor of Dunedin The mayor of Dunedin is the head of the local government, the city council of Dunedin, ...

, and Francis Wilkinson. Dawson had previously been

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(1887–1888). Ross was the incumbent from the electorate, and had been Mayor of Dunedin in 1880–1881. Dawson won the election by a large majority. At the end of the parliamentary term in 1893, the Dunedin Suburbs electorate was abolished.

Members of Parliament

Election results

1890 election

Notes

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunedin South 1890 Historical electorates of New Zealand Politics of Dunedin 1890 establishments in New Zealand 1893 disestablishments in New Zealand