Grey and Bell was a
Taranaki
Taranaki is a regions of New Zealand, region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano Mount Taranaki, Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Egmont.
The main centre is the ...
electorate in the
New Zealand Parliament
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from 1853 to 1881.
Population centres
The electorate covered the northern, rural part of the
Taranaki Province
The Taranaki Province was a Provinces of New Zealand, province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. Initially known as New Plymouth Province, the province was renamed on 1 January 1859 as the Taranaki Pro ...
. The localities of
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Places
Australia
*Inglewood, Queensland
* Shire of Inglewood, Queensland, a former local government area
*Inglewood, South Australia
*Inglewood, Victoria
*Inglewood, Western Australia
Canada
* Inglewood, Ontario
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and
Waitara fell within Grey and Bell.
History
Thomas King resigned in 1855, but the seat was not filled before the next general election through a by-election. Brown resigned on 16 August 1856 to (unsuccessfully) contest the Taranaki
superintendency. He was again elected in 1858 and resigned in 1860, when his militia service required his full attention.
In between Brown's terms, Lewthwaite represented the electorate, who resigned in 1858.
Thomas King and William Cutfield King contested the 1860 election. The latter won the contest, but was killed in the
New Zealand Wars
The New Zealand Wars () took place from 1845 to 1872 between the Colony of New Zealand, New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori people, Māori on one side, and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. Though the wars were initi ...
before he could take up the seat.
Robert Trimble
Robert Trimble (November 17, 1776 – August 25, 1828) was a lawyer and jurist who served as Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, as United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Dist ...
won the 1879 election.
Members of Parliament
The following Members of Parliament represented Grey and Bell:
Key
Election results
1858 by-election
1856 by-election
References
{{Historic electorates of New Zealand , state=collapsed
Historical electorates of New Zealand
Politics of Taranaki
1853 establishments in New Zealand
1881 disestablishments in New Zealand