Sydenham (New Zealand electorate)

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Sydenham was a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, from 1946 to 1996.

Contents 1 Population Centres 2 History 3 Election results 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Population Centres

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This suburban electorate is in the southern suburbs of Christchurch.

[edit] History

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The electorate existed from 1881 to 1890 and then from the 1946 election to the 1996 election, the first MMP election. It was replaced by the Wigram electorate. Sydenham was always held by Labour.

[edit] Election results

	Election	Winner
	1946 election	Mabel Howard (Labour)
	1949 election
	1951 election
	1954 election
	1957 election
	1960 election
	1963 election
	1966 election
	1969 election	Norman Kirk (Labour)
	1972 election
	1974 by-election	John Kirk (Labour)
	1975 election
	1978 election
	1981 election
	1984 election	Jim Anderton1 (Labour)
	1987 election
	1990 election	Jim Anderton (New Labour)
	1993 election	Jim Anderton (Alliance)

¹ Jim Anderton defected to New Labour in 1989.

[edit] References

[edit] External links