Taranaki (New Zealand electorate)

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Taranaki was a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.

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[edit] Population Centres


[edit] History

The electorate existed from 1881 to 1928, and from 1978 (replacing Stratford) to 1996. In 1996 it was combined with the adjacent King Country to form the Taranaki-King Country electorate.

[edit] Election results

Election Winner
1896 election Henry Brown (Conservative)
1899 election Edward Metcalf Smith (Liberal)
1902 election
1905 election
1907 by-election Henry Okey (Reform)
1908 election
1911 election
1914 election
1918 by-election Sydney George Smith (Liberal)
1919 election
1922 election
1925 election Charles Bellringer (Reform)
1978 election David Thomson (National)
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election Roger Maxwell (National)
1990 election
1993 election

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