Wellington South is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed for two periods between 1881 and 1946. It was represented by seven Members of Parliament.
Population centres The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Wellington South, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.
The electorate was in the southern suburbs of Wellington. It was east of the and electorates, and included Miramar Peninsula. In the 1887 electoral redistribution, the electorate was abolished again and replaced for the more densely populated area, and by for the more rural parts.
History The first representative was William Hutchison, who was elected in . In the , Hutchison was defeated by George Fisher. When Wellington South was abolished in 1887, Fisher transferred to Wellington East.
It was then re-created in 1908 and abolished in 1946. It was largely replaced by the electorate, to which Robert McKeen transferred.
Election results Wellington South was represented by seven Members of Parliament.
Key
Labour (1910)
Election Winner William Hutchison George Fisher Robert Wright height=15 Alfred Hindmarsh rowspan=2 height=15 height=15 Bob Semple George Mitchell rowspan=7 Robert McKeen
Election results
1943 election
1935 election
1931 election
1928 election
1925 election
1922 election
1919 election
1918 by-election
1914 election
1911 election
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