Riverton (New Zealand electorate)

Riverton was a parliamentary electorate in the Southland region of New Zealand.

Population centres The electorate included the town of Riverton.

History Riverton existed from 1866 to 1881. The first representative was Donald Hankinson, who won the . Hankinson resigned on 2 April 1870, before the end of the parliamentary term.

The resulting was won by Lauchlan McGillivray, who was confirmed by the voters at the . McGillivray was defeated at the 1876 election by Dr Samuel Hodgkinson. At the next election in , Hodgkinson was in turn defeated by Patrick McCaughan. At the end of the parliamentary term in 1881, McCaughan retired and the electorate was abolished.

Election results The electorate was represented by four Members of Parliament:

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ElectionWinner Donald Hankinson rowspan=2 Lauchlan McGillivray 1876 election Samuel Hodgkinson Patrick McCaughan

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