Heathcote (New Zealand electorate)

Heathcote was a 19th-century parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Population centres

The electorate was based on the Heathcote Valley suburb.

History

Heathcote existed from 1861 to 1893.

George Williamson Hall resigned in 1862. He was succeeded by William Sefton Moorhouse in the 1862 by-election. Moorhouse himself resigned the following year and was succeeded by Alfred Cox in the 1863 by-election.

John Hall, the younger brother of George and who was later to become the 12th Premier, represented Heathcote from the 1866 election until 1872, when he resigned due to health reasons. At the 1872 by-election, John Cracroft Wilson was elected unopposed to represent the electorate.

James Fisher the represented the electorate over the next two terms, from 1876 to 1881. He was succeeded by lawyer Henry Wynn-Williams, who won the 1881 election. During the next term, beginning with the 1884 election, John Coster was the representative, until his death on 17 December 1886. The 1887 by-election was won by Frederic Jones. Jones was confirmed in the 1887 election a few months later.

The last representative for Heathcote was William Tanner, who won the 1890 election. He defeated Heaton Rhodes in his first attempt to enter Parliament.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent  

Election	Winner
1861 election		George Hall
1862 by-election		William Moorhouse
1863 by-election		Alfred Cox
1866 election		John Hall
1871 election
1872 by-election		John Wilson
1876 election		James Fisher
1879 election
1881 election		Henry Wynn-Williams
1884 election		John Coster
1887 by-election		Frederic Jones
1887 election
1890 election		William Tanner