DISTRICTS AND VOTERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17275, 26 September 1919, Page 9

DISTRICTS AND VOTERS.

THE NEW REPRESENTATION.

NORTH GAINS THREE SEATS.

NUMBERS ON MAIN ROLLS.

The revision of electoral boundaries made j by the Representation Commissioners after the 1916 census will become effective at tiie nest elections. As a result of the greater increase in the European population, of the North, three new districts have been constituted in the North Island, and the new Parliament will comprise 45 representatives of the North Island and 31 representatives of the South Island. The three southern constituencies which have been extinguished are Selwyn, Grey, and Otago Central, while the new electorates in the; North Island are Roskill, Rotorua, and Manawatu.

There has been a general revision of electoral boundaries and the following table shows how the new main rolls for the various electorates compare with the rolls used for the Licensing Poll last April — North Island. April Roll. New Roll. Bay of Islands.. .. 6,728 6,362 i! a-rscten . . .. .. 'i ,228 7 ,222 Kaipara .. .. .. tj.U'/.J 6.41)3 iVaiix-ma'a .. .. i 0.711 9,744 1 £>aen 1ti,204 7,684 Koakill mew) . . , . — 10-668 Crey Lynn .. .. 10,153 9,143 Auckland West.. .. 10,609 10,779 Auckland Central .. 8,738 11,973 Auckland East.. .. 9.085 10,563 I'arnell 12,567 11,013 ManiLk.au .. .. 12,045 8,679 Franklin .. .. 8,411 6,994 Thames 6,473 6,539 Ohinemuri ~ .. 5.735 6,386 tiagian 8,770 6,588 Waik-ato 9,773 8,121 Ta.ura.nga .. .. 9,671 8,030 Kotorua mew) .. .. — 6,653 £Uy oi l'lenty .. 9,303 7,788 Gisborne .. .. 10,762 9,581 Hawke's Bay .. .. 10,819 9,687 .Napier .. .. 9,758 9,413 Waipawa .. .. 6.797 6,803 I'ahia.tua .. .. 5,783 7,002 Masterton .. .. 7,336 7,456 Wairarapa .. .. 7,332 6,430 Wellington East .. 10,122 9,992 Wellington Central .. 9,061 8,442 Wellington North .. 10.354 9,560 Wellington South .. 9,375 8.746 Wellington Suburbs .. 8.884 9,453 Hutt 9,296 8.891 JJtfki 6.340 4.681 1 alraerston . .. 10,064 9,581 Manawatu (new) .. — 5 990 g roua ,., : 6,511 6*924 Rangitikei .. ~ 6,673 7,482 Wanganui .. .. 10,767 9 262 [, at «a 8.466 7,545 turnout. 6.074 6,283 raranaki 8.286 7,950 Stratford.. .. .. 5,516 6,239 I aumaruniu ) .. .. 10,752 ) — ) Waitomo ) .. .. _ ) 7359 ) Wairnanno .. .. 7,119 , 6274. Totals .. .. 367.724 364,548 South Island. v. , April Roll. New Roll. 1801 ! 7.452 7,676 Mo.ueka .. 6 , 6 7 2 go^ grey (abolished) .. 6.762 _ Sf 11 ?'' , .. 5,386 7,156 Westland .. " 5,844 7 934 11 ". 7,267 7.548 gnrunui 6.133 6,812 Kaaapoi 6 454 7 307 Christchurch North .. 11,'038 10*435 Christchurch South .. 8.814 10,113 Christchurch East .. 8.294 9 767 r7™„w 9 - 908 M 65 Riccarton : ■■ 9 , 041 m om or,-, Selwyn (abolished) .'. 6681 ' _ i' l !,™ •• -• 6*528 B.llß* .. .. 6,903 f'ijg ,£«muka 6.556 7*519 "imam . . 0 .tot ,i? Waii.t; •• =.«>' 9.461 Oa'an S' 346 6 - 821 Duaedin North . ' 9404 ,2'tlf Dunedin West .. 9 786 in'm Dnnedm Central .. 947? j°'°*> C h b , af m e'rs SOUth " "kg *$* Chalmers 7 ■*£ 1 i'i-rS. Otago Central tabol.)'.; s'tll 6 '' oß VV akatipu ~ 5 ; 277 fi R — Bruce c To! 0,838 Clutha " '• ■• ti-l 6,83 Mataura . " " H™ «|?0 I tent-- 1 ;; $™ 6.189 Awarua •• JM>9l If A Totals .. ■• 252.849 o^^ The numbers on the new rolls vary considerably, though with the issue of the •supplementary rolls he inequalities may to some extent be modified. The numbers S3 ° m i 973 fOT AuCkland Cerllral - to 4681 for Otaki. Eden headed the list at v„li 1CeSP0!1 "t a «*«W& mi! it now only musters 7684 Mamikau hz« fallen rom 12,045 «2« Boundary Alterations. The new electorate of Roskill is practia nte n rM mS1 ° n ,?' the Eden *SE*. fd" Urey d L^n. Small porfc,ons of Pa ™ Waitemata surrenders Rrigham's Creek Hobsonville Henderson, Swanson, Taupaki Srt of^v er H , t0 den and part of Silverdale, Wamera and Whanga paroa to kaipara, receiving part of Rivfr head, Kumeu and Huapai from Kaipa^ Maradcwi parte with the suburbs of Remuera and Epsom to Parnell, but takes over the tract of country at the northern end of Franklin comprising Otahnhu Papatoetoe. et<x and the anomaly S« TK> i T V de of the Greafc soath rS at. Otahuhu being ,n Manutau and the other side in Franklin Franklin is extended in a southerly fe*° » » to include Buckland! Tuakau and Whangarata, now in Raglan Ihe latter also loses Pokeno, Mercer, and Th J ™ d # nC s\^ are transferred to Thames. The district however gains new territory by the inclusion of a little of Waikato, together with a northern portion of the existing Taumarunui electorate and not western L coast, area around Sawhia, now m Waikato. ivawnia,

The Rotorna Electorate. • The town of Roterua, which after being in the a /^, ng Electorate was ceded to the Bay of Plenty at the 1908 election and fi i" e i! : cars , lat «r rerted to Tauranga. is established as the headquarters of the new electorate bearing its name. The district extends to the borders of Cambridge, and includes Kihikihi and Okoroire, now in VYaikato ana Tauranga respectively. To the north-east it includes Whakatine and district, and stretches south to Taupo all now in the Bav of Plenty. ' The. ( 0] title Jof , the Tanmarunui electorate is dropped and that of Waitomo substituted with material changes in boundaries. Te Kniti, which has overshadowed the town of Taumarurui for actual voting power, becomes the centre of the Waitomo electorate, which stretches °? A « "m" 11 sea roast from the mouth ot the Marikopa river, now in Raglan to a point below Waitara, now 'in Taumarumui, a line east of the Main Trunk railway forming the eastern boundary \Vaimanno is remodelled in such "geographical manner that the electorate forms the middle of the North Island. Taumarunui borough supersedes Taihape as the headquarters of the electorate, which is also extended north-west of L©*> Taupo but is deprived of its present western coast area, transferred to Rangitikei Taihape passes from Waimarino into Kangitikei. hut Marten still remains the electorate's centre. Manawatu. newly created, embraces parts of Rangitikei and Gtaki as now constituted and Foxton figures as the headquarters. •In the South Island, Selw ? electorate m absorbed by Ashburton and Ellesmere, Grey is distributed between Buller and Motueka and Otago Central is shared by Wakatipu. Waitaki, Bruce and Ciutha On the evidence of the main rolls the Representation Commissioners' distribution of 45 members to the North Island and 31 to the South Island proves a most equitable arrangement, Th e North Island total averages 8104 voters per member, and the South Island 8089 voters per member. r