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. Moorhouse himself resigned the following year and was succeeded by Alfred Cox in the.

John Hall, the younger brother of George and who was later to become the 12th Premier, won the against George Buckley and represented Heathcote until 1872, when he resigned for health reasons. At the, 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. During the next term, beginning with the, John Coster was the representative, until his death on 17 December 1886. The was won by Frederic Jones. Jones was confirmed in the a few months later.

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

Members of Parliament
Key

1887 by-election
The following table gives the election result: