Waikouaiti (New Zealand electorate)

Waikouaiti was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1908.

Population centres
The electorate is named after the township of Waikouaiti, which is close to the Waikouaiti River.

History
The Waikouaiti electorate was formed for the. William Murison was elected as the first representative, narrowly beating later Premier Julius Vogel; Vogel stood some weeks later in the Gold Fields electorate and was successful there. Murison resigned in 1868. The resulting was won by Robert Mitchell, who in turn resigned before the end of the term in the following year. He was succeeded by Francis Rich, who won the and served until the end of the term in 1870, when he retired.

George McLean won the and resigned again in the following year. McLean was succeeded by David Monro, who won the and resigned one year later. Monro had been a member of all previous Parliaments. Monro was succeeded by John Lillie Gillies, who won the and resigned in 1875. Gillies was succeeded by McLean, who successfully stood for re-election in the. McLean was confirmed in the general elections of 1875 and ; he retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1881.

James Green, who had previously represented, succeeded McLean in the. Green was defeated in the by John Buckland. In the, Buckland stood in and was defeated there.

James Green was re-elected in 1887 in the Waikouaiti electorate and represented it for several terms until he was defeated in the by Edmund Allen who stood for the Liberal Party. In the, Allen successfully contested the Chalmers electorate.

Thomas Mackenzie was elected in the Waikouaiti electorate in 1902 and would represent it until the electorate's abolition in 1908, when he was elected for Taieri. Mackenzie would later become Prime Minister.

Members of Parliament
Waikouaiti was represented by ten Members of Parliament:

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