Dunstan (New Zealand electorate) explained

Dunstan was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1871 to 1890.

History

The Dunstan electorate was created in 1871 for the 5th Parliament. The first elected representative was Thomas Luther Shepherd, who won the 1871 general election. He retired at the end of the term in December 1875. Vincent Pyke succeeded him in 1876 and held the electorate until its abolition in 1890.

Members of Parliament

Dunstan was represented by two MPs:

Key

width=125 Electionwidth=175 colspan=2 Winner
1871 electionwidth=5 rowspan=1 bgcolor= Thomas Luther Shepherd
1875 electionVincent Pyke
1879 election
1881 election
1884 election
1887 election

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