Christchurch East

Christchurch East is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It is currently held by Lianne Dalziel of the Labour Party. The electorate is based on the Eastern part of the City of Christchurch. The electorate was first created, as Christchurch City East, for the 1871 election. Edward Jerningham Wakefield was elected and represented the electorate until the end of the electoral term in 1875, when Christchurch City East was abolished again, replaced by the three-member electorate City of Christchurch. Christchurch East was re-created again for the 1905 election. The first representative, Thomas Davey, held the electorate for three parliamentary terms until 1914, when he retired. Davey was an Independent sympathetic to the Liberal...