# Wakatipu (New Zealand electorate)

Wakatipu was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1871 to 1928.

## Population centres

The electorate was located in Otago and centred on Lake Wakatipu and Queenstown. Wānaka was always covered by the electorate. When the electorate was formed, it replaced the Hampden electorate (which did not, in the end, extend all the way to the east coast and thus did not include the township of Hampden itself). Through the 1927 electoral redistribution, the Wakatipu electorate was replaced by the Central Otago electorate (later renamed Otago Central).

## History

The Wakatipu electorate was formed for the 1871 election, which was won by Charles Haughton, who resigned late in December of that year. The resulting 1872 by-election was won by Bendix Hallenstein, who resigned again in 1873. Vincent Pyke won the 1873 by-election. He served until the end of the parliamentary term and successfully contested the 1875 election in the Dunstan electorate.
Pyke was succeeded by Henry Manders in the 1876 election. At the next election in 1879, Manders was defeated by Hugh Finn, who in turn retired in 1881.
Finn was succeeded by Thomas Fergus, who served the electorate for four parliamentary terms from 1881 to 1893, when he retired. The 1893 election was won by William Fraser, who represented the electorate until his retirement in 1919, after which he was appointed to the Legislative Council. Fraser joined the Reform Party when it formed in 1909.
Fraser was succeeded by James Horn representing the Liberal Party from 1919 election to 1928, when the electorate was abolished.

### Members of Parliament

Key
Independent  Conservative  Reform  Liberal
| Election | Winner |
| 1871 election | Charles Haughton |
| 1872 by-election | Bendix Hallenstein |
| 1873 by-election | Vincent Pyke |
| 1876 election | Henry Manders |
| 1879 election | Hugh Finn |
| 1881 election | Thomas Fergus |
| 1884 election | Thomas Fergus |
| 1887 election | Thomas Fergus |
| 1890 election | Thomas Fergus |
| 1893 election | William Fraser |
| 1896 election | William Fraser |
| 1899 election | William Fraser |
| 1902 election | William Fraser |
| 1905 election | William Fraser |
| 1908 election | William Fraser |
| 1911 election | William Fraser |
| 1914 election | William Fraser |
| 1919 election | James Horn |
| 1922 election | James Horn |
| 1925 election | James Horn |
| (Electorate abolished 1928; see Central Otago) |||

## Election results
### 1899 election

1899 general election: Wakatipu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Fraser | 1,895 | 52.33 |
| | Liberal | James Kelly | 1,726 | 47.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | 4.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,621 | 75.99 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,765 | |
Table footnotes:
* ↑ Not to be confused with James Whyte Kelly, who was defeated in the 1899 election in the Invercargill electorate

### 1873 by-election

1873 Wakatipu by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Vincent Pyke | 226 | 38.18 |
| | Independent | Henry Manders | 192 | 32.43 |
| | Independent | Alexander Innes | 174 | 29.39 |
| | Independent | George Elliott Barton | 101 | 17.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 5.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 196 | |

### 1872 by-election

1872 Wakatipu by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Bendix Hallenstein | 432 | 63.53 |
| | Independent | James Macassey | 220 | 22.35 |
| | Independent | J. Miller | 28 | 4.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 537 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 151 | 28.12 |