Its boundary was a straight line running due south "from the Conical Rocks midway between the eastern headland of Port Albert, and the western headland of Pigeon Bay, due south across Banks' Peninsula, meeting the sea at the western headland of Island Bay.
"[1] Its only neighbour was the large, rural electorate of Christchurch Country, which covered most of Canterbury and the West Coast.
In subsequent years, the electorate's boundaries shifted slightly,[2] retreating on the Peninsula's northern coast and expanding on its southern coast (gaining the Kaitorete Spit, between Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora and the sea).
Lyttelton's incumbent, John Joyce contested the election against McGregor and William Barnett.
Joyce defeated McGregor by 750 to 647 votes, with Barnett coming a distant third.