Fifteen additional South Island electorates were created, including Ashley, and the number of Members of Parliament was increased by 13 to 70.
In the 1893 election, Ashley expanded further north, taking the town of Kaikōura from Wairau electorate, but ceded Oxford to Kaiapoi in the south.
In the 1902 election, Ashley was dissolved, being replaced with an electorate called Hurunui, covering much the same area.
[4][5] Tancred retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1870[4] and was succeeded by John Evans Brown, who won the election against two others.
[11] In the 1890 election, the electorate was contested by Richard Meredith, James Dupré Lance and John George Knight,[12] who received 648, 611 and 137 votes, respectively.