At the 1905 election, a new electorate of the same name was created, again by abolishing a multi-member seat called City of Auckland.
By the 1938 election, it had lost most of the central business district, and was more focused on Parnell, Newmarket, and Grafton.
The first seat called Auckland East existed before political parties.
The seat also briefly belonged to the Reform Party, which captured it in a by-election but was unable to keep it.
In 1927 the Representation Commission proposed altering the boundaries of the Parnell electorate; which if confirmed would have made the electorate "dry" or no-licence, and without an authority which could issue temporary licences for the Ellerslie and Alexandra Park raceways.