[1] For the 1887 general election, polling booths were in Papanui, Bright's Road, Spreydon and New Brighton.
[6] Creyke was succeeded by William Thomson, who was elected in the 11 June 1862 by-election and took his oath on 30 July 1862.
[11] William Rolleston represented the electorate from the resulting 1868 by-election (elected unopposed) to 1884.
[13] Rolleston did not stand in the Avon electorate in the 1884 election, but (successfully) contested Geraldine instead.
[14] Harper resigned on 3 May 1887,[14][15] and the resulting by-election was contested by Edwin Blake and William Dunlop, who received 255 and 252 votes, respectively.
In the 1908 election, he was beaten by George Warren Russell in the second ballot (the voting system in place from 1908 until 1913).
[18] In the 1911 election, four candidates contested the electorate, with Russell representing the liberal Ward Government, James McCombs standing as an Independent Liberal, J. O. Jamieson as an opposition candidate and W. R. Smith representing labour interests.
In the 1943 election, he was opposed by James Neil Clarke of the National Party, who a few years later became Deputy-Mayor of Christchurch.
[24] Mathison was succeeded by Mary Batchelor, who represented the electorate for five parliamentary terms.