In its original form, it covered the area around the town of Invercargill, which had its own electorate.
Bluff fell into Awarua, and all of Stewart Island / Rakiura.
[2] On the mainland, Awarua had taken area from Riverton (which was abolished) and from Mataura (which moved to the east and north).
Philip De La Perrelle announced his retirement due to ill health in August 1935.
[4] He died within days of the 1935 election[5] and was succeeded by James Hargest.