Birkenhead was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate on Auckland's North Shore from 1969 to 1996, when it was absorbed into the Northcote electorate.
[2] This suburban electorate was on the North Shore of Auckland.
Most of its original area had previously been with the Waitemata electorate.
He was the first representatives for the Birkenhead electorate when it was created for the 1969 election.
[7] King was defeated in the 1975 election by Jim McLay of the National Party.