Dunedin South
It stretched out westwards to take in towns on the Taieri Plains such as Mosgiel, Green Island and Fairfield.
[3] During the nine years of its first existence, the electorate was represented by two MPs, Henry Fish (1881–1884 and 1887–1890)[4] and James Gore (1884–1887).
[3] The first representative was James Arnold, who was an independent liberal and who served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1908, when he successfully contested Dunedin Central.
Jones held the electorate until 1946, when it was abolished, and successfully stood in St Kilda that year.
[9] The electorate was re-established for the 1996 election and won by Michael Cullen, who later became Finance minister.
At the next election in 1999, Cullen stood as a list candidate only and was succeeded by David Benson-Pope as the electorate MP.
After three parliamentary terms, Benson-Pope was not selected by the Labour Party as their candidate, but Clare Curran was chosen instead.
However the predecessor seat of St Kilda was represented by Jim Barnes of the National Party between 1951 and 1957.
[13] In mid April 2020, it was announced that Dunedin South would be reconstituted as the Taieri electorate.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
