Fendalton is an expensive suburb, and was always represented by the National Party.
The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account.
[1] To the west of the Main North Line, its area came from the Riccarton electorate.
In the southwest, large areas were transferred to the Riccarton electorate.
[4] In the 1962 electoral redistribution, some boundary adjustments were carried out in the Papanui area.
The Fendalton electorate was represented by five Members of Parliament:[15] Key National