Gladstone was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1890.
[8] John Studholme won the resulting January 1879 by-election unopposed, and was confirmed at the 1879 general election.
[9] The 1887 election was contested by Arthur Rhodes, Jeremiah Twomey and F Franks.
[11] Rhodes served until the end of the term in 1890,[12] when the electorate was abolished.
[12] Gladstone was represented by six Members of Parliament:[13] Key Independent