Settlements that fell into the electorate were Howick, Papatoetoe, Māngere, Manurewa, Brookby, Meremere, Miranda, and Waitakaruru.
[3] In the 1946 electoral redistribution, the Hauraki electorate moved to the north-east, losing Morrinsville, but gaining Paeroa and most of the Coromandel Peninsula, including Thames, Whitianga, and Coromandel township.
In the South Island, the shift of population to Christchurch had continued.
[8] The first representative was Arthur Hall, who died in office on 18 April 1931.
There were five candidates in 1943, with the election won by Andy Sutherland over Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson.