Hawera was a parliamentary electorate in the South Taranaki District of New Zealand from 1896 to 1908.
[2] Settlements in the original Hawera electorate were the towns of Hāwera, Manaia, and Eltham.
As an independent conservative, he had previously represented the Egmont electorate since a 1891 by-election after the resignation of Harry Atkinson.
[9] Major stood in the Patea electorate, but was defeated by the conservative politician George Pearce.
[10] The Hawera electorate was represented by two Members of Parliament:[9] Key Conservative Liberal