Inangahua is a former parliamentary electorate in the Buller District, which is part of the West Coast region of New Zealand, from 1881 to 1896.
[2] In the 1887 electoral redistribution, the electorate expanded to the north and the west, gained access to the coast, and gained the townships of Inangahua, Owen River (a settlement during the gold rush), and Murchison.
[3] Inangahua was represented by six Members of Parliament:[4] Thomas S. Weston from 1881 to 1883 (resigned),[5] Edward Shaw from 1883 to 1884 (retired),[6] Andrew Agnew Stuart Menteath from 1884 to 1887 (elected for Te Aro electorate).
He was challenged in the 1890 election by John Drake, a representative of Labour Unionists.
Stout successfully stood in the City of Wellington electorate in the 1893 election.