The electorate covers Invercargill city and the surrounding rural area, including Stewart Island / Rakiura.

Minor but steady population decline in the Southland region has generally resulted in Invercargill expanding northwards.

William Henderson Calder succeeded Wood in the 1871 election and he resigned in March 1873.

[5] The resulting 1873 by-election was won by John Cuthbertson, who served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1875.

[8] At the 1879 election, Feldwick was defeated by James Walker Bain, who retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1881.

[15] He died on 8 July 1930,[16] which caused the 1930 by-election won by his son Vincent Ward, who retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1931.

At the end of the parliamentary term in 1935, Hargest successfully contested the Awarua electorate.

Jones retired at the end of his fourth term in August 1987 and died shortly thereafter on 19 November.

Munro served two parliamentary terms before being beaten by Labour's Mark Peck in the 1993 election.

Peck retired after four parliamentary terms in 2005 and was succeeded by National's Eric Roy in the 2005 election.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.