Marsden was a former parliamentary electorate, in the Whangarei District and in the Northland Region of New Zealand, which existed from 1858 to 1972.
[4] Francis Hull was elected to the 4th Parliament, resigned in 1869 and was succeeded by Munro in the February by-election.
He was pro-freehold (land), and was opposed to Liberal policies such as labour legislation and old age pensions.
[7] Alfred Murdoch unsuccessfully contested the Marsden electorate in the 1919 election as an independent Liberal against the incumbent from the Reform Party, Francis Mander.
[12] In 1943, Murdoch, now standing for the National Party, defeated Barclay and won the electorate back, and held it until he retired in 1954.