[2] The original area included the settlements of Paeroa, Waihi, and Te Aroha.
Cadman retired from the Lower House for appointment to the New Zealand Legislative Council at the end of the parliamentary term in 1899.
[6] At the 1899 election, Jackson Palmer defeated Edward Moss for the Ohinemuri electorate.
[7] Palmer had previously represented the Waitemata electorate north of Auckland.
[9] Moss was an Independent Liberal who bitterly opposed Premier Richard Seddon.