Onehunga (New Zealand electorate)

In the 1860 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of representatives by 12, reflecting the immense population growth since the original electorates were established in 1853.

[1] The 1931 New Zealand census had been cancelled due to the Great Depression, so the 1937 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth into account.

[2] The electorate was urban, and comprised a number of suburbs in the southern part of Auckland.

[3] For the whole period the seat was held by George O'Rorke,[4] who became Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1879.

With the introduction of MMP in 1996, Onehunga and Panmure were combined into the new electorate of Maungakiekie.