In the 1892 electoral redistribution, population shift to the North Island required the transfer of one seat from the South Island to the north.
[1] Pareora existed from 1893 to 1896, when it temporarily replaced the Geraldine electorate.
The electorate was represented by one Member of Parliament, Frederick Flatman for that period.
[2] He defeated the former Geraldine MP Arthur Rhodes for the electorate in the 28 November 1893 general election by 1594 to 1377 votes.
[3] Flatman served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1896 and successfully contested the Geraldine electorate in that subsequent election.