[3] In 1927 the Representation Commission proposed altering the Parnell boundaries; which if confirmed would have made the electorate "dry" or no-licence, and without an authority which could issue temporary licences for the Ellerslie and Alexandra Park raceways.
John A. Lee later claimed that this adjustment cost him his Auckland East seat in the 1928 election.
[4] In 1936 Lee tried to weaken Endean's grip on Parnell (the only non-Labour seat in Auckland) with the Orakei state housing scheme, and proposed to evict the Māori marae (see Bastion Point).
[6] The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account.
[10] The electorate was represented by ten Members of Parliament:[11] Key Independent Conservative Liberal Reform United National b Rosetta Baume was one of three women in 1919 who stood at short notice when women were able to stand as candidates for election to parliament.