[1] The electorate was based in the town of Patea, which used to have freezing-works for the preparation of meat for export until 1982.
[3] Frederick Haselden won the 1 August 1901 by-election, but the seat was declared vacant[4] in the following year.
[8] Edwin Dixon won the 1921 by-election and held the electorate for the remainder of the term until 1922.
[9] James Randall Corrigan succeeded Dixon in 1922 and he held the electorate for one term until 1925.
On 14 May of that year, he promptly resigned his seat and won it back in the 31 July 1954 by-election as an Independent, but subsequently did not stand in the 1954 general election.