[3] In the 1927 electoral redistribution, the electorate was not landlocked any longer for the first time, but gained the North Taranaki Bight coastline from just east of Waitara to the Mokau River, and the settlement of Mokau was thus gained.
[9] The first representative was the conservative politician John Bird Hine, who defeated Walter Symes of the Liberal Party.
[10] Symes had held the Patea electorate from 1902 election to 1908, which then included the town of Stratford.
[13] In the 1919 election, Hine was defeated by Robert Masters of the Liberal Party.
[14] The 1919 election was declared void, but Masters won the resulting 1920 by-election.