Those suburbs were east, south and west of the city and covered Parnell, Newmarket, Grey Lynn, and Ponsonby.
To the south and west, the boundary was with the Northern Division electorate.
[4] At the nomination meeting on 10 August 1853, Frederick Merriman and William Field Porter were proposed.
[5] The 1855 nomination meetings for the City of Auckland, Suburbs of Auckland, and Northern Division electorates were all held opposite the court house, one after the other, on 16 October.
[6] Merriman, the only incumbent to stand, topped the poll, and the other successful candidate was Walter Brodie.