Thorndon is a former parliamentary electorate in the city of Wellington, New Zealand, from 1881 to 1890.
[2] William Levin[4] won the 1881 election against Thomas Dwan[5] by 772 votes to 228.
He resigned before the end of the parliamentary term 21 March 1884 due to ill health.
[8] At the election on 14 May 1884, Newman, Bunny and Dwan received 636, 379 and 121 votes, respectively.
[10] At the 1887 election, Newman beat William McLean by 873 to 425 votes.