[1] James Benn Bradshaw was the first representative; he retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1875.
[2] Bradshaw was succeeded by Horace Bastings, who was elected on 14 January 1876 and who retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1879.
[1] Bastings stood in the Dunedin Central electorate in the 1881 election and was defeated.
[3] The Waikaia electorate was re-established for the 1887 election,[1] which was won by Hugh Valentine.
[1] Valentine contested the Tuapeka electorate in the 1890 election and was successful.