[3] The Wakatipu electorate was formed for the 1871 election,[4] which was won by Charles Haughton, who resigned late in December of that year.
He served until the end of the parliamentary term and successfully contested the 1875 election in the Dunstan electorate.
[8] Finn was succeeded by Thomas Fergus, who served the electorate for four parliamentary terms from 1881 to 1893, when he retired.
[9] The 1893 election was won by William Fraser, who represented the electorate until his retirement in 1919, after which he was appointed to the Legislative Council.
[10] Fraser was succeeded by James Horn representing the Liberal Party from 1919 election to 1928, when the electorate was abolished.