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'''Masterton''' was a New Zealand electorate from 1887 to 1946, focused on the town of Masterton and the surrounding area.

==Population centres==
In the 1887 electoral redistribution, although the Representation Commission was required through the Representation Act 1887 to maintain existing electorates "as far as possible", rapid population growth in the North Island required the transfer of three seats from the South Island to the north. Ten new electorates were created, including Masterton, and one former electorate was recreated.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=50–53}}

The Masterton electorate's boundaries were roughly based on those of the [[Earth:Wairarapa North|Wairarapa North electorate]] that it replaced, although it was not an exact match. The electorate ran from the Tararua Ranges down to the sea, with its northern boundary just north of Eketahuna and its southern boundary just south of the largest [[Earth:Wairarapa|Wairarapa]] town of Masterton.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=46, 50}}

The 1890 election saw the electorate gain Pahiatua and Woodville, but lose territory on the coast south of Castlepoint. At the 1893 elections, it lost Woodville, and in the 1896 election, it lost Pahiatua. In the 1911 election, it lost Castlepoint, leaving it almost landlocked.

==History==
The electorate of Masterton was created for the 1887 general election. It was represented by five Members of Parliament.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=160}}

The electorate was abolished in 1946;{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=160}} the town of Masterton itself was moved to the [[Earth:Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate)|Wairarapa electorate]], while the rest was moved to the Pahiatua electorate.

===Election results===
'''Key'''

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!width=100| Election
!width=175 colspan=2| Winner
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|width=5 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}|
| George Beetham
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|rowspan=7 bgcolor={{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}|
|rowspan=7| Alexander Hogg 
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}|
|rowspan=7| George Sykes 
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|bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}|
|-
|rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}|
|-
|-
|-
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}|
|rowspan=2| John Robertson 
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|-
|bgcolor={{party color|New Zealand National Party}}|
| Garnet Mackley
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|colspan=3 align=center|<small>(Electorate abolished in 1946; see {{NZ electorate link|Wairarapa}})</small>
|}

==Election results==

===1943 election===
{{Election box begin | title=1943 general election: Masterton<ref>
 {{cite web |title = The General Election, 1943 |url = https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1944-I.2.2.5.37 |publisher = National Library |access-date = 28 March 2014 |page = 11 |year = 1944}}</ref>
}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |party      = New Zealand National Party
   |candidate  = Garnet Mackley
   |votes      = 5,061
   |percentage = 47.88
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
   |candidate  = John Robertson
   |votes      = 4,567
   |percentage = 43.21
   |change     = -7.28
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)
   |candidate  = Donald Alexander Thompson
   |votes      = 581
   |percentage = 5.49
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Independent politician
   |candidate  = Justin McCarthy Power
   |votes      = 285
   |percentage = 2.69
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box informal
   |votes      = 75
   |percentage = 0.70
   |change     = -0.08
 }}
 {{Election box majority
   |votes      = 494
   |percentage = 4.67
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box turnout
   |votes      = 10,569
   |percentage = 91.94
   |change     = -2.39
 }}
 {{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 11,495
 }}
{{Election box end}}

===1938 election===
{{Election box begin | title=1938 general election: Masterton<ref>{{cite web |title = The General Election, 1938 |url = https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1939-I.2.3.2.36 |publisher = National Library |access-date = 8 February 2012 |pages = 1–6 |year = 1939}}</ref>
}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
   |candidate  = John Robertson
   |votes      = 5,385
   |percentage = 50.49
   |change     = +13.03
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = New Zealand National Party
   |candidate  = Jack Irving<!-- Q27830754 -->
   |votes      = 5,195
   |percentage = 48.71
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box informal
   |votes      = 84
   |percentage = 0.78
   |change     = +0.48
 }}
 {{Election box majority
   |votes      = 190
   |percentage = 1.78
   |change     = -1.66
 }}
 {{Election box turnout
   |votes      = 10,664
   |percentage = 94.33
   |change     = +1.66
 }}
 {{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 11,304
 }}
{{Election box end}}

===1935 election===
{{Election box begin | title=1935 general election: Masterton<ref name="1935 election">{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1935 |year=1936 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1936-I.2.3.2.33&srpos=167 |access-date=2 November 2014}}</ref>
}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
   |candidate  = John Robertson
   |votes      = 3,532
   |percentage = 37.46
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Reform Party (New Zealand)
   |candidate  = George Sykes
   |votes      = 3,207
   |percentage = 34.01
   |change     = -23.29
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = New Zealand Democrat Party (1934)
   |candidate  = Thomas Hislop
   |votes      = 2,688
   |percentage = 28.51
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box informal
   |votes      = 29
   |percentage = 0.30
   |change     = -0.37
 }}
 {{Election box majority
   |votes      = 325
   |percentage = 3.44
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box turnout
   |votes      = 9,427
   |percentage = 92.67
   |change     = +7.88
 }}
 {{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 10,172
 }}
{{Election box end}}

===1931 election===
{{Election box begin | title=1931 general election: Masterton<ref name="1931 election">{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1931 |year=1932 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1932-I-II.2.3.2.31 |page=3 |access-date=2 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Notice of nominations received and polling places appointed |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19311121.2.20.3 |access-date=18 February 2020 |work=Wairarapa Daily Times |date=21 November 1931 |page=4}}</ref>
}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |party      = Reform Party (New Zealand)
   |candidate  = George Sykes
   |votes      = 4,660
   |percentage = 57.30
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
   |candidate  = Peter Butler
   |votes      = 2,709
   |percentage = 33.31
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Independent politician
   |candidate  = Arthur Henry Vile
   |votes      = 764
   |percentage = 9.39
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box informal
   |votes      = 55
   |percentage = 0.67
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box majority
   |votes      = 1,951
   |percentage = 23.99
   |change     = 
 }}
{{Election box turnout
   |votes      = 8,188
   |percentage = 84.79
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 9,657
 }}
{{Election box end}}

===1928 election===

{{Election box begin | title=1928 general election: Masterton<ref name="1928 election">{{cite book |last=Skinner | first=W. A. G. |title=The General Election, 1928 |year=1929 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1929-I.2.3.2.37 |page=3 |access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Notice of nominations received and polling places appointed |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19281030.2.17.5 |access-date=18 February 2020 | page=4 |work=Wairarapa Daily Times |date=30 October 1928}}</ref>
}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |party      = Reform Party (New Zealand)
   |candidate  = George Sykes
   |votes      = 4,207
   |percentage = 48.62
   |change     = -6.63
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = United Party (New Zealand)
   |candidate  = William Thompson
   |votes      = 2,969
   |percentage = 34.31
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
   |candidate  = Ben Roberts
   |votes      = 1,477
   |percentage = 17.07
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box informal
   |votes      = 72
   |percentage = 0.83
   |change     = -0.23
 }}
 {{Election box majority
   |votes      = 1,238
   |percentage = 14.31
   |change     = +2.75
 }}
{{Election box turnout
   |votes      = 8,725
   |percentage = 89.92
   |change     = -1.90
 }}
 {{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 9,703
 }}
{{Election box end}}

===1925 election===
{{Election box begin | title=1925 general election: Masterton<ref>{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1925 |year=1926 |publisher=Government Printer |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1926-I.2.2.6.39 |page=2 |accessdate=20 November 2014}}</ref>
}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |party      = Reform Party (New Zealand)
   |candidate  = George Sykes
   |votes      = 4,403
   |percentage = 55.25
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = New Zealand Liberal Party
   |candidate  = Jack Andrews
   |votes      = 3,481
   |percentage = 43.68
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box informal
   |votes      = 85
   |percentage = 1.06
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box majority
   |votes      = 922
   |percentage = 11.56
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box turnout
   |votes      = 7,969
   |percentage = 91.82
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 8,678
 }}
{{Election box end}}

===1899 election===

{{Election box begin | title=1899 general election: Masterton<ref>{{cite web |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1900-I.2.3.2.54 |title=The General Election, 1899 |date=19 June 1900 |publisher=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives |page=1 |access-date=12 February 2014 |location=Wellington}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Masterton Electorate |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WDT18991204.2.24.3 |access-date=15 February 2014 |work=Wairarapa Daily Times |date=4 December 1899 |volume=XVI |issue=6410 |page=3}}</ref>
}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = New Zealand Liberal Party
   |candidate  = Alexander Hogg
   |votes      = 2,591
   |percentage = 64.92
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = Conservative (New Zealand)
   |candidate  = Charles Edwin Cockburn-Hood
   |votes      = 1,400
   |percentage = 35.08
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box majority|
   |votes      = 1,191
   |percentage = 29.84
   |change     = 
 }}<!-- 
 {{Election box informal
   |votes      = 
   |percentage = 
   |change     = 
 }} -->
{{Election box turnout|
   |votes      = 3,991
   |percentage = 77.17
   |change     = 
 }}
{{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 5,172
 }}
{{Election box end}}

===1893 election===

{{Election box begin | title=1893 general election: Masterton<ref name="1893 election">{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1893 |year=1894 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1894-I.2.3.2.21 |access-date=19 November 2013 |page=1}}</ref><ref name="1893 affiliation">{{cite news |title=The General Election |date=28 November 1893 |work=Otago Daily Times |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18931128.2.55 |access-date=28 November 2013 |page=6}}</ref>}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = New Zealand Liberal Party
   |candidate  = Alexander Hogg
   |votes      = 2,282
   |percentage = 60.63
   |change     = +9.80
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = Conservative (New Zealand)
   |candidate  = Joseph Harkness
   |votes      = 1,054
   |percentage = 28.00
   |change     =
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = New Zealand Liberal Party
   |candidate  = William Wilson McCardle
   |votes      = 428
   |percentage = 11.37
   |change     =
 }}
{{Election box majority|
   |votes      = 1,228
   |percentage = 32.62
   |change     = +31.78
 }}
{{Election box turnout|
   |votes      = 3,764
   |percentage = 69.59
   |change     = +9.88
 }}
{{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 5,409
 }}
{{Election box end}}

===1890 election===
{{Election box begin | title=1890 general election: Masterton<ref name="General Election, 1890">{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1890 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1891-I.2.1.6.2 |publisher=National Library |access-date=25 February 2012 |year=1891}}</ref>
}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |party      = New Zealand Liberal Party
   |candidate  = Alexander Hogg
   |votes      = 1,069
   |percentage = 50.43
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Conservative (New Zealand)
   |candidate  = George Beetham
   |votes      = 1,051
   |percentage = 49.57
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box majority
   |votes      = 18
   |percentage = 0.84
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box turnout
   |votes      = 2,120
   |percentage = 49.71
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 4,264
 }}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*{{cite book  |title=Electoral Atlas of New Zealand |last=McRobie |first=Alan |year=1989 |publisher=GP Books |location=Wellington |isbn=0-477-01384-8}}
*{{cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy Hardy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record |edition=2nd |orig-year=First published in 1913 |year= 1925 |publisher=Govt. Printer |location= Wellington}}
*{{cite book | last = Scholefield | first= Guy | title = New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 | edition = 3rd | origyear=First published in 1913 | year = 1950 |publisher = Govt. Printer |location = Wellington}}
*{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}


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