Dunstan was a former parliamentary electorate

New Zealand electorates

An electorate is a voting district for elections to the Parliament of New Zealand. In informal discussion, electorates are often called seats. The most formal description, electoral district, is rarely seen outside of electoral legislation. Before 1996, all Members of Parliament were directly...

 in the Otago

Otago

Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...

 region of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, from 1871 to 1890.

History

The Dunstan electorate was created in 1871 for the 5th Parliament

5th New Zealand Parliament

The 5th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 68 European electorates between 14 January and 23 February 1871. Elections in the four Māori electorates were held on 1 and 15 January 1871. A total of 78 MPs were elected. Parliament was...

. The first elected representative was Thomas Luther Shepherd

Thomas Luther Shepherd

Thomas Luther Shepherd was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Otago Region in New Zealand.He represented the Dunstan electorate from 1871 to 1875, when he retired.-References:...

, who won the 1871 general election. He retired at the end of the term in December 1875. Vincent Pyke

Vincent Pyke

Vincent Pyke was a 19th century politician in Otago, New Zealand and Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.-Early life:He was born in Somerset, England...

 succeeded him in 1876 and held the electorate until its abolition in 1890.

Members of Parliament

Dunstan was represented by two MPs:

Election	Winner
1871 election		Thomas Luther Shepherd Thomas Luther Shepherd Thomas Luther Shepherd was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Otago Region in New Zealand.He represented the Dunstan electorate from 1871 to 1875, when he retired.-References:...  (Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... )
1876 election		Vincent Pyke Vincent Pyke Vincent Pyke was a 19th century politician in Otago, New Zealand and Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.-Early life:He was born in Somerset, England...  (Independent)
1879 election New Zealand general election, 1879 The New Zealand general election of 1879 was held between 28 August and 15 September to elect a total of 88 MPs to the 7th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 1 and 8 September. A total number of 82,271 voters turned out to vote.The election came about when George...
1881 election New Zealand general election, 1881 The New Zealand general election of 1881 was held 9 December to elect a total of 95 MPs to the 8th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 8 December...
1884 election New Zealand general election, 1884 The New Zealand general election of 1884 was held on 22 July to elect a total of 95 MPs to the 9th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 21 July. A total number of 137,686 voters turned out to vote.-References:...
1887 election New Zealand general election, 1887 The New Zealand general election of 1887 was held on 26 September to elect 95 MPs to the tenth session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 7 September. 175,410 votes were cast....