Franklin South was a 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 southern part of the Auckland

Auckland Region

The Auckland Region was one of the sixteen regions of New Zealand, named for the city of Auckland, the country's largest urban area. With one third of the nation's residents, it was by far the biggest population and economy of any region of New Zealand, but the second-smallest land area.On 1...

 region of New Zealand from 1881 to 1890.

The electorate was represented by one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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, Ebenezer Hamlin

Ebenezer Hamlin

Ebenezer Hamlin was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and an independent conservative.He represented the South Auckland seats of Franklin from 1876 to 1881; and then the replacement electorate of Franklin South from 1881 to 1890. He then represented the reconstituted Franklin electorate from...

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The electorates of Franklin North

Franklin North

Franklin North was a parliamentary electorate in the southern part of the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1882 to 1890.The electorate was represented by three Members of Parliament: Benjamin Harris 1881-84, William Francis Buckland 1884-87, and Frank Lawry 1887-90.The electorates of Franklin...

 and Franklin South were created from the former Franklin

Franklin (New Zealand electorate)

Franklin was a rural New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1861 to 1996 during four periods.-Population centres:The original electorate from 1861 to 1881 included the South Auckland towns of Papatoetoe, Papakura, Pukekohe and Waiuku, and west of Waiuku to the West Coast...

 electorate in 1881-82, and were absorbed back into the reconstituted Franklin electorate in 1890.

Franklin South originally included the towns of Pukekohe

Pukekohe

Pukekohe is a town in the Auckland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the southern edge of the Auckland Region, it is approximately 50 kilometres south of Auckland City, between the southern shore of the Manukau Harbour and the mouth of the Waikato River. The hills of Pukekohe...

 and Waiuku

Waiuku

Waiuku is a country town in the Franklin District, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the Waiuku River, which is an estuarial arm of the Manukau Harbour...

, and the area from Waiuku to the West Coast. In 1887 with the growth of Auckland, Papakura was transferred from Franklin North

Franklin North

Franklin North was a parliamentary electorate in the southern part of the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1882 to 1890.The electorate was represented by three Members of Parliament: Benjamin Harris 1881-84, William Francis Buckland 1884-87, and Frank Lawry 1887-90.The electorates of Franklin...

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