Roslyn was a parliamentary electorate

New Zealand electorates

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 in the city of Dunedin

Dunedin

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 in the Otago Region, New Zealand

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 from 1866 to 1890.

History

George Hepburn

George Hepburn (New Zealand)

George Hepburn was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Roslyn electorate from 1866 to 1869, when he resigned.-References:...

, the electorate's first representative who was elected in 1866, resigned in 1869. Henry Driver

Henry Driver

Henry Driver was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Roslyn electorate from 1869 to 1871, when he resigned, and from 1878 to 1881. He then represented the Hokonui electorate from 1881 to 1884, when he retired.-References:...

 replaced him. Arthur John Burns

Arthur John Burns

Arthur John Burns was a prominent early settler of Otago, New Zealand, a member of the Otago Provincial Council, a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and founder of the Mosgiel Woollen Company, Dunedin....

 was elected in the 1875 general election, and resigned in 1878. He was succeeded by Driver, who started his second period of representation that year.

Members of Parliament

The electorate was represented by six Members of Parliament:

Election	Winner
1866 New Zealand general election, 1866 The New Zealand general election of 1866 was held between 12 February and 6 April to elect 70 MPs to the fourth term of the New Zealand Parliament. 13,196 votes were cast....		George Hepburn George Hepburn (New Zealand) George Hepburn was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Roslyn electorate from 1866 to 1869, when he resigned.-References:...  (Independent)
1869 by-election		Henry Driver Henry Driver Henry Driver was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Roslyn electorate from 1869 to 1871, when he resigned, and from 1878 to 1881. He then represented the Hokonui electorate from 1881 to 1884, when he retired.-References:... (Independent)
1871
1871 by-election		Edward McGlashan Edward McGlashan Edward McGlashan was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.He represented the City of Dunedin electorate from the 1860 general election to 1862 when he resigned; and then the Roslyn electorate from the 1871 general election to 1875, when he resigned.-References:... (Independent)
1875		Arthur John Burns Arthur John Burns Arthur John Burns was a prominent early settler of Otago, New Zealand, a member of the Otago Provincial Council, a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and founder of the Mosgiel Woollen Company, Dunedin....  (Independent)
1878 by-election		Henry Driver (2nd period; Independent)
1879 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 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...		John Bathgate John Bathgate John Bathgate was a 19th century New Zealand politician, and Minister of Justice from 1872 to 1874.He represented two Dunedin electorates, first the Dunedin electorate from 1871 to 1874 when he resigned, and the Roslyn electorate from 1881 to 1884, when he was defeated.-References:New Zealand...  (Independent)
1884 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:...		Archibald Hilson Ross Archibald Hilson Ross Archibald Hilson Ross was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Otago Region, New Zealand, and Mayor of Dunedin.He represented the Roslyn electorate from 1884 to 1890. He was defeated in the 1890 general election for the new electorate of Dunedin Suburbs.He was Mayor of Dunedin from 1880...  (Independent)
1887 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....