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Provincial Council Representation Ordinance 1869

5. The Provincial Council Representation Ordinance 1869.

Whereas by an Act of the Imperial Parliament passed in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria entituled “An Act to Grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand” it was enacted that it should be lawful for the Governor by proclamation to constitute within each of the Provinces by the said Act established convenient Electoral Districts for the Election of Members for the Provincial Council and of the Superintendent and to appoint and declare the number of Members to be elected for each such District for the Provincial Council and to make provisions for the registration and revision of lists of all persons qualified to vote at the elections to be holden within such districts: And whereas the then Governor of New Zealand did accordingly by a proclamation bearing date the fifth day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three constitute certain Districts for the Election of the Superintendent and Members of the Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury and did appoint and declare the number of Members to be elected to serve in the Provincial Council for each of the said several Districts and did further make certain provisions for the registration and revision of the lists of persons qualified to vote as aforesaid: And whereas by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the said Province entituled " The Provincial Council Extension Ordinance Session III. No. 1 " certain provisions of the said proclamation were repealed and certain other provisions enacted in lieu thereof: And whereas by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council entituled “The Provincial Council Extension Ordinance Session VIII. No. 8” the said last recited Ordinance was repealed and certain other provisions were enacted in lieu thereof: And whereas by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council entituled “The Provincial Council Extension Ordinance Session XVII. No. 4” the above recited Ordinances were repealed and certain other provisions were enacted in lieu thereof: And whereas by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council entituled “The Provincial Council Extension Ordinance 1866” the above recited Ordinances were repealed and certain other provisions were enacted in lieu thereof: And whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand entituled “The County of Westland Act 1867” so much of the last-mentioned Ordinance as provides for the election of Members for the Westland District the Town of Hokitika and the Town of Greymouth was thereby repealed: And whereas it is expedient that the said recited Ordinance of the Superintendent and the Provincial Council entituled “The Provincial Council Extension Ordinance 1866” should be amended:

1. Repealing Clause.

Section 4 of the said "Provincial Council Extension Ordinance 1866" shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

2. Number of Members to be elected for each District.

The number of Members to be elected for each District in the Provincial Council of the said Province of Canterbury shall be from and after the date of the carrying into operation of this Act:

1. For the Waipara District one Member

2. For the Sefton District two Members

3. For the Oxford District one Member

4. For thc Rangiora District one Member

5. For the Town of Kaiapoi one Member

6. For the Mandeville District two Members

7. For the City of Christchurch three Members

8. For the Papanui District two Members

9. For the Riccarton District two Members

10. For the Town of Lyttleton two Members

11. For the Heahcote District three Members

12. For the Lincoln District two Members

13. For the Port Victoria District one Member

14. For the Town of Akaroa one Member

15. For the Wainui District one Member

16. For the Bays District one Member

17. For the Rakaia District two Members

18. For the Selwyn District two Members

19. For the Ashburton District one Member

20. For the Geraldine District two Members

21. For the Town of Timaru one Member

22. For the Waitangi District one Member

23. For the Mount Cook District one Member

24. For the Waimate District one Member

25. For the Seadown District two Members

3. This Ordinance when to come into force.

This Ordinance shall come into operation upon the day of the next dissolution of the Provincial Council.

4. Title.

This Ordinance shall be entituled and may be cited as "The Provincial Council Representation Ordinance 1869."