Franklin North 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 1882 to 1890.

The electorate was represented by three Members of Parliament: Benjamin Harris

Benjamin Harris (New Zealand)

Benjamin Harris was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand. In 1893 he appears to have been a Liberal Party supporter.He represented South Auckland seats; Franklin electorate from 1879 to 1881; and then the replacement electorate of Franklin North from 1881. His 1881 election was...

 1881-84, William Francis Buckland

William Francis Buckland

William Francis Buckland was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and an independent conservative MP.He represented two south Auckland seats; first Franklin North electorate from 1884 to 1887, when he was defeated...

 1884-87, and Frank Lawry

Frank Lawry

Frank Lawry was a conservative then Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Franklin North electorate in 1887, and then the Parnell electorate in 1890 which he represented until he retired in 1911.-References:...

 1887-90.

The electorates of Franklin North and Franklin South

Franklin South

Franklin South was a parliamentary electorate in the southern part of the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1881 to 1890.The electorate was represented by one Member of Parliament, Ebenezer Hamlin....

 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 North included the towns of Papatoetoe

Papatoetoe

Papatoetoe is a suburb in the Auckland conurbation in northern New Zealand. One of the larger suburbs of the area commonly known as South Auckland, it is located to the northwest of central Manukau, and 18 kilometres southeast of Auckland city centre....

, and Papakura

Papakura

The Papakura District was the name of a local council territory in New Zealand's Auckland Region that existed from 1989 until 2010. The area made up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area....

 from 1881 to 1887. In 1887 with the growth of Auckland Franklin North contracted in area, and Papakura was transferred to Franklin South

Franklin South

Franklin South was a parliamentary electorate in the southern part of the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1881 to 1890.The electorate was represented by one Member of Parliament, Ebenezer Hamlin....

.