Mid-Canterbury is a former New Zealand

New Zealand

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 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 Canterbury.

History

The electorate existed from 1928 to 1946.

Arthur Grigg

Arthur Grigg

Arthur Nattle Grigg was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was educated at Christ's College and was a farmer.He represented the electorate of Mid-Canterbury in Parliament from 1938, when he defeated Horace Herring, to 1941...

, the MP elected in 1938, enlisted in the NZEF as a Major in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, and was killed in action in Libya in 1941. He was succeeded by his widow Mary Grigg

Mary Grigg

Mary Victoria Cracroft Grigg, Lady Polson, MBE was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.She represented the Mid-Canterbury electorate in Parliament from 1942 after the death of her husband Arthur Nattle Grigg who she had married in 1920, and who had held the seat from 1938...

 at a 1942 by-election

Mid-Canterbury by-election, 1942

The Mid-Canterbury by-election, 1942 was a by-election held on 27 January 1942 during the 26th New Zealand Parliament in the seat of Mid-Canterbury. They by-election came about because of the death of Arthur Grigg, his wife Mary Grigg was elected unopposed....

; she became the first woman National

New Zealand National Party

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 MP. But in 1943 she remarried, to another National MP, William Polson

William Polson

Sir William John Polson, KCMG was a New Zealand politician, first as an Independent and then in the National Party. He joined the National Party on its formation in 1936, and "later acted effectively as Holland's deputy" ....

, and resigned. She was replaced by Richard Gerard

Richard Geoffrey Gerard

Richard Geoffrey Gerard was a New Zealand politician of the National Party, and a cabinet minister.He represented the Canterbury electorates of Mid-Canterbury from 1943 to 1946, and then the Ashburton electorate from 1946 to 1966 when he retired. He was awarded the C.M.G. in 1981.-References:*New...

 at the 1943 general election

New Zealand general election, 1943

The 1943 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 27th term. With the onset of World War II, elections were initially postponed, but it was eventually decided to hold a general election in September 1943, around two years after it...

.

Election results

Key

Election	Winner
		David Jones David Jones (New Zealand) David Jones was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. From 1931 to 1932 he was Minister of Agriculture and Mines in the Liberal-Reform coalition Government....
		Jeremiah Connolly Jeremiah Connolly Jeremiah Connolly was an Independent Member of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand.-Early life:...
		Horace Herring
		Arthur Grigg Arthur Grigg Arthur Nattle Grigg was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was educated at Christ's College and was a farmer.He represented the electorate of Mid-Canterbury in Parliament from 1938, when he defeated Horace Herring, to 1941...
		Mary Grigg Mary Grigg Mary Victoria Cracroft Grigg, Lady Polson, MBE was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.She represented the Mid-Canterbury electorate in Parliament from 1942 after the death of her husband Arthur Nattle Grigg who she had married in 1920, and who had held the seat from 1938...
		Richard Gerard Richard Geoffrey Gerard Richard Geoffrey Gerard was a New Zealand politician of the National Party, and a cabinet minister.He represented the Canterbury electorates of Mid-Canterbury from 1943 to 1946, and then the Ashburton electorate from 1946 to 1966 when he retired. He was awarded the C.M.G. in 1981.-References:*New...