Wairarapa North was a former New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 parliamentary electorate, from 1881 to 1887.

The Wairarapa North electorate in the Wairarapa

Wairarapa

Wairarapa is a geographical region of New Zealand. It occupies the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of metropolitan Wellington and south-west of the Hawke's Bay region. It is lightly populated, having several rural service towns, with Masterton being the largest...

 district of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 and the adjacent Wairarapa South

Wairarapa South

Wairarapa South was a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1881 to 1887.The Wairarapa South electorate in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand and the adjacent Wairarapa North electorate were formed in 1881 by splitting the old Wairarapa electorate.These electorates only existed for...

 electorate were formed in 1881 by splitting the old Wairarapa

Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate)

Wairarapa is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was first created in 1859 and existed until 1881. It was recreated in 1887 and has since existed continuously...

 electorate.

These electorates only existed for two elections from 1881 to 1887, when Wairarapa North was renamed Masterton

Masterton (New Zealand electorate)

Masterton was a New Zealand electorate, focused on the town of Masterton and the surrounding area.-History:The electorate of Masterton was created at the 1887 elections. Its boundaries were roughly based on those of the Wairarapa North electorate that it replaced, although it was not an exact match...

, and Wairarapa South became the new Wairarapa electorate.

Wairarapa North was centered on the largest Wairarapa town of Masterton

Masterton

Masterton is a large town and local government district in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges...

, with its southern boundary south of Masterton. Wairarapa South was centered on the smaller Wairarapa towns of Featherston

Featherston

Featherston is a name of English origin, at least as old as the 12th century. The link with "Featherstone" is probably not traceable, but people researching both spellings contribute to the collection of pages in the website called "The Featherstone Society".The name is applied to people and...

, Greytown

Greytown

Greytown may refer to one of several places:*Greytown, New Zealand, a town in the southern North Island's Wairarapa region*Greytown, Nicaragua, the capital city of the municipality of San Juan de Nicaragua*Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, a town in South Africa...

, Carterton

Carterton, New Zealand

Carterton is a small town in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and the seat of the Carterton District. It lies in a farming area of the Wairarapa in New Zealand's North Island. It is located southwest of Masterton and northeast of Wellington...

 and Martinborough

Martinborough

Martinborough is a town in South Wairarapa, a district in the Wellington region on the North Island of New Zealand. It is 65 kilometres east of Wellington and 35 kilometres south-west of Masterton...

.

Member of Parliament

Wairarapa North was represented by one MP, George Beetham

George Beetham

George Beetham, F.R.G.S., M.H.R. , of Wellington and Wairarapa, made his first explorarion of Mount Ruapehu in March, 1878. In 1879, Mr. Beetham, accompanied by Mr...

, for all six years. In 1887 he became the MP for the new Masterton electorate.