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===Electorates=== Under the Provincial Councils Act 1851, the [[Governor-General of New Zealand|Governor]] had the right to establish [[New Zealand electorates|electorates]] for provincial legislative councils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Provincial Councils Act 1851|date=9 July 1851|publisher=[[New Zealand Legislative Council]]|url=http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/pca185115v1851n6338/}}</ref> On 21 May 1852, Governor [[George Grey]] proclaimed electorates for [[New Ulster Province|New Ulster]]. Although the proclamation explicitly defined Auckland as a "town" for the purpose of [[Property qualification|property franchise]], it later defined the electorate "[[City of Auckland (New Zealand electorate)|City of Auckland]]". This ambiguous proclamation was the first official use of the term "city" in New Zealand legislation. The electorates of New Munster were also declared a short time later on 1 June. Likewise, Wellington was described as a town for property franchise, but more ambiguously established an electorate referred in different parts of the proclamation as either "[[Wellington (New Zealand electorate)|City of Wellington]]" or "Town of Wellington". The provinces of New Ulster and New Munster were disestablished only a month later by the [[New Zealand Constitution Act 1852]], however, the electorates of both "City of Auckland" and "City of Wellington" were carried forward to the [[1853 New Zealand general election|first nationwide election of 1853]].<ref name=Brett2020/>
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