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The '''City of Auckland West''' electorate was created for the election held on 11 January 1861{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=106}} and it lasted to 1890.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=106}} During this period, City of Auckland West was a two-member electorate.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=154}}
At the first election in [[1860–1861 New Zealand general election|1861]], [[Josiah Firth]]<ref name="DNZB Firth">{{DNZB|last=Waterson|first=D. B.|title=Firth, Josiah Clifton 1826 – 1897|id=1F7|
In the December 1875 election, Sir [[George Grey]] and [[Patrick Dignan]] were the only candidates in the two-member electorate and were thus declared elected.<ref name="Akld West results Dec 1875">{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NOT18751223.2.14.2|title=(By Telegraph). Auckland. Dec. 22.|volume=XXIII |issue=1159 |date=23 December 1875|publisher=North Otago Times |page=2 |access-date=11 April 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100521234638/http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NOT18751223.2.14.2| archive-date= 21 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> In January 1876, Grey also contested and won a seat in the [[Thames (New Zealand electorate)|Thames electorate]].<ref name="1876 Thames detailed results">{{cite news |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18760108.2.16 |title=THE ELECTIONS |volume=XXXII |issue=5708 |date=8 January 1876|publisher=Daily Southern Cross|pages=3|access-date=13 April 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100521234730/http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18760108.2.16| archive-date= 21 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> A protest against Grey's election was lodged with the returning officer the following day, stating that Grey had not been eligible to stand for election in Thames, as he had already been elected in Auckland West. This petition was filed to the House of Representatives at the end of January.<ref name="Petition against Grey in Thames">{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18760201.2.23|title=The Thames election : petition against sir George Grey's election.|volume=XXXII |issue=5724 |date=1 February 1876 |publisher=Daily Southern Cross |page=3|access-date=13 April 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100521234959/http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18760201.2.23| archive-date= 21 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> On 8 July, the report of the committee inquiring into Sir George Grey's election for the Thames was read to the House. It was found that his election to the Thames electorate was in accordance with the law, but that he had to make a decision for which electorate he would sit.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TH18760712.2.22 |title=New Zealand Parliament |volume=XXIV |issue=2427 |date=12 July 1876 |publisher=[[Taranaki Herald]] |page=3|access-date=13 April 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100521235214/http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TH18760712.2.22| archive-date= 21 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> On 15 July 1876, Grey announced that he would represent Thames, and he moved that a by-election be held in Auckland West for the seat that he would vacate there.<ref name="Grey's decision to represent Thames">{{cite news |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=BOPT18760715.2.13|title=Parliamentary |volume=IV |issue=401 |date=15 July 1876 |publisher=Bay of Plenty Times |access-date=13 April 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100521235334/http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=BOPT18760715.2.13| archive-date= 21 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
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