The country quota was a part of the New Zealand electoral system from 1881 until 1945, when it was abolished by the First Labour Government.[1] Its effect was to make an urban[n 1] electoral districts (electorates) more populous than an rural constituency, thus allowing a rural district not to be large enough to take in the same number of votes as an urban district. This allowed a rural member to be elected with fewer votes and made rural votes worth more in general elections.
- ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Country Quota". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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