Napier_(New_Zealand_electorate)
Napier (New Zealand electorate)
Electoral district in New Zealand
Napier is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives. It is named after the city of Napier, the main urban area within the electorate. The electorate was established for the 1861 election and has existed since. It has been held by Katie Nimon of the New Zealand National Party since the 2023 general election. It was held by Stuart Nash of the New Zealand Labour Party from the 2014 general election until 2023, when he did not stand for re-election.
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| Napier | |
|---|---|
| Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
Location of Napierwithin Gisborne District and Hawke's Bay | |
| Region | Gisborne District and Hawke's Bay |
| Major settlements | Napier, Wairoa |
| Area | 9,482.6 km2 (3,661.3 sq mi) |
| Current constituency | |
| Current MP | Katie Nimon |
| Party | National |
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The electorate includes the following population centres:
The electorate was created in 1861, and preceded by the Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay electorate from 1853 to 1860 and then briefly the County of Hawke electorate in 1860. It was a two-member electorate from 1876 to 1881.[1]
The first representative was Henry Powning Stark, who won the election on 19 February 1861.[2]
There were speculations that Douglas Maclean would be the conservative candidate in the Napier electorate in the 1890 election upon his return from England instead of George Swan, but this was not correct.[3] Swan contested the election and was successful against the Liberal Party candidate Michael Gannon.[4][5] In the 1893 election, Swan was challenged by the Liberal Party candidate Samuel Carnell, with the latter being successful against the incumbent.[6][7] In the 1896 election, Carnell in turn was challenged by the conservative candidate Douglas Maclean, with Maclean achieving a large majority against the incumbent.[8][9]
In the 1931 election, the incumbent, Bill Barnard of the Labour Party, was challenged by John Butler of the Reform Party as the official candidate of the United–Reform Coalition, and United Party member Vigor Brown as an Independent. Brown, at the time Mayor of Napier and previously MP for Napier for many years, withdrew just before the election, but too late for his name to be excluded from the ballot papers.[10] The election was won by Barnard.[11]
Labour's Russell Fairbrother was first elected in the electorate in the 2002 election, replacing long-standing MP Geoff Braybrooke. In the 2005 election, Chris Tremain defeated Fairbrother, winning the electorate for the National Party for the first time since the 1951 election.[12] In the 2008 election, Tremain retained the electorate with an increased majority over Fairbrother.[13] In the 2011 election, Tremain beat Labour's Stuart Nash.[14]
Tremain announced in September 2013 that he would not contest the 2014 election.[15] Wayne Walford succeeded Tremain as National's candidate for the seat,[16] Nash contested the electorate for the Labour Party for the second time, and Garth McVicar stood for the Conservative Party. McVicar had a high-profile due to his previous involvement with the Sensible Sentencing Trust lobby group. In July 2014, Walford was referred to Police by the Electoral Commission for breaching the Electoral Act by failing to display an authorisation statement on his campaign vehicle.[17]
Nash had a majority of 3,850 votes over Walford.[18] McVicar's 7,603 votes split the traditional National Party votes (24.8% of electors who gave their party vote to National gave their electorate vote to McVicar, a total of 4,465 votes),[19] which helped Nash win the election.[18][20][21]
Members of Parliament
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.[1]
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single-member electorate
More information Election, Winner ...
| Election | Winner | |
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| 1861 election | Henry Powning Stark | |
| 1861 by-election | William Colenso | |
| 1866 election | Donald McLean | |
| 1871 election | ||
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multi-member electorate
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| Election | Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 election | Donald McLean | William Russell | ||
| 1877 by-election | Fred Sutton | |||
| 1879 election | ||||
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single-member electorate
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List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Napier electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
More information Election, Winner ...
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 election | Anne Tolley | |
| 2002 election | Donna Awatere Huata[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 2005 election | Russell Fairbrother | |
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2023 election
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| 2023 general election results: Napier[22] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | Katie Nimon | 21,344 | 52.83 | +15.79 | 16,670 | 40.76 | +12.86 | ||
| Labour | Mark Hutchinson | 12,474 | 30.88 | -20.17 | 10,810 | 26.43 | -24.16 | ||
| Green | Julienne Dickey | 2,190 | 5.42 | +0.76 | 3,476 | 8.50 | +2.68 | ||
| NZ First | Laurie Turnbull | 1,729 | 4.28 | — | 2,794 | 6.83 | +4.69 | ||
| ACT | Pawel Milewski | 1,211 | 3.00 | +0.70 | 4,503 | 11.01 | +2.89 | ||
| DemocracyNZ | Martin Langford | 765 | 1.90 | — | 205 | 0.50 | — | ||
| Independent | John Clive Smith | 258 | 0.64 | +0.17 | |||||
| Opportunities | 621 | 1.52 | +0.25 | ||||||
| New Zealand Loyal | 514 | 1.26 | — | ||||||
| Te Pāti Māori | 380 | 0.93 | +0.65 | ||||||
| NewZeal | 215 | 0.53 | +0.36 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 199 | 0.49 | +0.07 | ||||||
| Freedoms NZ | 79 | 0.19 | — | ||||||
| Animal Justice | 69 | 0.17 | — | ||||||
| New Conservatives | 44 | 0.11 | -1.34 | ||||||
| Women's Rights | 36 | 0.09 | — | ||||||
| Leighton Baker Party | 26 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
| New Nation | 18 | 0.04 | — | ||||||
| Informal votes | 429 | 240 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 40,400 | 40,899 | |||||||
| National gain from Labour | Majority | 8,870 | 21.95 | +15.79 | |||||
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2020 election
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour |  Y Stuart Nash |
21,325 | 51.06 | -3.17 | 21,245 | 50.59 | +12.76 | ||
| National | Katie Nimon | 15,469 | 37.04 | -3.49 | 11,718 | 27.90 | -18.30 | ||
| Green | James Crow | 1,948 | 4.66 | +1.03 | 2,444 | 5.82 | +0.82 | ||
| New Conservative | Deborah Burnside | 1,032 | 2.47 | +1.87 | 611 | 1.45 | +1.08 | ||
| ACT | Judy Kendall | 962 | 2.30 | — | 3,410 | 8.12 | +7.73 | ||
| Independent | John Clive Smith | 197 | 0.47 | — | |||||
| Independent | Camden Gaskin | 92 | 0.22 | — | |||||
| NZ First | 899 | 2.14 | -5.06 | ||||||
| Opportunities | 537 | 1.27 | -0.63 | ||||||
| Advance NZ | 355 | 0.84 | — | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 179 | 0.42 | +0.12 | ||||||
| Māori Party | 118 | 0.28 | -0.12 | ||||||
| ONE | 72 | 0.17 | — | ||||||
| Outdoors | 39 | 0.09 | +0.02 | ||||||
| Vision NZ | 24 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
| Sustainable NZ | 21 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
| Social Credit | 13 | 0.03 | -0.03 | ||||||
| TEA | 11 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
| Heartland | 8 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
| Informal votes | 722 | 287 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 41,757 | 41,991 | |||||||
| Labour hold | Majority | 5,856 | 14.02 | +0.33 | |||||
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2017 election
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Y Stuart Nash |
20,677 | 54.23 | +11.82 | 14,681 | 37.83 | +11.97 | ||
| National | David Elliott | 15,457 | 40.53 | +8.77 | 17,929 | 46.20 | −2.99 | ||
| Green | Damon Rusden | 1,386 | 3.63 | −0.14 | 1,938 | 5.00 | −3.75 | ||
| Māori Party | Maryanne Marsters | 308 | 0.81 | — | 154 | 0.40 | −0.04 | ||
| Conservative | Laurence Day | 230 | 0.60 | −20.42 | 145 | 0.37 | −5.83 | ||
| Democrats | Karl Matthys | 72 | 0.19 | +0.05 | 25 | 0.06 | −0.01 | ||
| NZ First | 2,794 | 7.20 | −0.20 | ||||||
| Opportunities | 739 | 1.90 | — | ||||||
| ACT | 152 | 0.39 | +0.11 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 116 | 0.30 | −0.12 | ||||||
| Ban 1080 | 38 | 0.10 | −0.06 | ||||||
| People's Party | 32 | 0.08 | — | ||||||
| Outdoors | 28 | 0.07 | — | ||||||
| United Future | 19 | 0.05 | −0.12 | ||||||
| Mana | 11 | 0.03 | −0.57[lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
| Internet | 3 | 0.01 | −0.59[lower-alpha 3] | ||||||
| Informal votes | 324 | 119 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 38,130 | 38,804 | |||||||
| Turnout | 38,923 | ||||||||
| Labour hold | Majority | 5,220 | 13.69 | +3.05 | |||||
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2014 election
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Stuart Nash | 15,343 | 42.41 | +1.42 | 9,466 | 25.86 | −3.40 | ||
| National | Wayne Walford | 11,493 | 31.77 | −20.34 | 18,005 | 49.19 | +0.42 | ||
| Conservative | Garth McVicar | 7,603 | 21.02 | +19.01 | 2,270 | 6.20 | +2.85 | ||
| Green | Paul Bailey | 1,363 | 3.77 | −0.24 | 3,198 | 8.74 | −1.07 | ||
| Alliance | Mary O'Neil | 59 | 0.16 | +0.02 | |||||
| Democrats | Bary Pulford | 51 | 0.14 | +0.14 | 27 | 0.07 | +0.02 | ||
| NZ First | 2,709 | 7.40 | +1.82 | ||||||
| Internet Mana | 219 | 0.60 | +0.36[lower-alpha 4] | ||||||
| Māori Party | 160 | 0.44 | −0.17 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 153 | 0.42 | −0.10 | ||||||
| ACT | 103 | 0.28 | −0.78 | ||||||
| United Future | 63 | 0.17 | −0.43 | ||||||
| Ban 1080 | 58 | 0.16 | +0.16 | ||||||
| Civilian | 16 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
| Independent Coalition | 7 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
| Focus | 6 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 236 | 145 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 36,175 | 36,605 | |||||||
| Turnout | 36,605 | 80.36 | +3.76 | ||||||
| Labour gain from National | Majority | 3,850 | 10.64 | +21.76 | |||||
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2011 election
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | Y Chris Tremain |
17,337 | 52.11 | -7.58 | 16,538 | 48.77 | +1.51 | ||
| Labour | Stuart Nash | 13,636 | 40.99 | +7.05 | 9,921 | 29.26 | -6.31 | ||
| Green | Paul Edward Bailey | 1,334 | 4.01 | -1.13 | 3,327 | 9.81 | +4.26 | ||
| Conservative | Roy Brown | 668 | 2.01 | +2.01 | 1,137 | 3.35 | +3.35 | ||
| ACT | John Ormond | 159 | 0.48 | -0.74 | 359 | 1.06 | -2.59 | ||
| Mana | Rod Paul | 86 | 0.26 | +0.26 | 83 | 0.24 | +0.24 | ||
| Alliance | Mary O'Neill | 48 | 0.14 | +0.14 | 34 | 0.10 | -0.03 | ||
| NZ First | 1,893 | 5.58 | +1.88 | ||||||
| Māori Party | 207 | 0.61 | -0.16 | ||||||
| United Future | 203 | 0.60 | -0.002 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 175 | 0.52 | +0.14 | ||||||
| Democrats | 16 | 0.05 | +0.02 | ||||||
| Libertarianz | 14 | 0.04 | +0.002 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 678 | 321 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 33,268 | 33,907 | |||||||
| National hold | Majority | 3,701 | 11.12 | -14.64 | |||||
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Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,266[26]
2008 election
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | Y Chris Tremain |
20,898 | 59.70 | +8.73 | 16,772 | 47.26 | +4.94 | ||
| Labour | Russell Fairbrother | 11,880 | 33.94 | -6.83 | 12,621 | 35.57 | -5.43 | ||
| Green | Brett Stansfield | 1,801 | 5.14 | +1.20 | 1,969 | 5.55 | +0.32 | ||
| ACT | John Ormond | 428 | 1.22 | 1,296 | 3.65 | +2.56 | |||
| NZ First | 1,314 | 3.70 | -1.88 | ||||||
| Māori Party | 272 | 0.77 | +0.35 | ||||||
| Progressive | 269 | 0.76 | -0.13 | ||||||
| United Future | 213 | 0.60 | -1.85 | ||||||
| Kiwi | 212 | 0.60 | |||||||
| Bill and Ben | 207 | 0.58 | |||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 132 | 0.37 | +0.15 | ||||||
| Family Party | 67 | 0.19 | |||||||
| Alliance | 47 | 0.13 | +0.05 | ||||||
| Pacific | 43 | 0.12 | |||||||
| Workers Party | 18 | 0.05 | |||||||
| Libertarianz | 14 | 0.04 | +0.01 | ||||||
| Democrats | 8 | 0.02 | -0.02 | ||||||
| RAM | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
| RONZ | 5 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 358 | 169 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 35,007 | 35,486 | |||||||
| National hold | Majority | 9,018 | 25.76 | +15.57 | |||||
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2005 election
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | Chris Tremain | 17,955 | 50.53 | 15,086 | 42.17 | ||||
| Labour |  N Russell Fairbrother |
14,364 | 40.42 | 14,615 | 40.85 | ||||
| Green | Terry Creighton | 1,391 | 3.91 | 1,864 | 5.21 | ||||
| NZ First | James Mist | 855 | 2.40 | 1,989 | 5.56 | ||||
| United Future | Graham Turner | 473 | 1.30 | 872 | 2.44 | ||||
| ACT | 390 | 1.09 | |||||||
| Progressive | 316 | 0.88 | |||||||
| Destiny | 193 | 0.54 | |||||||
| Māori Party | 150 | 0.42 | |||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 80 | 0.22 | |||||||
| Christian Heritage | 44 | 0.12 | |||||||
| Alliance | 29 | 0.08 | |||||||
| Democrats | 16 | 0.04 | |||||||
| Libertarianz | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
| Direct Democracy | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
| One NZ | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
| 99 MP | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Family Rights | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
| RONZ | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 305 | 129 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 35,536 | 35,777 | |||||||
| National gain from Labour | Majority | 3,591 | |||||||
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2002 election
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Russell Fairbrother | 14,659 | 46.24 | 14,853 | 45.63 | +1.36 | |||
| National | Anne Tolley | 10,502 | 33.13 | +9.20 | 6,074 | 18.66 | -7.86 | ||
| Green | Terry Creighton | 1,872 | 5.62 | 2,023 | 6.21 | +1.48 | |||
| United Future | Graham Turner | 1,569 | 4.95 | 1,977 | 6.07 | ||||
| ACT | Donna Awatere Huata | 1,381 | 4.36 | 2,061 | 6.33 | +0.49 | |||
| Alliance | Maxine Boag | 686 | 2.16 | 411 | 1.26 | -9.46 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Colin Barr | 616 | 1.94 | 515 | 1.58 | -0.79 | |||
| One NZ | John Bull | 506 | 1.60 | 119 | 0.37 | +0.32 | |||
| NZ First | 3,045 | 9.36 | +6.82 | ||||||
| ORNZ | 805 | 2.47 | |||||||
| Progressive | 492 | 1.51 | |||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 164 | 0.50 | -0.55 | ||||||
| Mana Māori | 6 | 0.02 | +0.01 | ||||||
| NMP | 6 | 0.02 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 801 | 112 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 31,701 | 32,551 | |||||||
| Labour hold | Majority | 4,157 | 13.11 | -22.91 | |||||
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1999 election
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| 1999 general election: Napier | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Y Geoff Braybrooke |
19,743 | 59.95 | +4.87 | 14,684 | 44.27 | +9.59 | ||
| National | Anne Tolley | 7,880 | 23.93 | 8,797 | 26.52 | -2.89 | |||
| Alliance | Robin Gwynn | 2,242 | 6.81 | -2.08 | 3,555 | 10.72 | -1.38 | ||
| Green | Angie Denby | 1,169 | 3.55 | 1,569 | 4.73 | ||||
| ACT | Mel Chandler | 623 | 1.89 | 1,936 | 5.84 | +0.49 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Bob Davis | 513 | 1.56 | 785 | 2.37 | ||||
| NZ First | Lyola Randell-Cotter | 305 | 0.93 | 844 | 2.54 | -8.81 | |||
| Christian Democrats | Allana Hiha | 264 | 0.80 | 294 | 0.89 | ||||
| Independent | Laurance McGregor | 195 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 349 | 1.05 | -1.02 | ||||||
| United NZ | 110 | 0.33 | -0.22 | ||||||
| Libertarianz | 102 | 0.31 | +0.30 | ||||||
| Animals First | 67 | 0.20 | 0.00 | ||||||
| McGillicuddy Serious | 25 | 0.08 | -0.10 | ||||||
| One NZ | 16 | 0.05 | |||||||
| Natural Law | 13 | 0.04 | -0.10 | ||||||
| The People's Choice | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
| NMP | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Republican | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Mana Māori | 3 | 0.01 | -0.01 | ||||||
| Mauri Pacific | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
| South Island | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
| Freedom Movement | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 533 | 296 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 32,934 | 33,171 | |||||||
| Labour hold | Majority | 11,863 | 36.02 | +4.53 | |||||
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1996 election
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| 1996 general election: Napier[28][29][30] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Y Geoff Braybrooke |
17,756 | 55.11 | 11,266 | 34.68 | ||||
| National | Kathryn Ward | 7,610 | 23.62 | 9,554 | 29.41 | ||||
| Alliance | Robin Gwynn | 2,865 | 8.89 | 3,931 | 12.10 | ||||
| NZ First | Stuart Spencer | 2,567 | 7.97 | 3,687 | 11.35 | ||||
| ACT | Jean Hill | 1,285 | 3.99 | 1,738 | 5.35 | ||||
| Natural Law | Ian Levingston | 134 | 0.42 | 46 | 0.14 | ||||
| Christian Coalition | 1,167 | 3.59 | |||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 674 | 2.07 | |||||||
| United NZ | 180 | 0.55 | |||||||
| Animals First | 65 | 0.20 | |||||||
| Progressive Green | 63 | 0.19 | |||||||
| McGillicuddy Serious | 57 | 0.18 | |||||||
| Green Society | 19 | 0.06 | |||||||
| Superannuitants & Youth | 18 | 0.06 | |||||||
| Ethnic Minority Party | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Advance New Zealand | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Mana Māori | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Asia Pacific United | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
| Conservatives | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
| Libertarianz | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
| Te Tawharau | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 394 | 121 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 32,217 | 32,490 | |||||||
| Labour hold | Majority | 10,146 | 31.49 | ||||||
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1993 election
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Geoff Braybrooke | 9,923 | 50.61 | +4.13 | |
| National | Colleen Pritchard | 4,997 | 25.48 | -14.01 | |
| Alliance | Derek Holland | 3,399 | 17.33 | +12.34 | |
| NZ First | James Morunga | 989 | 5.04 | ||
| Christian Heritage | Gary Bisley | 297 | 1.51 | ||
| Majority | 4,926 | 25.12 | +18.14 | ||
| Turnout | 19,605 | 83.48 | -0.43 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,482 | ||||
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1990 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Geoff Braybrooke | 8,420 | 46.48 | -16.45 | |
| National | Colleen Pritchard | 7,155 | 39.49 | ||
| Green | B P Duggan | 1,428 | 7.88 | ||
| NewLabour | Derek Holland | 904 | 4.99 | ||
| Democrats | P A Williamson | 141 | 0.77 | ||
| Independent | R F Terry | 66 | 0.36 | ||
| Majority | 1,265 | 6.98 | -22.02 | ||
| Turnout | 18,114 | 83.91 | -2.78 | ||
| Registered electors | 21,585 | ||||
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1987 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Geoff Braybrooke | 11,770 | 62.93 | +5.81 | |
| National | Ashley Church | 6,345 | 33.92 | ||
| Democrats | Beryl Shakes | 586 | 3.13 | ||
| Majority | 5,425 | 29.00 | -1.24 | ||
| Turnout | 18,701 | 86.69 | -6.16 | ||
| Registered electors | 21,571 | ||||
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1984 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Geoff Braybrooke | 12,085 | 57.12 | +10.16 | |
| National | M P Liddell | 5,686 | 26.87 | ||
| NZ Party | Noel Mockford | 2,711 | 12.81 | ||
| Social Credit | R E Culpitt | 673 | 3.18 | ||
| Majority | 6,399 | 30.24 | +15.63 | ||
| Turnout | 21,155 | 92.85 | +2.39 | ||
| Registered electors | 22,784 | ||||
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1981 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Geoff Braybrooke | 9,672 | 46.96 | ||
| National | Kevin Rose | 6,663 | 32.35 | -2.77 | |
| Social Credit | Martin Hine | 4,260 | 20.68 | ||
| Majority | 3,009 | 14.61 | |||
| Turnout | 20,595 | 90.46 | +7.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 22,766 | ||||
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1978 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gordon Christie | 9,987 | 49.68 | +4.52 | |
| National | Kevin Rose | 7,060 | 35.12 | ||
| Social Credit | L C Barker | 2,664 | 13.25 | ||
| Values | Jim Saunders | 388 | 1.93 | ||
| Majority | 2,927 | 14.56 | +10.09 | ||
| Turnout | 20,099 | 73.71 | -11.99 | ||
| Registered electors | 27,267 | ||||
Close
1975 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gordon Christie | 9,395 | 45.16 | -11.33 | |
| National | John Isles | 8,464 | 40.69 | ||
| Social Credit | Heather Woodhall | 1,841 | 8.85 | ||
| Values | Duncan White | 1,084 | 5.21 | ||
| Independent | H Sykes | 16 | 0.07 | ||
| Majority | 931 | 4.47 | -16.09 | ||
| Turnout | 20,800 | 85.70 | -4.31 | ||
| Registered electors | 24,270 | ||||
Close
1972 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gordon Christie | 10,232 | 56.49 | +3.55 | |
| National | Merle Bell | 6,507 | 35.92 | ||
| Social Credit | Robert James Hurdle | 912 | 5.03 | ||
| Values | James Barnes | 365 | 2.01 | ||
| New Democratic | Alfred William Earl Barley | 95 | 0.52 | ||
| Majority | 3,725 | 20.56 | +10.15 | ||
| Turnout | 18,111 | 90.01 | -0.97 | ||
| Registered electors | 20,121 | ||||
Close
1969 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gordon Christie | 10,013 | 52.94 | +7.08 | |
| National | Terry Dunleavy | 8,043 | 42.52 | ||
| Social Credit | Roy Hollands | 857 | 4.53 | -5.96 | |
| Majority | 1,970 | 10.41 | +8.19 | ||
| Turnout | 18,913 | 90.98 | +1.90 | ||
| Registered electors | 20,787 | ||||
Close
1966 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gordon Christie | 8,088 | 45.86 | ||
| National | Maurice Kidson | 7,695 | 43.63 | ||
| Social Credit | Roy Hollands | 1,850 | 10.49 | ||
| Majority | 393 | 2.22 | |||
| Turnout | 17,633 | 89.08 | -2.94 | ||
| Registered electors | 19,793 | ||||
Close
1963 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim Edwards | 8,438 | 50.43 | -0.81 | |
| National | D'Arcy Ormonde Haskell | 7,653 | 45.74 | ||
| Social Credit | Allan Edgar Frampton | 638 | 3.81 | -1.25 | |
| Majority | 785 | 4.69 | -3.45 | ||
| Turnout | 16,729 | 92.02 | +0.49 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,178 | ||||
Close
1960 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim Edwards | 8,838 | 51.24 | -4.02 | |
| National | William John Gunn | 7,533 | 43.68 | ||
| Social Credit | Allan Edgar Frampton | 874 | 5.06 | +1.01 | |
| Majority | 1,405 | 8.14 | -6.45 | ||
| Turnout | 17,245 | 92.51 | -2.30 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,640 | ||||
Close
1957 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim Edwards | 9,140 | 55.26 | +4.51 | |
| National | Raymond Vincent Foster | 6,727 | 40.67 | ||
| Social Credit | Allan Edgar Frampton | 671 | 4.05 | ||
| Majority | 2,413 | 14.59 | +10.02 | ||
| Turnout | 16,538 | 94.81 | -0.16 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,443 | ||||
Close
1954 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim Edwards | 7,992 | 50.75 | ||
| National | Peter Tait | 7,272 | 46.18 | -3.96 | |
| Social Credit | J Lothian | 481 | 3.05 | ||
| Majority | 720 | 4.57 | |||
| Turnout | 15,745 | 94.97 | +3.22 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,578 | ||||
Close
1951 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Peter Tait | 7,375 | 50.14 | ||
| Labour | Tommy Armstrong | 7,331 | 49.85 | -1.81 | |
| Majority | 44 | 0.29 | |||
| Turnout | 14,706 | 91.75 | -3.27 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,028 | ||||
Close
1949 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tommy Armstrong | 7,384 | 51.66 | -5.05 | |
| National | William Tucker | 6,663 | 46.62 | ||
| Communist | Charles James Brown | 126 | 0.88 | ||
| Independent Liberal | John Cummins | 118 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 721 | 5.04 | -8.39 | ||
| Turnout | 14,291 | 95.02 | -0.68 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,039 | ||||
Close
1946 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tommy Armstrong | 7,789 | 56.71 | +13.05 | |
| National | Alan John Price | 5,944 | 43.28 | ||
| Majority | 1,845 | 13.43 | +3.43 | ||
| Turnout | 13,733 | 95.70 | +0.41 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,350 | ||||
Close
1943 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tommy Armstrong | 5,558 | 43.66 | ||
| National | Morris Spence | 4,285 | 33.66 | ||
| Independent | Bill Barnard | 2,784 | 21.86 | -41.49 | |
| Informal votes | 103 | 0.80 | -0.28 | ||
| Majority | 1,273 | 10.00 | -21.77 | ||
| Turnout | 12,730 | 95.29 | +0.13 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,358 | ||||
Close
1938 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bill Barnard | 8,097 | 65.35 | -0.26 | |
| National | John Ormond | 4,160 | 33.57 | ||
| Informal votes | 134 | 1.08 | +0.64 | ||
| Majority | 3,937 | 31.77 | -4.91 | ||
| Turnout | 12,391 | 95.16 | +2.46 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,021 | ||||
Close
1935 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bill Barnard | 7,290 | 65.91 | +9.05 | |
| Reform | Frank Bannerman Logan | 3,233 | 29.23 | ||
| Democrat | Norman Jacobsen | 396 | 3.58 | ||
| Communist | William Wood | 141 | 1.27 | ||
| Informal votes | 49 | 0.44 | +0.01 | ||
| Majority | 4,057 | 36.68 | +22.62 | ||
| Turnout | 11,060 | 92.70 | +8.85 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,930 | ||||
Close
1931 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bill Barnard | 5,886 | 56.86 | +2.81 | |
| Reform | John Butler | 4,430 | 42.79 | ||
| Independent | Vigor Brown | 36 | 0.35 | ||
| Informal votes | 45 | 0.43 | -0.25 | ||
| Majority | 1,456 | 14.06 | +5.97 | ||
| Turnout | 10,397 | 83.85 | -6.37 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,399 | ||||
Close
1928 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bill Barnard | 4,095 | 54.05 | ||
| Reform | John Mason | 3,482 | 45.95 | -6.98 | |
| Informal votes | 52 | 0.68 | -0.29 | ||
| Majority | 613 | 8.09 | +2.22 | ||
| Turnout | 7,629 | 90.22 | -1.66 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,456 | ||||
Close
1925 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | John Mason | 5,169 | 52.93 | +23.21 | |
| Labour | Lew McIlvride | 4,596 | 47.07 | +8.95 | |
| Informal votes | 96 | 0.97 | ±0.00 | ||
| Majority | 573 | 5.87 | -2.53 | ||
| Turnout | 9,861 | 91.88 | +1.26 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,732 | ||||
Close
1922 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lew McIlvride | 3,465 | 38.12 | ||
| Reform | John Mason[43] | 2,702 | 29.72 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Albert Jull | 1,996 | 21.96 | ||
| Reform | Vigor Brown[44] | 927 | 10.20 | -24.19 | |
| Informal votes | 89 | 0.97 | -1.00 | ||
| Majority | 763 | 8.39 | +7.72 | ||
| Turnout | 9,179 | 90.62 | +9.35 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,129 | ||||
Close
1919 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Vigor Brown | 2,763 | 34.39 | -30.82 | |
| Labour | Frederick Charles Evans[46][47] | 2,709 | 33.72 | ||
| Ind. Progressive | Henry Hill | 2,562 | 31.89 | ||
| Informal votes | 161 | 1.96 | +0.86 | ||
| Majority | 54 | 0.67 | -29.75 | ||
| Turnout | 8,195 | 81.27 | -2.52 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,084 | ||||
Close
1914 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Vigor Brown | 4,748 | 65.21 | +7.36 | |
| Reform | George William Venables[49] | 2,533 | 34.79 | ||
| Informal votes | 81 | 1.10 | -0.91 | ||
| Majority | 2,215 | 30.42 | +14.72 | ||
| Turnout | 7,362 | 83.78 | +1.62 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,787 | ||||
Close
1911 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Vigor Brown | 3,920 | 57.85 | -0.02 | |
| Labour | Henry Hill | 2,856 | 42.15 | ||
| Informal votes | 139 | 2.01 | |||
| Majority | 1,064 | 15.70 | -0.05 | ||
| Turnout | 6,915 | 82.16 | +4.52 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,416 | ||||
Close
1908 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Vigor Brown | 3,803 | 57.88 | ||
| Liberal | Alfred Fraser | 2,768 | 42.12 | -12.49 | |
| Majority | 1,035 | 15.75 | -10.33 | ||
| Turnout | 6,571 | 77.64 | -5.39 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,463 | ||||
Close
1905 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alfred Fraser | 3,076 | 54.62 | -14.06 | |
| Independent Liberal | Montague W. P. Lascelles[53][54] | 1,607 | 28.53 | ||
| Liberal–Labour | William James McGrath | 949 | 16.85 | ||
| Informal votes | 89 | 1.56 | +0.24 | ||
| Majority | 1,469 | 26.08 | -11.28 | ||
| Turnout | 5,721 | 83.03 | +8.99 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
Close
1902 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alfred Fraser | 2,739 | 68.68 | +18.20 | |
| Independent Liberal | Richard Joseph Eames[56] | 1,249 | 31.32 | ||
| Informal votes | 72 | 1.31 | |||
| Majority | 1,490 | 37.36 | +36.40 | ||
| Turnout | 4,060 | 74.05 | -6.06 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,483 | ||||
Close
1899 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alfred Fraser | 1,994 | 50.48 | ||
| Conservative | Douglas Maclean | 1,956 | 49.52 | -12.66 | |
| Majority | 38 | 0.96 | -16.97 | ||
| Turnout | 3,950 | 80.11 | -1.05 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,931[58] | ||||
Close
1893 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Samuel Carnell | 2,114 | 57.01 | ||
| Conservative | George Swan | 1,594 | 42.99 | -10.21 | |
| Majority | 520 | 14.02 | |||
| Turnout | 3,708 | 87.87 | +12.32 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,220 | ||||
Close
1890 election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Swan | 1,105 | 53.20 | ||
| Liberal–Labour | Michael Gannon[62] | 972 | 46.80 | ||
| Majority | 133 | 6.40 | |||
| Turnout | 2,077 | 75.55 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,749 | ||||
Close
1877 by-election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Fred Sutton | 317 | 42.10 | ||
| Independent | John Buchanan | 294 | 39.04 | ||
| Independent | Henry Stokes Tiffen | 128 | 17.00 | ||
| Independent | William Colenso | 13 | 1.73 | ||
| Independent | William Barnard Rhodes | 1 | 0.13 | ||
| Majority | 23 | 3.05 | |||
| Turnout | 753 | ||||
Close
1861 by-election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Colenso | 47 | 44.8 | ||
| Independent | Henry Sealy[65][66][67] | 30 | 28.6 | ||
| Independent | John Tucker[68] | 23 | 21.9 | ||
| Independent | J. B. Ferguson[68] | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| Majority | 17 | 16.2 | |||
| Turnout | 105 | ||||
Close
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