Hunua

The Hunua electorate existed three times for the New Zealand House of Representatives beginning in 1978, based at the south end of the Auckland urban area, and named for the Hunua Ranges. It covered different geographical areas over those periods. The electorate is currently represented by Paul Hutchison of the National Party.

History

In an historical sense, the name refers to an electorate that was contested in 1978 and 1981, before boundary changes forced its abolition ahead of the 1984 election. The 1978 election was notable in that Labour candidate Malcolm Douglas held an election night majority of 301 votes. However, National candidate Winston Peters claimed irregularities in the vote, and in 1979 a Court-ordered recount resulted in 500 votes being re-classed as informal, giving Peters a majority of 192. Peters replaced Douglas in parliament.

It also refers to a constituency created due to the 1996 change to Mixed Member Proportional voting and the resulting reduction in the number of constituencies. The second historical Hunua electorate contained a selection of dormitory towns in south Auckland, of which Papakura was the largest. The Hunua electorate was abolished at the 2002 election.

In a modern sense, the name refers to a constituency which was fought for the first time at the 2008 election. The new Hunua electorate is based around the southern and eastern fringes of the Auckland region, and contains the Franklin District towns of Pukekohe, Waiuku, Bombay, as well as Clevedon, Whitford and Maraetai from eastern Manukau. The resurrected Hunua electorate officially replaced the redrawn and renamed electorate of Port Waikato. The current MP is National's Dr Paul Hutchison, who previously held the Port Waikato electorate.

Members of Parliament

Key

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Election	Winner
1978 election		Winston Peters
1981 election		Colin Moyle
electorate abolished
1996 election		Warren Kyd
1999 election
electorate abolished
2008 election		Paul Hutchison
2011 election

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Helensville electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Election	Winner
2008 election		Roger Douglas

Election results

2011 election

General Election 2011: Hunua
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Paul Hutchison		22,563	65.59	+1.18	22,161	62.58	+1.94
	Labour	Richard Hills		5,766	16.76	-1.05	5,705	16.11	-3.60
	Green	Charmaine A Watts		2,576	7.49	+3.01	2,438	6.88	+3.52
	NZ First	Doug Nabbs		1,405	4.08	+1.15	2,626	7.42	+3.04
	Conservative	Kevin Campbell		1,373	3.99	+3.99	1,320	3.73	+3.73
	ACT	Ian Cummings		440	1.28	-7.74	515	1.45	-6.79
	Māori	Thomas Tuatu Toihau Phillips		194	0.56	+0.56	188	0.53	-0.01
	Democrats	Huia Mitchell		81	0.24	+0.24	30	0.08	+0.06
	United Future						170	0.48	-0.34
	Legalise Cannabis						154	0.43	+0.11
	Mana						75	0.21	+0.21
	Libertarianz						25	0.07	+0.04
	Alliance						4	0.01	-0.03
Informal votes				699			204
Total Valid votes				34,398			35,411
	National hold		Majority	16,797	48.83	+2.23

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 47,215

2008 election

General Election 2008: Hunua
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Paul Hutchison		21,920	64.41		21,032	60.64
	Labour	Jordan Carter		6,062	17.81		6,836	19.71
	ACT	Roger Douglas		3,068	9.02		2,859	8.24
	Green	Fiona Kenworthy (Shaw)		1,525	4.48		1,168	3.37
	NZ First	Helen Mulford		997	2.93		1,516	4.37
	Kiwi	Frank Naea		209	0.61		130	0.37
	United Future	Toni Driller		195	0.57		286	0.82
	Libertarianz	Bruce Whitehead		56	0.16		10	0.03
	Bill and Ben						199	0.57
	Progressive						194	0.56
	Māori						189	0.54
	Legalise Cannabis						112	0.32
	Family Party						95	0.27
	Pacific						21	0.06
	Alliance						16	0.05
	Workers Party						9	0.03
	Democrats						7	0.02
	RONZ						3	0.01
	RAM						2	0.01
Informal votes				299			118
Total Valid votes				34,032			34,684
	National win new seat		Majority	15,858