Western Hutt
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Western Hutt was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate from 1969 to 1996.
Population centres
Through an amendment in the Electoral Act in 1965, the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, an increase of one since the 1962 electoral redistribution.[1] It was accepted that through the more rapid population growth in the North Island, the number of its electorates would continue to increase, and to keep proportionality, three new electorates were allowed for in the 1967 electoral redistribution for the next election.[2] In the North Island, five electorates were newly created (including Western Hutt) and one electorate was reconstituted while three electorates were abolished.[3] In the South Island, three electorates were newly created and one electorate was reconstituted while three electorates were abolished.[4] The overall effect of the required changes was highly disruptive to existing electorates, with all but three electorates having their boundaries altered.[5] These changes came into effect with the 1969 election.[2]
The main population centre in the electorate was the city of Lower Hutt in the Hutt Valley.
History
The electorate partly replaced the Hutt seat, which had been held by Trevor Young (who went to the Eastern Hutt seat), and Western Hutt was won in 1978 by John Terris for the Labour Party.
In the 1990 election the seat was won by Joy McLauchlan of the National Party; one of several seats won by National at the 1990 general election.
In 1996 the seat was replaced by the Hutt South seat, which was won by Trevor Mallard of the Labour Party.
Members of Parliament
Key
Election | Winner | |
---|---|---|
1969 election | width=5 rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color| | Henry May |
1972 election | ||
1975 election | bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color| | Brian Lambert |
1978 election | rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color| | John Terris |
1981 election | ||
1984 election | ||
1987 election | ||
1990 election | rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color| | Joy McLauchlan |
1993 election | ||
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Hutt South and Ohariu-Belmont) |
Election results
1993 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Joy McLauchlan | 9,043 | 43.8 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Vern Walsh | 7,501 | 36.3 | ||
Alliance | David Steele | 2,688 | 13.0 | ||
NZ First | Maraea Ropata | 742 | 3.6 | ||
Christian Heritage | Don France | 443 | 2.1 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Alastair McGlinchy | 192 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 1,542 | 7.4 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 20,609 |
1990 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Joy McLauchlan | 9,167 | 45.5 | +7.0 | |
Labour | John Terris | 8,467 | 42.0 | −14.7 | |
Green | Kari Haydon | 1,372 | 6.8 | ||
NewLabour | J Olsen | 668 | 3.3 | ||
Democrats | Errol Baird | 162 | 0.8 | −3.2 | |
McGillicuddy Serious | J A L Speak | 132 | 0.6 | ||
Social Credit | M N Brooke | 94 | 0.4 | ||
Independent | B Pillow | 54 | 0.2 | ||
People's Party | L Hannah | 15 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 700 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 20,131 |
1987 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Terris | 11,074 | 56.7 | +5.8 | |
National | Joy McLauchlan | 7,526 | 38.5 | ||
Democrats | Errol Baird | 783 | 4.0 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Steven Heath | 153 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 3,548 | 18.2 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 22,026 | 91.2 | −5.1 |
1984 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Terris | 10,555 | 50.9 | +2.5 | |
National | John Tanner | 6,207 | 29.9 | ||
NZ Party | Philip Hale | 3,557 | 17.2 | ||
Social Credit | David Coad | 407 | 2.0 | ||
Majority | 4,348 | 21.0 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 22,050 | 96.3 | +5.7 |
1981 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Terris | 9,441 | 48.4 | +3.7 | |
National | John Tanner | 8,021 | 41.2 | ||
Social Credit | Ivan Woolloff | 1,926 | 9.9 | ||
Independent | Donald McPherson | 69 | 0.4 | ||
National Front | Bas Zandbergen | 30 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 1,420 | 7.2 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 21,599 | 90.6 | +24.1 |
1978 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Terris | 8,268 | 44.7 | ||
National | Brian Lambert | 8,200 | 43.8 | −0.1 | |
Social Credit | Kenneth Albert Demicol | 1,645 | 8.8 | ||
Values | Neville McPherson | 348 | 1.8 | ||
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Tory | Philip James Tree | 32 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 168 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 28,581 | 66.5 | −17.3 |
1975 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Brian Lambert | 8,334 | 43.9 | ||
Labour | Henry May | 8,225 | 43.4 | −9.6 | |
Values | Merv Robertson | 1,216 | 6.4 | ||
Social Credit | John Charles Tibbles | 1,194 | 6.3 | ||
Majority | 168 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 22,706 | 83.8 | −6.7 |
1972 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry May | 8,476 | 53.0 | +1.3 | |
National | Julian Watts | 6,084 | 38.0 | ||
Social Credit | Kenneth George Joseph Lattimer | 687 | 4.3 | ||
Values | A A King | 664 | 4.2 | ||
New Democratic | J P Fitzgibbon | 87 | 0.5 | ||
Majority | 2,392 | 15.0 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 17,738 | 90.5 | +2.5 |
1969 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry May | 8,578 | 51.7 | ||
National | Egan Edward Ogier | 7,157 | 43.1 | ||
Social Credit | Michael Kalaugher | 861 | 5.2 | ||
Majority | 1,421 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 19,014 | 88.0 |
Notes
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 108, 111, 112.
- ^ a b McRobie 1989, p. 111.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 107, 111.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 108, 112.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 111f.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
- ^ a b c d e f g Norton 1988, pp. 390.
References
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
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(help) - Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
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