Petone (New Zealand electorate)
Petone is a former parliamentary electorate in the lower Hutt Valley of New Zealand, from 1946 to 1978. The electorate was represented by two Members of Parliament from the Labour Party.
Population centres
[edit]The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, eight former electorates were re-established, and 19 electorates were created for the first time, including Petone.[1] The electorate was based on the southern part of the city of Lower Hutt. Settlements within the electorate included the suburb of Petone, Wainuiomata, and Eastbourne.[2]
The Petone electorate was abolished through the 1977 electoral redistribution.[3] Most of its area went to the Pencarrow electorate, while some area, including the suburb of Petone, transferred to the Western Hutt electorate.
History
[edit]The Petone electorate was first used for the 1946 election. Its first representative was Mick Moohan of the Labour Party, who was Minister of Railways from 1957 to 1960 while serving the electorate. Moohan died in office on 7 February 1967.[4]
This caused the 1967 by-election, which was won by Fraser Colman. He served until the electorate was abolished in 1978, and moved to the Pencarrow electorate.[5]
Members of Parliament
[edit]The Petone electorate was represented by two Members of Parliament.[6]
Key
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 election | Mick Moohan | |
| 1949 election | ||
| 1951 election | ||
| 1954 election | ||
| 1957 election | ||
| 1960 election | ||
| 1963 election | ||
| 1966 election | ||
| 1967 by-election | Fraser Colman | |
| 1969 election | ||
| 1972 election | ||
| 1975 election | ||
| (Electorate abolished in 1978; see Pencarrow and Western Hutt) | ||
Election results
[edit]1975 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fraser Colman | 8,333 | 51.28 | −11.83 | |
| National | Brel Gluyas | 5,499 | 33.84 | ||
| Values | Ian Donaldson | 1,168 | 7.18 | ||
| Social Credit | Reg Moore | 1,155 | 7.10 | +2.39 | |
| Liberal | John Anthony Patrick Broderick | 62 | 0.38 | ||
| Socialist Action | Russell Johnson | 31 | 0.19 | ||
| Majority | 2,834 | 17.44 | −18.86 | ||
| Turnout | 16,248 | 80.96 | −7.30 | ||
| Registered electors | 20,069 | ||||
1972 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fraser Colman | 9,334 | 63.11 | +4.23 | |
| National | Nick Ursin | 3,994 | 27.00 | ||
| Social Credit | Reg Moore | 698 | 4.71 | ||
| Values | L B Frost | 674 | 4.55 | ||
| New Democratic | E G M Tyley | 90 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 5,340 | 36.10 | −12.24 | ||
| Turnout | 14,790 | 88.26 | −0.36 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,756 | ||||
1969 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fraser Colman | 8,512 | 58.88 | +4.28 | |
| National | Francis Joshua Handy | 5,064 | 35.03 | ||
| Social Credit | K H Walker | 880 | 6.08 | ||
| Majority | 3,450 | 23.86 | +0.11 | ||
| Turnout | 14,456 | 88.62 | +21.05 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,312 | ||||
1967 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fraser Colman | 7,086 | 54.60 | ||
| National | Dick Martin | 4,003 | 30.84 | ||
| Social Credit | Colin Whitmill | 1,888 | 14.54 | +2.43 | |
| Majority | 3,083 | 23.75 | |||
| Turnout | 12,977 | 67.57 | −20.17 | ||
| Registered electors | 19,203 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1966 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mick Moohan | 8,301 | 52.12 | −2.78 | |
| National | Joe Miller | 5,694 | 35.75 | ||
| Social Credit | Colin Whitmill | 1,929 | 12.11 | ||
| Majority | 2,607 | 16.37 | +1.23 | ||
| Turnout | 15,924 | 84.74 | −3.42 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,791 | ||||
1963 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mick Moohan | 8,875 | 54.90 | −1.07 | |
| National | Peter Love | 6,427 | 39.75 | ||
| Social Credit | Thomas Frank Foulger | 688 | 4.25 | ||
| Independent | C G Stancliff | 175 | 1.08 | ||
| Majority | 2,448 | 15.14 | −3.55 | ||
| Turnout | 16,165 | 88.16 | −1.60 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,335 | ||||
1960 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mick Moohan | 8,738 | 55.97 | −5.15 | |
| National | Dick Martin | 5,820 | 37.28 | ||
| Social Credit | Desmond George Long | 1,052 | 6.73 | −1.94 | |
| Majority | 2,918 | 18.69 | −8.35 | ||
| Turnout | 15,610 | 89.76 | −3.05 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,389 | ||||
1957 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mick Moohan | 9,401 | 61.12 | −0.07 | |
| National | Dan Riddiford | 5,242 | 34.08 | ||
| Social Credit | Desmond George Long | 737 | 4.79 | ||
| Majority | 4,159 | 27.04 | −2.14 | ||
| Turnout | 15,380 | 92.81 | +6.42 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,571 | ||||
1954 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mick Moohan | 8,831 | 61.19 | +2.90 | |
| National | Fanny Elizabeth Soward | 4,620 | 32.01 | ||
| Social Credit | Robert Leslie Allan | 859 | 5.95 | ||
| Communist | Connie Birchfield | 120 | 0.83 | ||
| Majority | 4,211 | 29.18 | +12.59 | ||
| Turnout | 14,430 | 86.39 | −1.81 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,702 | ||||
1951 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mick Moohan | 7,502 | 58.29 | −0.55 | |
| National | Norm Croft | 5,367 | 41.70 | +2.12 | |
| Majority | 2,135 | 16.59 | −2.66 | ||
| Turnout | 12,869 | 88.20 | −4.23 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,590 | ||||
1949 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mick Moohan | 7,721 | 58.84 | −6.53 | |
| National | Norm Croft | 5,194 | 39.58 | ||
| Communist | Arthur Philip Quinn | 207 | 1.57 | ||
| Majority | 2,527 | 19.25 | −11.49 | ||
| Turnout | 13,122 | 92.43 | +0.29 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,196 | ||||
1946 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mick Moohan | 8,545 | 65.37 | ||
| National | George London | 4,526 | 34.62 | ||
| Majority | 4,019 | 30.74 | |||
| Turnout | 13,071 | 92.14 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,185 | ||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 94.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 115, 119.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 221.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 190.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 270.
- ^ a b Norton 1988, p. 318.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Norton 1988, p. 317.
- ^ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
References
[edit]- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- 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.