Coromandel (New Zealand electorate)
Coromandel is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the House of Representatives. It is currently represented by Scott Simpson, a member of the National Party.
Population centres
The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–76 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Coromandel, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.[1]
Since the 1969 election, the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, with continued faster population growth in the North Island leading to an increase in the number of general electorates. There were 84 electorates for the 1969 election,[2] and the 1972 electoral redistribution saw three additional general seats created for the North Island, bringing the total number of electorates to 87.[3] Together with increased urbanisation in Christchurch and Nelson, the changes proved very disruptive to existing electorates. [3] In the South Island, three electorates were abolished, and three electorates were newly created.[4] In the North Island, five electorates were abolished, two electorates were recreated (including Coromandel), and six electorates were newly created.[5]
The 1987 electoral redistribution took the continued population growth in the North Island into account, and two additional general electorates were created, bringing the total number of electorates to 97. In the South Island, the shift of population to Christchurch had continued.[6] Overall, three electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated (including Coromandel), and four electorates were abolished. All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes.[7] These changes came into effect with the 1987 election.[8]
The current Coromandel seat is based around the Coromandel Peninsula, and contains the main Coromandel towns of Thames, Whitianga, Whangamata. To the south of the electorate is the Hauraki District which contains the main townships of Paeroa, Waihi and Ngatea. It also extends an arm down into the Bay of Plenty, to take the town of Katikati, with its southern boundary on the edge of the Tauranga urban area.
2007 boundary review
Following the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, the Representation Commission decided to move the southern boundary of Coromandel away from Tauranga, so that Katikati will be the only large Bay of Plenty town in the seat. In exchange for this, the eastern Waikato town of Te Aroha has been transferred from the newly abolished seat of Piako. This is the largest change in Coromandel's makeup to date, and the new seat was fought for the first time at the 2008 election.
History
The Coromandel electorate was first created in 1881 for the 8th session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for three terms until 1890 and was represented by Alfred Cadman.[9]
The electorate was recreated in 1972 for the 37th session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for two terms until 1978 and was represented by Leo Schultz of the National Party, who had previously represented the Hauraki electorate. The Coromandel electorate was abolished again and the area again covered by the Hauraki electorate.
The electorate was once again recreated in 1987 for the 42nd session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for two terms until 1993 and was represented by Graeme Lee representing the National Party. The Coromandel Peninsula was afterwards covered by the Hauraki electorate, with its southern portion going into the Matakana electorate.
The electorate was again recreated in 1996 for the 45th session, which was the first term under the Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) electoral system.
The new MMP Coromandel electorate was won by Murray McLean of the National Party in 1996. In 1999, Green party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons won the electorate, after then Labour Leader (and Prime Minister after the election) Helen Clark openly encouraged Labour supporters to give their constituency vote to Fitzsimons[10] and their party vote to Labour.[11] The Green Party believes that this was the first time in the world that a Green MP had won an electorate in the first past the post voting system.[12] The electorate returned to National in the 2002 election, with Sandra Goudie the representative. Goudie retired at the 2011 election.[13]
Members of Parliament
Key Independent National Green Alliance NZ First
Election | Winner | |
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1881 election | rowspan=3 Template:Meta color | Alfred Cadman |
1884 election | ||
1887 election | ||
Electorate abolished 1890–1972 | ||
1972 election | rowspan=2 Template:Meta color | Leo Schultz |
1975 election | ||
Electorate abolished 1978–1987; see Kaimai and Hauraki | ||
1987 election | rowspan=2 Template:Meta color | Graeme Lee |
1990 election | ||
Electorate abolished 1993–1996 | ||
1996 election | Template:Meta color | Murray McLean |
1999 election | Template:Meta color | Jeanette Fitzsimons |
2002 election | rowspan=3 Template:Meta color | Sandra Goudie |
2005 election | ||
2008 election | ||
2011 election | rowspan=2 Template:Meta color | Scott Simpson |
2014 election |
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Coromandel electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | width=5 Template:Meta color | Jeanette Fitzsimons |
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand First/meta/color| | Robyn McDonald | |
2002 election | rowspan=2 Template:Meta color | Jeanette Fitzsimons1 |
2005 election | ||
2011 election | rowspan=2 Template:Meta color | Catherine Delahunty |
2014 election |
1Jeanette Fitzsimons retired on 11 February 2010, and was replaced by the next candidate on the Green Party list, Gareth Hughes.
Election results
2014 election
General election 2014: Coromandel[14] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Scott Simpson | 21,934 | 58.72 | +3.67 | 20,547 | 54.17 | +2.03 | ||
Green | Catherine Delahunty | 6,133 | 16.42 | -0.36 | 3,724 | 9.82 | -1.55 | ||
Labour | Korbinian Poschl | 4,236 | 11.34 | -5.94 | 5,960 | 15.71 | -2.34 | ||
NZ First | Grant Ertel | 3,158 | 8.45 | +2.17 | 4,741 | 12.50 | +1.47 | ||
Ban 1080 | Mike Downard | 420 | 1.12 | +1.12 | 112 | 0.30 | +0.30 | ||
Māori Party | Hiria Pakinga | 176 | 0.47 | +0.47 | 184 | 0.49 | +0.05 | ||
ACT | David Edward Olsen | 161 | 0.43 | +0.43 | 142 | 0.37 | -1.00 | ||
Internet Mana | 259 | 0.68 | +0.43 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 139 | 0.37 | -0.26 | ||||||
United Future | 64 | 0.17 | -0.51 | ||||||
Democrats | 20 | 0.05 | -0.01 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 17 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Civilian | 11 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Focus | 7 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Informal votes | 313 | 117 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 37,664 | 38,048 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 15,801 | 42.30 | +4.54 |
2011 election
General election 2011: Coromandel[15] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Scott Simpson | 18,571 | 55.05 | -8.00 | 18,021 | 52.14 | +0.49 | ||
Labour | Hugh Kininmonth | 5,831 | 17.28 | -5.24 | 6,239 | 18.05 | -7.94 | ||
Green | Catherine Delahunty | 5,660 | 16.18 | +5.09 | 3,929 | 11.37 | +3.77 | ||
NZ First | Kevin Stone | 2,118 | 6.28 | +6.28 | 3,813 | 11.03 | +4.70 | ||
Conservative Party of New Zealand | Bruce Rurehe | 853 | 2.53 | +2.53 | 1,349 | 3.90 | +3.90 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Jay Fitton | 454 | 1.35 | +1.35 | 217 | 0.63 | +0.24 | ||
United Future | Steve Graf | 195 | 0.58 | +0.58 | 236 | 0.68 | -0.06 | ||
Independent | Mapuna Turner | 54 | 0.16 | +0.16 | |||||
ACT | 473 | 1.37 | -3.03 | ||||||
Māori Party | 151 | 0.44 | -0.30 | ||||||
Mana | 87 | 0.25 | +0.25 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 24 | 0.07 | +0.03 | ||||||
Democrats | 21 | 0.06 | +0.02 | ||||||
Alliance | 4 | 0.01 | -0.07 | ||||||
Informal votes | 843 | 286 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 33,736 | 34,564 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 12,740 | 37.76 | -2.76 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,697[16]
2008 election
General election 2008: Coromandel[17] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Sandra Goudie | 22,653 | 63.05 | +10.10 | 18,855 | 51.65 | +7.49 | ||
Labour | Hugh Kininmonth | 8,093 | 22.52 | -1.05 | 9,487 | 25.99 | -5.72 | ||
Green | James Redwood | 4,201 | 11.69 | -3.73 | 2,773 | 7.60 | +0.14 | ||
ACT | Ray Basett | 624 | 1.74 | +1.26 | 1,605 | 4.40 | +3.42 | ||
Kiwi | Huey Rurehe | 360 | 1.00 | 239 | 0.65 | ||||
NZ First | 2,312 | 6.33 | -3.74 | ||||||
United Future | 272 | 0.75 | -1.71 | ||||||
Māori Party | 269 | 0.74 | +0.29 | ||||||
Progressive | 217 | 0.59 | -0.39 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 196 | 0.54 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 141 | 0.39 | +0.10 | ||||||
Family Party | 51 | 0.14 | |||||||
Alliance | 29 | 0.08 | +0.06 | ||||||
Democrats | 16 | 0.04 | -0.02 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 13 | 0.04 | -0.03 | ||||||
Pacific | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
Workers Party | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
RAM | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
RONZ | 3 | 0.01 | -0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 463 | 204 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 35,931 | 36,504 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 14,560 | 40.52 | +11.14 |
Note: lines coloured green denote the winner of the electorate vote. Lines coloured pink denote a candidate elected to Parliament from their party list.
2005 election
General election 2005: Coromandel[18] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Sandra Goudie | 19,064 | 52.95 | +9.39 | 16,062 | 44.16 | +21.78 | ||
Labour | Max Purnell | 8,486 | 23.57 | -2.34 | 11,535 | 31.71 | -2.68 | ||
Green | Jeanette Fitzsimons | 5,554 | 15.42 | -7.46 | 2,713 | 7.46 | -2.02 | ||
NZ First | John Foote | 1,792 | 4.98 | 3,661 | 10.07 | -6.93 | |||
United Future | Lee Robertson | 652 | 1.81 | -1.49 | 895 | 2.46 | -3.84 | ||
Progressive | Annette Anderson | 280 | 0.78 | -0.31 | 358 | 0.98 | -0.18 | ||
ACT | Ray Bassett | 172 | 0.48 | -1.80 | 322 | 0.98 | -5.26 | ||
Destiny | 211 | 0.58 | |||||||
Māori Party | 165 | 0.45 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 104 | 0.29 | -0.12 | ||||||
Christian Heritage | 25 | 0.07 | -0.82 | ||||||
Democrats | 24 | 0.07 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 24 | 0.07 | |||||||
One NZ | 6 | 0.02 | -0.06 | ||||||
RONZ | 9 | 0.02 | |||||||
99 MP | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Family Rights | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
Alliance | 6 | 0.02 | -0.49 | ||||||
Direct Democracy | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 260 | 133 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 36,007 | 36,372 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 10,578 | 29.38 |
2002 election
General election 2002: Coromandel[19] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Sandra Goudie | 14,706 | 43.56 | +4.31 | 7,663 | 22.38 | -8.75 | ||
Labour | Max Purnell | 8,748 | 25.91 | +14.54 | 11,778 | 34.39 | -1.49 | ||
Green | Jeanette Fitzsimons | 7,724 | 22.88 | -17.10 | 3,232 | 9.48 | +1.83 | ||
United Future | Lee Robertson | 1,113 | 3.30 | 2,159 | 6.30 | +1.88 [note 1] | |||
ACT | David Olsen | 771 | 2.28 | 2,137 | 6.24 | -0.09 | |||
Progressive | Annette Anderson | 367 | 1.09 | 398 | 1.16 | ||||
Christian Heritage | David Parlour | 329 | 0.97 | 306 | 0.89 | -1.59 | |||
NZ First | 5,740 | 17.00 | +10.03 | ||||||
ORNZ | 473 | 1.38 | |||||||
Alliance | 175 | 0.51 | -5.98 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 139 | 0.41 | -0.37 | ||||||
One NZ | 27 | 0.08 | -0.02 | ||||||
Mana Māori | 10 | 0.03 | +0.01 | ||||||
NMP | 7 | 0.02 | -0.06 | ||||||
Informal votes | 386 | 111 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 33,758 | 34,244 | |||||||
National gain from Green | Majority | 5,958 | 17.65 |
- ^ United Future swing is compared to the 1999 results of United New Zealand and Future New Zealand, who merged in 2000
1999 election
General election 1999: Coromandel[20][21] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Green | Jeanette Fitzsimons[notes 1] | 13,682 | 39.98 | +39.98 | 2,640 | 7.65 | |||
National | Murray McLean | 13,432 | 39.25 | +6.34 | 10,747 | 31.13 | |||
Labour | Margaret Hawkeswood | 3,892 | 11.37 | -0.55 | 12,390 | 35.88 | |||
NZ First | Robyn McDonald | 1,237 | 3.61 | -18.61 | 2,406 | 6.97 | |||
Alliance | Tony Bird | 1,217 | 3.56 | -23.22 | 2,241 | 6.49 | |||
Christian Heritage | David Parlour | 760 | 2.22 | 855 | 2.45 | ||||
ACT | 2,187 | 6.33 | +1.58 | ||||||
United NZ | 156 | 0.45 | |||||||
Informal votes | 660 | 353 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,880 | 34,880 | |||||||
Green gain from National | Majority | 250 | 0.73 |
- ^ The Green Party split from the Alliance Party, who Jeanette Fitzsimons stood for in 1996.
1996 election
General election 1996: Coromandel[22][23][24] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Murray McLean | 12,011 | 33.64 | 11,476 | 31.90 | ||||
Alliance | Jeanette Fitzsimons | 9,561 | 26.78 | 4,561 | 12.68 | ||||
NZ First | Robyn McDonald | 7,932 | 22.22 | 7,251 | 20.15 | ||||
Labour | Margaret Hawkeswood | 4,255 | 11.92 | 7,823 | 21.74 | ||||
ACT | Thomas Howard | 833 | 2.33 | 1,710 | 4.75 | ||||
United NZ | Gail McIntosh | 433 | 1.21 | 276 | 0.77 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Gary Young | 267 | 0.75 | 116 | 0.32 | ||||
Superannuitants & Youth | Vern Byrne | 189 | 0.53 | 43 | 0.12 | ||||
Progressive Green | Ralph Dell | 145 | 0.41 | 79 | 0.22 | ||||
Natural Law | Mimousse Hodgson | 76 | 0.21 | 64 | 0.18 | ||||
Christian Coalition | 1,877 | 5.22 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 576 | 1.60 | |||||||
Animals First | 48 | 0.13 | |||||||
Green Society | 23 | 0.06 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 20 | 0.06 | |||||||
Conservatives | 14 | 0.04 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Te Tawharau | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 394 | 116 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 35,702 | 35,980 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 2,450 | 6.86 |
Notes
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 43–48.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 111.
- ^ a b McRobie 1989, p. 115.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 112, 116.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 111, 115.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 127f.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 123–128.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 127.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, pp. 99, 156.
- ^ Bernard Orsman (28 October 1999). "Key electorate: Coromandel". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Left Turn: The New Zealand General Election of 1999. Victoria University Press. 2000. p. 237. ISBN 9780864734044.
- ^ "Fitzsimons to Pass Co-leadership Torch in June". Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Coromandel MP Sandra Goudie to retire". New Zealand Herald. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ Coromandel results, 2014
- ^ Coromandel results, 2011
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ Coromandel result 2008
- ^ Official Count Results – Coromandel
- ^ Official Count Results – Coromandel
- ^ "Official Count Results – Coromandel - Electorate Candidate Vote".
- ^ "Official Count Results - Coramandel - Party Vote".
- ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Coromandel, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "Part III - Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
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References
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
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External links
- Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library