Island Bay (New Zealand electorate)
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Island Bay is a former New Zealand electorate, centred on Island Bay in the southern suburbs of Wellington.
Population centres
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 Island Bay.[1]
History
The electorate was held by five MPs from the Labour Party for the whole of its existence from 1946 to 1996.[2] Robert McKeen was the first representative; he had since the 1922 election represented the Wellington South electorate.[3] McKeen was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1947 to 1950.[4] He retired from Parliament in 1954.[3]
McKeen was succeeded by Arnold Nordmeyer in the 1954 election.[5] Nordmeyer was Minister of Finance in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960,[6] and is remembered for the black budget which contributed to Labour's defeat in 1960.[7] Nordmeyer had moved to the Island Bay electorate when the Brooklyn electorate was abolished.[5]
Gerald O'Brien was deselected by Labour for the electorate in 1978, and ran against the new Labour candidate Frank O'Flynn. O'Flynn was Minister of Defence in the Fourth Labour Government from 1984 to 1987.
Members of Parliament
Key
Elections | Winner | |
---|---|---|
1946 election | rowspan=3 Template:Meta color | Robert McKeen |
1949 election | ||
1951 election | ||
1954 election | rowspan=5 Template:Meta color | Arnold Nordmeyer |
1957 election | ||
1960 election | ||
1963 election | ||
1966 election | ||
1969 election | rowspan=3 Template:Meta color | Gerald O'Brien |
1972 election | ||
1975 election | ||
1978 election | rowspan=3 Template:Meta color | Frank O'Flynn |
1981 election | ||
1984 election | ||
1987 election | rowspan=3 Template:Meta color | Elizabeth Tennet |
1990 election | ||
1993 election | ||
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Rongotai) |
Election results
1993 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Tennet | 10,110 | 49.02 | +0.87 | |
National | Chris Shields | 4,688 | 22.73 | ||
Alliance | Vernon Tile | 3,809 | 18.47 | ||
NZ First | Paul Douche | 926 | 4.49 | +3.94 | |
Christian Heritage | Brian Fleming | 479 | 2.32 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Samuel Buchanan | 451 | 2.18 | ||
Natural Law | Bruce Brown | 158 | 0.76 | ||
Majority | 5,422 | 26.29 | +6.92 | ||
Turnout | 20,621 | 84.45 | +2.59 | ||
Registered electors | 24,417 |
1990 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Tennet | 9,034 | 48.15 | −16.19 | |
National | Ann Nolan | 5,399 | 28.77 | ||
Green | Gillian Hope | 2,343 | 12.48 | ||
NewLabour | Dallas Moore | 1,342 | 7.15 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | C H Smith | 205 | 1.09 | ||
Independent | I R Bartram | 125 | 0.66 | −1.47 | |
People's Party | Warwick Taylor | 115 | 0.61 | ||
Social Credit | Paul Douche | 104 | 0.55 | ||
Independent | R J C Gilberd | 37 | 0.19 | ||
Majority | 3,635 | 19.37 | −18.45 | ||
Turnout | 18,761 | 81.86 | −3.23 | ||
Registered electors | 22,918 |
1987 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Tennet | 12,439 | 64.34 | ||
National | Sandra Clarke | 5,126 | 26.51 | ||
Democrats | E H Low | 503 | 2.60 | ||
Independent | I R Bartram | 413 | 2.13 | ||
People's Party | Christopher John Ellis | 408 | 2.11 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | K J Julian | 214 | 1.10 | ||
NZ Party | G T Parker | 121 | 0.62 | ||
Imperial British Conservative | K J Quinn | 109 | 0.56 | ||
Majority | 7,313 | 37.82 | |||
Turnout | 19,333 | 85.09 | −5.94 | ||
Registered electors | 22,719 |
1984 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank O'Flynn | 10,495 | 52.95 | +0.04 | |
National | John Kananghinis | 4,488 | 22.64 | ||
NZ Party | Peter Button | 4,048 | 20.42 | ||
Social Credit | Paul Douche | 477 | 2.40 | ||
Values | Bruce Symondson | 220 | 1.11 | ||
Independent | Bill Maung | 89 | 0.44 | ||
Majority | 6,007 | 30.31 | +8.88 | ||
Turnout | 19,817 | 91.03 | +3.67 | ||
Registered electors | 21,768 |
1981 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank O'Flynn | 9,723 | 52.91 | +17.51 | |
National | Doug Catley | 5,785 | 31.48 | ||
Social Credit | Ron England | 2,747 | 14.94 | ||
Private Enterprise | Frank Moncur | 120 | 0.65 | +0.60 | |
Majority | 3,938 | 21.43 | +17.91 | ||
Turnout | 18,375 | 87.36 | +30.56 | ||
Registered electors | 21,032 |
1978 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank O'Flynn | 6,524 | 35.40 | ||
National | Bill Nathan | 5,874 | 31.88 | −8.73 | |
Independent Labour | Gerald O'Brien | 3,632 | 19.71 | −28.63 | |
Social Credit | Robyn Smith | 1,502 | 8.15 | ||
Values | Raewyn Good | 751 | 4.07 | ||
Independent | J C Bailey | 65 | 0.35 | ||
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Communist League (New Zealand)/meta/color;" | | Socialist Action | Pat Starkey | 33 | 0.17 | |
Tory | Anthony Catford | 21 | 0.11 | ||
Independent National | Frank Moncur | 12 | 0.06 | −0.09 | |
Independent | Robert Williamson | 11 | 0.05 | ||
Majority | 650 | 3.52 | |||
Turnout | 18,425 | 56.80 | −19.85 | ||
Registered electors | 32,433 |
1975 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald O'Brien | 7,964 | 48.34 | −7.13 | |
National | Bill Nathan | 6,690 | 40.61 | ||
Values | Peter Rutherford | 1,065 | 4.46 | ||
Social Credit | Tom McLean | 675 | 4.09 | ||
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Communist League (New Zealand)/meta/color;" | | Socialist Action | Kay Goodger | 44 | 0.26 | |
Feminist | Ron Megget | 29 | 0.17 | ||
Independent National | Frank Moncur | 26 | 0.15 | −0.14 | |
Majority | 1,274 | 7.73 | −15.48 | ||
Turnout | 16,473 | 76.65 | −11.98 | ||
Registered electors | 21,489 |
1972 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald O'Brien | 8,352 | 55.47 | +5.08 | |
National | Bruce Farland | 4,857 | 32.25 | ||
Values | Tony Brunt | 1,148 | 7.62 | ||
Social Credit | Colin Whitmill | 559 | 3.71 | −0.61 | |
New Democratic | Donald McMillan | 95 | 0.63 | ||
Independent National | Frank Moncur | 45 | 0.29 | ||
Majority | 3,495 | 23.21 | +14.00 | ||
Turnout | 15,056 | 88.63 | +4.14 | ||
Registered electors | 16,986 |
1969 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald O'Brien | 7,374 | 50.39 | ||
National | Fairlie Fergus Curry | 6,026 | 41.18 | ||
Social Credit | Colin Whitmill | 633 | 4.32 | ||
Independent | Fay Lambert | 598 | 4.08 | ||
Majority | 1,348 | 9.21 | |||
Turnout | 14,631 | 84.49 | −5.60 | ||
Registered electors | 17,316 |
1966 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 7,267 | 53.71 | −1.25 | |
National | Saul Goldsmith | 4,461 | 32.97 | ||
Social Credit | K A Marshall | 1,487 | 10.99 | ||
Ind. Social Credit | John Albert Cameron | 174 | 1.28 | −3.38 | |
Communist | Ron Smith | 139 | 1.02 | −0.05 | |
Majority | 2,806 | 20.74 | +5.07 | ||
Turnout | 13,528 | 78.89 | −8.54 | ||
Registered electors | 17,147 |
1963 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 8,372 | 54.96 | +1.70 | |
National | Fairlie Fergus Curry | 5,984 | 39.28 | −1.19 | |
Social Credit | John Albert Cameron | 711 | 4.66 | −0.68 | |
Communist | Ron Smith | 164 | 1.07 | +0.16 | |
Majority | 2,388 | 15.67 | +2.88 | ||
Turnout | 15,231 | 87.43 | +1.47 | ||
Registered electors | 17,419 |
1960 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 7,459 | 53.26 | −7.90 | |
National | Fairlie Fergus Curry | 5,668 | 40.47 | ||
Social Credit | John Albert Cameron | 748 | 5.34 | ||
Communist | Ron Smith | 128 | 0.91 | ||
Majority | 1,791 | 12.79 | −14.69 | ||
Turnout | 14,003 | 85.96 | −5.24 | ||
Registered electors | 16,290 |
1957 election
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1954 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 8,594 | 58.48 | ||
National | John Maurice Whitta | 5,159 | 35.10 | ||
Social Credit | Daniel Gardiner | 821 | 5.58 | ||
Communist | Ron Smith | 120 | 0.81 | ||
Majority | 3,824 | 26.02 | |||
Turnout | 14,694 | 87.29 | −1.37 | ||
Registered electors | 16,833 |
1951 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert McKeen | 6,735 | 56.64 | −4.06 | |
National | J E Duncan | 5,055 | 42.51 | ||
Communist | Connie Birchfield | 99 | 0.83 | ||
Majority | 1,680 | 14.13 | −8.79 | ||
Turnout | 11,889 | 85.92 | −2.82 | ||
Registered electors | 13,837 |
1949 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert McKeen | 7,335 | 60.70 | −3.24 | |
National | H E Childs | 4,565 | 37.78 | +4.38 | |
Communist | Ron Smith | 184 | 1.52 | ||
Informal votes | 86 | 0.71 | |||
Majority | 2,770 | 22.92 | −7.60 | ||
Turnout | 12,170 | 88.74 | −0.63 | ||
Registered electors | 13,714 |
1946 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert McKeen | 8,290 | 63.94 | ||
National | H E Childs | 4,332 | 33.40 | ||
Communist | Brian Berg | 345 | 2.66 | ||
Majority | 3,958 | 30.52 | |||
Turnout | 12,967 | 89.37 | |||
Registered electors | 14,509 |
Notes
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 265.
- ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 215.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 250.
- ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 223.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 88.
- ^ Brown, Bruce. "Nordmeyer, Arnold Henry". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ 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 Norton 1988, pp. 256.
- ^ a b c d e f Norton 1988, pp. 255.
- ^ The General Election, 1949. National Library. 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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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