Whangārei (New Zealand electorate)
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Whangarei is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate that was first created for the 1972 election. The electorate is a reasonably safe National seat, and was held for long periods by John Banks (1981–1999) and Phil Heatley (1999–2014), before being won in the 2014 election by Shane Reti.
Population centres
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,[1] and the 1972 electoral redistribution saw three additional general seats created for the North Island, bringing the total number of electorates to 87.[2] Together with increased urbanisation in Christchurch and Nelson, the changes proved very disruptive to existing electorates. [2] In the South Island, three electorates were abolished, and three electorates were newly created.[3] In the North Island, five electorates were abolished, two electorates were recreated, and six electorates were newly created (including Whangarei).[4]
The boundaries of the Whangarei electorate were last adjusted for the 1999 election; before then, the electorate bordered onto the Kaipara Harbour. Subsequent redistributions in 2002,[5] 2007,[6] and 2013/14[7] did not change the boundaries further.
The electorate includes the following population centres:
It extends from Hikurangi in the north to Ruatangata and Poroti in the west and Waipu and Langs Beach in the south.
History
The electorate was created for the 1972 election, and apart from a Labour win that year, it has been won by National in every election since. Phil Heatley, who held the electorate since 1999,[8] retired at the end of the current parliamentary term in 2014.[9] Shane Reti stood for the National Party in the 2014 election and had a large margin over Labour's Kelly Ellis.[10][11]
Members of Parliament
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.
Key
Labour | National |
NZ First | ACT |
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Whangarei electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | width=5 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand First/meta/color| | Brian Donnelly |
bgcolor=Template:ACT New Zealand/meta/color| | Muriel Newman | |
1999 election | width=5 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand First/meta/color| | Brian Donnelly (2nd time) |
bgcolor=Template:ACT New Zealand/meta/color| | Muriel Newman (2nd time) | |
2002 election | width=5 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand First/meta/color| | Brian Donnelly (3rd time) |
bgcolor=Template:ACT New Zealand/meta/color| | Muriel Newman (3rd time) | |
2005 election | width=5 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand First/meta/color| | Brian Donnelly (4th time) 1 |
2014 election | width=5 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand First/meta/color| | Pita Paraone |
1Donnelly resigned in February 2008 when appointed High Commissioner to the Cook Islands
Election results
2011 election
General election 2011: Whangarei[12] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
20,049 | 59.18 | -4.98 | 17,486 | 50.67 | +0.63 | ||
Labour | Pat Newman | 7,602 | 22.44 | -0.92 | 7,017 | 20.33 | -8.27 | ||
Green | Rick Bazeley | 2,993 | 8.83 | +1.23 | 3,673 | 10.64 | +4.65 | ||
NZ First | Pita Paraone | 1,512 | 4.46 | +4.46 | 3,340 | 9.68 | +3.52 | ||
Conservative Party of New Zealand | Ross Craig | 1,146 | 3.38 | +3.38 | 1,457 | 4.22 | +4.22 | ||
ACT | Robin Grieve | 338 | 1.00 | +0.15 | 596 | 1.73 | -2.07 | ||
Democrats | Edgar Kenneth Goodhue | 142 | 0.42 | -0.08 | 84 | 0.24 | +0.06 | ||
Libertarianz | Helen Hughes | 97 | 0.29 | +0.12 | 31 | 0.09 | +0.04 | ||
Mana | 238 | 0.69 | +0.69 | ||||||
Māori Party | 212 | 0.61 | -0.30 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 184 | 0.53 | +0.07 | ||||||
United Future | 180 | 0.52 | -0.19 | ||||||
Alliance | 14 | 0.04 | -0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 654 | 287 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 33,879 | 34,512 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 12,447 | 36.74 | -4.06 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 46,511[13]
2008 election
General election 2008: Whangarei[14] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
23,056 | 64.16 | 18,252 | 50.04 | ||||
Labour | Paul Chalmers | 8,393 | 23.36 | 10,433 | 28.60 | ||||
Green | Paul Doherty | 2,731 | 7.60 | 2,187 | 6.00 | ||||
Progressive | Viv Shepherd | 636 | 1.77 | 531 | 1.46 | ||||
ACT | Thomas John McClelland | 304 | 0.85 | 1,385 | 3.80 | ||||
RAM | Martin Kaipo | 281 | 0.78 | 25 | 0.07 | ||||
Democrats | Edgar Kenneth Goodhue | 179 | 0.50 | 66 | 0.18 | ||||
Independent | Simon Vallings | 113 | 0.31 | ||||||
United Future | Maureen Gunston | 107 | 0.30 | 260 | 0.71 | ||||
Independent | Don Hedges | 74 | 0.21 | ||||||
Libertarianz | Helen Hughes | 61 | 0.17 | 18 | 0.05 | ||||
NZ First | 2,246 | 6.16 | |||||||
Māori Party | 333 | 0.91 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 231 | 0.63 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 169 | 0.46 | |||||||
Kiwi | 167 | 0.46 | |||||||
Family Party | 128 | 0.35 | |||||||
Alliance | 17 | 0.05 | |||||||
Workers Party | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
Pacific | 12 | 0.03 | |||||||
RONZ | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 413 | 240 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 35,935 | 36,476 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 14,663 | 40.80 |
2005 election
General election 2005: Whangarei[15] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Philip Heatley | 18,900 | 53.81 | +10.56 | 15,333 | 43.11 | |||
Labour | Paul Chalmers | 9,811 | 27.93 | -5.27 | 12,884 | 36.22 | |||
NZ First | Brian Donnelly | 2,983 | 8.49 | -3.31 | 3,217 | 9.04 | |||
Green | Moea Armstrong | 1,240 | 3.53 | 1,648 | 4.63 | ||||
ACT | Muriel Newman | 1,067 | 3.04 | 707 | 1.99 | ||||
Māori Party | Rangi Ngāti Huna Tahiao | 384 | 1.09 | 264 | 0.74 | ||||
Progressive | Viv Shepherd | 311 | 0.89 | 409 | 1.15 | ||||
Destiny | Tony Ford | 178 | 0.51 | 240 | 0.67 | ||||
United Future | Craig Hunt | 168 | 0.48 | 637 | 1.79 | ||||
Libertarianz | Helen Hughes | 80 | 0.23 | 39 | 0.11 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | 81 | 0.23 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 46 | 0.13 | |||||||
Democrats | 23 | 0.06 | |||||||
Alliance | 19 | 0.05 | |||||||
RONZ | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
99 MP | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
One NZ | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Family Rights | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 243 | 117 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 35,122 | 35,568 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 9,089 | 25.88 | +15.83 |
Notes
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 111.
- ^ a b McRobie 1989, p. 115.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 112, 116.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 111, 115.
- ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2002 (PDF). Representation Commission. 21 March 2002. p. 8. ISBN 0-478-20169-9. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2007 (PDF). Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Hon Phil Heatley". New Zealand Parliament. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ Vance, Andrea (1 November 2013). "MP Phil Heatley to Retire". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ Watkins, Tracy (10 March 2014). "Labour announces Chch Central candidate". The Press. p. A2. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Election 2014: Shane Reti wins Whangarei". The New Zealand Herald. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ 2011 election results
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ 2008 election results
- ^ election result Whangarei 2005
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