Bay of Plenty is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current representative is Todd Muller of the National Party, first elected at the 2014 election. He replaced Tony Ryall, also of the National Party, who retired after representing the seat since 1996. [1]
In the 1892 electoral redistribution, population shift to the North Island required the transfer of one seat from the South Island to the north. The resulting ripple effect saw every electorate established in 1890 have its boundaries altered, and eight electorates were established for the first time, including Bay of Plenty. [2]
The current Bay of Plenty electorate is wrapped around Tauranga city, but does not include the city. It does include Matakana Island.
Prior to the 2007 boundary review, it did not extend to the western side of Tauranga or to Matakana Island. Instead it comprised a section of the central Bay of Plenty coast, from the eastern periphery of the Tauranga urban area to outside the main populated part of Whakatane. It included the towns of Te Puke, Edgecumbe and Papamoa. Rapid population growth around Tauranga has driven considerable boundary change at each review. For the 2008 election, the eastern boundary moved far westwards to the eastern fringe of Te Puke, in the process abandoning sections of the central coast to the Rotorua and East Coast seats.
Bay of Plenty was created for the change to the mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation voting system; it was carved out of parts of the old seats of Kaimai, Tarawera and Eastern Bay of Plenty. Its original incarnation was based mostly around Whakatane and Opotiki districts, with the remaining population coming from Te Puke and parts of greater Tauranga.
Bay of Plenty has been a safe seat for National's Tony Ryall, who has been returned easily at every election since the seat's re-establishment in 1996. The upper central North Island is an area where New Zealand First has done well, frequently getting a higher vote share in seats in both the Bay of Plenty region and in the Waikato than it does nationally.
The earlier Bay of Plenty electorate from 1893 to 1978 was held by William Kelly 1893–1896, William Herries 1896–1908, William MacDonald 1908–1920, Kenneth Williams 1920–1935, Gordon Hultquist 1935–1941, Bill Sullivan 1941–1957, Percy Allen 1957–1975 and Duncan MacIntyre 1975–1978. Williams had the distinction of being returned unopposed in three general elections, 1922, 1925 and 1931; [3] in 1928 he was opposed by Alexander Moncur for Labour.
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Key
Conservative | Liberal | Reform |
Labour | National | NZ First |
1 Died in office
2 Died of illness while on military service
3 Resigned during term
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Bay of Plenty electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Peter Brown | |
1999 election | ||
2002 election | ||
2005 election | ||
2017 election | Angie Warren-Clark |
2017 general election: Bay of Plenty [4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 25,352 | 61.05 | +0.36 | 23,164 | 54.62 | −3.04 | ||
Labour | Angie Warren-Clark | 11,356 | 27.34 | +8.80 | 10,817 | 25.51 | +12.44 | ||
NZ First | Lester Gray | 4,060 | 9.78 | −2.90 | 4,568 | 10.77 | −3.17 | ||
Māori | Raewyn Bennett | 563 | 1.36 | — | 214 | 0.50 | −0.07 | ||
ACT | Bruce Carley | 195 | 0.47 | — | 206 | 0.49 | +0.24 | ||
Green | 1,708 | 4.03 | −3.20 | ||||||
Opportunities | 1,349 | 3.18 | — | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 113 | 0.27 | −0.07 | ||||||
Conservative | 106 | 0.25 | −5.41 | ||||||
Outdoors | 40 | 0.09 | — | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 40 | 0.09 | −0.05 | ||||||
United Future | 32 | 0.08 | −0.13 | ||||||
People's Party | 31 | 0.07 | — | ||||||
Democrats | 12 | 0.03 | −0.06 | ||||||
Mana | 7 | 0.02 | −0.19 [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Internet | 3 | 0.01 | −0.20 [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
Informal votes | 423 | 140 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 41,526 | 42,410 | |||||||
Turnout | 42,550 | 83.20 [5] | +2.55 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 13,996 | 34.00 | −8.15 |
2014 general election: Bay of Plenty [6] [7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Todd Muller | 21,735 | 60.69 | −6.79 | 21,096 | 57.66 | −0.14 | ||
Labour | Clare Wilson | 6,639 | 18.54 | +1.60 | 4,783 | 13.07 | −0.69 | ||
NZ First | Ray Dolman | 4,542 | 12.68 | +2.14 | 5,100 | 13.94 | +1.31 | ||
Conservative | Deborah Cunliffe | 1,322 | 3.69 | −0.03 | 2,072 | 5.66 | +1.54 | ||
Independent Coalition | Brendan Horan | 1,281 | 3.58 | +3.58 | 104 | 0.28 | +0.28 | ||
Democrats | Tracy Livingston | 160 | 0.45 | +0.45 | 33 | 0.09 | +0.05 | ||
United Future | Ben Rickard | 135 | 0.38 | −0.23 | 78 | 0.21 | −0.37 | ||
Green | 2,645 | 7.23 | −1.48 | ||||||
Māori | 207 | 0.57 | −0.02 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 187 | 0.51 | +0.51 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 126 | 0.34 | −0.17 | ||||||
ACT | 90 | 0.25 | −0.91 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 50 | 0.14 | +0.14 | ||||||
Civilian | 10 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Focus | 6 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Informal votes | 378 | 88 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 36,192 | 36,675 | |||||||
Turnout | 36,641 | 80.02 [8] | +2.03 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 15,096 | 42.15 | −8.78 |
2011 general election: Bay of Plenty [9] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 23,710 | 67.48 | +2.61 | 20,853 | 57.80 | -0.89 | ||
Labour | Carol Devoy-Heena | 5,950 | 16.94 | +0.86 | 4,965 | 13.76 | -6.43 | ||
NZ First | Ray Dolman | 3,704 | 10.54 | -0.79 | 4,469 | 12.39 | +4.13 | ||
Conservative | Peter Redman | 1,306 | 3.72 | +3.72 | 1,485 | 4.12 | +4.12 | ||
Mana | Sharon Stevens | 251 | 0.71 | +0.71 | 91 | 0.25 | +0.25 | ||
United Future | Brian Carter | 213 | 0.61 | +0.11 | 207 | 0.57 | -0.13 | ||
Green | 3,142 | 8.71 | +3.84 | ||||||
ACT | 418 | 1.16 | -1.75 | ||||||
Māori | 213 | 0.59 | -0.11 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 183 | 0.51 | +0.14 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 29 | 0.08 | +0.01 | ||||||
Democrats | 13 | 0.04 | -0.01 | ||||||
Alliance | 9 | 0.02 | -0.03 | ||||||
Informal votes | 879 | 226 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 35,134 | 36,077 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 17,760 | 50.55 | +1.75 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 46,546 [10]
2008 general election: Bay of Plenty [11] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 23,402 | 64.88 | +6.65 | 21,526 | 58.70 | +9.57 | ||
Labour | Carol Devoy-Heena | 5,798 | 16.07 | -4.38 | 7,404 | 20.19 | -7.89 | ||
NZ First | Peter Brown | 4,087 | 11.33 | -2.30 | 3,030 | 8.26 | -3.79 | ||
Kiwi | Tony Christiansen | 2,258 | 6.26 | – | 734 | 2.00 | – | ||
ACT | Francis Denz | 346 | 0.96 | – | 1,067 | 2.91 | +2.00 | ||
United Future | Brian Carter | 180 | 0.50 | -1.47 | 258 | 0.70 | -3.19 | ||
Green | 1,787 | 4.87 | +1.55 | ||||||
Māori | 258 | 0.70 | +0.08 | ||||||
Progressive | 175 | 0.48 | -0.39 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 144 | 0.39 | – | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 135 | 0.37 | +0.20 | ||||||
Family Party | 60 | 0.16 | – | ||||||
Libertarianz | 25 | 0.07 | +0.04 | ||||||
Alliance | 21 | 0.06 | +0.05 | ||||||
Democrats | 18 | 0.05 | +0.01 | ||||||
Pacific | 17 | 0.05 | – | ||||||
RAM | 9 | 0.02 | – | ||||||
RONZ | 3 | 0.01 | -0.00 | ||||||
Workers Party | 3 | 0.01 | – | ||||||
Informal votes | 325 | 118 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 36,071 | 36,674 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 17,604 | 48.80 | +11.03 |
2005 general election: Bay of Plenty [12] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 20,941 | 57.82 | 17,934 | 48.95 | ||||
Labour | Pauline Scott | 7,357 | 20.31 | 10,252 | 27.98 | ||||
NZ First | Peter Brown | 4,903 | 13.54 | 4,399 | 12.01 | ||||
Green | Ian Stephens | 1,181 | 3.26 | 1,213 | 3.31 | ||||
United Future | Jeff Leigh | 707 | 1.95 | 1,421 | 3.88 | ||||
Destiny | Roberta Maxwell | 317 | 0.88 | 279 | 0.76 | ||||
Māori | Te Orohi Paul | 314 | 0.87 | 226 | 0.62 | ||||
Progressive | Ronnie Stewart-Ward | 217 | 0.60 | – | 316 | 0.86 | |||
Direct Democracy | Mike Robertson | 27 | 0.07 | 10 | 0.03 | ||||
ACT | 332 | 0.91 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 63 | 0.17 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 20 | 0.05 | |||||||
Democrats | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 12 | 0.03 | |||||||
Family Rights | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
RONZ | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||
99 MP | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Alliance | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
One NZ | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 129 | 255 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 36,219 | 36,637 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 13,584 | 37.51 |
2002 general election: Bay of Plenty [13] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 12,975 | 42.95 | 7,130 | 23.29 | ||||
NZ First | Peter Brown | 7,378 | 24.42 | 6,896 | 22.53 | ||||
Labour | Mei Matere Taare | 6,494 | 21.49 | 9,457 | 30.89 | ||||
United Future | John Cassidy | 1,231 | 4.07 | 2,506 | 8.19 | ||||
Green | Te Ruruanga Te Keeti | 1,098 | 3.63 | 1,691 | 5.52 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Richard Holland | 416 | 1.38 | 350 | 1.14 | ||||
ACT | Graham Douglas Steenson | 371 | 1.23 | 1,451 | 4.74 | ||||
Progressive | John Neill | 249 | 0.82 | 239 | 0.78 | ||||
ORNZ | 569 | 1.86 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 350 | 1.14 | |||||||
Alliance | 162 | 0.53 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 122 | 0.40 | |||||||
One NZ | 15 | 0.05 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
NMP | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 214 | 86 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 30,212 | 30,611 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 5,597 | 18.53 |
1999 general election: Bay of Plenty [14] [15] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 15,781 | 46.00 | 11,350 | 32.91 | ||||
Labour | Terry Hughes | 8,679 | 25.30 | 11,342 | 32.89 | ||||
NZ First | Peter Brown | 4,185 | 12.20 | 3,178 | 9.22 | ||||
Green | Margaret Collins | 1,815 | 5.29 | 1,847 | 5.36 | ||||
Alliance | John Neill | 1,338 | 3.90 | 1,769 | 5.13 | ||||
Future NZ | Judy Turner | 1,161 | 3.38 | 1,210 | 3.51 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Joyce Stevens | 659 | 1.92 | 795 | 2.31 | ||||
ACT | Lynne Cook | 520 | 1.52 | 2,138 | 6.20 | ||||
Te Tawharau | Willie Coates | 100 | 0.29 | ||||||
Natural Law | Meike van Batenburg | 70 | 0.20 | 28 | 0.08 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | 255 | 0.74 | |||||||
United NZ | 181 | 0.52 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 139 | 0.40 | |||||||
One NZ | 72 | 0.21 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 57 | 0.17 | |||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | 50 | 0.14 | |||||||
Animals First | 41 | 0.12 | |||||||
NMP | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Freedom Movement | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
People's Choice Party | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
Mauri Pacific | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
South Island | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Republican | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 448 | 272 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 34,308 | 34,484 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 7,102 |
1996 general election: Bay of Plenty [16] [17] [18] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Tony Ryall | 13,923 | 42.63 | 11,387 | 34.73 | ||||
NZ First | Peter Brown | 8,770 | 26.85 | 7,237 | 22.07 | ||||
Labour | Julie Tucker | 5,354 | 16.39 | 7,016 | 21.40 | ||||
Alliance | Jim Bennett | 2,609 | 7.99 | 2,732 | 8.33 | ||||
Christian Coalition | Judy Turner | 1,253 | 3.84 | 1,884 | 5.75 | ||||
ACT | Reg Turner | 359 | 1.10 | 1,513 | 4.61 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Mark Servian | 225 | 0.69 | 108 | 0.33 | ||||
Te Tawharau | Rangitukehu David Paul | 78 | 0.24 | 42 | 0.13 | ||||
Natural Law | Lew Cormack | 67 | 0.21 | 44 | 0.13 | ||||
Progressive Greens | Graeme Leech | 24 | 0.07 | 65 | 0.20 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | 446 | 1.36 | |||||||
United NZ | 169 | 0.52 | |||||||
Animals First | 51 | 0.16 | |||||||
Superannuitants & Youth | 33 | 0.10 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 19 | 0.06 | |||||||
Green Society | 17 | 0.05 | |||||||
Conservatives | 12 | 0.04 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 246 | 117 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,662 | 32,791 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 5,153 | 15.78 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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National | Percy Allen | 5,290 | 53.99 | ||
Labour | Thomas Godfrey Santon | 4,091 | 41.75 | ||
Liberal | Reginald Joseph Pedley | 417 | 4.26 | ||
Majority | 1,199 | 12.24 | |||
Informal votes | 35 | 0.36 | |||
Turnout | 9,233 | 72.15 | |||
Registered electors | 13,628 | ||||
National hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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National | Bill Sullivan | 4,675 | 60.72 | ||
Labour | Charles Mills | 3,024 | 39.27 | ||
Informal votes | 136 | 1.76 | |||
Majority | 1,651 | 21.44 | |||
Turnout | 7,699 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Gordon Hultquist | 4,964 | 50.54 | +7.43 | |
National | Bill Sullivan | 4,795 | 48.81 | ||
Informal votes | 65 | 0.65 | -0.10 | ||
Majority | 169 | 1.72 | -5.08 | ||
Turnout | 9,821 | 92.51 | -2.91 | ||
Registered electors | 10,616 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Gordon Hultquist | 3,519 | 43.11 | ||
United | John Tom Merry | 2,964 | 36.31 | ||
Democrat | Harry Harker | 1,678 | 20.56 | ||
Informal votes | 62 | 0.75 | |||
Majority | 555 | 6.80 | |||
Turnout | 8,161 | 89.60 | |||
Registered electors | 9,108 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Reform | Kenneth Williams | 2,381 | 57.93 | ||
Liberal | Frederick John Lysnar | 1,729 | 42.07 | ||
Majority | 652 | 15.86 | |||
Turnout | 4,110 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | William MacDonald | 2,413 | 46.65 | ||
Conservative | James Gow | 1,970 | 37.27 | ||
Independent | David Lundon | 902 | 17.06 | ||
Majority | 443 | 8.38 | |||
Turnout | 5,285 | 77.99 | |||
Registered electors | 6,776 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | William MacDonald | 2,650 | 54.59 | ||
Conservative | James Gow | 2,204 | 45.40 | ||
Majority | 446 | 9.18 | |||
Turnout | 4854 | 71.63 | |||
Registered electors | 6,776 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Herries | 3,251 | 51.23 | +2.84 | |
Independent | Joseph Foster | 3,040 | 47.91 | ||
Majority | 211 | 3.32 | -6.26 | ||
Turnout | 6,345 | 82.40 | +6.29 | ||
Registered electors | 7,700 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Herries | 2,110 | 48.39 | -4.87 | |
Liberal | David Lundon | 1,434 | 32.88 | -13.68 | |
Independent | Charles Jordan | 429 | 9.83 | ||
Independent | J. E. Taylor | 387 | 8.87 | ||
Majority | 676 | 9.58 | +3.07 | ||
Turnout | 4,360 | 76.11 | -6.67 | ||
Registered electors | 5,728 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Herries | 2,110 | 53.26 | +1.10 | |
Liberal | David Lundon [29] | 1,852 | 46.74 | ||
Majority | 258 | 6.51 | +2.21 | ||
Turnout | 3,962 | 82.78 | +5.09 | ||
Registered electors | 4,786 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Herries | 1,600 | 52.15 | ||
Liberal | William Kelly | 1,468 | 47.85 | +6.86 | |
Majority | 132 | 4.30 | +3.64 | ||
Turnout | 3,068 | 77.69 | +9.64 | ||
Registered electors | 3,949 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | William Kelly | 1,162 | 40.99 | ||
Conservative | Henry Burton | 953 | 33.62 | ||
Liberal | Charles Jordan | 583 | 20.56 | ||
Independent | George Vesey Stewart | 116 | 4.09 | ||
Independent | Thomas Mace Humphreys | 19 | 0.67 | ||
Liberal | William Fraser | 2 | 0.07 | ||
Majority | 209 | 7.37 | |||
Turnout | 2,835 | 68.05 | |||
Registered electors | 4,166 |