Hauraki (New Zealand electorate)

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Hauraki is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1928 to 1987 and 1993 to 1996. In the 1987 general election it was renamed Coromandel, the name that had been used from 1972 to 1981. In 1993 it reverted to Hauraki, but became Coromandel again for the first MMP election in 1996.

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In the 1927 electoral redistribution, the North Island gained a further electorate from the South Island due to faster population growth. Five electorates were abolished, two former electorates were re-established, and three electorates, including Hauraki, were created for the first time. These changes came into effect with the 1928 election. [1] In its original form, the electorate extended up the coast to Auckland. Settlements that fell into the Hauraki electorate were Howick, Papatoetoe, Mangere, Manurewa, Brookby, Meremere, Miranda, and Waitakaruru. [2] In the 1937 electoral redistribution, the Hauraki electorate moved significantly south, losing all the South Auckland suburbs to the new Otahuhu electorate, and gaining Morrinsville. [3]

In the 1946 electoral redistribution, the Hauraki electorate moved to the north-east, losing Morrinsville again, but gaining Paeroa and most of the Coromandel Peninsula, including Thames, Whitianga, and Coromandel township. [4]

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. [5] Overall, three electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated, and four electorates were abolished (including Hauraki). All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes. [6] These changes came into effect with the 1987 election. [7]

History

The electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament. [8] The first representative was Arthur Hall, who died in office on 18 April 1931. [9] This caused the 1931 by-election, which was won by Walter William Massey. [10]

In 1972 and 1987, the electorate was abolished and replaced with the Coromandel electorate. [8]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Reform     Labour     National   

ElectionWinner
1928 election Arthur Hall
1931 by-election Walter William Massey
1931 election
1935 election Charles Robert Petrie
1938 election John Manchester Allen
1942 by-election Andy Sutherland
1943 election
1946 election
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election Arthur Kinsella
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election Leo Schultz
(Abolished 1972–1978; see Coromandel)
1978 election Leo Schultz
1981 election Graeme Lee
1984 election
{Abolished 1987–1993; see Coromandel)
1993 election Warren Kyd
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Coromandel)

The name Hauraki was used in 1999 for a Māori electorate; please refer to Hauraki Maori.

Election results

1993 election

1993 general election: Hauraki [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Warren Kyd 7,568 40.85
Alliance Jeanette Fitzsimons 5,69830.75
Labour Rachel Garden3,18317.18
NZ First Sharon O'Flaherty1,5938.59
Christian Heritage Ross Jackson2891.55
McGillicuddy Serious Gregory Clive Smith1480.79
Defence MovementJames Brian Boswell470.25
Majority1,87010.09
Turnout 18,52683.10
Registered electors 22,291

1984 election

1984 general election: Hauraki [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Graeme Lee 9,070 43.9 -1.5
Social Credit Alasdair Thompson5,63827.3
Labour Gary Taylor4,65322.5
NZ Party Peter Hepburn1,2275.9
Values Marion Donald710.4
Majority3,43216.6+7.5
Turnout 22,60793.2+3.9

1981 election

1981 general election: Hauraki [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Graeme Lee 8,996 45.4
Social Credit Gordon Miller7,20936.3+3.1
Labour Carl Jensen3,63618.3
Majority1,7879.1
Turnout 22,29889.3+19.2

1978 election

1978 general election: Hauraki [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Leo Schultz 8,022 44.3
Social Credit Gordon Miller6,00333.2
Labour John Williams3,66820.3
Values Michael Fraser Donoghue3902.2
Majority2,01911.1
Turnout 25,87670.1

1943 election

There were five candidates in 1943, with the election won by Andy Sutherland over Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson. [13]

1942 by-election

1942 Hauraki by-election [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Andy Sutherland 3,805 77.41
Independent Henry Thomas Head1,08222.01
Informal votes290.58
Majority2,72355.39
Turnout 4,916
Registered electors

1935 election

1935 general election: Hauraki [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Robert Petrie 5,325 45.37 +9.99
Reform Walter Massey 4,78140.74-23.88
Democrat Stanley Rickards1,62913.88
Informal votes750.63-0.05
Majority5444.63
Turnout 11,73589.64+10.41
Registered electors 13,090

1931 election

1931 general election: Hauraki [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Walter Massey 6,078 64.62 +15.15
Labour Charles Robert Petrie 3,32835.38+3.42
Informal votes640.68
Majority2,75029.24+11.73
Turnout 9,47079.23
Registered electors 11,953

1931 by-election

1931 Hauraki by-election [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Walter Massey 4,023 49.47
Labour Charles Robert Petrie 2,59931.96
United Ebenezer Allan99712.26-19.74
Country Party Alexander Ross5136.31
Majority1,42417.517.80
Turnout 8,132

1928 election

1928 general election: Hauraki [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Arthur Hall 3,82641.71
United Ebenezer Allan2,93532.00
Labour Charles Robert Petrie 2,41126.29
Majority8919.71
Informal votes540.59
Turnout 9,22687.60
Registered electors 10,532

Notes

  1. McRobie 1989, pp. 83–88.
  2. McRobie 1989, p. 86.
  3. McRobie 1989, pp. 86–91.
  4. McRobie 1989, pp. 90–95.
  5. McRobie 1989, pp. 127f.
  6. McRobie 1989, pp. 123–128.
  7. McRobie 1989, p. 127.
  8. 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 264.
  9. Wilson 1985, p. 202.
  10. Wilson 1985, p. 219.
  11. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. pp. 35–6.
  12. 1 2 3 Norton 1988, p. 239.
  13. "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald . Vol. 80, no. 24714. 14 October 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  14. "Majority Increased - Hauraki By-election". Waikato Times . Vol. 130, no. 21657. 18 February 1942. p. 2.
  15. The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  16. The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  17. "Election Counts". Auckland Star . Vol. LXII, no. 291. 9 December 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  18. "Hauraki by-election: The official count". The Evening Post . Vol. CXI, no. 131. 5 June 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  19. Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 3. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

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