Invercargill | |
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Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
![]() Location of Invercargillwithin Southland | |
Region | Southland |
Area | 10,941.44 km2 (4,224.51 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1866 |
Current MP | Penny Simmonds |
Party | National |
Invercargill is an electorate of the New Zealand Parliament that has existed since 1866. Since the 2020 election, the electorate's representative is Penny Simmonds of the National Party.
The electorate covers Invercargill city and the surrounding rural area, including Stewart Island / Rakiura. In 1996 a boundary redistribution resulted in the abolition of the Awarua electorate and merged with Invercargill following re-drawing of boundaries due to the introduction of mixed-member proportional voting (MMP). Minor but steady population decline in the Southland region has generally resulted in Invercargill expanding northwards. The 2013 redistribution, however, has left Invercargill unchanged. [1] The 2020 redistribution added a large area around Clifden and Tuatapere. [2]
The electorate was established in 1866 when it separated from the Wallace electorate. [3]
The first representative was William Wood, who won the 1866 election. [4] Wood retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1870. William Henderson Calder succeeded Wood in the 1871 election and he resigned in March 1873. [5] The resulting 1873 by-election was won by John Cuthbertson, who served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1875. [6]
Cuthbertson was defeated by George Lumsden in the 1875 election. Lumsden resigned in June 1878, [7] which caused the 1878 by-election. Henry Feldwick was the successful candidate and he commenced his first of three terms for the electorate. [8] At the 1879 election, Feldwick was defeated by James Walker Bain, who retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1881. [9] At the 1881 election, Feldwick was again the successful candidate, [8] only to be defeated again at the 1884 election, on that occasion by Joseph Hatch. [10] At the 1887 election, Feldwick defeated Hatch and commenced his third and final term for the Invercargill electorate, serving until the end of the parliamentary term in 1890. [8]
James Whyte Kelly defeated Feldwick in the 1890 election. Kelly became a member of the Liberal Party and served for three parliamentary terms, [8] but broke away from the Liberal Party and became an Independent Liberal in 1895. [11] For the 1899 election, the Josiah Hanan of the Liberal Party challenged Kelly, with Hanan being successful. [12] Hanan served the electorate until 1925, when he retired. [13]
The 1925 election was narrowly won by the former Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward standing for the Liberal Party, who beat James Hargest of the Reform Party with 4957 votes to 4798; a third contender, Patrick Hickey, stood for the Labour Party. [14] Until 1919, Ward had for many years represented Awarua. [15] Ward, a former leader of the Liberal Party, contested the election under the "Liberal" label, despite the fact that the remnants of the Liberal Party were now calling themselves by different names. [16] In 1928, Ward helped form the United Party [16] and won the 1928 election. [15] He died on 8 July 1930, [16] which caused the 1930 by-election won by his son Vincent Ward, who retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1931. [15]
Vincent Ward was succeeded by James Hargest in the 1931 election. At the end of the parliamentary term in 1935, Hargest successfully contested the Awarua electorate. [15] He was succeeded in the Invercargill electorate by William Denham of the Labour Party, who held the electorate for three terms from 1935 [17] until his defeat in the 1946 election by Ralph Hanan of the National Party. [13] Hanan was re-elected seven times and died in office on 24 July 1969; the need to hold a by-election before the general election on 29 November was avoided by a special act, the By-election Postponement Act 1969.
The successful candidate in the 1969 general election was John Chewings, who was defeated at the end of the parliamentary term at the 1972 election by Labour's J. B. Munro. At the next election in 1975, Munro was in turn beaten by National's Norman Jones. Jones retired at the end of his fourth term in August 1987 and died shortly thereafter on 19 November. [18]
Jones was succeeded by National's Rob Munro in the 1987 election. Munro served two parliamentary terms before being beaten by Labour's Mark Peck in the 1993 election. Peck retired after four parliamentary terms in 2005 and was succeeded by National's Eric Roy in the 2005 election. Roy retired after three parliamentary terms and was succeeded in 2014 by Sarah Dowie. [19]
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Independent Liberal Liberal–Labour
United Labour National NZ First
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Invercargill electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Eric Roy | |
1999 election | ||
2015 | Ria Bond [lower-alpha 1] | |
2017 election | Liz Craig | |
2020 election |
2023 general election: Invercargill [20] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 20,819 | 55.61 | +10.95 | 16,027 | 42.48 | +12.74 | ||
Labour | Liz Craig | 10,945 | 29.23 | –14.87 | 9,589 | 25.42 | –22.31 | ||
ACT | Ian Scott Donaldson | 1,990 | 5.31 | — | 3,967 | 10.51 | +0.99 | ||
NZ Loyal | David Kowalewski | 1,760 | 4.70 | — | 1,099 | 2.91 | — | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Kevin Patrick O'Connell | 1,072 | 2.86 | — | 235 | 0.62 | +0.07 | ||
Vision NZ | Judith Terril | 307 | 0.82 | — | |||||
NZ First | 2,778 | 7.36 | +4.34 | ||||||
Green | 2,332 | 6.18 | +2.74 | ||||||
Opportunities | 482 | 1.72 | +0.65 | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 278 | 0.73 | +0.54 | ||||||
NewZeal | 212 | 0.56 | +0.17 | ||||||
Freedoms NZ | 137 | 0.36 | — | ||||||
Animal Justice | 68 | 0.18 | — | ||||||
New Conservatives | 54 | 0.14 | –2.00 | ||||||
DemocracyNZ | 48 | 0.12 | — | ||||||
Women's Rights | 38 | 0.10 | — | ||||||
Leighton Baker Party | 32 | 0.08 | — | ||||||
New Nation | 29 | 0.07 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 540 | 315 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 37,433 | 37,720 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 9,874 | 26.37 | +26.93 |
2020 general election: Invercargill [21] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Penny Simmonds | 17,929 | 44.66 | −6.39 | 11,996 | 29.74 | −18.65 | ||
Labour | Liz Craig | 17,705 | 44.10 | +8.79 | 19,252 | 47.73 | +11.91 | ||
Green | Rochelle Francis | 1,137 | 2.83 | −1.75 | 1,386 | 3.44 | +0.2 | ||
New Conservative | Joshua Honiss | 757 | 1.88 | — | 862 | 2.14 | –1.92 | ||
NZ First | Joshua Gunn | 735 | 1.83 | –7.23 | 1,218 | 3.02 | −5.70 | ||
Advance NZ | Kurt Rohloff | 417 | 1.04 | — | 406 | 1.01 | — | ||
ONE | Jackie West | 237 | 0.59 | — | 158 | 0.39 | — | ||
Social Credit | Winsome Aroha | 206 | 0.51 | — | 81 | 0.20 | +0.08 | ||
Independent | Basil Walker | 187 | 0.46 | — | |||||
Independent | Zy Haden | 102 | 0.25 | — | |||||
ACT | 3,846 | 9.52 | +9.27 | ||||||
Opportunities | 433 | 1.07 | –1.04 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 220 | 0.55 | +0.16 | ||||||
Māori Party | 76 | 0.19 | −0.01 | ||||||
Outdoors | 44 | 0.11 | +0.06 | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 20 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
TEA | 16 | 0.04 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 8 | 0.019 | — | ||||||
Vision NZ | 8 | 0.019 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 735 | 308 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 35,462 | 35,990 | |||||||
Turnout | 40,338 | ||||||||
National hold | Majority | 224 | 0.56 | −15.17 |
2017 general election: Invercargill [22] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 18,102 | 51.05 | −0.43 | 17,414 | 48.39 | −0.87 | ||
Labour | Liz Craig | 12,523 | 35.31 | +5.81 | 12,891 | 35.82 | +10.86 | ||
NZ First | Ria Bond | 3,214 | 9.06 | +1.64 | 3,139 | 8.72 | −2.39 | ||
Green | Rochelle Surendran | 1,623 | 4.58 | −2.75 | 1,166 | 3.24 | −4.29 | ||
Opportunities | 760 | 2.11 | — | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 141 | 0.39 | −0.26 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 103 | 0.29 | −0.21 | ||||||
ACT | 95 | 0.26 | −0.07 | ||||||
Conservative | 79 | 0.22 | −3.45 | ||||||
Māori Party | 73 | 0.20 | −0.12 | ||||||
Democrats | 43 | 0.12 | −0.16 | ||||||
United Future | 27 | 0.08 | −0.12 | ||||||
Outdoors | 23 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
People's Party | 21 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
Internet | 9 | 0.03 | −0.58 [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
Mana Party | 6 | 0.02 | −0.59 [lower-alpha 3] | ||||||
Informal votes | 445 | 163 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 35,462 | 35,990 | |||||||
Turnout | 36,153 | ||||||||
National hold | Majority | 5,579 | 15.73 | −6.25 |
2014 general election: Invercargill [23] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Sarah Dowie | 17,526 | 51.48 | −3.10 | 16,880 | 49.26 | −0.62 | ||
Labour | Lesley Soper | 10,044 | 29.50 | −5.29 | 8,553 | 24.96 | −3.77 | ||
NZ First | Ria Bond [lower-alpha 1] | 2,526 | 7.42 | +7.42 | 3,806 | 11.11 | +4.27 | ||
Green | David Kennedy | 2,497 | 7.33 | −0.36 | 2,581 | 7.53 | −0.89 | ||
Conservative | Laura Storr | 719 | 2.11 | +2.11 | 1,256 | 3.67 | +2.68 | ||
Democrats | Stephnie de Ruyter | 333 | 0.98 | −0.67 | 95 | 0.28 | −0.12 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | 224 | 0.65 | −0.14 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 210 | 0.61 | +0.42 [lower-alpha 4] | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 173 | 0.50 | −0.32 | ||||||
ACT | 113 | 0.33 | −0.90 | ||||||
Māori Party | 110 | 0.32 | −0.18 | ||||||
United Future | 68 | 0.20 | −0.62 | ||||||
Civilian | 23 | 0.07 | +0.07 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 11 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Focus | 10 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Informal votes | 400 | 153 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,045 | 34,266 | |||||||
Turnout | 34,292 | 76.48 | +4.60 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 7,482 | 21.98 | +2.19 |
2011 general election: Invercargill [24] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 17,275 | 54.58 | -1.39 | 16,140 | 49.88 | +2.35 | ||
Labour | Lesley Soper | 11,012 | 34.79 | -1.96 | 9,296 | 28.73 | -8.15 | ||
Green | David Kennedy | 2,433 | 7.69 | +2.73 | 2,723 | 8.42 | +4.16 | ||
Democrats | Stephnie de Ruyter | 521 | 1.65 | +1.65 | 129 | 0.40 | +0.22 | ||
ACT | Ian Carline | 276 | 0.87 | -0.33 | 397 | 1.23 | -1.47 | ||
Libertarianz | Shane Pleasance | 133 | 0.42 | +0.04 | 34 | 0.11 | +0.05 | ||
NZ First | 2,213 | 6.84 | +3.44 | ||||||
Conservative | 643 | 1.99 | +1.99 | ||||||
United Future | 264 | 0.82 | -0.09 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 257 | 0.79 | +0.28 | ||||||
Māori Party | 162 | 0.50 | -0.08 | ||||||
Mana | 63 | 0.19 | +0.19 | ||||||
Alliance | 34 | 0.11 | -0.05 | ||||||
Informal votes | 863 | 324 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,650 | 32,355 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 6,263 | 19.79 | 0.58 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,014 [25]
2008 general election: Invercargill [26] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 19,414 | 55.97 | +6.46 | 16,663 | 47.54 | +8.05 | ||
Labour | Lesley Soper | 12,750 | 36.76 | -6.22 | 12,927 | 36.88 | -8.30 | ||
Green | Craig Carson | 1,718 | 4.95 | +2.07 | 1,492 | 4.26 | +1.18 | ||
ACT | Ian Carline | 416 | 1.20 | +0.06 | 947 | 2.70 | +1.55 | ||
United Future | Maureen Smith | 258 | 0.74 | -0.70 | 319 | 0.91 | -2.31 | ||
Libertarianz | Shane Pleasance | 131 | 0.38 | – | 21 | 0.06 | +0.03 | ||
NZ First | 1,192 | 3.40 | -1.41 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 413 | 1.18 | – | ||||||
Progressive | 292 | 0.83 | -0.39 | ||||||
Māori Party | 205 | 0.58 | +0.25 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 179 | 0.51 | +0.21 | ||||||
Family Party | 145 | 0.41 | – | ||||||
Kiwi | 105 | 0.30 | – | ||||||
Democrats | 61 | 0.17 | -0.02 | ||||||
Alliance | 54 | 0.15 | +0.08 | ||||||
Pacific | 18 | 0.05 | – | ||||||
Workers Party | 14 | 0.04 | – | ||||||
RONZ | 4 | 0.01 | -0.00 | ||||||
RAM | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||||
Informal votes | 338 | 143 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,687 | 35,052 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 6,664 | 19.21 | +12.69 |
2005 general election: Invercargill [27] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Eric Roy | 15,570 | 49.51 | 12,559 | 39.49 | ||||
Labour | Wayne Harpur | 13,518 | 42.98 | 14,369 | 45.18 | ||||
Green | Craig Carson | 906 | 2.88 | 980 | 3.08 | ||||
United Future | Ralph Kennard | 453 | 1.4 | 1,024 | 3.22 | ||||
ACT | Ian Beker | 358 | 1.14 | 365 | 1.15 | ||||
Progressive | Heka Taefu | 231 | 0.73 | 388 | 1.22 | ||||
Democrats | Bruce Stirling | 187 | 0.59 | 63 | 0.20 | ||||
Māori Party | Gina Haremate-Crawford | 163 | 0.52 | 106 | 0.33 | ||||
Direct Democracy | Craig Guy | 65 | 0.21 | 11 | 0.03 | ||||
NZ First | 1,530 | 4.81 | |||||||
Destiny | 188 | 0.59 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 96 | 0.30 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 56 | 0.19 | |||||||
Alliance | 22 | 0.07 | |||||||
One NZ | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
Family Rights | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
99 MP | 9 | 0.03 | |||||||
RONZ | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
Informal votes | 316 | 111 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,451 | 31,805 | |||||||
National gain from Labour | Majority | 2,052 | 6.52 |
2002 general election: Invercargill | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() | 14,548 | 48.77 | -8.31 | 14,089 | 46.73 | +1.80 | ||
National | Eric Roy | 11,756 | 39.41 | +7.71 | 8,021 | 26.60 | -3.32 | ||
Progressive | Stephnie de Ruyter | 1,006 | 3.37 | -1.61 [lower-alpha 5] | 760 | 2.52 | |||
Green | Craig Carson | 963 | 3.23 | +1.04 | 1,298 | 4.30 | +1.22 | ||
United Future | Vince Smith | 806 | 2.70 | 1,851 | 6.14 | ||||
ACT | Peter Phiskie | 313 | 1.05 | 1,073 | 3.56 | +0.23 | |||
Christian Heritage | Mervyn Lemuel Clayton | 235 | 0.79 | 301 | 1.00 | -1.63 | |||
Alliance | Anna McMartin | 202 | 0.68 | 241 | 0.80 | -9.11 | |||
NZ First | 1,838 | 6.10 | +3.33 | ||||||
ORNZ | 444 | 1.47 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 219 | 0.73 | -0.45 | ||||||
One NZ | 14 | 0.05 | +0.01 | ||||||
Mana Māori | 2 | 0.01 | -0.02 | ||||||
NMP | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
Informal votes | 296 | 108 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 29,829 | 30,152 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 2,792 | 9.36 | -16.02 |
1999 general election: Invercargill | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() | 17,970 | 57.08 | +8.25 | 14,196 | 44.93 | +11.69 | ||
National | Eric Roy | 9,980 | 31.70 | -3.69 | 9,453 | 29.92 | -4.34 | ||
Alliance | Stephnie de Ruyter | 1,567 | 4.98 | 3,132 | 9.91 | +0.15 | |||
Green | Craig William Carson | 689 | 2.19 | 974 | 3.08 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Russell Zwies | 536 | 1.70 | 832 | 2.63 | ||||
NZ First | Allan Wise | 488 | 1.55 | 875 | 2.77 | -9.12 | |||
ACT | Matt McInnes | 251 | 0.80 | 1,051 | 3.33 | +0.41 | |||
Legalise Cannabis | 372 | 1.18 | -0.47 | ||||||
Christian Democrats | 245 | 0.78 | |||||||
South Island | 157 | 0.50 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 92 | 0.29 | +0.26 | ||||||
United NZ | 86 | 0.27 | -0.21 | ||||||
Animals First | 44 | 0.14 | -0.01 | ||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | 44 | 0.14 | -0.19 | ||||||
Natural Law | 13 | 0.04 | -0.12 | ||||||
One NZ | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 8 | 0.03 | +0.02 | ||||||
The People's Choice | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
Mauri Pacific | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Freedom Movement | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
NMP | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Republican | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 431 | 317 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,481 | 31,595 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 7,991 | 25.38 | +11.94 |
1996 general election: Invercargill [28] [29] [30] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() | 15,383 | 48.83 | 10,502 | 33.24 | ||||
National | ![]() | 11,148 | 35.39 | 10,825 | 34.26 | ||||
NZ First | Owen Horton | 2,302 | 7.31 | 3,757 | 11.89 | ||||
Alliance | Bruce Stirling | 1,536 | 4.88 | 3,083 | 9.76 | ||||
ACT | Louis Crimp | 441 | 1.40 | 921 | 2.92 | ||||
Independent | Philip Jones | 294 | 0.93 | ||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Anthony Hobbs | 200 | 0.63 | 105 | 0.33 | ||||
United NZ | Stuart Jordan | 111 | 0.35 | 153 | 0.48 | ||||
Natural Law | Jacque Hughes | 87 | 0.28 | 49 | 0.16 | ||||
Christian Coalition | 1,495 | 4.73 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 521 | 1.65 | |||||||
Progressive Green | 60 | 0.19 | |||||||
Animals First | 47 | 0.15 | |||||||
Green Society | 26 | 0.08 | |||||||
Conservatives | 14 | 0.04 | |||||||
Superannuitants & Youth | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 8 | 0.03 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Te Tawharau | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 207 | 115 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,502 | 31,594 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 4,235 | 13.44 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Peck | 8,477 | 43.66 | ||
National | Rob Munro | 7,303 | 37.61 | −9.05 | |
Alliance | Cecily Treweek | 2,250 | 11.58 | +8.72 | |
Independent | Philip Jones | 702 | 3.61 | ||
NZ First | K Kawe | 393 | 2.02 | ||
Christian Heritage | H Macann | 242 | 1.24 | ||
Natural Law | Rhonda-Lisa Comins | 48 | 0.24 | ||
Majority | 1,174 | 6.04 | |||
Turnout | 19,415 | 84.29 | +0.02 | ||
Registered electors | 23,033 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Rob Munro | 10,727 | 46.66 | −2.06 | |
Labour | Barry Rait | 6,590 | 28.66 | ||
NewLabour | J Moore | 746 | 3.24 | ||
Democrats | Cecily Treweek | 659 | 2.86 | −5.82 | |
Social Credit | H M Thompson | 334 | 1.45 | ||
Legalise Marijuana | K Dreaver | 319 | 1.38 | ||
Majority | 4,137 | 17.99 | +15.34 | ||
Turnout | 19,375 | 84.27 | −6.17 | ||
Registered electors | 22,989 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Rob Munro | 10,115 | 48.72 | ||
Labour | Dougal Soper | 9,563 | 46.06 | +5.29 | |
Democrats | Cecily Treweek | 1,803 | 8.68 | ||
Majority | 552 | 2.65 | |||
Turnout | 20,761 | 90.44 | −3.36 | ||
Registered electors | 22,955 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Norman Jones | 9,805 | 46.89 | +1.26 | |
Labour | Dougal Soper | 8,526 | 40.77 | +2.91 | |
NZ Party | Maurice Coughlan | 1,721 | 8.23 | ||
Social Credit | Joe Radich | 801 | 3.83 | −12.67 | |
Independent | G J Gilbert | 56 | 0.26 | ||
Majority | 1,279 | 6.11 | +1.65 | ||
Turnout | 20,909 | 93.80 | +2.58 | ||
Registered electors | 22,291 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Norman Jones | 9,350 | 45.63 | −2.33 | |
Labour | Dougal Soper | 7,758 | 37.86 | ||
Social Credit | Joe Radich | 3,382 | 16.50 | +2.71 | |
Majority | 1,592 | 7.76 | +6.49 | ||
Turnout | 20,490 | 91.22 | +16.45 | ||
Registered electors | 22,460 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Norman Jones | 8,666 | 43.30 | −9.28 | |
Labour | Aubrey Begg | 8,410 | 42.02 | ||
Social Credit | Joe Radich | 2,760 | 13.79 | ||
Values | R J Thomson | 175 | 0.87 | ||
Majority | 256 | 1.27 | −12.44 | ||
Turnout | 20,011 | 74.77 | −11.06 | ||
Registered electors | 26,762 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Norman Jones | 9,713 | 52.58 | ||
Labour | J. B. Munro | 7,180 | 38.87 | −9.81 | |
Social Credit | N G Green | 1,045 | 5.65 | ||
Values | Malcolm Blair | 533 | 2.88 | ||
Majority | 2,533 | 13.71 | |||
Turnout | 18,471 | 85.83 | −6.33 | ||
Registered electors | 21,518 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. B. Munro | 8,125 | 48.68 | ||
National | John Chewings | 7,360 | 44.09 | −3.74 | |
Social Credit | M L Patterson | 855 | 5.12 | ||
Independent Labour | W F Manson | 251 | 1.50 | ||
Liberal Reform | H W I Le Page | 60 | 0.35 | ||
New Democratic | J Murphy | 39 | 0.23 | ||
Majority | 765 | 4.58 | |||
Turnout | 16,690 | 92.16 | +3.77 | ||
Registered electors | 18,108 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | John Chewings | 7,699 | 47.83 | ||
Labour | Trevor Young | 6,668 | 41.42 | ||
Social Credit | D L Steele | 1,728 | 10.73 | +6.15 | |
Majority | 1,031 | 6.40 | |||
Turnout | 16,095 | 88.39 | +2.78 | ||
Registered electors | 18,209 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ralph Hanan | 7,626 | 49.30 | −0.87 | |
Labour | Noel Valentine | 5,230 | 33.81 | ||
Social Credit | D L Steele | 2,611 | 16.88 | +11.69 | |
Majority | 2,396 | 15.49 | +3.18 | ||
Turnout | 15,467 | 85.61 | −4.40 | ||
Registered electors | 18,066 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ralph Hanan | 7,879 | 50.17 | −4.18 | |
Labour | Oliver James Henderson | 5,945 | 37.85 | −3.62 | |
Liberal | Ronald MacGregor Hutton-Potts | 1,064 | 6.77 | ||
Social Credit | D L Steele | 815 | 5.19 | +1.02 | |
Majority | 1,934 | 12.31 | +0.56 | ||
Turnout | 15,703 | 90.01 | +0.74 | ||
Registered electors | 17,445 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ralph Hanan | 8,128 | 54.35 | +4.34 | |
Labour | Oliver James Henderson | 6,202 | 41.47 | ||
Social Credit | D L Steele | 624 | 4.17 | ||
Majority | 1,926 | 12.87 | +8.39 | ||
Turnout | 14,954 | 89.27 | −3.75 | ||
Registered electors | 16,751 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ralph Hanan | 7,577 | 50.01 | +6.25 | |
Labour | Thomas Francis Doyle | 6,898 | 45.53 | ||
Social Credit | Leslie G. Russell | 673 | 4.44 | −14.87 | |
Majority | 679 | 4.48 | −2.37 | ||
Turnout | 15,148 | 93.02 | +2.65 | ||
Registered electors | 16,284 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ralph Hanan | 6,020 | 43.76 | −13.66 | |
Labour | William Denham | 5,077 | 36.91 | ||
Social Credit | Leslie G. Russell | 2,657 | 19.31 | ||
Majority | 943 | 6.85 | −8.00 | ||
Turnout | 13,754 | 90.37 | +0.69 | ||
Registered electors | 15,218 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ralph Hanan | 8,208 | 57.42 | +3.47 | |
Labour | F G Spurdle | 6,085 | 42.57 | ||
Majority | 2,123 | 14.85 | +6.94 | ||
Turnout | 14,293 | 89.68 | −5.27 | ||
Registered electors | 15,937 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ralph Hanan | 7,897 | 53.95 | +3.18 | |
Labour | William Denham | 6,738 | 46.04 | −3.18 | |
Majority | 1,159 | 7.91 | +6.36 | ||
Turnout | 14,635 | 94.95 | +0.86 | ||
Registered electors | 15,412 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ralph Hanan | 7,315 | 50.77 | ||
Labour | William Denham | 7,091 | 49.22 | −2.12 | |
Majority | 224 | 1.55 | |||
Turnout | 14,406 | 94.09 | −3.34 | ||
Registered electors | 15,310 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Denham | 7,442 | 51.34 | −5.42 | |
National | William Bell | 6,435 | 44.40 | ||
Democratic Labour | L. Assheton Harbord | 523 | 3.60 | ||
Informal votes | 113 | 0.77 | +0.40 | ||
Majority | 1,007 | 6.94 | −8.17 | ||
Turnout | 14,493 | 97.43 | +1.47 | ||
Registered electors | 14,874 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Denham | 8,094 | 56.76 | +26.21 | |
National | Fred Hall-Jones | 5,938 | 41.64 | ||
Independent | George Edward Thompson Dorman | 174 | 1.22 | ||
Informal votes | 54 | 0.37 | −0.29 | ||
Majority | 2,156 | 15.11 | +12.54 | ||
Turnout | 14,260 | 95.96 | +1.28 | ||
Registered electors | 14,860 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Denham | 4,241 | 31.55 | +4.98 | |
Democrat | Gordon Reed | 3,895 | 28.98 | ||
Reform | John Miller | 2,708 | 20.15 | ||
Independent Liberal | William McChesney | 2,595 | 19.30 | −15.30 | |
Informal votes | 90 | 0.66 | 0.35 | ||
Majority | 346 | 2.57 | |||
Turnout | 13,439 | 94.68 | +7.16 | ||
Registered electors | 14,194 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Hargest | 4,652 | 38.84 | −8.25 | |
United | William McChesney | 4,144 | 34.60 | ||
Labour | William Denham | 3,182 | 26.57 | ||
Majority | 508 | 4.24 | −1.58 | ||
Informal votes | 37 | 0.31 | +0.05 | ||
Turnout | 12,015 | 87.52 | +8.02 | ||
Registered electors | 13,729 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Vincent Ward | 5,194 | 52.91 | ||
Reform | James Hargest | 4,623 | 47.09 | ||
Majority | 571 | 5.82 | |||
Informal votes | 25 | 0.25 | −0.51 | ||
Turnout | 9,842 | 79.50 | −13.62 | ||
Registered electors | 12,380 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Joseph Ward | 7,309 | 63.89 | +16.98 | |
Reform | Morell Macalister | 4,131 | 36.11 | ||
Majority | 3,178 | 27.78 | +26.27 | ||
Informal votes | 88 | 0.76 | +0.25 | ||
Turnout | 11,528 | 93.12 | −0.61 | ||
Registered electors | 12,380 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Ward | 4,957 | 46.91 | ||
Reform | James Hargest | 4,798 | 45.41 | ||
Labour | Pat Hickey | 811 | 7.68 | ||
Majority | 159 | 1.50 | −9.22 | ||
Informal votes | 55 | 0.52 | −0.34 | ||
Turnout | 10,621 | 93.73 | +3.44 | ||
Registered electors | 11,332 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Josiah Hanan | 2,451 | 52.82 | ||
Liberal–Labour | James Whyte Kelly | 2,189 | 47.18 | −2.07 | |
Majority | 262 | 5.65 | −7.08 | ||
Turnout | 4,640 | 79.94 | +1.02 | ||
Registered electors | 5,804 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Labour | James Whyte Kelly | 2,237 | 49.25 | −17.98 | |
Liberal | John Sinclair | 1,659 | 36.53 | ||
Conservative | William Benjamin Scandrett | 646 | 14.22 | ||
Majority | 578 | 12.73 | −21.74 | ||
Turnout | 4,542 | 78.92 | +0.71 | ||
Registered electors | 5,755 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Labour | James Whyte Kelly | 2,423 | 67.23 | +25.48 | |
Independent | Joseph Hatch | 1,181 | 32.77 | ||
Majority | 1,242 | 34.46 | +26.61 | ||
Turnout | 3,604 | 78.21 | +4.48 | ||
Registered electors | 4,608 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Labour | James Whyte Kelly | 633 | 41.75 | ||
Conservative | James Walker Bain | 517 | 34.10 | ||
Liberal | Henry Feldwick | 366 | 24.15 | ||
Majority | 116 | 7.65 | |||
Turnout | 1,516 | 73.73 | |||
Registered electors | 2,056 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Henry Feldwick | 230 | 51.22 | +51.22 | |
Independent | James Walker Bain | 219 | 48.78 | +48.78 | |
Majority | 11 | 2.45 | |||
Turnout | 449 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Lumsden | 180 | 53.10 | +53.10 | |
Independent | John Cuthbertson | 159 | 46.90 | −5.58 | |
Majority | 21 | 6.19 | |||
Turnout | 339 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Cuthbertson | 159 | 52.48 | ||
Independent | William Wood | 144 | 47.52 | ||
Majority | 15 | 4.95 | |||
Turnout | 303 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Henderson Calder | 142 | 61.21 | +61.21 | |
Independent | George Lumsden | 90 | 38.79 | +38.79 | |
Majority | 52 | 22.41 | |||
Turnout | 232 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Wood | 75 | 50.67 | ||
Independent | Theophilus Heale | 73 | 49.32 | ||
Majority | 2 | 1.35 | |||
Turnout | 148 |
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