Kaikōura | |||||||
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Single-member general constituency for the New ZealandHouse of Representatives | |||||||
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Formation | 1996 | ||||||
Region | Canterbury | ||||||
Character | Rural | ||||||
Term | 3 years | ||||||
Member for Kaikōura | |||||||
![]() Stuart Smith since 20 September 2014 | |||||||
Party | National | ||||||
List MPs | Jamie Arbuckle (NZ First) | ||||||
Previous MP | Colin King (National) | ||||||
Party vote distribution |
Kaikōura (or Kaikoura before 2008) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning a single MP to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Kaikōura is Stuart Smith of the National Party, who won the 2014 election.
The Kaikōura electorate covers the north-eastern South Island, from Cook Strait in the north to the Ashley River / Rakahuri in the south. At over 21,000 km2 (8,100 sq mi), it is New Zealand's fourth-largest general electorate by area. Its biggest town is Blenheim; other towns include Amberley, Ashley, Cheviot, Culverden, Hanmer Springs, Havelock, Kaikōura and Picton. [1] The electorate boundaries were not changed in either the 2007 or 2013/14 boundary reviews. [2] [3]
Kaikōura is one of the original 60 electorates drawn ahead of the change to Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting in 1996. It was made up by merging all of the old Marlborough seat with a large portion of Rangiora. Like the two electorates it replaced, Kaikōura is a safe seat for the National Party, returning a National MP at every election since it was created.
The first representative in 1996 was Doug Kidd, who was previously the MP for Marlborough. He retired at the end of the parliamentary term and was succeeded by Lynda Scott in the 1999 election. Scott served for two parliamentary terms before retiring from politics and returning to the medical profession in 2005. [4]
The 2005 election was won by Colin King, who served for three parliamentary terms. [5] In December 2013, King was deselected as National's candidate for Kaikoura, losing a selection challenge by Stuart Smith, [6] who won the general election in September 2014 with a preliminary majority of 11,510 votes. [7] Based on preliminary election results, Steffan Browning of the Green Party who became a list MP in 2011, was the highest ranked Green candidate who was not returned to parliament. [8] [9] When final results were released, the Green Party had gained an additional seat, and Browning was confirmed as a list MP. [10]
Key
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Kaikōura electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Marian Hobbs | |
1999 election | Ian Ewen-Street | |
2002 election | ||
2011 election | Steffan Browning | |
2014 election | ||
2023 election | Jamie Arbuckle |
2023 general election: Kaikōura [11] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 20,741 | 49.47 | +6.79 | 17,281 | 40.92 | +10.22 | ||
Labour | Emma Dewhirst | 9,329 | 22.25 | -15.01 | 8,714 | 20.63 | -16.63 | ||
NZ First | Jamie Arbuckle | 4,347 | 10.37 | +5.22 | 3,819 | 9.04 | +0.09 | ||
ACT | Keith Griffiths | 2,624 | 6.26 | +1.93 | 5,911 | 14.09 | +2.64 | ||
Green | Richard McCubbin | 2,512 | 5.99 | +0.37 | 3,282 | 7.78 | +2.47 | ||
NZ Loyal | Natalie Colello | 921 | 2.20 | — | 850 | 2.01 | — | ||
DemocracyNZ | Sandra Campbell | 509 | 1.21 | — | 269 | 0.64 | — | ||
New Conservative | David Greenslade | 237 | 0.57 | -1.24 | 111 | 0.26 | -1.60 | ||
Independent | John McCaskey | 139 | 0.33 | — | |||||
Independent | Ted Howard | 109 | 0.26 | +0.04 | |||||
Independent | Shuan Brown | 43 | 0.10 | — | |||||
Opportunities | 703 | 1.67 | +0.52 | ||||||
NewZeal | 261 | 0.62 | +0.05 | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 215 | 0.51 | +0.35 | ||||||
Leighton Baker Party | 98 | 0.23 | — | ||||||
Freedoms NZ | 97 | 0.23 | — | ||||||
Animal Justice | 73 | 0.17 | — | ||||||
New Nation | 43 | 0.10 | — | ||||||
Women's Rights | 36 | 0.09 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 418 | 282 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 41,929 | 42,221 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 11,412 | 27.22 | +21.80 |
2020 general election: Kaikōura [12] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 18,069 | 42.68 | -9.50 | 13,007 | 30.28 | -22.32 | ||
Labour | Matt Flight | 15,774 | 37.26 | +10.91 | 19,159 | 44.60 | +15.47 | ||
Green | Richard McCubbin | 2,377 | 5.62 | -1.64 | 2,282 | 5.31 | +0.38 | ||
NZ First | Jamie Arbuckle | 2,180 | 5.15 | -5.49 | 1,247 | 8.95 | −0.87 | ||
ACT | Richard Evans | 1,833 | 4.33 | +3.80 | 4,917 | 11.45 | +11.07 | ||
New Conservative | David John Greenslade | 766 | 1.81 | +1.26 | 798 | 1.86 | +1.52 | ||
Outdoors | Darlene Morgan | 369 | 0.87 | — | 124 | 0.29 | +0.19 | ||
Advance NZ | Lisa Claire Romana | 357 | 0.84 | — | 390 | 0.91 | — | ||
ONE | John Donald Moore | 327 | 0.77 | — | 246 | 0.57 | — | ||
Social Credit | John McCaskey | 173 | 0.41 | +0.33 | 35 | 0.08 | +0.04 | ||
Independent | Ted Howard | 93 | 0.22 | — | |||||
Money Free Party | Prince Bhavik | 14 | 0.03 | -0.10 | |||||
Opportunities | 493 | 1.15 | -1.02 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 193 | 0.32 | +0.02 | ||||||
Māori Party | 70 | 0.16 | -0.07 | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 27 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
Vision NZ | 10 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
TEA | 7 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 4 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 629 | 251 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 42,332 | 42,955 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 2,295 | 5.42 | −20.41 |
2017 general election: Kaikōura [13] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 20,594 | 52.18 | −5.00 | 20,925 | 52.60 | +0.15 | ||
Labour | Janette Walker | 10,401 | 26.35 | +3.63 | 11,587 | 29.13 | +12.09 | ||
NZ First | Jamie Arbuckle | 4,201 | 10.64 | +5.44 | 3,561 | 8.95 | −0.87 | ||
Green | Richard McCubbin | 2,865 | 7.26 | −1.04 | 1,963 | 4.93 | −4.22 | ||
Conservative | David Greensdale | 218 | 0.55 | −2.44 | 135 | 0.34 | −4.31 | ||
ACT | Richard Evans | 210 | 0.53 | +0.27 | 151 | 0.38 | −0.01 | ||
Democrats | John McCaskey | 131 | 0.33 | −0.20 | 14 | 0.04 | −0.06 | ||
Money Free Party | Charlotte Osmaston | 53 | 0.13 | −0.07 | |||||
United Future | John Truman Foster | 51 | 0.13 | — | 23 | 0.06 | −0.20 | ||
Opportunities | 865 | 2.17 | — | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 119 | 0.30 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 117 | 0.30 | −0.11 | ||||||
Māori Party | 92 | 0.23 | −0.13 | ||||||
Outdoors | 40 | 0.10 | — | ||||||
People's Party | 10 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Mana Party | 4 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Internet | 3 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 381 | 172 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 39,465 | 39,781 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 10,553 | 25.83 | −8.63 |
2014 general election: Kaikōura [14] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Stuart Smith | 20,857 | 57.18 | −3.07 | 20,770 | 56.45 | +1.04 | ||
Labour | Janette Walker | 8,287 | 22.72 | −2.98 | 6,269 | 17.04 | −2.81 | ||
Green | Steffan Browning | 3,028 | 8.30 | −3.12 | 3,366 | 9.15 | −2.94 | ||
NZ First | Steve Campbell | 1,896 | 5.20 | +5.20 | 3,612 | 9.82 | +3.27 | ||
Conservative | Howard Hudson | 1,089 | 2.99 | +2.99 | 1,709 | 4.65 | +0.85 | ||
Ban 1080 | Glen Tomlinson | 566 | 1.55 | +1.55 | 187 | 0.51 | +0.51 | ||
Democrats | John McCaskey | 194 | 0.53 | −0.32 | 36 | 0.10 | −0.02 | ||
ACT | Richard Evans | 132 | 0.36 | −1.02 | 144 | 0.39 | −0.72 | ||
Money Free Party | Ted Howard | 72 | 0.20 | +0.20 | |||||
Internet Mana | 169 | 0.46 | +0.33 [a] | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 151 | 0.41 | −0.07 | ||||||
Māori Party | 131 | 0.36 | −0.07 | ||||||
United Future | 96 | 0.26 | −0.64 | ||||||
Civilian | 13 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Focus | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Informal votes | 353 | 122 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 36,474 | 36,791 | |||||||
Turnout | 34,292 | 79.84 | +5.58 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 12,570 | 34.46 | −0.08 |
2011 general election: Kaikōura [15] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 19,961 | 60.25 | +2.47 | 18,909 | 55.41 | +3.57 | ||
Labour | Liz Collyns | 8,516 | 25.70 | -0.66 | 6,775 | 19.85 | -8.33 | ||
Green | Steffan Browning | 3,784 | 11.42 | +3.42 | 3,786 | 11.09 | +4.08 | ||
ACT | Richard Evans | 457 | 1.38 | +0.12 | 379 | 1.11 | -1.98 | ||
Democrats | John McCaskey | 283 | 0.85 | +0.54 | 42 | 0.12 | +0.04 | ||
Libertarianz | Ian Hayes | 131 | 0.40 | +0.40 | 23 | 0.07 | +0.05 | ||
NZ First | 2,236 | 6.55 | +1.98 | ||||||
Conservative | 1,296 | 3.80 | +3.80 | ||||||
United Future | 306 | 0.90 | -0.03 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 165 | 0.48 | +0.18 | ||||||
Māori Party | 147 | 0.43 | -0.13 | ||||||
Mana | 45 | 0.13 | +0.13 | ||||||
Alliance | 19 | 0.06 | -0.003 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,045 | 284 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 33,132 | 34,128 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 11,445 | 34.54 | +3.13 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,958 [16]
2008 general election: Kaikoura [17] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 20,374 | 57.77 | +6.65 | 18,479 | 51.83 | +6.81 | ||
Labour | Brian McNamara | 9,297 | 26.36 | -11.30 | 10,046 | 28.18 | -7.86 | ||
Green | Steffan Browning | 2,823 | 8.00 | +2.46 | 2,499 | 7.01 | +1.24 | ||
Kiwi | Al Belcher | 1,127 | 3.20 | +3.20 | 618 | 1.73 | +1.73 | ||
NZ First | Linda Waimarie King | 959 | 2.72 | +2.72 | 1,631 | 4.58 | -1.29 | ||
ACT | Dave Tattersfield | 443 | 1.26 | +0.46 | 1,101 | 3.09 | +1.63 | ||
United Future | Coralie Christie | 131 | 0.37 | -1.01 | 331 | 0.93 | -1.90 | ||
Democrats | John S. J. McCaskey | 112 | 0.32 | +0.32 | 31 | 0.09 | +0.02 | ||
Progressive | 285 | 0.80 | -0.81 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 223 | 0.63 | +0.63 | ||||||
Māori Party | 201 | 0.56 | +0.18 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 107 | 0.30 | +0.10 | ||||||
Family Party | 41 | 0.12 | +0.12 | ||||||
Alliance | 21 | 0.06 | -0.06 | ||||||
Workers Party | 12 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
RONZ | 8 | 0.02 | +0.002 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 6 | 0.02 | -0.01 | ||||||
Pacific | 6 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
RAM | 4 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 292 | 160 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 35,266 | 35,650 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 11,077 | 31.41 | +17.95 |
2005 general election: Kaikoura [18] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Colin King | 17,755 | 51.68 | 15,636 | 45.02 | ||||
Labour | Brendon Burns | 13,080 | 38.07 | 12,515 | 36.04 | ||||
Green | Steffan Browning | 1,927 | 5.61 | 2,005 | 5.07 | ||||
United Future | Robin Westley | 481 | 1.40 | 981 | 2.82 | ||||
Progressive | John Maurice | 430 | 1.25 | 558 | 1.61 | ||||
ACT | Pat O'Sullivan | 275 | 0.80 | 505 | 1.45 | ||||
Māori Party | Brett Cowan | 174 | 0.51 | 133 | 0.38 | ||||
Independent | Ted Howard | 170 | 0.49 | ||||||
Alliance | Greg Kleis | 64 | 0.19 | 40 | 0.12 | ||||
NZ First | 2,036 | 5.86 | |||||||
Destiny | 139 | 0.40 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 68 | 0.20 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 43 | 0.12 | |||||||
Democrats | 24 | 0.07 | |||||||
One NZ | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
99 MP | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 9 | 0.03 | |||||||
RONZ | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Family Rights | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 335 | 147 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,356 | 34,729 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 4,675 | 30.30 | 13.61 |
2002 general election: Kaikoura | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 15,165 | 47.63 | +9.56 | 8,536 | 26.51 | -6.51 | ||
Labour | Brendon Burns | 12,096 | 37.99 | 12,636 | 39.25 | +4.16 | |||
Green | Ian Ewen-Street | 2,313 | 7.26 | -1.91 | 2,220 | 6.90 | +0.20 | ||
United Future | Julee Smith-Mischeski | 644 | 2.02 | +1.06 [b] | 1,859 | 5.77 | |||
Christian Heritage | Don Moore | 639 | 2.01 | -1.02 | 508 | 1.58 | -1.46 | ||
ACT | Ted Howard | 458 | 1.44 | 1,873 | 5.82 | -0.77 | |||
Progressive | Philippa Main | 365 | 1.15 | 570 | 1.77 | ||||
Independent | Desmond J Bell | 161 | 0.51 | +0.14 | |||||
NZ First | 2,825 | 8.77 | +5.18 | ||||||
ORNZ | 821 | 2.55 | |||||||
Alliance | 197 | 0.61 | -7.78 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 125 | 0.39 | -0.33 | ||||||
One NZ | 17 | 0.05 | +0.01 | ||||||
Mana Māori | 4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||||
NMP | 3 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 303 | 98 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,841 | 32,194 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 3,069 | 9.64 | +5.01 |
1999 general election: Kaikoura | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Lynda Scott | 12,214 | 38.07 | 10,688 | 33.02 | -3.18 | |||
Labour | Brian McNamara | 10,728 | 33.44 | 11,357 | 35.09 | +12.06 | |||
Green | Ian Ewen-Street | 2,941 | 9.17 | -6.47 [c] | 2,168 | 6.70 | |||
Alliance | Lindsay Mehrtens | 2,040 | 6.36 | 2,717 | 8.39 | -4.94 | |||
NZ First | Chris Rivers | 1,300 | 4.05 | 1,161 | 3.59 | -10.70 | |||
ACT | Graham James Hewett | 1,234 | 3.85 | 2,134 | 6.59 | +0.78 | |||
Christian Heritage | Don Moore | 971 | 3.03 | 985 | 3.04 | ||||
Christian Democrats | Julee Smith-Mischeski | 307 | 0.96 | 324 | 1.00 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Rodney Hansen | 176 | 0.55 | -0.53 | 81 | 0.25 | -0.12 | ||
Independent | Desmond Joseph Bell | 120 | 0.37 | 0.00 | |||||
Natural Law | Anne Brigid | 48 | 0.15 | -0.13 | 88 | 0.27 | -0.06 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | 234 | 0.72 | -0.39 | ||||||
United NZ | 186 | 0.57 | -0.02 | ||||||
South Island | 103 | 0.32 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 64 | 0.20 | +0.19 | ||||||
Animals First | 48 | 0.15 | +0.02 | ||||||
One NZ | 12 | 0.04 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||||
The People's Choice | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Mauri Pacific | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Freedom Movement | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
NMP | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Republican | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 578 | 292 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 32,079 | 32,365 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 1,486 | 4.63 | -12.9 |
1996 general election: Kaikoura [19] [20] [21] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Doug Kidd | 13,858 | 41.09 | 12,280 | 36.20 | ||||
Labour | Marian Hobbs | 7,946 | 23.56 | 7,813 | 23.03 | ||||
NZ First | Tom Harrison | 5,332 | 15.81 | 4,849 | 14.29 | ||||
Alliance | Ian Ewen-Street | 5,275 | 15.64 | 4,522 | 13.33 | ||||
ACT | Peter King-Talbot | 731 | 2.17 | 1,970 | 5.81 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Rodney Hansen | 365 | 1.08 | 125 | 0.37 | ||||
Independent | Desmond Joseph Bell | 124 | 0.37 | ||||||
Natural Law | Anne Brigid | 94 | 0.28 | 112 | 0.33 | ||||
Christian Coalition | 1,496 | 4.41 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 378 | 1.11 | |||||||
United NZ | 199 | 0.59 | |||||||
Progressive Green | 80 | 0.24 | |||||||
Animals First | 43 | 0.13 | |||||||
Green Society | 25 | 0.07 | |||||||
Conservatives | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
Superannuitants & Youth | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Te Tawharau | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 291 | 95 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 33,725 | 33,921 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 5,912 | 17.53 |
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