Kaimai (New Zealand electorate)

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Kaimai is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1978 to 1996. In 1996 the MP Robert Anderson was selected for the new seat of Coromandel, but retired due to illness, and was replaced by Murray McLean, who won the new seat.

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Population centres

The 1977 electoral redistribution was the most overtly political since the Representation Commission had been established through an amendment to the Representation Act in 1886, initiated by Muldoon's National Government. [1] As part of the 1976 census, a large number of people failed to fill out an electoral re-registration card, and census staff had not been given the authority to insist on the card being completed. This had little practical effect for people on the general roll, but it transferred Māori to the general roll if the card was not handed in. Together with a northward shift of New Zealand's population, this resulted in five new electorates having to be created in the upper part of the North Island. [2] The electoral redistribution was very disruptive, and 22 electorates were abolished, while 27 electorates were newly created (including Kaimai) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the 1978 election. [3]

The Kaimai was established by incorporating some suburbs that had belonged to the Tauranga electorate, getting the southern part of the abolished Coromandel electorate, and gaining Te Puke from the abolished Bay of Plenty electorate. [4] Other than Te Puke, population centres of the original electorate included Mount Maunganui, Katikati, Welcome Bay, Maungatapu, Papamoa, and Waihi Beach.

As a result of electoral redistribution prior to the 1996 election, the Kaimai electorate was abolished and its area split between the Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, and Coromandel electorates.

History

National's Bruce Townshend was the Kaimai electorate's representative from its creation in 1978 [5] to his death on 25 April 1987. [6] Whilst general elections have since the 1957 election traditionally been held on the last Saturday in November and a by-election is required if the death of an MP occurs more than six months prior to an election, the 1987 was held in August and no by-election was triggered; the earlier election date was a result of Muldoon's July 1984 snap election. [7] Robert Anderson replaced Townshend at the 1987 election. Anderson had been selected as National candidate for the Coromandel electorate in 1996, but withdrew due to cancer. [8]

Members of Parliament

Key

  National   

ElectionWinner
1978 election Bruce Townshend
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election Robert Anderson
1990 election
1993 election
Electorate abolished 1996; see Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, and Coromandel

Election results

1993 election

1993 general election: Kaimai [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Robert Anderson 6,570 33.17 -28.45
NZ First Peter Brown 6,19831.29
Labour Lois Davies3,66018.48
Alliance Ian Stephens2,89414.61
Christian Heritage Terry Chester3621.82
Natural Law Stephen Benner660.33
Independent Harold Dassler540.27-1.61
Majority3721.87-36.63
Turnout 19,80482.31+0.40
Registered electors 24,059

1990 election

1990 general election: Kaimai [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Robert Anderson 13,039 61.62 +5.92
Labour Gordon Dickson4,89223.12
Green Laraine Johnstone2,0279.57
NewLabour Jonathan Read5642.66
Social Credit Harold Dassler3981.88
McGillicuddy Serious Roger Anthony Bullot1360.64
Democrats Peter David Langman1030.48
Majority8,14738.50+26.60
Turnout 21,15981.91-4.34
Registered electors 25,830

1987 election

1987 general election: Kaimai [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Robert Anderson 10,791 55.70
Labour Henry Uttinger7,11836.74
Democrats T A Powell8874.57
NZ Party W W Townsend5772.97
Majority2,30711.90
Turnout 19,37386.25-5.11
Registered electors 22,460

1984 election

1984 general election: Kaimai [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bruce Townshend 9,242 42.58 -7.51
NZ Party Leslie Dickson5,54625.55
Labour M A Tucker5,35524.67
Social Credit Vic Haines1,4226.55
Values C Corbett1370.63
Majority3,69617.03-7.01
Turnout 21,70291.36+3.92
Registered electors 23,752

1981 election

1981 general election: Kaimai [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bruce Townshend 10,719 50.09 +4.38
Social Credit Doug Conway5,57326.04-0.88
Labour Leo Mangos4,75022.19
Values Jon Mayson 2781.29-1.62
Independent C B Watt790.36
Majority5,14624.04+5.25
Turnout 21,39987.44+18.95
Registered electors 24,470

1978 election

1978 general election: Kaimai [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bruce Townshend 8,457 45.71
Social Credit Doug Conway4,98126.92
Labour Henry Uttinger4,52124.43
Values Jon Mayson 5402.91
Majority3,47618.79
Turnout 18,49968.49
Registered electors 27,009

Notes

  1. McRobie 1989, pp. 8–9, 51, 119.
  2. McRobie 1989, p. 119.
  3. McRobie 1989, pp. 115–120.
  4. McRobie 1989, pp. 114, 118.
  5. Wilson 1985, p. 241.
  6. "Charles Bruce Townshend Death Notice". The New Zealand Herald . 25 April 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  7. James, Colin (14 June 2011). "John Key, modest constitutional innovator". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  8. "Lives of note". The Evening Post . 31 October 1996. p. 5.
  9. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 49.
  10. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. p. 50.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Norton 1988, p. 257.

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