Miramar (New Zealand electorate)

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Miramar electorate boundaries between 1993 and 1996. Miramar electorate, 1993.png
Miramar electorate boundaries between 1993 and 1996.

Miramar was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the south-eastern suburbs of Wellington. It was created in 1946, replacing Wellington East, and was replaced by Rongotai for the first MMP election of 1996.

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Population centres

The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, eight former electorates were re-established, and 19 electorates were created for the first time, including Miramar. [1] The electorate's boundary was initially located on the Rongotai isthmus that is occupied by Wellington Airport. [2] This boundary slowly shifted towards the city of Wellington in subsequent electoral redistributions. [3] The electorate boundaries were unaffected by the electoral redistributions in 1972 and 1987. [4] The electorate was abolished in 1996, when it was replaced by the Rongotai electorate.

History

The electorate was marginal, and changed several times between the parties. The first representative in 1946 was Bob Semple of the Labour Party. [5] Semple did not stand for re-election in 1954 and died at New Plymouth in January 1955. [6]

Semple was succeeded by Labour's Bill Fox, who served from 1954 until his defeat in the 1966 election by National's Bill Young. [7]

Members of Parliament

Key

   Labour      National   

ElectionWinner
1946 election Bob Semple
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election Bill Fox
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election Bill Young
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election
1978 election
1981 election Peter Neilsen
1984 election
1987 election
1990 election Graeme Reeves
1993 election Annette King
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Rongotai)

Election results

1993 election

1993 general election: Miramar [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Annette King 10,352 46.42
National Graeme Reeves 7,75734.78-8.71
Alliance Jody Hamilton2,59011.61
NZ First Andrew Campbell9604.30
Christian Heritage Robin Corner3531.58
McGillicuddy Serious Hellen Sarah Thornton1870.83
Natural Law Wayne Shepard650.29
Private EnterpriseFrank Moncur350.15+0.07
Majority2,59511.63
Turnout 22,29985.85-0.65
Registered electors 25,972

1990 election

1990 general election: Miramar [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Graeme Reeves 8,789 43.49
Labour Peter Neilson 8,23740.76-16.51
Green Denis Foot1,9149.47
NewLabour Josie Bullock9654.77
McGillicuddy Serious John Morrison1230.60
Democrats David Coad690.34-1.97
Social Credit C J Whittaker640.31
Independent M Day290.14
Private EnterpriseFrank Moncur170.08-0.07
Majority5522.73
Turnout 20,20786.50-1.29
Registered electors 23,359

1987 election

1987 general election: Miramar [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Neilson 11,556 57.27 +7.89
National Ian Macfarlane7,49537.14
Democrats David Coad4682.31
Independent Viv Walker4332.14
McGillicuddy Serious S M Smith1430.70
NZ Party B H Purvis500.24
Private EnterpriseFrank Moncur320.15+0.02
Majority4,06120.12+4.56
Turnout 20,17787.79-5.60
Registered electors 22,983

1984 election

1984 general election: Miramar [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Neilson 11,102 49.38 +3.53
National Don Crosbie7,60333.81
NZ Party Mike Bungay3,42415.22
Social Credit P M Lines2791.24
Independent John Kirk 430.19
Private EnterpriseFrank Moncur310.13
Majority3,49915.56+12.93
Turnout 22,48293.39+2.90
Registered electors 24,072

1981 election

1981 general election: Miramar [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Neilson 9,821 45.85
National Bill Young 9,17242.82-1.51
Social Credit Rod Carlisle2,30310.75+0.84
Independent G N McCardle1210.56
Majority6493.03
Turnout 21,41790.49+22.42
Registered electors 23,667

1978 election

1978 general election: Miramar [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bill Young 9,236 44.33 -5.60
Labour Bill Jeffries 8,92142.82
Social Credit Rod Carlisle2,0659.91
Values Denis Welch6112.93
Majority3151.51-7.76
Turnout 20,83365.07-16.73
Registered electors 32,014

1975 election

1975 general election: Miramar [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bill Young 9,413 49.93 +2.72
Labour John Wybrow 7,66440.65
Values Cathy Wilson9565.07
Social Credit Frederick Joseph Charles Morgan7734.10+0.25
Independent George Nieris450.23
Majority1,7499.27+6.80
Turnout 18,85181.80-9.21
Registered electors 23,044

1972 election

1972 general election: Miramar [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bill Young 8,294 47.21 -5.35
Labour Brian Edwards 7,86044.74
Social Credit Frederick Joseph Charles Morgan6773.85-1.31
Values D Tindill6303.58
New Democratic K Boyd540.30
Independent J D Howard500.28
Majority4342.47-7.82
Turnout 17,56591.01+0.77
Registered electors 19,299

1969 election

1969 general election: Miramar [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bill Young 9,134 52.56 +5.91
Labour Charles Troughton7,34542.26
Social Credit Frederick Joseph Charles Morgan8985.16-2.40
Majority1,78910.29+9.42
Turnout 17,37790.24+3.79
Registered electors 19,255

1966 election

1966 general election: Miramar [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bill Young 7,767 46.65 -0.21
Labour Bill Fox 7,62145.78-3.50
Social Credit Frederick Joseph Charles Morgan1,2597.56
Majority1460.87
Turnout 16,64786.45-4.99
Registered electors 19,255

1963 election

1963 general election: Miramar [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fox 8,465 49.28 +0.72
National Bill Young 8,04946.86
Social Credit George Johnson6623.85
Majority4162.42-0.73
Turnout 17,17691.44+2.06
Registered electors 18,782

1960 election

1960 general election: Miramar [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fox 7,186 48.56 -5.76
National Bernard Lewis Lyons6,71945.40
Social Credit Robert William Johnson8936.03+1.28
Majority4673.15-10.25
Turnout 14,79889.38-4.11
Registered electors 16,555

1957 election

1957 general election: Miramar [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fox 8,417 54.32 +2.51
National Clevedon Costello6,34040.92
Social Credit Robert William Johnson7364.75
Majority2,07713.40+2.96
Turnout 15,49393.49+5.32
Registered electors 16,571

1954 election

1954 general election: Miramar [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fox 7,576 51.81
National Robert John McConnell6,04941.37
Social Credit Roy Matheson Gunn9986.82
Majority1,52710.44
Turnout 14,62388.17-3.11
Registered electors 16,584

1951 election

1951 general election: Miramar [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Semple 6,785 53.59 -0.49
National Cuthbert Taylor5,87846.41+2.22
Majority5013.95-5.93
Turnout 12,66385.63-5.65
Registered electors 14,788

1949 election

1949 general election: Miramar [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Semple 7,193 54.08 -5.02
National Cuthbert Taylor5,87844.19
Communist Kenneth Stanton2291.72
Majority1,3159.88-8.30
Turnout 13,30091.28+1.29
Registered electors 14,570

1946 election

1946 general election: Miramar [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Semple 8,064 59.10
National Leonard Theodor Jacobsen5,58240.90
Majority2,48218.18
Turnout 13,64690.99
Registered electors 14,996

Notes

  1. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
  2. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 94.
  3. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 94–126.
  4. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 115, 127.
  5. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 233.
  6. ↑ Richardson, Len. "Semple, Robert". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 197, 247.
  8. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
  9. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Norton 1988, pp. 278.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Norton 1988, pp. 277.
  12. ↑ "The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1951–52". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  14. ↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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