Petone (New Zealand electorate)

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Petone is a former parliamentary electorate in the lower Hutt Valley of New Zealand, from 1946 to 1978. The electorate was represented by two Members of Parliament from the Labour Party.

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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 Petone. [1] The electorate was based on the southern part of the city of Lower Hutt. Settlements within the electorate included the suburb of Petone, Wainuiomata, and Eastbourne. [2]

The Petone electorate was abolished through the 1977 electoral redistribution. [3] Most of its area went to the Pencarrow electorate, while some area, including the suburb of Petone, transferred to the Western Hutt electorate.

History

The Petone electorate was first used for the 1946 election. Its first representative was Mick Moohan of the Labour Party, who was Minister of Railways from 1957 to 1960 while serving the electorate. Moohan died in office on 7 February 1967. [4]

This caused the 1967 by-election, which was won by Fraser Colman. He served until the electorate was abolished in 1978, and moved to the Pencarrow electorate. [5]

Members of Parliament

The Petone electorate was represented by two Members of Parliament. [6]

Key

   Labour   

ElectionWinner
1946 election Mick Moohan
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election
1967 by-election Fraser Colman
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election
(Electorate abolished in 1978;
see Pencarrow and Western Hutt)

Election results

1975 election

1975 general election: Petone [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fraser Colman 8,333 51.28 -11.83
National Brel Gluyas5,49933.84
Values Ian Donaldson1,1687.18
Social Credit Reg Moore1,1557.10+2.39
Liberal John Anthony Patrick Broderick620.38
Socialist Action Russell Johnson310.19
Majority2,83417.44-18.86
Turnout 16,24880.96-7.30
Registered electors 20,069

1972 election

1972 general election: Petone [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fraser Colman 9,334 63.11 +4.23
National Nick Ursin3,99427.00
Social Credit Reg Moore6984.71
Values L B Frost6744.55
New Democratic E G M Tyley900.60
Majority5,34036.10-12.24
Turnout 14,79088.26-0.36
Registered electors 16,756

1969 election

1969 general election: Petone [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fraser Colman 8,512 58.88 +4.28
National F J Handy5,06435.03
Social Credit K H Walker8806.08
Majority3,45023.86+0.11
Turnout 14,45688.62+21.05
Registered electors 16,312

1967 by-election

1967 Petone by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fraser Colman 7,086 54.60
National Dick Martin4,00330.84
Social Credit Colin Whitmill1,88814.54+2.43
Majority3,08323.75
Turnout 12,97767.57-20.17
Registered electors 19,203
Labour hold Swing

1966 election

1966 general election: Petone [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Moohan 8,301 52.12 -2.78
National Joe Miller5,69435.75
Social Credit Colin Whitmill1,92912.11
Majority2,60716.37+1.23
Turnout 15,92484.74-3.42
Registered electors 18,791

1963 election

1963 general election: Petone [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Moohan 8,875 54.90 -1.07
National Peter Love6,42739.75
Social Credit Thomas Frank Foulger6884.25
Independent C G Stancliff1751.08
Majority2,44815.14-3.55
Turnout 16,16588.16-1.60
Registered electors 18,335

1960 election

1960 general election: Petone [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Moohan 8,738 55.97 -5.15
National Dick Martin5,82037.28
Social Credit Desmond George Long1,0526.73-1.94
Majority2,91818.69-8.35
Turnout 15,61089.76-3.05
Registered electors 17,389

1957 election

1957 general election: Petone [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Moohan 9,401 61.12 -0.07
National Dan Riddiford 5,24234.08
Social Credit Desmond George Long7374.79
Majority4,15927.04-2.14
Turnout 15,38092.81+6.42
Registered electors 16,571

1954 election

1954 general election: Petone [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Moohan 8,831 61.19 +2.90
National Fanny Elizabeth Soward4,62032.01
Social Credit Robert Leslie Allan8595.95
Communist Connie Birchfield 1200.83
Majority4,21129.18+12.59
Turnout 14,43086.39-1.81
Registered electors 16,702

1951 election

1951 general election: Petone [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Moohan 7,502 58.29 -0.55
National Norm Croft5,36741.70+2.12
Majority2,13516.59-2.66
Turnout 12,86988.20-4.23
Registered electors 14,590

1949 election

1949 general election: Petone [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Moohan 7,721 58.84 -6.53
National Norm Croft5,19439.58
Communist Arthur Philip Quinn2071.57
Majority2,52719.25-11.49
Turnout 13,12292.43+0.29
Registered electors 14,196

1946 election

1946 general election: Petone [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Moohan 8,545 65.37
National George London4,52634.62
Majority4,01930.74
Turnout 13,07192.14
Registered electors 14,185

Notes

  1. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
  2. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 94.
  3. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 115, 119.
  4. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 221.
  5. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 190.
  6. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 270.
  7. 1 2 Norton 1988, p. 318.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Norton 1988, p. 317.
  9. ↑ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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