St Kilda (New Zealand electorate)

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St Kilda is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1946 to 1996 and was represented by four Members of Parliament.

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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 St Kilda. [1] The original electorate covered the southern part of Otago Peninsula and some of the settlements that form the suburb of South Dunedin, including St Kilda. [2] It thus took up most of the area that previously belonged to the Dunedin Central electorate (which in itself took over most of the area that previously belonged to the Dunedin West electorate), and some area that had belonged to the Dunedin South electorate (which was abolished). [3]

The southern part of Otago Peninsula has always belonged to the St Kilda electorate until the 1987 electoral redistribution, and the various electoral redistributions determined how much of the suburb of South Dunedin belonged to the electorate. [4] [5]

History

The electorate was created in 1946, [6] and was abolished in 1996 (the first election using the mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) system), when it was absorbed into the Dunedin South electorate.

The first representative was Fred Jones. He previously represented the Dunedin South electorate and retired at the end of two parliamentary terms of representing St Kilda in 1951. [7]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour   National

ElectionWinner
1946 election Fred Jones
1949 election
1951 election Jim Barnes
1954 election
1957 election Bill Fraser
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election
1978 election
1981 election Michael Cullen
1984 election
1987 election
1990 election
1993 election
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Dunedin South)

Election results

1993 election

1993 general election: St Kilda [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Cullen 10,019 47.07 -0.83
Alliance Leah McBey4,94823.24
National Malcolm MacPherson4,89923.01
NZ First Kevin Fogarty1,0274.82
Christian Heritage Hank Geerlofs3921.84
Majority5,07123.82+14.60
Turnout 21,28585.75+1.07
Registered electors 24,821

1990 election

1990 general election: St Kilda [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Cullen 9,797 47.90 -12.35
National Bruce Alexander7,91138.68
Green Ursula Finn1,2976.34
NewLabour Harold Love1,0595.17
Social Credit Bob Warren3251.58
Democrats Milan Radich610.29
Majority1,8869.22-18.06
Turnout 20,45084.68-3.24
Registered electors 24,148

1987 election

1987 general election: St Kilda [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Cullen 12,568 60.25 +6.07
National Lyndon Weggery6,87632.96
Democrats Ron Coles1,1725.61-0.04
Wizard PartyE J Thomas2421.16
Majority5,69227.28+18.40
Turnout 20,85887.92-5.07
Registered electors 23,723

1984 election

1984 general election: St Kilda [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Cullen 11,643 54.18 +4.25
National Stuart Clark6,04928.15-4.62
NZ Party John M. Hayes2,42811.30
Social Credit Ron Coles1,2155.65-11.64
Independent D W Morrison1510.70
Majority5,59426.03+8.88
Turnout 21,48692.99+2.12
Registered electors 23,105

1981 election

1981 general election: St Kilda [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Cullen 10,419 49.93
National Stuart Clark6,84032.77
Social Credit Ron Coles3,60817.29
Majority3,57917.15
Turnout 20,86790.87+17.11
Registered electors 22,963

1978 election

1978 general election: St Kilda [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fraser 10,064 49.02 +0.90
National Graeme Laing7,10534.60
Social Credit Joy Clapham2,63812.85
Values Norman Mearns6983.40
Socialist Unity Rodger Smitheram240.11
Majority2,95914.41+5.00
Turnout 20,52973.77-11.93
Registered electors 27,825

1975 election

1975 general election: St Kilda [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fraser 9,663 48.12 -11.66
National Gordon Heslop7,77338.71
Social Credit Joy Clapham1,4147.04
Values Trevor Reeves1,2276.11
Majority1,8909.41-21.04
Turnout 20,07785.70-11.84
Registered electors 23,426

1972 election

1972 general election: St Kilda [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fraser 11,022 59.78 +3.01
National Charles Kirby5,40729.32
Social Credit John Burgoyne Tavener1,0695.79
Values Aynsley Kellow8044.36
New Democratic John Robert Lumsden1030.55
Independent Harold Smith310.16
Majority5,61530.45+8.40
Turnout 18,43697.54+7.42
Registered electors 18,900

1969 election

1969 general election: St Kilda [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fraser 9,769 56.77 +4.14
National Lloyd George Anderson5,97434.71
Social Credit D J W Sheppard1,3557.87
Independent J C M McPhee1090.63
Majority3,79522.05+5.04
Turnout 17,20790.12+1.31
Registered electors 19,093

1966 election

1966 general election: St Kilda [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fraser 8,691 52.63 -1.17
National R M Hall5,88235.62
Social Credit G M Chapman1,93811.73
Majority2,80917.01+1.75
Turnout 16,51188.81-2.41
Registered electors 18,590

1963 election

1963 general election: St Kilda [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fraser 9,152 53.80 +4.87
National Kevin John Marlow6,55538.54
Social Credit Alexander John Lumsden1,3017.64
Majority2,59715.26+9.93
Turnout 17,00891.22-1.35
Registered electors 18,644

1960 election

1960 general election: St Kilda [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fraser 7,662 48.93 -1.47
National Jim Barnes 6,82743.60-1.85
Social Credit T A Greenwood1,1697.46
Majority8355.33+0.39
Turnout 15,65892.57-1.93
Registered electors 16,914

1957 election

1957 general election: St Kilda [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Fraser 8,058 50.40
National Jim Barnes 7,26745.45+4.56
Social Credit S G Ernslie5093.18
Independent Fred Poole1530.95
Majority7914.94
Turnout 15,98794.50+1.12
Registered electors 16,916

1954 election

1954 general election: St Kilda [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Jim Barnes 5,679 40.89 -10.89
Labour Fred Jones 5,56540.07-8.74
Social Credit B Murray2,64219.02
Majority1140.82-1.54
Turnout 13,88693.38+1.00
Registered electors 14,869

1951 election

1951 general election: St Kilda [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Jim Barnes 7,279 51.18
Labour Fred Jones 6,94348.81-2.34
Majority3362.36-0.05
Turnout 14,22292.38-2.37
Registered electors 15,394

1949 election

1949 general election: St Kilda [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Jones 7,310 51.15 -3.29
National Gerald Lyon6,97948.84
Majority3312.31-6.55
Turnout 14,28994.75+0.25
Registered electors 15,080

1946 election

1946 general election: St Kilda [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Jones 7,662 54.44
National Leonard James Tobin Ireland6,41445.56
Majority1,2488.86
Turnout 14,07695.00
Registered electors 14,816

Notes

  1. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
  2. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 97.
  3. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 93–97.
  4. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 94–127.
  5. ↑ Note that the source was printed in 1989; the situation may or may not have been different following subsequent electoral redistributions.
  6. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 271.
  7. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 209.
  8. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 103.
  9. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. p. 107.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Norton 1988, p. 345.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Norton 1988, p. 344.
  12. ↑ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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