Taieri | |
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Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
Region | Otago |
Area | 5,636.35 km2 (2,176.21 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1866–1911 (original), 2020 (recreated) |
Current MP | Ingrid Leary |
Party | Labour |
Taieri is a parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, initially from 1866 to 1911, and was later recreated during the 2019/20 electoral redistribution ahead of the 2020 election. [1] [2]
In the 1865 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives focussed its review of electorates to South Island electorates only, as the Otago gold rush had caused significant population growth, and a redistribution of the existing population. Fifteen additional South Island electorates were created, including Taieri, and the number of Members of Parliament was increased by 13 to 70. [3]
The seat was recreated for the 2020 general election by renaming the electorate of Dunedin South and amending its borders, particularly with a large area around the Clutha River and South Otago added from Clutha-Southland. [5] [2] This is due to a rate of population growth below the South Island average in Dunedin that means it can no longer fully support two electorates. [6] The current electorate of Taieri has an area stretching from South Dunedin to Balclutha. [7]
The previous electorate of Dunedin South had been held by the Labour Party since its creation in 1996, and specifically by Clare Curran since 2008. However, the new boundaries for Taieri include more rural areas, [8] and Curran announced in 2019 that she would not be seeking reelection in 2020. [9]
The Taieri electorate was first established for the 1866 general election for the 4th New Zealand Parliament.
Donald Reid was the first representative. [10] He resigned in 1869 and was succeeded by Henry Howorth. Reid was re-elected at the 1871 general election, and elected unopposed in the 1875 general election that was held on 29 December. [11] Reid resigned once again in 1878, [12] and was succeeded by William Cutten. Reid's son, also called Donald Reid, represented the electorate 1902–08. [13]
All other members retired at the end of their representation. When the electorate was abolished in 1911, Thomas Mackenzie stood successfully for Egmont.
Taieri has been represented by eight Members of Parliament: [14]
Key
Independent Liberal Conservative Labour NZ First Green
Election | Winner | |
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1866 election | Donald Reid Sr | |
1869 by-election | Henry Howorth | |
1871 election | Donald Reid Sr | |
1875 election | ||
1878 by-election | William Cutten | |
1879 election | James Fulton | |
1881 election | ||
1884 election | ||
1887 election | ||
1890 election | Walter Carncross | |
1893 election | ||
1896 election | ||
1899 election | ||
1902 election | Donald Reid Jr | |
1905 election | ||
1908 election | Thomas Mackenzie | |
(Electorate abolished 1911–2020) | ||
2020 election | Ingrid Leary | |
2023 election |
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Taieri electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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2023 election | Mark Patterson | |
Scott Willis |
2023 general election: Taieri [15] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Ingrid Leary | 16,579 | 39.39 | -16.84 | 14,507 | 34.13 | -24.79 | ||
National | Matthew French | 15,136 | 35.96 | +7.33 | 14,206 | 33.42 | +12.32 | ||
Green | Scott Willis | 3,898 | 9.26 | +4.35 | 4,581 | 10.78 | +5.38 | ||
NZ First | Mark Patterson | 3,069 | 7.29 | +4.38 | 3,259 | 7.67 | +5.06 | ||
ACT | Burty Meffan | 1,697 | 4.03 | +1.16 | 3,345 | 7.87 | +0.46 | ||
NZ Loyal | Fred Roberts | 663 | 1.57 | — | 477 | 1.12 | — | ||
Independent | Mac Gardner | 286 | 0.68 | — | |||||
Independent | Changrong Dong | 142 | 0.34 | — | |||||
Independent | David Webber | 120 | 0.28 | — | |||||
Opportunities | 929 | 2.19 | +0.93 | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 245 | 0.58 | +0.46 | ||||||
NewZeal | 207 | 0.49 | +0.05 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 200 | 0.47 | +0.20 | ||||||
Animal Justice | 75 | 0.18 | — | ||||||
DemocracyNZ | 66 | 0.15 | — | ||||||
Freedoms NZ | 57 | 0.13 | — | ||||||
Women's Rights | 39 | 0.09 | — | ||||||
New Conservatives | 32 | 0.07 | -1.03 | ||||||
Leighton Baker Party | 23 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
New Nation | 11 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 498 | 247 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 42,088 | 42,506 | |||||||
Turnout | 42,506 | — | — | ||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 1,443 | 3.43 | -24.16 |
2020 general election: Taieri [16] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Ingrid Leary | 25,263 | 56.23 | — | 26,608 | 58.92 | — | ||
National | Liam Kernaghan | 12,865 | 28.63 | — | 9,531 | 21.10 | — | ||
Green | Scott Willis | 2,207 | 4.91 | — | 2,440 | 5.40 | — | ||
NZ First | Mark Patterson | 1,309 | 2.91 | — | 1,179 | 2.61 | — | ||
ACT | Robert Andrews | 1,291 | 2.87 | — | 3,302 | 7.31 | — | ||
New Conservative | Ally Kelleher | 472 | 1.05 | — | 501 | 1.10 | — | ||
Advance NZ | Fred Roberts | 256 | 0.56 | — | 236 | 0.52 | — | ||
ONE | Stan Smith | 201 | 0.44 | — | 105 | 0.23 | — | ||
Independent | Oliver Lequeux | 130 | 0.28 | — | |||||
Social Credit | Warren Voight | 107 | 0.23 | — | 45 | 0.09 | — | ||
Independent | David Webber | 75 | 0.16 | — | |||||
Opportunities | 571 | 1.26 | — | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 122 | 0.27 | — | ||||||
Māori Party | 55 | 0.12 | — | ||||||
Outdoors | 34 | 0.07 | — | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 27 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
Vision NZ | 10 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
TEA | 6 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 3 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 746 | 382 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 44,922 | 45,157 | |||||||
Turnout | 45,157 | ||||||||
Labour win new seat | Majority | 12,398 | 27.59 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Walter Carncross | 1,927 | 56.78 | −2.17 | |
Conservative | Alexander Campbell Begg [18] | 1,467 | 43.22 | ||
Majority | 460 | 13.55 | −4.34 | ||
Turnout | 3,394 | 75.07 | +1.22 | ||
Registered electors | 4,521 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Walter Carncross | 548 | 38.87 | ||
Independent | William Snow | 424 | 30.07 | ||
Independent | William Barron | 320 | 22.70 | ||
Independent | Arthur John Burns | 118 | 8.37 | ||
Majority | 124 | 8.79 | |||
Turnout | 1,410 | 69.73 | |||
Registered electors | 2,022 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | William Cutten | 234 | 33.86 | ||
Independent | William Snow | 232 | |||
Independent | Mr Barron | 225 | 32.56 | ||
Majority | 2 | 0.29 | |||
Turnout | 691 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Henry Howorth | 70 | 32.56 | ||
Independent | Thomas Culling | 57 | 26.51 | ||
Independent | William Murray [25] | 53 | 24.65 | ||
Independent | John Sibbald | 24 | 11.16 | ||
Independent | Alexander Rennie | 11 | 5.12 | ||
Independent | James McIndoe | 0 | 0 | ||
Turnout | 215 | ||||
Majority | 13 | 6.05 |
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