Waitemata was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1871 to 1946, and then from 1954 to 1978. It was represented by 18 members of parliament.
The Waitemata electorate was created in the 1870 electoral redistribution based on 1867 New Zealand census data and was used in its initial form for the 1871 election. [1] It was located north of the various urban Auckland electorates and south of the Rodney electorate. [2] The following settlements were included in its initial area: Cornwallis, Huia, Parau, Laingholm, Titirangi, Waiatarua, Oratia, Piha, Henderson Valley, Swanson, Rānui, Waitākere township, Taupaki, Kumeu, Hobsonville, Whenuapai, Takapuna, and Helensville. [2]
The First Labour Government was defeated in the 1949 election and the incoming National Government changed the Electoral Act, with the electoral quota once again based on total population as opposed to qualified electors, and the tolerance was increased to 7.5% of the electoral quota. There was no adjustments in the number of electorates between the South and North Islands, but the law changes resulted in boundary adjustments to almost every electorate through the 1952 electoral redistribution; only five electorates were unaltered. [3] Five electorates were reconstituted (including Waitemata) and one was newly created, and a corresponding six electorates were abolished; all of these in the North Island. [4] These changes took effect with the 1954 election. [5]
The electorate existed from 1871 to 1946, and from 1954 to 1978. [6]
Early members were Thomas Henderson 1871–1874 (resigned), [7] Gustav von der Heyde 1874–1875 (unseated on petition), [8] John Sangster Macfarlane 1876–1879 (defeated), [9] Reader Wood 1879–1881 (retired), [10] William John Hurst 1881–1886 (died), [11] Richard Monk 1886–1890 (defeated), [12] and Jackson Palmer 1890–1893 (defeated). [13]
The election of Richard Monk, who stood again in 1893, was declared invalid. [12] From 1894 to 1896 Waitemata was held by future Prime Minister William Massey, until he transferred to Franklin. [14] Richard Monk held the electorate for the period 1896–1902. [12] The seat was then held by Ewen Alison from 1902 to 1908, [15] Leonard Phillips from 1908 to 1911, [16] and Alexander Harris from 1911 to 1935. [17]
In 1946 Henry Thorne Morton, who had held the seat from 1943, was defeated for North Shore. [18]
Waitemata was represented by 18 Members of Parliament. [6]
Key
Independent Independent Liberal Conservative Reform Labour National
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Dail Jones | 8,965 | 46.94 | ||
Labour | Michael Bassett | 7,580 | 36.69 | -17.21 | |
Social Credit | Gordon McCormick | 1,460 | 7.64 | -0.38 | |
Values | Steve Covacich | 1,046 | 5.47 | ||
Independent | Gordon Bree | 44 | 0.23 | ||
Majority | 1,385 | 7.25 | |||
Turnout | 19,095 | 77.75 | -10.91 | ||
Registered electors | 24,557 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Bassett | 8,083 | 53.90 | +10.91 | |
National | Ray La Varis | 5,539 | 36.93 | ||
Social Credit | Gordon McCormick | 1,203 | 8.02 | ||
New Democratic | John Robert Neil | 106 | 0.70 | ||
Liberal Reform | Robert John Hannaford | 65 | 0.43 | ||
Majority | 2,544 | 16.96 | |||
Turnout | 14,996 | 88.66 | -1.72 | ||
Registered electors | 16,913 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Frank Gill | 8,804 | 48.82 | ||
Labour | Michael Bassett | 7,752 | 42.99 | ||
Social Credit | Alex Davidson | 1,475 | 8.18 | ||
Majority | 1,052 | 5.83 | |||
Turnout | 18,031 | 90.38 | +4.08 | ||
Registered electors | 19,950 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman King | 11,624 | 53.09 | -2.03 | |
National | Terry Power | 7,792 | 35.59 | ||
Social Credit | Joseph F. Richards | 2,476 | 11.31 | ||
Majority | 3,832 | 17.50 | -0.89 | ||
Turnout | 21,892 | 86.30 | -2.24 | ||
Registered electors | 25,365 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman King | 9,686 | 55.12 | +5.30 | |
National | Butch Pugh | 6,767 | 38.51 | ||
Social Credit | Byrt Jordan | 954 | 5.42 | -0.91 | |
Communist | Basil James Holmes | 164 | 0.93 | ||
Majority | 2,919 | 16.61 | -9.88 | ||
Turnout | 17,571 | 88.54 | -2.60 | ||
Registered electors | 19,845 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman King | 9,241 | 49.82 | -3.70 | |
National | Jolyon Firth | 7,992 | 43.09 | ||
Social Credit | Byrt Jordan | 1,174 | 6.33 | +0.01 | |
Communist | Hugh John McLeod | 139 | 0.74 | ||
Majority | 1,249 | 6.73 | -6.64 | ||
Turnout | 18,546 | 91.14 | -3.69 | ||
Registered electors | 20,348 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman King | 8,771 | 53.52 | +6.99 | |
National | Robert Muldoon | 6,580 | 40.15 | ||
Social Credit | Byrt Jordan | 1,036 | 6.32 | -3.09 | |
Majority | 2,191 | 13.37 | +10.89 | ||
Turnout | 16,387 | 94.83 | +3.20 | ||
Registered electors | 17,280 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman King | 7,234 | 46.53 | ||
National | Hubert Morrison | 6,847 | 44.04 | ||
Social Credit | Byrt Jordan | 1,463 | 9.41 | ||
Majority | 387 | 2.48 | |||
Turnout | 15,544 | 91.63 | |||
Registered electors | 16,963 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Henry Morton | 6,451 | 42.22 | ||
Labour | Mary Dreaver | 6,130 | 40.12 | -4.76 | |
Democratic Labour | Karl Benjamin Ansley | 976 | 6.38 | ||
Independent | William C. Hewitt | 204 | 1.33 | ||
Informal votes | 127 | 0.83 | +0.10 | ||
Majority | 321 | 2.10 | |||
Turnout | 15,277 | 94.62 | |||
Registered electors | 16,144 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Dreaver | 4,396 | 44.88 | ||
Independent National | William Brockway Darlow | 3,884 | 39.65 | ||
Democratic Labour | Norman Douglas | 940 | 9.59 | ||
Independent | Peter Robertson Gardner | 414 | 4.22 | ||
Independent | Henry Thomas Head | 88 | 0.89 | ||
Informal votes | 72 | 0.73 | -0.14 | ||
Majority | 512 | 5.22 | |||
Turnout | 9,794 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Lyon | 7,806 | 57.95 | +6.43 | |
National | John Ernest Close | 5,545 | 41.16 | ||
Informal votes | 118 | 0.87 | -0.84 | ||
Majority | 2,261 | 16.78 | -4.24 | ||
Turnout | 13,469 | 94.19 | +2.31 | ||
Registered electors | 14,299 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Lyon | 6,578 | 51.52 | ||
Independent | Alexander Harris | 3,894 | 30.50 | -22.38 | |
Democrat | Alan Walter Donald | 2,045 | 16.02 | ||
United | John Guiniven | 252 | 1.97 | ||
Majority | 2,684 | 21.02 | -1.46 | ||
Informal votes | 222 | 1.71 | +1.37 | ||
Turnout | 12,991 | 91.88 | +10.91 | ||
Registered electors | 14,139 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alexander Harris | 5,593 | 52.88 | +12.28 | |
Labour | Arthur Osborne | 3,215 | 30.40 | +8.85 | |
United | William Brockway Darlow [27] | 1,769 | 16.72 | ||
Majority | 2,378 | 22.48 | +19.75 | ||
Informal votes | 36 | 0.34 | -0.28 | ||
Turnout | 10,613 | 80.97 | -4.87 | ||
Registered electors | 13,107 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alexander Harris | 4,683 | 40.59 | -17.24 | |
United | Reginald Henry Greville | 4,368 | 37.86 | ||
Labour | Arthur Osborne | 2,485 | 21.54 | -7.16 | |
Majority | 315 | 2.73 | -26.40 | ||
Informal votes | 72 | 0.62 | +0.11 | ||
Turnout | 11,608 | 85.84 | -4.84 | ||
Registered electors | 13,523 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Alexander Harris | 7,101 | 57.84 | +11.74 | |
Labour | Arthur Osborne | 3,524 | 28.70 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Lamont | 1,653 | 13.46 | ||
Majority | 3,577 | 29.13 | +16.36 | ||
Informal votes | 63 | 0.51 | -0.30 | ||
Turnout | 12,341 | 90.68 | +1.00 | ||
Registered electors | 13,610 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Alexander Harris | 4,586 | 46.10 | -12.34 | |
Liberal | Frank Henry Burbush | 3,315 | 33.32 | ||
Labour | Robert Frederick Way [33] | 2,047 | 20.58 | ||
Majority | 1,271 | 12.78 | -4.11 | ||
Informal votes | 81 | 0.81 | -0.59 | ||
Turnout | 10,029 | 89.67 | +6.21 | ||
Registered electors | 11,184 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Alexander Harris | 4,911 | 58.44 | +2.65 | |
Liberal | Arthur Edwin Greenslade [35] | 3,492 | 41.56 | ||
Majority | 1,419 | 16.89 | +5.31 | ||
Informal votes | 119 | 1.40 | +0.32 | ||
Turnout | 8,522 | 83.46 | -1.22 | ||
Registered electors | 10,211 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Alexander Harris | 4,881 | 55.79 | +2.98 | |
Liberal | Henry Cromwell Tewsley [37] | 3,868 | 44.21 | ||
Majority | 1,013 | 11.58 | +5.96 | ||
Informal votes | 95 | 1.07 | +0.91 | ||
Turnout | 8,844 | 84.68 | +2.37 | ||
Registered electors | 10,444 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Joseph Napier | 3,064 | 42.40 | +0.01 | |
Reform | Alexander Harris | 2,787 | 38.57 | ||
Independent | Ewen Alison | 1,375 | 19.03 | ||
Majority | 277 | 3.83 | -11.34 | ||
Informal votes | 142 | 1.93 | |||
Turnout | 7,368 | 83.64 | +6.66 | ||
Registered electors | 8,809 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Alexander Harris | 3,823 | 52.81 | +14.24 | |
Liberal | William Joseph Napier | 3,416 | 47.19 | 4.79 | |
Majority | 407 | 5.62 | +1.79 | ||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.17 | -1.76 | ||
Turnout | 7,251 | 82.31 | -1.33 | ||
Registered electors | 8,809 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leonard Phillips | 2,946 | 49.50 | ||
Liberal | William Joseph Napier | 2,059 | 34.59 | ||
Liberal | Henry Wakeford Wilding | 673 | 11.31 | ||
Independent | Theophilus Wake | 274 | 4.60 | ||
Majority | 887 | 14.90 | -3.47 | ||
Turnout | 5,952 | 77.02 | -8.03 | ||
Registered electors | 7,728 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leonard Phillips | 3,426 | 57.56 | +8.06 | |
Liberal | William Joseph Napier | 2,523 | 42.39 | +7.80 | |
Majority | 903 | 15.17 | +0.27 | ||
Turnout | 5,949 | 76.98 | -0.04 | ||
Registered electors | 7,728 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ewen Alison | 3,128 | 59.19 | +0.49 | |
Liberal | Cecil Clinkard | 2,157 | 40.81 | ||
Majority | 971 | 18.37 | +0.98 | ||
Informal votes | 84 | 1.56 | |||
Turnout | 5,369 | 85.05 | +14.02 | ||
Registered electors | 6,313 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ewen Alison | 2,409 | 58.70 | ||
Liberal | Alexander John Hatfield [45] | 1,695 | 41.30 | ||
Majority | 714 | 17.40 | +3.92 | ||
Turnout | 4,104 | 71.03 | +2.53 | ||
Registered electors | 5,778 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Monk | 1,713 | 51.29 | ||
Liberal | Edwin Ford | 1,263 | 37.81 | ||
Liberal | Charles Newman | 364 | 10.90 | ||
Majority | 450 | 13.47 | |||
Turnout | 3,340 | 68.50 | |||
Registered electors | 4,876 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Massey | 1,619 | 52.82 | ||
Independent Liberal | Jackson Palmer | 1,446 | 47.17 | ||
Majority | 173 | 5.64 | |||
Turnout | 3,065 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | Jackson Palmer | 752 | 53.22 | ||
Conservative | Richard Monk | 661 | 46.77 | ||
Majority | 91 | 6.44 | |||
Turnout | 1,413 | 39.92 | |||
Registered electors | 3,539 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Monk | 736 | 69.83 | ||
Independent | Harry Farnall | 312 | 29.60 | ||
Majority | 424 | 40.23 | |||
Informal votes | 6 | ||||
Turnout | 1054 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gustav von der Heyde | 271 | 56.46 | ||
Independent | John Sangster Macfarlane | 209 | 43.53 | ||
Majority | 62 | 12.92 | |||
Turnout | 480 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gustav von der Heyde | 287 | 54.77 | ||
Independent | John Sangster Macfarlane | 237 | 45.23 | ||
Majority | 50 | 9.54 | |||
Turnout | 524 |
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