West Coast-Tasman | |
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Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
Region | Tasman and West Coast |
Area | 32,757.87 km2 (12,647.88 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1996 |
Current MP | Maureen Pugh |
Party | National |
List MPs | Damien O'Connor (Labour) |
West Coast-Tasman is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, currently held by Maureen Pugh of the New Zealand National Party as of the 2023 general election. West Coast-Tasman is the largest general electorate in the entire country, with an area larger than the entirety of Belgium. [1] It comprises the entirety of Te Tai Poutini and the Tasman District, as well as Brightwater in suburban Nelson.
Historically it has often been regarded as one of the safest New Zealand Labour Party seats in the entire country. [2] [3] From its creation for the 1996 election until 2023, it was held by Damien O'Connor of the Labour Party, with the exception of one parliamentary term under National's Chris Auchinvole (between 2008 and 2011). Pugh's narrow victory in 2023 (915 votes) was considered a major upset, with the third-place independent candidacy of Patrick Phelps splitting the vote in her favour. [4] [5]
West Coast-Tasman is the largest general electorate in New Zealand, covering 32,758 km2 (12,648 sq mi). [6] It is one of the longest. The Representation Commission last adjusted the boundaries in the 2007 review, which first applied at the 2008 election, when the northern boundary moved closer to Nelson, and Wakefield, Foxhill and Belgrove were added. [7] The electorate was not changed in the 2013/14 review. [8] Brightwater was added from Nelson at the 2020 redistribution. [9]
The electorate includes the following population centres:
The electorate was formed in 1996 for the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system by combining the former Tasman and West Coast electorates.
Damien O'Connor was the first representative and he held the electorate until the 2008 general election, when he was beaten by National candidate Chris Auchinvole, who had previously been a list MP. Auchinvole's majority was 971. [10] His position on the Labour Party list meant that O'Connor couldn't return to Parliament immediately. When the list MP Michael Cullen retired in May 2009, O'Connor regained his position as Member of the House of Representatives because he was the highest-ranked candidate on the list not already an MP. [11] In contrast to the overall trend, he regained the electorate in the 2011 election. [12]
Auchinvole retired from politics at the end of the 2011–2014 parliamentary term, and former Mayor of Westland District, Maureen Pugh, gained the nomination for the National Party. [13] [14] O'Connor was once again successful. Based on preliminary results for the 2014 election, Pugh was the lowest-ranked National Party list member who was returned to Parliament, [15] [16] but when the final results were released two weeks later, National had lost one list seat and Pugh did not get returned to Parliament. [17]
West Coast-Tasman has been represented by two electorate MPs so far:
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Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the West Coast-Tasman electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Owen Jennings | |
2005 election | Chris Auchinvole | |
2008 election | Kevin Hague | |
2009 | Damien O'Connor 1 | |
2011 election | Chris Auchinvole | |
Kevin Hague | ||
2014 election | Kevin Hague2 | |
2016 | Maureen Pugh 3 | |
2018 | Maureen Pugh4 | |
2020 election | Maureen Pugh | |
2023 election | Damien O'Connor |
1In the 2008 election Damien O'Connor's list position of 37 meant he was not returned until Michael Cullen resigned in May 2009.
2Kevin Hague resigned from Parliament on 7 October 2016.
3Maureen Pugh's list position of 52 meant she became elected after Tim Groser resigned in December 2015. She assumed office in early 2016 and was not returned to Parliament at the 2017 election, until the resignation of Bill English.
4Maureen Pugh's list position of 44 meant she became elected after Bill English resigned in February 2018. She assumed office in early 2018.
2023 general election: West Coast-Tasman [18] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Maureen Pugh | 13,317 | 32.01 | -1.48 | 14,042 | 33.45 | +8.35 | ||
Labour | Damien O'Connor | 12,300 | 29.57 | -18.22 | 9,970 | 23.75 | -23.25 | ||
Independent | Patrick Phelps | 5,903 | 14.19 | +14.19 | |||||
Green | Steve Richards | 2,743 | 6.59 | +1.20 | 4,521 | 10.77 | +2.59 | ||
ACT | Kelly Lilley | 2,520 | 6.05 | +2.71 | 5,488 | 13.07 | +3.36 | ||
NZ First | Jackie Farrelly | 1,799 | 4.32 | +2.75 | 4,154 | 9.89 | +6.95 | ||
Outdoors | Sue Grey | 1,554 | 3.73 | +3.73 | |||||
New Zealand Loyal | Sebastian Markinovic | 618 | 1.42 | +1.42 | 1,489 | 3.54 | +3.54 | ||
Money Free Party | Richard Osmaston | 88 | 0.21 | +0.06 | |||||
Opportunities | 792 | 1.88 | +0.62 | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 290 | 0.69 | +0.49 | ||||||
Freedoms NZ | 289 | 0.68 | +0.68 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 281 | 0.66 | +0.09 | ||||||
NewZeal | 254 | 0.60 | +0.60 | ||||||
DemocracyNZ | 136 | 0.32 | +0.32 | ||||||
Animal Justice | 99 | 0.23 | +0.23 | ||||||
New Conservatives | 63 | 0.15 | -1.52 | ||||||
Women's Rights | 46 | 0.10 | +0.10 | ||||||
Leighton Baker Party | 40 | 0.09 | +0.09 | ||||||
New Nation | 19 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Informal votes | 311 | 236 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 41,905 | 42,209 | |||||||
National gain from Labour | Majority | 1,017 | 2.44 |
2020 general election: West Coast-Tasman [19] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Damien O'Connor | 20,753 | 47.79 | -1.75 | 20,521 | 47.0 | +10.00 | ||
National | Maureen Pugh | 14,545 | 33.49 | −1.06 | 10,934 | 25.1 | -14.8 | ||
Green | Steve Richards | 2,341 | 5.39 | −0.59 | 3,572 | 8.18 | −0.08 | ||
ACT | William Stuart Gardner | 1,454 | 3.34 | +2.93 | 4,237 | 9.71 | +9.35 | ||
Advance NZ | Anne Fitzsimon | 717 | 1.65 | — | 747 | 1.71 | — | ||
Independent | Peter Ewen | 697 | 1.60 | — | |||||
NZ First | Jackie Farrelly | 685 | 1.57 | -3.22 | 1,281 | 2.94 | -6.43 | ||
Outdoors | Luke King | 618 | 1.42 | — | 229 | 0.52 | +0.42 | ||
New Conservative | Karl Barkley | 606 | 1.39 | — | 730 | 1.67 | +1.41 | ||
Independent | Cory Aitken | 201 | 0.46 | — | |||||
Social Credit | Jack Collin | 141 | 0.32 | +0.22 | 78 | 0.17 | +0.11 | ||
Money Free Party | Richard Osmaston | 69 | 0.15 | ||||||
Opportunities | 553 | 1.26 | -1.34 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 250 | 0.57 | +0.11 | ||||||
Māori Party | 88 | 0.20 | +0.13 | ||||||
ONE | 60 | 0.13 | — | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 33 | 0.07 | — | ||||||
Vision NZ | 21 | 0.04 | — | ||||||
TEA | 8 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 5 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 596 | 288 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 43,423 | 43,635 | |||||||
Turnout | 43,635 | ||||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 6,208 | 14.29 | -0.70 |
2017 general election: West Coast-Tasman [20] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Damien O'Connor | 18,488 | 49.54 | +2.74 | 14,015 | 37.0 | +13.60 | ||
National | Maureen Pugh [lower-alpha 1] | 12,895 | 34.55 | −0.81 | 15,122 | 39.9 | −4.45 | ||
Green | Kate Fulton | 2,230 | 5.98 | −0.69 | 3,117 | 8.26 | −4.66 | ||
NZ First | Jackie Farrelly | 1,787 | 4.79 | — | 3,536 | 9.37 | +0.61 | ||
Ban 1080 | Pete Salter | 1,470 | 3.94 | −2.54 | 359 | 0.95 | −0.66 | ||
ACT | Zeb Markland | 154 | 0.41 | — | 137 | 0.36 | +0.10 | ||
Independent | Steven Wilkinson | 137 | 0.37 | −0.27 | |||||
GOdsownNZ | Claire Holley | 72 | 0.19 | −2.69 [lower-alpha 2] | |||||
Money Free | Liam Anderson | 50 | 0.13 | — | |||||
Democrats | Jack Collin | 38 | 0.10 | — | 21 | 0.06 | −0.01 | ||
Opportunities | 982 | 2.60 | — | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 173 | 0.46 | −0.12 | ||||||
Conservative | 97 | 0.26 | −4.84 | ||||||
Māori Party | 73 | 0.19 | −0.09 | ||||||
Outdoors | 36 | 0.10 | – | ||||||
United Future | 26 | 0.07 | −0.13 | ||||||
People's Party | 18 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
Mana | 10 | 0.03 | −0.72 [lower-alpha 3] | ||||||
Internet | 2 | 0.01 | −0.74 [lower-alpha 4] | ||||||
Informal votes | 302 | 149 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 37,321 | 37,724 | |||||||
Turnout | 37,873 | ||||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 5,593 | 14.99 | +3.55 |
2014 general election: West Coast-Tasman [21] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Damien O'Connor | 16,747 | 46.80 | -0.71 | 8,438 | 23.40 | -3.85 | ||
National | Maureen Pugh [lower-alpha 5] | 12,653 | 35.36 | -4.49 | 16,058 | 44.54 | -1.25 | ||
Green | Kevin Hague | 2,385 | 6.67 | +0.23 | 4,658 | 12.92 | -1.26 | ||
Ban 1080 | Pete Salter | 2,318 | 6.48 | +6.48 | 942 | 2.61 | +2.61 | ||
Conservative | Claire Holley | 1,031 | 2.88 | +1.00 | 1,837 | 5.10 | +1.92 | ||
Independent | Steven Wilkinson | 228 | 0.64 | -0.72 [lower-alpha 6] | |||||
Money Free | Laurence Bloomert | 50 | 0.14 | +0.14 | |||||
NZ First | 3,123 | 8.66 | +2.94 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 271 | 0.75 | +0.48 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 210 | 0.58 | -0.16 | ||||||
Māori Party | 102 | 0.28 | -0.15 | ||||||
ACT | 94 | 0.26 | -0.56 | ||||||
United Future | 71 | 0.20 | -1.19 | ||||||
Democrats | 25 | 0.07 | -0.03 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 14 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Civilian | 11 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Focus | 7 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Informal votes | 373 | 192 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 35,785 | 36,053 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 4,094 | 11.44 | +3.78 |
2011 general election: West Coast-Tasman [22] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Damien O'Connor | 15,753 | 47.51 | +3.85 | 9,200 | 27.25 | -6.22 | ||
National | Chris Auchinvole | 13,214 | 39.85 | -6.66 | 15,462 | 45.79 | +1.72 | ||
Green | Kevin Hague | 2,123 | 6.40 | +0.23 | 4,787 | 14.18 | +3.32 | ||
Conservative | Claire Holley | 623 | 1.88 | +1.88 | 1,075 | 3.18 | +3.18 | ||
ACT | Allan Birchfield | 487 | 1.47 | +1.47 | 278 | 0.82 | -1.34 | ||
United Future | Clyde Graf | 454 | 1.37 | +0.63 | 468 | 1.39 | +0.23 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Steven Wilkinson | 450 | 1.36 | -0.47 | 249 | 0.74 | +0.14 | ||
Youth | Robert Terry | 52 | 0.16 | +0.01 | |||||
NZ First | 1,931 | 5.72 | +1.91 | ||||||
Māori Party | 145 | 0.43 | -0.20 | ||||||
Mana | 91 | 0.27 | +0.27 | ||||||
Democrats | 33 | 0.10 | -0.01 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 31 | 0.09 | +0.03 | ||||||
Alliance | 16 | 0.05 | -0.04 | ||||||
Informal votes | 628 | 288 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 33,156 | 33,766 | |||||||
Labour gain from National | Majority | 2,539 | 7.66 | +10.51 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,556 [23]
2008 general election: West Coast-Tasman [24] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Chris Auchinvole | 15,844 | 46.51 | +5.59 | 15,187 | 44.07 | |||
Labour | Damien O'Connor | 14,873 | 43.66 | -4.03 | 11,532 | 33.46 | |||
Green | Kevin Hague | 2,102 | 6.17 | +1.38 | 3,740 | 10.85 | |||
Legalise Cannabis | Steven Wilkinson | 623 | 1.83 | +0.21 | 206 | 0.60 | |||
McGillicuddy Serious | Steve Richards | 259 | 0.76 | ||||||
United Future | Jocelyn Smith | 252 | 0.74 | -1.33 | 398 | 1.15 | |||
NZ Representative Party | Reg Turner | 62 | 0.18 | ||||||
Aotearoa NZ Youth Party | Robert Terry | 50 | 0.15 | ||||||
NZ First | 1,313 | 3.81 | |||||||
ACT | 744 | 2.16 | |||||||
Kiwi | 349 | 1.01 | |||||||
Progressive | 292 | 0.85 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 243 | 0.71 | |||||||
Māori Party | 216 | 0.63 | |||||||
Family Party | 122 | 0.35 | |||||||
Democrats | 37 | 0.11 | |||||||
Alliance | 29 | 0.08 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 20 | 0.06 | |||||||
Workers Party | 14 | 0.04 | |||||||
Pacific | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
RAM | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
RONZ | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 366 | 223 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,065 | 34,460 | |||||||
National gain from Labour | Majority | 971 | 2.85 |
2005 general election: West Coast-Tasman [25] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Damien O'Connor | 15,178 | 47.69 | -6.14 | 12,012 | 37.22 | |||
National | Chris Auchinvole | 13,024 | 40.93 | +13.05 | 12,776 | 39.59 | |||
Green | Richard Davies | 1,526 | 4.80 | 2,913 | 9.03 | ||||
United Future | Milton Osborne | 658 | 2.07 | 977 | 3.03 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | Steve Wilkinson | 515 | 1.62 | 174 | 0.54 | ||||
Progressive | Lew Holland | 358 | 1.12 | 558 | 1.73 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Derek Blight | 314 | 0.99 | 131 | 0.41 | ||||
ACT | Kevin Gill | 251 | 0.79 | 348 | 1.08 | ||||
NZ First | 2,029 | 6.29 | |||||||
Māori Party | 118 | 0.37 | |||||||
Destiny | 111 | 0.34 | |||||||
Democrats | 30 | 0.09 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 21 | 0.07 | |||||||
Alliance | 20 | 0.06 | |||||||
Family Rights | 12 | 0.04 | |||||||
One NZ | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
99 MP | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
RONZ | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
Informal votes | 354 | 131 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,824 | 32,271 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 2,154 | 6.77 | -19.18 |
Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#West Coast-Tasman for a list of candidates.
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