Tongariro (New Zealand electorate)

Tongariro is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1984 to 1996. During the four parliamentary terms of its existence, it was represented by three members of parliament.

Population centres

The 1981 census had shown that the North Island had experienced further population growth, and three additional general seats were created through the 1983 electoral redistribution, bringing the total number of electorates to 95.[1] The South Island had, for the first time, experienced a population loss, but its number of general electorates was fixed at 25 since the 1967 electoral redistribution.[2] More of the South Island population was moving to Christchurch, and two electorates were abolished, while two electorates were recreated. In the North Island, six electorates were newly created (including Tongariro), three electorates were recreated, and six electorates were abolished.[3] These changes came into effect with the 1984 election.[4]

In 1996, the first mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation election, most of the Tongariro electorate's area was included in the Taupo electorate.

History

Noel Scott of the Labour Party was the Tongariro electorate's first representative;[5] Scott had in 1981 unsuccessfully contested the adjacent Tarawera electorate.[6] Scott was defeated in Tongariro in the 1990 election by National's Ian Peters, who held the electorate for one parliamentary term before himself being defeated by Labour's Mark Burton in 1993.[7][8] Burton transferred to the Taupo electorate in 1996.[9]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour     National  

Election Winner
1984 election Noel Scott
1987 election
1990 election Ian Peters
1993 election Mark Burton
Electorate abolished in 1996; see Taupo

Election results

1993 election
1993 general election: Tongariro[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Burton 7,723 47.46
National Ian Peters 5,772 35.47 -13.18
Alliance Jim Elder 2,458 15.10 +13.55
Christian Heritage Garry Wills 229 1.40
Natural Law Andrew Westaway 88 0.54
Majority 1,951 11.99
Turnout 16,270 80.10 +16.76
Registered electors 20,311

1990 election
1990 general election: Tongariro[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Ian Peters 6,941 48.65 +7.92
Labour Noel Scott 6,055 42.44 -13.25
NewLabour Joan Bloxham 656 4.59
Independent Jim Elder 222 1.55
Social Credit Isabel Petersen 191 1.33
Democrats Wayne Morris 121 0.84
Independent Thomas Lennon 79 0.55
Majority 886 6.21
Turnout 14,265 63.34 -11.09
Registered electors 22,521

1987 election
1987 general election: Tongariro[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Noel Scott 8,826 55.69 +6.38
National Ian Peters 6,456 40.73
Democrats R T Tibble 565 3.56
Majority 2,370 14.95 -7.53
Turnout 15,847 74.53 -16.68
Registered electors 21,261

1984 election
1984 general election: Tongariro[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Noel Scott 8,490 49.31
National Nelson Rangi 4,620 26.83
Social Credit Jim Elder 2,680 15.56
NZ Party Harry Low 923 5.36
Independent Jack Ridley 502 2.91
Majority 3,870 22.48
Turnout 17,215 91.21
Registered electors 18,874

Notes
  1. McRobie 1989, pp. 123f.
  2. McRobie 1989, pp. 111, 123.
  3. McRobie 1989, pp. 119–124.
  4. McRobie 1989, p. 123.
  5. Wilson 1985, p. 233.
  6. Norton 1988, p. ?.
  7. Barrington, Mike (19 July 2008). "Matriarch of Northland's prominent Peters family dies, aged 96". The Northern Advocate. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  8. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
  9. "Hon. Mark Burton". New Zealand Parliament. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  10. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 118.
  11. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. p. 123.
  12. Norton 1988, p. 365.

References
  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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