Whanganui (New Zealand electorate)
Whanganui (known as Wanganui until 1996) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first established in 1860 for the 3rd Parliament and has existed continuously since then.
It is held by Steph Lewis of the Labour Party, who won it in the 2020 general election.
Population centres
In the 1860 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of representatives by 12, reflecting the immense population growth since the original electorates were established in 1853. The redistribution created 15 additional electorates with between one and three members, and the Wanganui and Rangitikei electorate was split into two separate electorates: the Rangitikei electorate and the Wanganui electorate.[1]
The electorate is based on the city of Whanganui, the towns Opunake and Hawera, and smaller centres Kaponga, Eltham, Normanby, Manaia, Patea and Waverley.
History
Henry Shafto Harrison was the first representative. His 7 February 1861 election was declared invalid. He stood again in the 1861 by-election and was elected again. He then served the electorate until the end of the term in 1866.[2][3]
Harrison, John Bryce and John Garner contested the 1866 election. The nomination meeting was held on Friday, 2 March 1866. Harrison, Bryce and Garner received 51, 102 and 7 votes, respectively, at the election on the following day. Bryce was thus declared elected.[4] Bryce resigned in 1867.[5]
The resulting 6 May 1867 by-election was won by Harrison, and he served until the dissolution of Parliament on 30 December 1870.[2]
Bryce was again elected in the 30 January 1871 election. This time, he served three parliamentary terms until the dissolution in November 1881.[5]
Wanganui became a two-member electorate for the 12 January 1876 election. Apart from Bryce, Julius Vogel was elected, who was later to become Premier. Vogel resigned on 9 September 1876. [6]
The resulting 2 October 1876 by-election was won by William Fox, resulting in his second period of representation of this electorate. He served until the end of the term on 15 August 1879.[7]
Bryce and John Ballance won the 1879 election. They both server until the end of the term, with Parliament being dissolved on 8 November 1881. [8]
For the 1881 election, the electorate reverted to being represented by a single member. The election, held on 9 December, was won by William Hogg Watt. He served until the end of the term, with Parliament being dissolved on 27 June 1884.[9]
The 1884 election was once again won by John Ballance. This time, he would serve in three successive Parliaments. He died in office on 27 April 1893 during the 11th Parliament. [8] Ballance formed the Liberal Party after the 1890 election and became its leader, and thus introduced party politics to New Zealand. The Liberal Government of New Zealand would last for 21 years and is the longest serving government in New Zealand's history.
Ballance's death triggered the 1893 by-election, which was held on 13 June and won by Archibald Willis, who was re-elected at the 1893 election a few months later.[10]
Gilbert Carson was successful in the 1896 election. He served one term.[11] He was succeeded by Willis in the 1899 election, who served two more terms for the electorate.[10]
James Thomas Hogan won the 1905 election. He served two terms[12] and was defeated in the 1911 election by Bill Veitch.
Veitch had a long career in the electorate, serving until 1935, when he defeated. He was initially an Independent, but joined the Liberal Party in 1925, and changed to the United Party in 1928.
Joe Cotterill won the electorate in the 1935 election for the Labour Party. He also had a long career, retiring in 1960 from the Wanganui seat.
He was succeeded by his party colleague George Spooner in the 1960 election, who served three terms and was defeated in 1969 election by Bill Tolhurst from the National Party.
Tolhurst served one term and at the 1972 election, the electorate returned to Labour. Russell Marshall served six terms and retired in 1990.
In the 1990 election, Cam Campion secured the seat for National. He retired in 1993 and died two years after that.
The seat returned to Labour again, with Jill Pettis winning the 1993 election. She was the first woman to represent Wanganui. She served four terms, until her defeat in the 2005 election by Chester Borrows of the National Party.[13] Pettis served an additional term as a List MP until 2008. Borrows announced in 2016 that he would not seek reelection at the 2017 general election[14] and the seat was won by Harete Hipango, retaining it for the National Party. She however, was defeated after one term by Labour's Steph Lewis.
Several members (Fox, Vogel and Ballance) became Premier. Terry Heffernan stood in the electorate five times for four parties, from 1981 to 1993.
Members of Parliament
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.
Key
Independent Liberal Conservative Liberal–Labour United Labour United Labour National
single-member electorate
Election | Winner | |
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1861 election | Henry Harrison | |
1861 by-election | ||
1866 election | John Bryce | |
1867 by-election | Henry Harrison (2nd time) | |
1871 election | John Bryce (2nd time) |
multi-member electorate
Election | Winners | |||
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1876 election | John Bryce | Julius Vogel | ||
1876 by-election | William Fox | |||
1879 election | John Ballance |
single-member electorate
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Peter Gresham | |
2005 election | Jill Pettis |
Election results
2020 election
2020 general election: Whanganui[15] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Steph Lewis | 22,299 | 54.32 | +13.98 | 21,228 | 51.39 | +14.95 | ||
National | Harete Hipango | 14,108 | 34.37 | -10.54 | 10,828 | 26.21 | -18.52 | ||
Green | Alan Clay | 1,491 | 3.63 | -1.91 | 2,004 | 4.85 | +0.15 | ||
New Conservative | Johnathan Marshall | 784 | 1.91 | — | 690 | 1.67 | +1.42 | ||
Advance NZ | Charlotte Weber | 773 | 1.88 | — | 531 | 1.28 | — | ||
Independent | Hillary Kieft | 367 | 0.89 | — | |||||
Social Credit | Heather Marion Smith | 188 | 0.46 | — | 63 | 0.46 | +0.41 | ||
ACT | 3,260 | 7.89 | +7.45 | ||||||
NZ First | 1,368 | 3.31 | -6.71 | ||||||
Opportunities | 390 | 0.94 | -0.75 | ||||||
Māori | 222 | 0.54 | +0.11 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 198 | 0.48 | +0.07 | ||||||
ONE | 189 | 0.46 | — | ||||||
Outdoors | 43 | 0.10 | +0.03 | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 24 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
Vision NZ | 10 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
TEA | 5 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 2 | 0.00 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,035 | 253 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 41,045 | 41,308 | |||||||
Labour gain from National | Majority | 8,191 | 19.96 | +24.53 |
2017 election
2017 general election: Whanganui[16] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Harete Hipango | 16,751 | 44.91 | −8.24 | 16,874 | 44.73 | −2.4 | ||
Labour | Steph Lewis | 15,045 | 40.34 | +0.03 | 13,748 | 36.44 | +10.99 | ||
NZ First | Reg Skipworth | 2,580 | 6.92 | — | 3,783 | 10.02 | −1.9 | ||
Green | Nicola Patrick | 2,067 | 5.54 | — | 1,775 | 4.70 | −2.49 | ||
ACT | Alan Davidson | 294 | 0.79 | +0.07 | 168 | 0.44 | −0.03 | ||
Opportunities | 639 | 1.69 | — | ||||||
Māori | 162 | 0.43 | −0.15 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 154 | 0.41 | −0.13 | ||||||
Conservative | 94 | 0.25 | −4.75 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 56 | 0.15 | −0.01 | ||||||
Outdoors | 25 | 0.07 | — | ||||||
People's Party | 23 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
United Future | 23 | 0.06 | −0.15 | ||||||
Democrats | 20 | 0.05 | −0.11 | ||||||
Mana | 12 | 0.03 | −0.7[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Internet | 7 | 0.02 | −0.71[lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
Informal votes | 560 | 161 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 37,297 | 37,724 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 1,706 | 4.57 | −8.27 |
2014 election
2014 general election: Whanganui[17] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Chester Borrows | 18,649 | 53.15 | -0.54 | 16,687 | 47.13 | -0.43 | ||
Labour | Hamish McDouall | 14,144 | 40.31 | +2.80 | 9,012 | 25.45 | -1.96 | ||
Conservative | Kim MacIntyre | 872 | 2.49 | +2.49 | 1,771 | 5.00 | +1.77 | ||
Māori | Nancy Tuaine | 610 | 1.74 | +1.74 | 205 | 0.58 | +0.13 | ||
ACT | Alan Daniel Davidson | 252 | 0.72 | +0.29 | 167 | 0.47 | -0.61 | ||
Democrats | Heather Marion Smith | 208 | 0.59 | +0.20 | 57 | 0.16 | +0.01 | ||
NZ First | 4,221 | 11.92 | +2.39 | ||||||
Green | 2,546 | 7.19 | -1.77 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 259 | 0.73 | +0.49 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 190 | 0.54 | -0.01 | ||||||
United Future | 75 | 0.21 | -0.24 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 56 | 0.16 | +0.16 | ||||||
Civilian | 22 | 0.06 | +0.06 | ||||||
Focus | 14 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 13 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Informal votes | 350 | 112 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 35,085 | 35,407 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 4,505 | 12.84 | -3.34 |
2011 election
2011 general election: Whanganui[18] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Chester Borrows | 16,743 | 53.69 | -2.61 | 15,151 | 47.56 | +1.25 | ||
Labour | Hamish McDouall | 11,697 | 37.51 | -0.10 | 8,733 | 27.41 | -8.10 | ||
Green | John Milnes | 1,444 | 4.63 | +0.19 | 2,855 | 8.96 | +3.68 | ||
NZ First | Ian Brougham | 1,043 | 3.34 | +3.34 | 3,035 | 9.53 | +4.39 | ||
ACT | Alan Daniel Davidson | 135 | 0.43 | -0.56 | 345 | 1.08 | -1.99 | ||
Democrats | Heather Marion Smith | 121 | 0.39 | -0.28 | 47 | 0.15 | -0.07 | ||
Conservative | 1,030 | 3.23 | -+3.23 | ||||||
Māori | 225 | 0.71 | -0.29 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 176 | 0.55 | +0.21 | ||||||
United Future | 143 | 0.45 | -0.20 | ||||||
Mana | 75 | 0.24 | +0.24 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 22 | 0.07 | +0.02 | ||||||
Alliance | 21 | 0.07 | -0.02 | ||||||
Informal votes | 616 | 235 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 31,183 | 31,858 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 5,046 | 16.18 | -2.51 |
Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 43,350[19]
2008 election
2008 general election: Whanganui[20] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Chester Borrows | 19,072 | 56.30 | 15,869 | 46.30 | ||||
Labour | Hamish McDouall | 12,739 | 37.61 | 12,170 | 35.51 | ||||
Green | John Milnes | 1,503 | 4.44 | 1,809 | 5.28 | ||||
ACT | Alan Davidson | 336 | 0.99 | 1,052 | 3.07 | ||||
Democrats | Heather Marion Smith | 225 | 0.66 | 73 | 0.21 | ||||
NZ First | 1,761 | 5.14 | |||||||
Māori | 342 | 1.00 | |||||||
Progressive | 253 | 0.74 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 249 | 0.73 | |||||||
United Future | 224 | 0.65 | |||||||
Kiwi | 186 | 0.54 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 116 | 0.34 | |||||||
Family Party | 91 | 0.27 | |||||||
Alliance | 28 | 0.08 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 18 | 0.05 | |||||||
Workers Party | 16 | 0.05 | |||||||
Pacific | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
RONZ | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
RAM | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 304 | 162 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 33,875 | 34,272 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 6,333 |
2005 election
2005 general election: Whanganui[21] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Chester Borrows | 15,846 | 49.28 | +9.70 | 13,417 | 41.13 | |||
Labour | Jill Pettis | 13,444 | 41.81 | -4.56 | 13,045 | 39.99 | |||
Green | John Milnes | 1,171 | 3.64 | 1,466 | 4.49 | ||||
United Future | David Ball | 502 | 1.56 | 885 | 2.71 | ||||
Māori | Aaron Makutu | 429 | 1.33 | 265 | 0.841 | ||||
Progressive | Debbie Lucas | 371 | 1.15 | 448 | 1.37 | ||||
One NZ | Ian Brougham | 214 | 0.67 | 52 | 0.16 | ||||
Democrats | Malcolm Murchie | 175 | 0.54 | 68 | 0.21 | ||||
NZ First | 2,185 | 6.70 | |||||||
ACT | 296 | 0.91 | |||||||
Destiny | 282 | 0.86 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 68 | 0.21 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 62 | 0.19 | |||||||
Alliance | 31 | 0.10 | |||||||
99 MP | 18 | 0.06 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 16 | 0.05 | |||||||
Family Rights | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
RONZ | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
Informal votes | 376 | 144 | |||||||
National gain from Labour | Majority | 2,402 | 7.47 | +14.26 |
1999 election
Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Whanganui for a list of candidates.
1993 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jill Pettis | 7,399 | 36.6 | +5.6 | |
National | Gael Donoghue | 4,028 | 19.9 | ||
NZ First | Terry Heffernan | 3,621 | 17.9 | ||
Independent | Cam Campion | 2,525 | 12.4 | -20.6 | |
Alliance | F Frederiske | 2,253 | 11.1 | ||
Christian Heritage | J Rush | 378 | 1.8 | ||
Majority | 3,371 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 20,204 |
1990 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Cam Campion | 6,751 | 33.0 | ||
Labour | Jill Pettis | 6,342 | 31.0 | ||
Democrats | Terry Heffernan | 5,983 | 29.2 | -5.7 | |
Green | Terry Sarten | 762 | 3.7 | ||
NewLabour | M Blakely | 446 | 2.1 | ||
Social Credit | G Butler | 123 | 0.6 | ||
Independent | C Fackney | 22 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 409 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 20,429 |
1987 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Russell Marshall | 7,548 | 36.0 | -10.7 | |
Democrats | Terry Heffernan | 7,300 | 34.9 | +5.8 | |
National | A R Anderson | 6,089 | 29.1 | ||
Majority | 248 | 1.1 | -16.5 | ||
Turnout | 22,925 | 92.7 | -1.4 |
1984 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Russell Marshall | 10,391 | 46.7 | +6.3 | |
Social Credit | Terry Heffernan | 6,473 | 29.1 | -3.5 | |
National | Sue Westwood | 4,579 | 20.6 | ||
NZ Party | Ian David Harrex | 751 | 3.4 | ||
Independent | T L Sullivan | 47 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 3,918 | 17.6 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 23,965 | 94.1 | +3.6 |
1981 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Russell Marshall | 8,572 | 40.4 | -6.4 | |
Social Credit | Terry Heffernan | 6,904 | 32.6 | ||
National | Jennifer Tolhurst | 5,719 | 27.0 | ||
Majority | 1,668 | 7.8 | -7.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,477 | 90.5 | +15.5 |
1978 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Russell Marshall | 9,703 | 46.8 | +0.2 | |
National | J G Rowan | 6,601 | 31.8 | -8.6 | |
Social Credit | Oliver Marks | 3,956 | 19.1 | +9.4 | |
Values | R W Holmes | 449 | 2.2 | ||
Independent | T L Sullivan | 34 | 0.1 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 3,102 | 15.0 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 27,741 | 75.0 | -18.3 |
1975 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Russell Marshall | 9,313 | 46.6 | -7.8 | |
National | J G Rowan | 8,069 | 40.4 | ||
Social Credit | Oliver Marks | 1,937 | 9.7 | ||
Values | Roger Angus | 541 | 2.7 | ||
Christian Democratic | Tom Fouhy | 100 | 0.5 | ||
Independent | T L Sullivan | 16 | 0.1 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 1,244 | 6.2 | -9.5 | ||
Turnout | 22,689 | 88.3 | -4.4 |
1972 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Russell Marshall | 9,987 | 54.4 | ||
National | Bill Tolhurst | 7,108 | 38.7 | -9.3 | |
Social Credit | J S Humphreys | 1,168 | 6.3 | -2.8 | |
New Democratic | R A Dowdie | 53 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | T L Sullivan | 50 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 2,879 | 15.7 | |||
Turnout | 19,944 | 92.7 | +0.9 |
1969 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Bill Tolhurst | 8,233 | 48.0 | +6.1 | |
Labour | George Spooner | 7,274 | 42.5 | +.06 | |
Social Credit | J S Humphreys | 1,557 | 9.1 | ||
Independent | D M Lewis | 40 | 0.2 | ||
Independent | T L Sullivan | 32 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 959 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 18,755 | 91.8 | +1.3 |
1966 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Spooner | 6,499 | 41.9 | -5.4 | |
National | John Grace | 5,591 | 36.0 | -1.6 | |
Social Credit | Percival John Dempsey | 3,206 | 20.6 | +4.5 | |
Christian Democratic | D G Tumery | 233 | 1.5 | ||
Majority | 908 | 5.9 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 17,249 | 90.5 | -2.5 |
1963 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Spooner | 7,430 | 46.3 | +6.1 | |
National | John Grace | 6,033 | 37.6 | ||
Social Credit | Percival John Dempsey | 2,593 | 16.1 | ||
Majority | 1,397 | 8.7 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 17,258 | 93.4 |
1960 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Spooner | 6,071 | 40.2 | ||
National | E J Crotty | 5,911 | 39.1 | ||
Social Credit | Roly Marks | 3,132 | 20.7 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 160 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 16,335 | 93.0 | -1.9 |
1957 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Cotterill | 6,550 | 43.5 | +5.6 | |
National | A K MacLean | 5,131 | 34.1 | ||
Social Credit | Roly Marks | 3,378 | 22.4 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 1,419 | 9.4 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,911 | 94.9 | +1.8 |
1954 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Cotterill | 5,115 | 37.9 | -12.9 | |
National | J S Rumbold | 4,810 | 35.7 | ||
Social Credit | Roly Marks | 3,378 | 26.4 | ||
Majority | 305 | 2.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 14,562 | 93.1 | +4.7 |
1951 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Cotterill | 6,779 | 50.8 | -2.9 | |
National | E V O'Keefe | 6,553 | 49.2 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 226 | 1.6 | -5.8 | ||
Turnout | 14,993 | 89.2 | -3.1 |
1949 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Cotterill | 7,336 | 53.7 | -3.4 | |
National | E V O'Keefe | 6,317 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 1,019 | 7.4 | -6.6 | ||
Turnout | 14,863 | 92.3 | -0.7 |
1946 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Cotterill | 7,833 | 57.0 | ||
National | Eric Merewether | 5,899 | 43.0 | ||
Majority | 1,934 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,730 | 93.0 |
1943 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Cotterill | 6,691 | 49.05 | -15.34 | |
National | E J Kirk | 4,254 | 31.18 | ||
Real Democracy | Roly Marks | 1,722 | 12.62 | ||
Democratic Labour | S Duffy | 832 | 6.09 | ||
Informal votes | 142 | 1.04 | +0.58 | ||
Majority | 2,437 | 17.86 | +11.38 | ||
Turnout | 13,641 | 96.69 | +1.95 | ||
Registered electors | 14,107 |
1938 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Cotterill | 8,630 | 64.39 | +18.09 | |
National | Bill Veitch | 4,710 | 35.14 | +3.70 | |
Informal votes | 62 | 0.46 | -0.20 | ||
Majority | 3,920 | 29.24 | +14.38 | ||
Turnout | 13,402 | 94.74 | |||
Registered electors | 14,145 |
1935 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Cotterill | 4,887 | 46.66 | ||
Democrat | Bill Veitch | 3,318 | 31.68 | -21.39 | |
Reform | Norman Rhind Bain | 1,754 | 16.74 | ||
Independent Liberal | James Thomas Hogan | 524 | 5.00 | ||
Informal votes | 61 | 0.58 | +0.06 | ||
Majority | 1,569 | 14.98 | |||
Turnout | 10,473 | 91.59 | +8.41 | ||
Registered electors | 11,434 |
1931 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Bill Veitch | 5,096 | 53.07 | +5.52 | |
Labour | Bill Rogers | 4,506 | 46.93 | +19.79 | |
Majority | 590 | 6.14 | -14.26 | ||
Informal votes | 50 | 0.52 | -0.05 | ||
Turnout | 9,652 | 83.18 | -4.55 | ||
Registered electors | 11,604 |
1928 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Bill Veitch | 4,979 | 47.55 | +4.28 | |
Labour | Bill Rogers | 2,842 | 27.14 | +4.80 | |
Reform | N. G. Lewis | 2,650 | 25.31 | ||
Majority | 2,137 | 20.41 | +11.52 | ||
Informal votes | 60 | 0.57 | -0.11 | ||
Turnout | 10,531 | 87.73 | -4.09 | ||
Registered electors | 12,004 |
1925 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bill Veitch | 4,339 | 43.27 | ||
Reform | John Coull[35] | 3,448 | 34.39 | ||
Labour | Bill Rogers | 2,240 | 22.34 | ||
Majority | 891 | 8.89 | |||
Informal votes | 69 | 0.68 | |||
Turnout | 10,096 | 91.82 | |||
Registered electors | 10,996 |
1908 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Labour | James Thomas Hogan | 3,041 | 45.85 | ||
Conservative | George Hutchison | 1,882 | 28.37 | ||
Independent | Charles Mackay | 1,710 | 25.78 | ||
Majority | 1,159 | 17.47 | |||
Turnout | 6,633 | 78.06 | |||
Registered electors | 8,497 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Labour | James Thomas Hogan | 3,602 | 54.30 | +8.46 | |
Conservative | George Hutchison | 2,860 | 43.12 | 14.74 | |
Majority | 742 | 11.19 | -6.29 | ||
Turnout | 6,462 | 76.05 | -2.01 | ||
Registered electors | 8,497 |
1899 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Archibald Willis | 2,878 | 55.83 | ||
Conservative | Gilbert Carson | 2,169 | 42.08 | ||
Independent Liberal | John Michael Murphy | 108 | 2.10 | ||
Majority | 709 | 13.75 | |||
Turnout | 5,155 | 80.53 | |||
Registered electors | 6,401 |
1893 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Archibald Willis | 1,031 | 62.37 | ||
Conservative | Gilbert Carson | 622 | 37.62 | ||
Majority | 409 | 24.74 | |||
Turnout | 1,653 |
1890 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Ballance | 808 | 50.85 | -15.95 | |
Conservative | Gilbert Carson | 781 | 49.15 | +15.95 | |
Majority | 27 | 1.69 | -31.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,589 | 75.20 | -4.19 | ||
Registered electors | 2,113 |
1887 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Ballance | 865 | 66.80 | ||
Independent | Gilbert Carson | 430 | 33.20 | ||
Majority | 435 | 33.59 | |||
Turnout | 1,295 | 79.39 | |||
Registered electors | 1,631 |
1884 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Ballance | 541 | 60.11 | +10.36 | |
Independent | George Hutchison | 205 | 22.77 | ||
Independent | William Hogg Watt | 154 | 17.11 | -33.14 | |
Majority | 336 | 37.33 | 2.69 | ||
Turnout | 900 | 66.86 | |||
Registered electors | 1,346 |
1881 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Hogg Watt | 397 | 50.25 | ||
Independent | John Ballance | 393 | 49.75 | -18.28 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.50 | |||
Turnout | 790 | 64.17 | +4.44 | ||
Registered electors | 1,231 |
1879 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Bryce | 560 | 69.65 | ||
Independent | John Ballance | 547 | 68.03 | ||
Independent | Sir William Fox | 501 | 62.31 | ||
Majority | 46 | 5.72 | |||
Turnout | 804 | 59.73 | |||
Registered electors | 1,346 |
1876 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Fox | 256 | 60.81 | ||
Independent | John Morgan | 165 | 39.19 | ||
Turnout | 421 | ||||
Majority | 91 | 21.62 |
1867 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Henry Shafto Harrison | 143 | 57.66 | ||
Independent | William Hutchison | 105 | 42.34 | ||
Turnout | 248 | ||||
Majority | 38 | 15.32 |
Notes
- 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election
- 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election
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External links
- Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library