- East Coast (New Zealand electorate)
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East Coast is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate first existed from 1871 to 1893. From 1996 to 2002, the electorate was called Mahia. The current MP for East Coast is Anne Tolley of the National Party, who has held office since 2005.[1]
Contents
Population centres
The electorate's main centres are Gisborne (32,529) and Tolaga Bay in the Gisborne Region; and Opotiki and Whakatane (18,800) in the eastern part of the Bay of Plenty Region. Wairoa, the northernmost town in the Hawke's Bay region, was excluded by the 2007 boundary changes. [1][2]
History
The East Coast electorate was first established for the 5th Parliament in 1871.[2] William Kelly was the first elected representative; he held the seat until the end of the term in 1875.[3]
The "most sensational electoral contest ever held in the East Coast" electorate was held in January 1876, when mysterious pieces of cardboard were distributed by supporters of George Read in Gisborne, which hotel bars accepted as legal tender. Read, George Morris and Kelly received 215, 206 and 185 votes, with another candidate coming a distant fourth. Morris petitioned against Read's election. A parliamentary committee of enquiry determined that Read had not broken any laws by approving the initiative, but the House of Representatives resolved that Read was to be unseated in favour of Morris, which happened later in 1876.[4][5] This was the last election enquiry held by a parliamentary committee. Subsequently, these enquiries were held by the courts.[6]
At the next election in 1879, Morris was defeated by Allan MacDonald, who held the electorate until he resigned in 1884.[7]
Samuel Locke won the resulting by-election and was confirmed a few months later at the 1884 general election. He served until the end of the term of the 9th Parliament in 1887.[8]
Andrew Graham won the 1887 general election. He resigned in 1889 before the end of the term.[9] Alexander Creighton Arthur won the resulting 1889 by-election. Arthur and Kelly (the electorate's first representative in 1871) contested the 1890 general election, and Kelly was successful by a small margin, with 1022 to 1008 votes in his favour.[10] He served until the end of the term in 1893[3], after which the electorate was abolished, and was replaced by the Bay of Plenty and Waiapu electorates.
Members of Parliament
1871 to 1893
From 1871 to 1893, the electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament:
Key
Election Winner 1871 election William Kelly 1875–76 election George Morris1 1879 election Allan MacDonald 1881 election 1884 by-election Samuel Locke 1884 election 1887 election Andrew Graham 1889 by-election Alexander Creighton Arthur 1890 election William Kelly (2nd period) 1 See History section above.
1999 to present
In 1999, the electorate was recreated from most of the Mahia, and part of the Bay of Plenty electorates. It has been represented by two MPs:
Key
Election Winner 1999 election Janet Mackey 2002 election 2005 election Anne Tolley 2008 election List MPs from East Coast
The following table lists Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the East Coast electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Name Party First Elected Left Office Contested East Coast Judy Turner United 2002 2008 2002, 2005, 2008 Moana Mackey Labour 2005 Current MP 2005, 2008 Catherine Delahunty Greens 2008 Current MP 2005, 2008 Candidates in the 2011 election
General Election 2011: East Coast Notes: Green background denotes an incumbent.
Pink background denotes a current list MP.
Yellow background denotes a retiring incumbent.Party Candidate Notes List # Source United Future Martin Gibson 10 [11][12] Mana Val Irwin 12 [11][13] Labour Moana Mackey List MP since 2003 19 [11][14] Green Darryl Monteith 49 [11][15] ACT John Norvill 48 [11][16] NZ First Tamati Reid 30 [11] Conservative Kathy Sheldrake 2 [11][17] National Anne Tolley Incumbent since 2005; List MP from 1999–2002 8 [11][18] Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 40,533[19]
Election results
2008 election
General Election 2008: East Coast[20] Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member.
A
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denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±% National Anne Tolley16,463 52.46 +7.65 15,160 47.63 +5.43 Labour Moana Mackey 10,050 32.02 -8.78 10,075 31.65 -7.34 NZ First Brendan Horan 2,147 6.84 +3.35 1,862 5.85 -0.92 Green Catherine Delahunty 1,684 5.37 +1.75 2,025 6.36 +2.11 United Future Judy Turner 1,040 3.31 -0.57 698 2.19 -0.76 ACT - 816 2.56 +1.87 Māori - 457 1.44 -0.16 Progressive - 199 0.63 -0.37 Bill and Ben - 175 0.55 - Kiwi - 115 0.36 - Legalise Cannabis - 99 0.31 +0.12 Family Party - 83 0.26 - Alliance - 19 0.06 +0.00 Libertarianz - 13 0.04 +0.02 Democrats - 12 0.04 -0.03 Workers Party - 10 0.03 - Pacific - 7 0.02 - RONZ - 5 0.02 +0.01 RAM - 2 0.01 - Informal votes 246 130 Total Valid votes 31,384 31,832 National hold Majority 6,413 20.43 +16.44 2005 election
Note: lines coloured beige denote the winner of the electorate vote. Lines coloured pink denote a candidate elected to Parliament from their party list.
Party Candidate Votes % Party Votes % National Anne Tolley13666 44.80 13070 42.20 Labour Moana Mackey 12447 40.81 12076 38.99 United Judy Turner 1186 3.89 916 2.96 Green Catherine Delahunty 1104 3.62 1316 4.25 NZ First Joe Glenn 1064 3.49 2098 6.77 Māori Party John Harré 589 1.93 494 1.59 Destiny Bill Sadler 446 1.46 336 1.08 Progressive - - - 309 1.00 ACT - - - 214 0.69 ALCP - - - 60 0.19 Christian Heritage - - - 20 0.06 Democrats - - - 20 0.06 Alliance - - - 17 0.05 Family Rights PP - - - 8 0.03 Libertarianz - - - 6 0.02 99 MP - - - 5 0.02 One NZ - - - 3 0.01 Direct Democracy - - - 2 0.01 Republic of NZ - - - 2 0.01 informal votes 266 125 total valid votes 30,502 30,972 National gain from Labour Majority 1219 sourced from electionresults.govt.nz
Notes
- ^ New Zealand Parliament - Anne Tolley MP
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 157.
- ^ a b Scholefield 1925, p. 107.
- ^ Read, George. "East Coast (New Zealand electorate)". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1r2.
- ^ "East Coast Election Report". Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5261. 23 August 1876. p. 3. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18760823.2.21.1. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Mackay 1949, p. 354.
- ^ Scholefield 1925, p. 111.
- ^ Scholefield 1925, p. 110.
- ^ Scholefield 1925, p. 96.
- ^ Mackay 1949, p. 355.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Information for Voters in East Coast". Elections New Zealand. 2 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/voting/voting-info/east-coast.html.
- ^ "UnitedFuture announces first wave of candidates". 22 August 2011. http://www.unitedfuture.org.nz/unitedfuture-announces-first-wave-of-candidates/.
- ^ "Mana: Candidates". Mana Party website. http://mana.net.nz/candidates/. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Candidates 2011 - New Zealand Labour". http://www.labour.org.nz/candidates2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Green Party candidate biography". http://www.greens.org.nz/candidates/darryl-monteith. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "ACT - Candidates". ACT New Zealand. http://www.act.org.nz/candidates. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "East Coast Candidate Announced". Conservative Party of New Zealand. 2011-10-26. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1110/S00454/east-coast-candidate-announced.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ "201 Election Candidates". kiwiblog.co.nz. http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/201_election_candidates.
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 21 October 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ Election result: East Coast, 2008
References
- Mackay, Joseph Angus (1949). Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.. Gisborne: Joseph Angus Mackay. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-MacHist-t1-body-d38-d7-d2.html. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer.
- Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1925) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record. Wellington: Govt. Printer.
External links
- Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library
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