- Maungakiekie (New Zealand electorate)
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Maungakiekie is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Maungakiekie is Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga of the National Party. The name 'Maungakiekie' is the Māori name for One Tree Hill, a large and symbolically important hill at the western end of the seat; the name denotes the presence of kiekie vines on the hill.
The core of Maungakiekie is the suburbs of Auckland clustered around the Southern Motorway, and the most southern parts of Auckland City facing the Manukau Harbour. As at 2008, these include Penrose, Panmure, Onehunga and Royal Oak. In character, the seat is a minority-majority seat, with a large Māori, Pacific Island and Asian population. It is also quite a young seat, with 46.8 percent of the seat's residents under the age of thirty.
Maungakiekie has existed in various forms since its creation ahead of the introduction of Mixed Member Proportional voting in 1996. It was created from merging most of Onehunga with a large section of Panmure, both of them reasonably safe Labour seats. Its original incarnation included both Onehunga and Otahuhu, though for the nine years from New Zealand general election, 1996, Onehunga was part of Mount Roskill, and from 2008 onwards, Otahuhu formed the northernmost part of Manukau East. The same boundary changes that took Otahuhu out put Panmure in at the expense of Tāmaki.
Because of the area's seats tendency to vote Labour, and because Labour suffered its worst result since World War II in 1996, with votes splintering off to both the Alliance and New Zealand First, Onehunga MP Richard Northey found himself ousted from Parliament in 1996 at the hands of then unknown National Party candidate Belinda Vernon. Vernon's own party suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune that started at the 1999 election and her three year term as MP for Maungakiekie ended in favour of Mark Gosche, who held the seat until 2008, notching up a majority of around 6,500 in the intermediate elections. Sam Lotu-Iiga captured the seat again for National in the large swing against Labour in 2008.
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Members of Parliament for Maungakiekie
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Name Party Elected Left Office Reason Belinda Vernon National 1996 1999 defeated Mark Gosche Labour 1999, 2002, 2005 2008 retired Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga National 2008 incumbent List MPs from Maungakiekie
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Maungakiekie electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Name Party First Elected Left Office Contested Maungakiekie Matt Robson1 Alliance 1996 2005 1996, 1999 Belinda Vernon National 1996 2002 1996 (successfully), 1999, 2002 Carol Beaumont Labour 2008 Current MP 2008 1Robson was a founding member of the Progressive Party in 2002.
Election results
2008 election
General Election 2008: Maungakiekie[1] 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.
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denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±% National Sam Lotu-Iiga 15,491 45.55 +13.95 14,903 42.48 +9.00 Labour Carol Beaumont 13,549 39.84 -13.50 13,873 39.55 -11.16 Green Rawiri Paratene 1,639 4.82 +1.78 1,921 5.48 ACT Athol McQuilkan 969 2.85 +0.75 1,589 4.53 +2.62 Progressive Matt Robson 756 2.22 -0.32 334 0.95 -0.41 NZ First Asenati Lole-Taylor 630 1.85 -1.37 1,035 2.95 -1.24 United Future Denise Krum 413 1.21 -0.88 397 1.13 -0.91 Pacific Darren Jones 246 0.72 229 0.65 Kiwi Bernie Ogilvy 173 0.51 113 0.32 RAM Elliott Blade 85 0.25 21 0.06 Communist League Patrick Brown 58 0.17 Māori 239 0.68 +0.08 Family Party 132 0.38 Bill and Ben 126 0.36 Legalise Cannabis 104 0.30 +0.12 Libertarianz 30 0.09 +0.07 Alliance 17 0.05 +0.01 Workers Party 11 0.03 Democrats 4 0.01 -0.01 RONZ 3 0.01 ±0.00 Informal votes 474 191 Total Valid votes 34,009 35,081 National gain from Labour Majority 1,942 5.71 +27.46 2005 election
General Election 2005: Maungakiekie[2] 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 or denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±% Labour Mark Gosche15,821 53.34 -1.80 15,484 50.71 +0.09 National Paul Goldsmith 9,371 31.60 +1.97 10,223 33.48 +16.42 NZ First Joe Williams 956 3.22 1,278 4.19 -3.48 Green Paul Quatrough 901 3.04 -1.26 583 1.77 -3.73 ACT Michelle Lorenz 624 2.10 -1.57 584 1.91 -6.55 United Future Bernie Ogilvy 619 2.09 -1.26 623 2.04 -3.81 Progressive Sione Fonua 564 1.90 +0.46 414 1.36 -0.61 Māori Bill Puru 263 0.89 184 0.60 Independent Patrick Brown 54 0.18 Republican Bevin Berg 14 0.05 Destiny 159 0.47 Family Rights 144 0.44 Legalise Cannabis 55 0.18 -0.17 Christian Heritage 46 0.15 -0.85 Alliance 11 0.04 -0.82 Direct Democracy 11 0.04 99 MP 9 0.03 Democrats 7 0.02 Libertarianz 7 0.02 One NZ 2 0.01 -0.03 RONZ 2 0.01 Informal votes 409 149 Total Valid votes 29,659 30,532 Labour hold Majority 6,450 21.75 -3.76 2002 election
General Election 2002: Maungakiekie[3] 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 or denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±% Labour Mark Gosche14,273 55.14 +10.65 13,491 50.62 +4.18 National Belinda Vernon 7,670 29.63 -5.90 4,547 17.06 -10.59 Green Don Fairley 1,114 4.30 +0.86 1,466 5.50 +1.35 ACT Robin Roodt 949 3.67 +0.91 2,256 8.46 +0.73 United Future Kevin Harper 867 3.35 1,558 5.85 Progressive Dawn Patchett 373 1.44 524 1.97 Christian Heritage Barry Pepperell 346 1.34 +0.21 266 1.00 Alliance Joseph Randall 222 0.86 -6.62 250 0.94 -5.70 Communist League Janet Roth 72 0.28 NZ First 2,044 7.67 +4.83 ORNZ 129 0.48 Legalise Cannabis 93 0.35 Mana Māori 14 0.05 One NZ 10 0.04 NMP 3 0.01 Informal votes 510 208 Total Valid votes 25,886 26,651 Labour hold Majority 6,603 25.51 +16.55 1999 election
General Election 1999: Maungakiekie[4] 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 or denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±% Labour Mark Gosche 12,469 44.49 13,234 46.44 National Belinda Vernon9,957 35.53 7,878 27.65 Alliance Matt Robson 2,096 7.48 1,891 6.64 Green Jon Carapiet 964 3.44 1183 4.15 ACT Angus Ogilvie 774 2.76 2,202 7.73 NZ First Gilbert Myles 734 2.62 810 2.84 Future NZ Jason Keiller 387 1.38 266 Christian Heritage Mary Paki 313 1.12 377 Independent Sue Henry 152 0.54 Natural Law Graeme Lodge 73 0.26 69 Independent Tony Cranston 67 0.24 Republican Brian Freeth 40 0.14 21 Legalise Cannabis 178 United NZ 169 0.59 Libertarianz 63 Mauri Pacific 43 Animals First 39 McGillicuddy Serious 30 NMP 13 One NZ 12 Mana Māori 10 People's Choice Party 3 Freedom Movement 2 South Island 1 Total Valid votes 28,026 28,494 Labour gain from National Majority 2,512 8.96 References
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