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Map showing extent of electorate for the 2008 and 2011 elections
Christchurch East is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It is currently held by Lianne Dalziel of the Labour Party.[1]
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Population Centres
The electorate is based on the Eastern part of the City of Christchurch.
History
The electorate was first created, as Christchurch City East, for the 1871 election.[2] Edward Jerningham Wakefield was elected and represented the electorate until the end of the electoral term in 1875,[3] when Christchurch City East was abolished again, replaced by the three-member electorate City of Christchurch.[2]
Christchurch East was re-created again for the 1905 election.[2] The first representative, Thomas Davey, held the electorate for three parliamentary terms until 1914,[4] when he retired. Davey was an Independent sympathetic to the Liberal Party.
Davey was succeeded by Henry Thacker of the Liberal Party. Thacker served for two terms[5] and was elected Mayor of Christchurch in 1919.[6]
Thacker was defeated in the 1922 election by Tim Armstrong of the Labour Party.[7] Since his 1922 win, the electorate (for as long as it existed) has been held by Labour. Armstrong was re-elected in the five subsequent general elections and died in office on 8 November 1942.[8]
Armstrong's death triggered the 1943 by-election, which was held on 6 February.[9][10] The by-election was contested by five candidates, including representatives from the Labour Party, the Labour breakaway party Democratic Labour Party and the National Party.[11] The election was won by the Labour candidate, Mabel Howard, and started her long parliamentary career, which included her becoming the first female cabinet minister in 1947.[12]
Christchurch East was abolished in 1946 and re-created in 1996 for the MMP-era.
Members of Parliament for Christchurch East
Christchurch East has been represented by seven electorate MPs: Key Independent Liberal Labour
Election Winner 1871 election Edward Jerningham Wakefield (Electorate abolished 1875–1905, see City of Christchurch) 1905 election Thomas Davey 1908 election 1911 election 1914 election Henry Thacker 1919 election 1922 election Tim Armstrong 1925 election 1928 election 1931 election 1935 election 1938 election 1943 by-election Mabel Howard 1943 election (Electorate abolished 1946–1996) 1996 election Larry Sutherland 1999 election Lianne Dalziel 2002 election 2005 election 2008 election List MPs from Christchurch East
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Christchurch East electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Name Party First Elected Left Office Contested Christchurch East Aaron Gilmore National 2008 Current MP 2008 Election results
2008 election
General Election 2008: Christchurch East[13] 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 % ±% Labour Lianne Dalziel17,969 52.92 - 15,585 45.27 National Aaron Gilmore 12,204 35.94 - 12,289 35.70 Green Mojo Mathers 1,843 5.43 - 2,489 7.23 Progressive Elspeth Sandys 575 1.69 - 696 2.02 Legalise Cannabis Paula Lambert 417 1.23 - 117 0.34 Kiwi Tony Le Cren 378 1.11 - 269 0.78 United Future Maretta Solomon 204 0.60 - 326 0.95 Alliance Paul Piesse 119 0.35 - 62 0.18 Independent Sevaschan Sam Park 114 0.34 - - - Workers Party Paul Hopkinson 90 0.27 - 26 0.08 Democrats Nick McIlraith 40 0.12 - 24 0.07 NZ First - 1,352 3.93 - ACT - 664 1.93 - Bill and Ben - 210 0.61 - Māori - 176 0.51 - Family Party - 68 0.20 - Pacific - 54 0.16 - Libertarianz - 14 0.04 - RAM - 5 0.01 - RONZ - 1 0.00 - Informal votes 267 202 Total Valid votes 33,953 34,427 Labour hold Majority 5,765 Note: lines coloured beige denote the winner of the electorate vote. Lines coloured pink denote a candidate elected to Parliament from their party's list.
2005 election
The results of the 2005 general election were as follows:[14]
Party Candidate Votes % Party Votes % Labour Lianne Dalziel20969 60.31 18893 53.44 National David Round 8996 25.88 9851 27.86 Green Mary McCammon 1698 4.88 1948 5.51 United Dianne Wilson 1205 3.47 1176 3.33 Progressive Karen Silcock 926 2.66 926 2.62 ACT John Peters 401 1.15 277 0.78 ALCP Kevin O'Connell 299 0.86 101 0.29 Alliance Lynda Boyd 167 0.48 98 0.28 Direct Democracy Kyle Chapman 63 0.18 13 0.04 Anti-Capitalist Paul Hopkinson 43 0.12 - - NZ First - - - 1694 4.77 Destiny - - - 170 0.48 Māori Party - - - 97 0.27 Christian Heritage - - - 54 0.15 Democrats - - - 18 0.05 Libertarianz - - - 13 0.04 Family Rights PP - - - 7 0.02 99 MP - - - 6 0.02 Republic of NZ - - - 6 0.02 One NZ - - - 5 0.01 informal votes 424 186 total valid votes 34767 35353 Labour hold Majority 11,973 1943 by-election
Christchurch East by-election, 1943 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Mabel Howard 4,559 47.27 Democratic Labour Horace Herring 2,578 26.73 National Melville Lyons 2,371 24.59 Independent Lincoln Efford 114 1.18 Independent Owen McKee 22 0.23 Majority 1,981 20.54 Turnout 9,644 65.01 Notes
- ^ New Zealand Parliament - Lianne Dalziel MP
- ^ a b c Scholefield 1950, p. 156.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 145.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 102.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 143.
- ^ "Chairmen and mayors". Christchurch: Christchurch City Council. http://www.ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/howthecouncilworks/ourhistory/chairmenmayors.aspx. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 93.
- ^ McAloon, Jim. "Armstrong, Hubert Thomas". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3a20. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Split vote". Evening Post: p. 3. Volume CXXXV, Issue 14, 18 January 1943. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430118.2.23. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 115.
- ^ "Five candidates". Evening Post: p. 3. Volume CXXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1943. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430122.2.23. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ McAloon, Jim. "Howard, Mabel Bowden 1894–1972". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5H38. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ 2008 election results
- ^ electionresults.govt.nz
References
- Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer.
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