- Napier (New Zealand electorate)
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Boundaries of Napier Electorate for 2008 and 2011 elections
Napier is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Napier is Chris Tremain, of the National Party.[1] He has held this position since 2005. Labour List MP Stuart Nash will contest the seat in the 2011 election.
The electorate was created in 1861. It was a two-member electorate from 1876 to 1881.[2]
Contents
Population centres
The electorate includes the following population centres:
History
The electorate was created in 1861, and preceded by the Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay electorate from 1853 to 1860 and then briefly the Hawke or County of Hawke electorate in 1860.
Members of Parliament for Napier
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.[2]
1861 to 1875
From 1861 to 1875, Napier was a single-member electorate.
Election Winner 1861 Henry Powning Stark 1861 by-election William Colenso 1866 Donald McLean 1871 1876 to 1881
From 1876 to 1881, Napier was a two-member electorate. McLean continued his representation of the electorate.
Election Winners 1876 Donald McLean William Russell 1877 by-election Fred Sutton 1879 1881 to present
Since 1881, the electorate has been a single-member electorate again.
Name Party Elected Left Office Reason John Buchanan Independent 1881 1884 retired John Davies Ormond Independent 1884 1890 retired George Henry Swan Independent 1890 1893 defeated Samuel Carnell Liberal 1893 1896 defeated Robert McLean Independent 1896 1899 defeated Alfred Fraser Liberal 1899, 1902, 1905 1908 defeated Vigor Brown Liberal 1908, 1911, 1914, 1919 1922 retired Lewis McIlvride Labour 1922 1925 defeated John Mason Reform 1925 1928 defeated Bill Barnard Labour 1928, 1931, 1935, 1938 1943 Stood as Independent in 1943; defeated Arthur Ernest Armstrong Labour 1943, 1946, 1949 1951 defeated Peter Tait National 1951 1954 defeated Jim Edwards Labour 1954, 1957, 1960, 1963 1966 Resigned from Labour; retired Gordon Christie Labour 1966, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1978 1981 retired Geoff Braybrooke Labour 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999 2002 retired Russell Fairbrother Labour 2002 2005 defeated Chris Tremain National 2005, 2008 incumbent List MPs from Napier
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Napier electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Name Party First Elected Left Office Contested Napier Anne Tolley National 1999 Current MP1 1999 Russell Fairbrother Labour 2002 2008 2002 (won), 2005 (lose), 2008 (lose) Stuart Nash Labour 2008 Current MP 2011 1 Tolley was elected MP for East Coast at the 2005 election
Election results
2008 election
General Election 2008: Napier[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.
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denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±% National Chris Tremain20,898 59.70 +8.73 16,772 47.26 +4.94 Labour Russell Fairbrother 11,880 33.94 -6.83 12,621 35.57 -5.43 Green Brett Stansfield 1,801 5.14 +1.20 1,969 5.55 +0.32 ACT John Ormond 428 1.22 - 1,296 3.65 +2.56 NZ First - 1,314 3.70 -1.88 Māori - 272 0.77 +0.35 Progressive - 269 0.76 -0.13 United Future - 213 0.60 -1.85 Kiwi - 212 0.60 - Bill and Ben - 207 0.58 - Legalise Cannabis - 132 0.37 +0.15 Family Party - 67 0.19 - Alliance - 47 0.13 +0.05 Pacific - 43 0.12 - Workers Party - 18 0.05 - Libertarianz - 14 0.04 +0.01 Democrats - 8 0.02 -0.02 RAM - 7 0.02 - RONZ - 5 0.01 +0.00 Informal votes 358 169 Total Valid votes 35,007 35,486 National hold Majority 9,018 25.76 +15.57 2005 election
Beige denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink denotes a candidate elected to Parliament from their party list.[4]
Party Candidate Votes % Party Votes % National Chris Tremain17955 50.53 15086 42.17 Labour Russell Fairbrother14364 40.42 14615 40.85 Green Terry Creighton 1391 3.91 1864 5.21 NZ First James Mist 855 2.40 1989 5.56 United Graham Turner 473 1.3 872 2.44 ACT - - - 390 1.09 Progressive - - - 316 0.88 Destiny - - - 193 0.54 Māori Party - - - 150 0.42 Legalise Cannabis - - - 80 0.22 Christian Heritage - - - 44 0.12 Alliance - - - 29 0.08 Democrats - - - 16 0.04 Direct Democracy - - - 11 0.03 Libertarianz - - - 11 0.03 One NZ - - - 11 0.03 99 MP - - - 8 0.02 Family Rights PP - - - 6 0.02 Republic of NZ - - - 5 0.01 informal votes 305 129 total valid votes 35,536 35,777 National gain from Labour Majority 3,591 References
- ^ New Zealand Parliament - Chris Tremain MP
- ^ a b Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 161.
- ^ "Official Count Results -- Napier". Chief Electoral Office. http://2008.electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_2008/electorate-29.html. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ^ "Official Count Results -- Napier". Chief Electoral Office. http://2008.electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_2005/electorate-29.html. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
External links
- Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library
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