Rongotai (New Zealand electorate)
- Rongotai (New Zealand electorate)
Rongotai is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate currently held by Labour MP Annette King [ [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/0/0/6/48MP1341-King-Annette.htm New Zealand Parliament - Annette King MP] ] .
Description
The Rongotai electorate is centred on the southern and eastern suburbs of Wellington City. It stretches from Miramar in the east to take in the suburbs of Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay and Hataitai and runs from the south coast at Island Bay up through the southern section of the Brooklyn Hill to an east-west border next to Wellington Hospital in Newtown. Because Wellington Airport is within Rongotai's boundaries, the constituency also contains the Chatham Islands. It is named after the suburb of Rongotai which is roughly in its centre.
History
Rongotai was one of the original 65 MMP electorates drawn in 1994 ahead of the 1996 election. It is the successor to the old Island Bay and Miramar constituencies, though the areas in these seats in the orbit of the central city were incorporated into a redrawn Wellington Central electorate. A revision after 1996 pulled the boundary southwards, moving the suburbs around the Basin Reserve and the Massey University campus into Wellington Central.
Labour's Annette King and has been elected and re-elected as the member of parliament for Rongotai at all the four elections up to 2008. In three out of the four elections, Labour also won the party vote; the exception being in 1996 when Labour was outpolled by the National Party.
Members of Parliament for Rongotai
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
sourced from [http://2005.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-47.html electionresults.govt.nz]
References
External links
* [http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/25D3E73F-9AFB-4F9D-A8A3-8098E2BE25AF/186/Rongotai1.pdf Electorate Profile] "Parliamentary Library"
* [http://2005.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-47.html Election results for Rongotai at the 2005 election] Elections New Zealand
* [http://2002.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-47.html Election results for Rongotai at the 2002 election] Elections New Zealand
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