Waimakariri (New Zealand electorate)
- Waimakariri (New Zealand electorate)
Waimakariri is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Waimakariri is Clayton Cosgrove [ [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/1/f/a/48MP30571-Cosgrove-Clayton.htm New Zealand Parliament - Clayton Cosgrove MP] ] of the Labour Party. He has held this position since the 1999 election.
Waimakariri is based around the city of Christchurch and towns in its orbit, spreading up the northern coast of the South Island. From Christchurch it contains the suburbs of Casebrook and Belfast; from Waimakariri District to its north, it takes in the towns of Kaiapoi and Rangiora as well as a selection of small inland localities such as Cust and Oxford. Boundary changes following the 2006 census are relatively minor - Waimakariri manages to avoid the upheaval wrought upon seats in Christchurch, losing Bishopdale to Ilam and the last remaining segment of Papanui to Christchurch Central.
The existence of Waimakariri dates back to the introduction of Mixed Member Proportional voting in 1996, when the number of South Island seats fell from twenty-five to sixteen. The seat is based around the old Rangiora electorate, with Hurunui District shorn off and placed in Kaikōura, and the resultant seat pulled into Christchurch via State Highway 71, absorbing parts of Christchurch previously in the seat of Christchurch North. The first contest saw Rangiora's Jim Gerard easily defeated by former Prime Minister and MP for Christchurch North, Mike Moore.
Given that Rangiora was a safe National seat and Christchurch North a safe Labour seat, and given the urban-rural makeup of the seat, Waimakariri does not favour any party. At the 2005 election, while Waimakariri's electors were returning incumbent Clayton Cosgrove by 5,064 votes (and in the process slashing his majority in half), their party vote intentions were more ambiguous, with National winning 79 more party votes than Labour, setting Waimakariri up to be a key seat at the 2008 election.
Members of Parliament for Waimakariri
sourced from [http://2005.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-55.html electionresults.govt.nz]
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* [http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/79FA0A5B-C0C6-48B0-B849-2C917203755B/216/Waimakariri1.pdf Electorate Profile] "Parliamentary Library"
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