Wigram (New Zealand electorate)
- Wigram (New Zealand electorate)
Wigram is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Wigram is Jim Anderton [ [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/1/6/2/48MP7411-Anderton-Jim.htm New Zealand Parliament - Jim Anderton MP] ] .He has held this position since 1996.
Wigram is based around south-western Christchurch. The main suburbs in the seat are Spreydon, Riccarton, Hornby and Sockburn. Prior to a boundary review in 2007, it also contained Sydenham but this has been moved into Port Hills, with Wigram gaining Addington at the expense of Christchurch Central. The electorate's name comes from the suburb of Wigram, and by extension the former Wigram Aerodrome, itself named after colonial businessman Sir Henry Wigram.
History
Wigram was one of the original sixty-five Mixed Member Proportional electorates created ahead of the 1996 election, when the number of South Island seats was reduced to sixteen. The formerly safe Labour seat of Sydenham lies at Wigram's core, and Labour's strong showing in the party vote in both 2002 and 2005, where the party won nearly half of all party votes cast, indicates that Wigram's political inclinations are with the Labour Party. Its current MP Jim Anderton was himself the Labour MP for Sydenham between 1984 and 1989, before he split from the party over its political directions and formed the NewLabour Party, which later merged into the Alliance; the Alliance disintegrated in 2002, but Anderton, now leader of the Progressive Party held off all challengers to easily hold the seat.
Members of Parliament for Wigram
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and started at general elections.
Election results
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=
sourced from [http://2005.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-62.html electionresults.govt.nz]
References
External links
* [http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/BF857A1C-8353-42BF-AC81-0F9FF4AF5172/230/Wigram1.pdf Electorate Profile] "Parliamentary Library"
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