Selwyn (New Zealand electorate)
- Selwyn (New Zealand electorate)
Selwyn is the name of three seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives, based around towns on the outskirts of Christchurch city. In an historical sense, the name refers to an electorate that existed between 1886 and 1919. In the second sense, it can refer to an electorate contested between 1946 and 1972 and again from 1978 until it was absorbed by Rakaia for the first MMP election.
In a modern sense, the name refers to the seat re-created ahead of the 2008 general election, following a review of electoral boundaries conducted after the 2006 census of population and dwellings, because of a general northwards population movement in the South Island. Even though the number of South Island electorates is fixed, the decline in the population of electorates from Rakaia south has resulted in the boundaries of electorates from Invercargill north to Rakaia shifting further northwards.
The new Selwyn seat is the successor to the old seat of Rakaia, which loses the town of Ashburton to Rangitata. It keeps the towns north of the Rakaia River and acquires the Bishopdale area from Waimakariri and the Banks Peninsula town of Akaroa from the old Banks Peninsula electorate. The main towns in the new seat are Templeton, Lincoln, Prebbleton, Tai Tapu, Leeston, Dunsandel, Darfield, Springfield and Arthur's Pass.
History
Members of Parliament for Selwyn, 1946-1972 and 1978-1996
External links
* [http://www.elections.org.nz/mapping/?electorate=selwyn Electorate Profile from Elections NZ]
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