King Country (New Zealand electorate)

King Country (New Zealand electorate)

The King Country is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.

Population Centres

History

The electorate was created in 1972, and combined with the adjacent rural electorate of Taranaki in 1996 to form the Taranaki-King Country electorate for MMP. It was held by former Prime Minister Jim Bolger for the whole of its 24 years.

Election results

References

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