Kaikōura (New Zealand electorate)
Kaikōura (or Kaikoura before 2008) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning a single MP to the House of Representatives of New Zealand. The current MP for Kaikōura is Stuart Smith of the National Party, who won the 2014 election.
Population centres
The Kaikōura electorate covers the north-eastern South Island, from Cook Strait in the north to the Ashley River in the south. At over 21,000 km2 (8,100 sq mi), it is New Zealand's fourth-largest general electorate by area. Its main towns are Blenheim and Kaikoura; other towns include Picton, Havelock, Cheviot, Hanmer Springs, Culverden, Amberley and Ashley.[1] The electorate boundaries were not changed in either the 2007 or 2013/14 boundary reviews.[2][3]
History
Kaikōura is one of the original 60 electorates drawn ahead of the change to Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting in 1996. It was made up by merging all of the old Marlborough seat with a large portion of Rangiora. Like the two electorates it replaced, Kaikōura is a safe seat for the National Party, returning a National MP at every election since it was created.
The first representative in 1996 was Doug Kidd, who was previously the MP for Marlborough. He retired at the end of the parliamentary term and was succeeded by Lynda Scott in the 1999 election. Scott served for two parliamentary terms before retiring from politics and returning to the medical profession in 2005.[4]
The 2005 election was won by Colin King, who served for three parliamentary terms.[5] In December 2013, King was deselected as National's candidate for Kaikoura, losing a selection challenge by Stuart Smith,[6] who won the general election in September 2014 with a preliminary majority of 11,510 votes.[7] Based on preliminary election results, Steffan Browning of the Green Party who became a list MP in 2011, was the highest ranked Green candidate who was not returned to parliament.[8][9] When final results were released, the Green Party had gained an additional seat, and Browning was confirmed as a list MP.[10]
Members of Parliament
Key
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Doug Kidd | |
1999 election | Lynda Scott | |
2002 election | ||
2005 election | Colin King | |
2008 election | ||
2011 election | ||
2014 election | Stuart Smith | |
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Kaikōura electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Marian Hobbs | |
1999 election | Ian Ewen-Street | |
2002 election | ||
2011 election | Steffan Browning | |
2014 election |
Election results
2014 election
General election 2014: Kaikōura[11] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Stuart Smith | 20,857 | 57.18 | −3.07 | 20,770 | 56.45 | +1.04 | ||
Labour | Janette Walker | 8,287 | 22.72 | −2.98 | 6,269 | 17.04 | −2.81 | ||
Green | Steffan Browning | 3,028 | 8.30 | −3.12 | 3,366 | 9.15 | −2.94 | ||
NZ First | Steve Campbell | 1,896 | 5.20 | +5.20 | 3,612 | 9.82 | +3.27 | ||
Conservative | Howard Hudson | 1,089 | 2.99 | +2.99 | 1,709 | 4.65 | +0.85 | ||
Ban 1080 | Glen Tomlinson | 566 | 1.55 | +1.55 | 187 | 0.51 | +0.51 | ||
Democrats | John McCaskey | 194 | 0.53 | −0.32 | 36 | 0.10 | −0.02 | ||
ACT | Richard Evans | 132 | 0.36 | −1.02 | 144 | 0.39 | −0.72 | ||
Money Free Party | Ted Howard | 72 | 0.20 | +0.20 | |||||
Internet Mana | 169 | 0.46 | +0.33[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 151 | 0.41 | −0.07 | ||||||
Māori | 131 | 0.36 | −0.07 | ||||||
United Future | 96 | 0.26 | −0.64 | ||||||
Civilian | 13 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Focus | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Informal votes | 353 | 122 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 36,474 | 36,791 | |||||||
Turnout | 34,292 | 79.84 | +5.58 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 12,570 | 34.46 | −0.08 |
2011 election
General election 2011: Kaikōura[12] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Colin King | 19,961 | 60.25 | +2.47 | 18,909 | 55.41 | +3.57 | ||
Labour | Liz Collyns | 8,516 | 25.70 | -0.66 | 6,775 | 19.85 | -8.33 | ||
Green | Steffan Browning | 3,784 | 11.42 | +3.42 | 3,786 | 11.09 | +4.08 | ||
ACT | Richard Evans | 457 | 1.38 | +0.12 | 379 | 1.11 | -1.98 | ||
Democrats | John McCaskey | 283 | 0.85 | +0.54 | 42 | 0.12 | +0.04 | ||
Libertarianz | Ian Hayes | 131 | 0.40 | +0.40 | 23 | 0.07 | +0.05 | ||
NZ First | 2,236 | 6.55 | +1.98 | ||||||
Conservative | 1,296 | 3.80 | +3.80 | ||||||
United Future | 306 | 0.90 | -0.03 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 165 | 0.48 | +0.18 | ||||||
Māori | 147 | 0.43 | -0.13 | ||||||
Mana | 45 | 0.13 | +0.13 | ||||||
Alliance | 19 | 0.06 | -0.003 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,045 | 284 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 33,132 | 34,128 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 11,445 | 34.54 | +3.13 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,958[13]
2008 election
General election 2008: Kaikoura[14] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Colin King | 20,374 | 57.77 | +6.65 | 18,479 | 51.83 | +6.81 | ||
Labour | Brian McNamara | 9,297 | 26.36 | -11.30 | 10,046 | 28.18 | -7.86 | ||
Green | Steffan Browning | 2,823 | 8.00 | +2.46 | 2,499 | 7.01 | +1.24 | ||
Kiwi | Al Belcher | 1,127 | 3.20 | +3.20 | 618 | 1.73 | +1.73 | ||
NZ First | Linda Waimarie King | 959 | 2.72 | +2.72 | 1,631 | 4.58 | -1.29 | ||
ACT | Dave Tattersfield | 443 | 1.26 | +0.46 | 1,101 | 3.09 | +1.63 | ||
United Future | Coralie Christie | 131 | 0.37 | -1.01 | 331 | 0.93 | -1.90 | ||
Democrats | John S. J. McCaskey | 112 | 0.32 | +0.32 | 31 | 0.09 | +0.02 | ||
Progressive | 285 | 0.80 | -0.81 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 223 | 0.63 | +0.63 | ||||||
Māori | 201 | 0.56 | +0.18 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 107 | 0.30 | +0.10 | ||||||
Family Party | 41 | 0.12 | +0.12 | ||||||
Alliance | 21 | 0.06 | -0.06 | ||||||
Workers Party | 12 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
RONZ | 8 | 0.02 | +0.002 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 6 | 0.02 | -0.01 | ||||||
Pacific | 6 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
RAM | 4 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 292 | 160 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 35,266 | 35,650 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 11,077 | 31.41 | +17.95 |
2005 election
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.[15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Party Votes | % |
National | Colin King | 17,755 | 51.68 | 15,636 | 45.02 |
Labour | Brendon Burns | 13,080 | 38.07 | 12,515 | 36.04 |
Green | Steffan Browning | 1,927 | 5.61 | 2,005 | 5.07 |
United | Robin Westley | 481 | 1.40 | 981 | 2.82 |
Progressive | John Maurice | 430 | 1.25 | 558 | 1.61 |
ACT | Pat O'Sullivan | 275 | 0.80 | 505 | 1.45 |
Māori Party | Brett Cowan | 174 | 0.51 | 133 | 0.38 |
Independent | Ted Howard | 170 | 0.49 | ||
Alliance | Greg Kleis | 64 | 0.19 | 40 | 0.12 |
NZ First | - | - | - | 2,036 | 5.86 |
Destiny | - | - | - | 139 | 0.40 |
ALCP | - | - | - | 68 | 0.20 |
Christian Heritage | - | - | - | 43 | 0.12 |
Democrats | - | - | - | 24 | 0.07 |
One NZ | - | - | - | 13 | 0.04 |
99 MP | - | - | - | 10 | 0.03 |
Libertarianz | - | - | - | 9 | 0.03 |
Republic of NZ | - | - | - | 7 | 0.02 |
Direct Democracy | - | - | - | 4 | 0.01 |
Family Rights PP | - | - | - | 3 | 0.01 |
informal votes | 335 | 147 | |||
total valid votes | 34,356 | 34,729 | |||
National hold | Majority | 4,675 | |||
1996 election
General election 1996: Kaikoura[16][17][18] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Doug Kidd | 13,858 | 41.09 | 12,280 | 36.20 | ||||
Labour | Marian Hobbs | 7,946 | 23.56 | 7,813 | 23.03 | ||||
NZ First | Tom Harrison | 5,332 | 15.81 | 4,849 | 14.29 | ||||
Alliance | Ian Ewen-Street | 5,275 | 15.64 | 4,522 | 13.33 | ||||
ACT | Peter King-Talbot | 731 | 2.17 | 1,970 | 5.81 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Rodney Hansen | 365 | 1.08 | 125 | 0.37 | ||||
Independent | Desmond Joseph Bell | 124 | 0.37 | ||||||
Natural Law | Anne Brigid | 94 | 0.28 | 112 | 0.33 | ||||
Christian Coalition | 1,496 | 4.41 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 378 | 1.11 | |||||||
United NZ | 199 | 0.59 | |||||||
Progressive Green | 80 | 0.24 | |||||||
Animals First | 43 | 0.13 | |||||||
Green Society | 25 | 0.07 | |||||||
Conservatives | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
Superannuitants & Youth | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Te Tawharau | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 291 | 95 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 33,725 | 33,921 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 5,912 | 17.53 |
Table footnotes
References
- ↑ "Electorate Profile: Kaikoura". NZ Parliamentary Library. September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ "Kaikōura: Electoral Profile". New Zealand Parliament. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ "Dr Lynda Scott not seeking re-election" (Press release). New Zealand National Party. Scoop. 21 July 2004. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ↑ "Colin King". New Zealand Parliament. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ↑ "Kaikoura MP deselected by National". Stuff.co.nz. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ↑ "Election Results -- Electorate Status". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ↑ "Provisional List of Successful Candidates -- 2014 General Election - Preliminary Results". Electoral Commission. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ Bell, Cathie (20 September 2014). "National's Stuart Smith wins Kaikoura". The Marlborough Express. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ Rutherford, Hamish (4 October 2014). "National loses majority, Greens pick up one". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ "Official Count Results -- Kaikōura (2014)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ↑ "Official Count Results -- Kaikōura". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ↑ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ↑ "Official Count Results -- Kaikōura". Electoral Commission. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ↑ "Official Count Results – Kaikoura (2005)". New Zealand Ministry of Justice. 2005-10-01. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ↑ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Kaikoura, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ "Part III - Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ↑ "Part III - Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
External links
- Kaikōura electorate profile, Parliamentary Library