East Cape (New Zealand electorate)

East Cape is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, from 1978 to 1993.

Population centres

The 1977 electoral redistribution was the most overtly political since the Representation Commission had been established through an amendment to the Representation Act in 1886, initiated by

1976 census, a large number of people failed to fill out an electoral re-registration card, and census staff had not been given the authority to insist on the card being completed. This had little practical effect for people on the general roll, but it transferred Māori to the general roll if the card was not handed in. Together with a northward shift of New Zealand's population, this resulted in five new electorates having to be created in the upper part of the North Island.^[2] The electoral redistribution was very disruptive, and 22 electorates were abolished, while 27 electorates were newly created (including East Cape) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the 1978 election.^[3]

The East Cape electorate was made up of areas that previously belonged to

Matawai. The electorate stopped just short of the city of Gisborne, but included the suburb of Kaiti.^[5]

Subsequent boundary changes through the 1983 electoral redistribution drew the electorate further from Gisborne and included Kawerau and Murupara.^[6]

In

Eastern Bay of Plenty electorate, with the portion from Hicks Bay to the south of Tokomaru Bay included in the Mahia

electorate.

History

The East Cape electorate was first won by Duncan MacIntyre of the National Party in 1978, who had previously been the representative for the Bay of Plenty electorate (1975–78).^[7] When he retired in 1984,^[7] the seat was won by Labour's Anne Fraser with a majority of around 800 votes.^[8] She held the seat at the subsequent 1987 election by less than 240 votes, and in 1989, her name officially reverted to her maiden name Anne Collins after she had separated from her husband.^[9]

Tony Ryall from the National Party won the seat in the 1990 general election landslide to the National Party.

Members of Parliament

Key

National Labour

Election	Winner
1978 election		Duncan MacIntyre
1981 election		Duncan MacIntyre
1984 election		Anne Fraser
1987 election		Anne Fraser
1990 election		Tony Ryall

Election results

1990 election

1990 general election: East Cape^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tony Ryall	8,169	51.62
	Labour	Dianne Collins	6,201	39.18
	NewLabour	Jim Bennett	797	5.03
	Independent	Tony Eddy	398	2.51
	Social Credit	Gordon MacDonald	196	1.23
	Democrats	Dawn Honana	63	0.39
Majority			1,968	12.43
Turnout			15,824	83.16	−5.59
Registered electors			19,027

1987 election

1987 general election: East Cape^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Fraser	8,252	49.54	+8.60
	National	Wira Gardiner	8,006	48.06
	Democrats	John Rabarts	397	2.38
Majority			246	1.47	−2.30
Turnout			16,655	88.75	−1.08
Registered electors			18,766

1984 election

1984 general election: East Cape^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Fraser	7,365	40.94
	National	Robyn J. Leeming	6,610	36.74
	NZ Party	Alistair Orr	3,209	17.83
	Social Credit	Paul Tairua	679	3.77
	Values	Dudley Kelly	126	0.70	−0.88
Majority			755	3.77
Turnout			17,989	89.83	+3.19
Registered electors			20,025

1981 election

1981 general election: East Cape^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Duncan MacIntyre	7,962	44.18	−3.39
	Labour	Peter Dey	5,998	33.28
	Social Credit	Michael Robinson	3,776	20.95	+3.43
	Values	Dudley Kelly	285	1.58	−1.06
Majority			1,964	10.89	−4.42
Turnout			18,021	86.64	+19.28
Registered electors			20,799

1978 election

1978 general election: East Cape^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National	Duncan MacIntyre	7,868	47.57
	Labour	O P Drabble	5,335	32.25
	Social Credit	Michael Robinson	2,898	17.52
	Values	Dudley Kelly	437	2.64
Majority			2,533	15.31
Turnout			16,538	67.36
Registered electors			24,550

Notes

^ McRobie 1989, pp. 8–9, 51, 119.
^ McRobie 1989, p. 119.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 115–120.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 114, 118.
^ McRobie 1989, p. 118.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 118, 122.
^ ^a ^b Wilson 1985, p. 215.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 198.
^ "Card Index: Collins, Anne". New Zealand Herald. 17 June 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. pp. 27–8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Norton 1988, p. 217.

References

McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books.
ISBN 0-477-01384-8
.

Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.
ISBN 0-475-11200-8
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Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer.
OCLC 154283103
.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie19898–9,_51,_119-1] McRobie 1989, pp. 8–9, 51, 119.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989119-2] McRobie 1989, p. 119.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989115–120-3] McRobie 1989, pp. 115–120.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989114,_118-4] McRobie 1989, pp. 114, 118.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989118-5] McRobie 1989, p. 118.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989118,_122-6] McRobie 1989, pp. 118, 122.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985215-7] Wilson 1985, p. 215.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985198-8] Wilson 1985, p. 198.

[9] "Card Index: Collins, Anne". New Zealand Herald. 17 June 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

[10] Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. pp. 27–8.

[FOOTNOTENorton1988217-11] Norton 1988, p. 217.

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