Eastern Hutt
Eastern Hutt is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate from 1978 to 1996. It was represented by two Labour MPs.
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
In the 1977 electoral redistribution, the existing Western Hutt moved west, and the Eastern Hutt electorate was formed from areas that previously belonged to Western Hutt and the Hutt electorate, the latter of which was abolished.[4] The Eastern Hutt electorate incorporated the eastern part of Lower Hutt in the Hutt Valley up to the suburb of Haywards in the north.[5] In the 1983 electoral redistribution, the northern part of the electorate transferred to the Western Hutt electorate (including Haywards) and the electorate moved slightly further east.[6]
History
In the 1978 election, the Eastern Hutt electorate was won by
Members of Parliament
The electorate was represented by two Labour MPs.
Key
Election | Winner | |
---|---|---|
1978 election | Trevor Young | |
1981 election | ||
1984 election | ||
1987 election | ||
1990 election | Paul Swain | |
1993 election | ||
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Hutt South )
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Election results
1993 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Swain | 9,346 | 51.32 | +4.77 | |
National | Peter MacMillan | 4,628 | 25.41 | ||
Alliance | Irene Ruth | 2,467 | 13.54 | +4.56 | |
NZ First | Makere Jordan | 1,000 | 5.49 | ||
Christian Heritage | Wayne Chapman | 526 | 2.88 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Karen Anne Nicholls | 150 | 0.82 | ||
Independent | Philip McHale | 54 | 0.29 | ||
Natural Law
|
Marie-Louise Hodgson | 37 | 0.20 | ||
Majority | 4,718 | 25.91 | +21.43 | ||
Turnout | 18,208 | 83.13 | +1.04 | ||
Registered electors | 21,901 |
1990 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Swain | 8,312 | 46.55 | ||
National | Rosemary Thomas | 7,511 | 42.06 | ||
NewLabour | Irene Ruth | 1,605 | 8.98 | ||
Democrats
|
M L Baird | 426 | 2.38 | ||
Majority | 801 | 4.48 | |||
Turnout | 17,854 | 82.09 | -3.66 | ||
Registered electors | 21,749 |
1987 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Trevor Young | 10,977 | 60.05 | +4.49 | |
National | Penn Pattison | 6,237 | 34.12 | ||
Democrats
|
Trevor Barnard | 1,064 | 5.82 | ||
Majority | 4,740 | 25.93 | -4.92 | ||
Turnout | 18,278 | 85.75 | -6.04 | ||
Registered electors | 21,314 |
1984 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Trevor Young | 10,816 | 55.56 | +0.86 | |
National | Joy McLauchlan | 4,811 | 24.71 | ||
NZ Party | Maureen Harvey | 2,832 | 14.54 | ||
Social Credit | Ian McRae | 1,005 | 5.16 | -11.80 | |
Majority | 6,005 | 30.85 | +4.28 | ||
Turnout | 19,464 | 91.79 | +1.86 | ||
Registered electors | 21,203 |
1981 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Trevor Young | 10,335 | 54.80 | -2.13 | |
National | Alex Duthie | 5,324 | 28.23 | ||
Social Credit | Ian McRae | 3,199 | 16.96 | +4.16 | |
Majority | 5,011 | 26.57 | -2.17 | ||
Turnout | 18,858 | 89.93 | +18.09 | ||
Registered electors | 20,969 |
1978 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Trevor Young | 10,640 | 56.93 | ||
National | Rosemary Young
|
5,267 | 28.18 | ||
Social Credit | Ian McRae | 2,394 | 12.80 | ||
Values | Malcolm White | 400 | 2.14 | ||
Independent | M E Gee | 168 | 0.89 | ||
Majority | 5,373 | 28.74 | |||
Turnout | 18,689 | 71.84 | |||
Registered electors | 26,012 |
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. 118–123.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 247.
- The National Business Review. 25 September 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 22.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. p. 30.
- ^ a b c d Norton 1988, pp. 219.
References
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- 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.