Hastings (New Zealand electorate)
Hastings was a parliamentary
bellwether electorate
, frequently changing between the two main parties.
Population centres
The
History
The first representative was Ted Cullen of the Labour Party.[4] At the 1949 election, Cullen was defeated by Sydney Jones of the National Party.[5] After two electoral terms, Jones was in turn defeated by Labour's Ted Keating, who served until his defeat in 1960.[6] Subsequent office holders were Duncan MacIntyre (1960–1972), Richard Mayson (1972–1975), Bob Fenton (1975–1978), David Butcher (1978–1990), Jeff Whittaker (1990–1993), and Rick Barker (1993–1996).[7]
Members of Parliament
The Hastings electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament:[7]
Key
Election results
1993 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rick Barker | 9,000 | 45.02 | ||
National | Cynthia Bowers | 6,429 | 32.16 | ||
Alliance | Pat Weir | 2,689 | 13.45 | ||
NZ First | John Waitere | 932 | 4.66 | ||
Christian Heritage | Rex Jones | 640 | 3.20 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | John Morrison | 128 | 0.64 | ||
Independent | Geoffrey Charters | 104 | 0.52 | -0.60 | |
Natural Law
|
Martin Ouseley | 66 | 0.33 | ||
Majority | 2,571 | 12.86 | |||
Turnout | 19,988 | 86.19 | +0.01 | ||
Registered electors | 23,188 |
1990 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Jeff Whittaker | 9,132 | 45.96 | +3.55 | |
Labour | David Butcher | 8,404 | 42.29 | -11.54 | |
Green | Matthew Ball | 1,246 | 6.27 | ||
NewLabour | Greg Maher | 688 | 3.46 | ||
Independent | Geoffrey Charters | 223 | 1.12 | ||
Democrats
|
Mary Sanders | 176 | 0.88 | -2.87 | |
Majority | 728 | 3.66 | |||
Turnout | 19,869 | 86.18 | -3.46 | ||
Registered electors | 23,055 |
1987 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Butcher | 10,879 | 53.83 | +2.62 | |
National | Jeff Whittaker | 8,572 | 42.41 | ||
Democrats
|
Mary Sanders | 758 | 3.75 | ||
Majority | 2,307 | 11.41 | -8.16 | ||
Turnout | 20,209 | 89.64 | -3.54 | ||
Registered electors | 22,544 |
1984 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Butcher | 11,179 | 51.21 | +5.97 | |
National | Peter Brown | 6,906 | 31.64 | ||
NZ Party | Sara Slavin | 2,803 | 12.84 | ||
Social Credit | John Rabarts | 938 | 4.29 | ||
Majority | 4,273 | 19.57 | +10.74 | ||
Turnout | 21,826 | 93.18 | +1.78 | ||
Registered electors | 23,423 |
1981 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Butcher | 9,453 | 45.24 | +7.82 | |
National | Hamish Kynoch | 7,608 | 36.41 | ||
Social Credit | Gary Clover | 3,764 | 18.01 | ||
Independent | A J L D Wedekind | 68 | 0.32 | ||
Majority | 1,845 | 8.83 | +7.22 | ||
Turnout | 20,893 | 91.40 | +19.95 | ||
Registered electors | 22,857 |
1978 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Butcher | 7,748 | 37.42 | ||
National | Bob Fenton | 7,414 | 35.81 | -9.48 | |
Social Credit | Jeremy Dwyer | 5,373 | 25.95 | +17.03 | |
Values | C L Amery | 148 | 0.71 | ||
Independent | R MacGregor | 20 | 0.09 | ||
Majority | 334 | 1.61 | |||
Turnout | 20,703 | 71.45 | -14.07 | ||
Registered electors | 28,972 |
1975 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Bob Fenton | 9,071 | 45.29 | ||
Labour | Richard Mayson | 8,580 | 42.84 | -7.52 | |
Social Credit | Jeremy Dwyer | 1,788 | 8.92 | ||
Values | Graeme Cook | 587 | 2.93 | ||
Majority | 491 | 2.45 | |||
Turnout | 20,026 | 85.52 | -5.36 | ||
Registered electors | 23,415 |
1972 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Mayson | 9,117 | 50.36 | +5.74 | |
National | Duncan MacIntyre | 7,969 | 44.02 | -4.66 | |
Social Credit | George Neville Whitcombe | 663 | 3.66 | -3.03 | |
Values | Robin Duff | 304 | 1.67 | ||
New Democratic | Gwendoline Alice Dick | 50 | 0.27 | ||
Majority | 1,148 | 6.34 | |||
Turnout | 18,103 | 90.88 | +0.97 | ||
Registered electors | 19,918 |
1969 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Duncan MacIntyre | 8,458 | 48.68 | -2.61 | |
Labour | Richard Mayson | 7,752 | 44.62 | ||
Social Credit | George Neville Whitcombe | 1,163 | 6.69 | -3.38 | |
Majority | 706 | 4.06 | -8.59 | ||
Turnout | 17,373 | 89.91 | +1.27 | ||
Registered electors | 19,321 |
1966 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Duncan MacIntyre | 8,626 | 51.29 | -1.64 | |
Labour | Sonja Davies | 6,497 | 38.63 | ||
Social Credit | George Neville Whitcombe | 1,695 | 10.07 | ||
Majority | 2,129 | 12.65 | +0.85 | ||
Turnout | 16,818 | 88.64 | -3.87 | ||
Registered electors | 18,973 |
1963 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Duncan MacIntyre | 8,719 | 52.93 | +5.14 | |
Labour | Ted Keating | 6,775 | 41.14 | -4.86 | |
Social Credit | George Thew | 978 | 5.93 | -1.88 | |
Majority | 1,944 | 11.80 | +10.00 | ||
Turnout | 16,472 | 92.51 | +1.86 | ||
Registered electors | 17,804 |
1960 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Duncan MacIntyre | 7,965 | 47.79 | ||
Labour | Ted Keating | 7,665 | 46.00 | -5.11 | |
Social Credit | George Thew | 1,302 | 7.81 | +2.93 | |
Majority | 300 | 1.80 | |||
Turnout | 16,662 | 90.65 | -3.04 | ||
Registered electors | 18,379 |
1957 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Keating | 8,146 | 50.89 | +4.28 | |
National | Arthur Heary Sievewright | 7,076 | 44.21 | ||
Social Credit | George Thew | 782 | 4.88 | -3.53 | |
Majority | 1,070 | 6.68 | +5.03 | ||
Turnout | 16,004 | 93.69 | -0.15 | ||
Registered electors | 17,081 |
1954 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Keating | 7,087 | 46.61 | ||
National | Sydney Jones | 6,835 | 44.96 | -8.76 | |
Social Credit | George Thew | 1,280 | 8.41 | ||
Majority | 252 | 1.65 | |||
Turnout | 15,202 | 93.84 | +4.56 | ||
Registered electors | 16,199 |
1951 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Sydney Jones | 8,198 | 53.72 | +0.44 | |
Labour | Henry Edward Beattie | 7,060 | 46.27 | ||
Majority | 1,138 | 7.45 | +0.89 | ||
Turnout | 15,258 | 89.28 | -3.58 | ||
Registered electors | 17,090 |
1949 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Sydney Jones | 7,965 | 53.28 | ||
Labour | Ted Cullen | 6,983 | 46.72 | -5.00 | |
Majority | 982 | 6.56 | |||
Turnout | 14,948 | 92.86 | -1.75 | ||
Registered electors | 16,097 |
1946 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Cullen | 7,292 | 51.72 | ||
National | Eric Pryor | 6,809 | 48.28 | ||
Majority | 483 | 3.42 | |||
Turnout | 14,101 | 94.61 | |||
Registered electors | 14,904 |
Notes
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 94–127.
- ^ Note that the source was printed in 1989; Havelock North may or may not have fallen within the electorate following subsequent electoral redistributions.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 191.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 191, 209.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 209, 215.
- ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 264.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
- ^ a b c d e f Norton 1988, pp. 236.
- ^ a b c d e f g Norton 1988, pp. 235.
- ^ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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.