Waimarino (New Zealand electorate)
Waimarino was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate that existed from 1911 to 1954, and from 1963 to 1972. It was rural in nature and was represented by four Members of Parliament.
Population centres
In the 1911 electoral redistribution, the North Island gained a further seat from the South Island due to faster population growth. In addition, there were substantial population movements within each island, and significant changes resulted from this. Only four electorates were unaltered, five electorates were abolished, one former electorate was re-established, and four electorates, including Waimarino, were created for the first time.[1]
The Waimarino electorate was used in its initial form for the 1911 and 1914 elections.[2] The electorate was rural without any urban areas.[3] For the 1914 election, 73 polling stations were used, and at only 15 of them were more than 100 votes cast. These polling stations were in Taihape (878 votes), Ohakune (449), Raetihi (361), Manunui (331), Kakahi (279), Rangataua town hall (273), Ōwhango (270), Ohakune East (167), Fordell (163), Raurimu (158), Horopito (151), Upukongaroa [sic] (127), Umumuri (126), Piriaka (111), and Mataroa (107).[4] The electorate's area stretched from the South Taranaki Bight to Lake Taupō (but not Taupō itself), and from Taihape in the south-east to just outside Taumarunui in the north-west.[5]
In the 1918 Electoral Redistribution, the electorate moved further north. It no longer bordered onto the coast; that area was taken up by Rangitīkei, which incorporated Taihape. Taumarunui was now within the electorate.[6]
The 1922 Electoral Redistribution resulted in only minimal boundary changes. Significantly, for the first time, part of the population in the electorate was classed as urban (2,144 of 14,587 people, or 14.7%).[7]
The 1927 Electoral Redistribution, which took effect with the 1928 election, resulted in more significant boundary changes. The southern boundary moved further north, the boundary near Lake Taupō moved significantly further south, and land was gained in the north-west to near the North Taranaki Bight including the town of Ōhura. There was a slight decrease in the proportion of the population that was classed as urban (to 13.6%).[8]
The 1937 Electoral Redistribution, which took effect with the 1938 election, resulted in more boundary changes. Taihape moved back into the Waimarino electorate. The easternmost part of the electorate went to the Rotorua electorate including Tūrangi. In the north, some area was gained from the Waitomo electorate. The proportion of the population classed as urban increased to 24.5%.[9]
The 1946 Electoral Redistribution, which took effect with the 1946 election, resulted in very significant boundary changes. In 1945, the country quota had been abolished and as a result, mostly rural electorates like Waimarino had to increase significantly in area to compensate for this. Waimarino grew slightly to the south, significantly to the east, and very significantly to the north, and somewhat to the north-west. For the first time, Taupō was fully located within the electorate.[10]
In the 1952 Electoral Redistribution, Waimarino was abolished and the area divided between Rotorua, Waitomo, Patea, and Rangitīkei. This took effect with the 1954 election.[11]
Through the 1962 Electoral Redistribution, Waimarino was re-established mostly from areas that previously belonged to Patea and Waitomo, but also small areas that had belonged to Stratford and Egmont. This took effect with the 1963 election. It had again a coastal boundary with the South Taranaki Bight. The western boundary stopped just short of Patea. At the eastern end, Bulls came for the first time into the electorate. In the north, the electorate extended as far as Lake Taupō. Taumarunui was also again included within the electorate.[12]
The 1967 Electoral Redistribution, which took effect with the
In the 1972 Electoral Redistribution, Waimarino was abolished and the area divided mostly between Rangitīkei and King Country.[14]
History
The electorate of Waimarino was first created during the 1911 Electoral Redistribution. The
In the 1911 election, three candidates contested the new Waimarino electorate: Smith for the Liberal government, Hockly as the opposition candidate, and Joseph Ivess as an Independent Liberal.[21] Smith and Hockly progressed to the second ballot,[22] which was won by Smith with a 480 votes majority.[23][24] In the 1922 election, Smith was defeated by Labour's Frank Langstone. In the 1925 election, Smith won it back, but was defeated again by Langstone in the 1928 election.[25]
William Henry Wackrow, who had been nominated in 1922 for the Liberal Party in the Rotorua electorate[26] but who withdrew shortly before the election[27] unsuccessfully challenged Langstone in the 1931 election for the United Party.[28]
Langstone transferred to the Auckland electorate of Roskill in the 1946 election,[29] and Paddy Kearins became the new Labour representative.[30] In 1953 Kearins crossed the floor of parliament and voted with the government to support the Licensing Amendment Bill (No. 2). This Bill proposed that the licensing of the King Country, part of Kearins' electorate, be subject to a referendum.[31][32] Following the 1952 Electoral Redistribution, Kearins' electorate of Waimarino was abolished, which took effect for the 1954 election. The northern part of the electorate went to Rotorua, which included the towns of Taupō (which was previously located in Waimarino), Rotorua, and Tokoroa.[33] However, at the candidate selection for Rotorua, Ray Boord won the nomination over Kearins and was subsequently elected,[34] and "Labour lost its only farming voice... sacrificed by the party machine".[35][36][37][38][39] The central and southern parts of the Waimarino electorate were split between Waitomo, Patea, and Rangitikei.[40]
The 1962 Electoral Redistribution saw the re-establishment of the Waimarino electorate, which took effect with the 1963 election. National's Roy Jack, who had previously represented Patea, was the representative.[41] Following the 1967 Electoral Redistribution, Waimarino was abolished, which took effect for the 1969 election.[42]
Members of Parliament
The electorate was represented by four Members of Parliament.[43]
Key
Election | Winner | |
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1911 election | Robert William Smith | |
1914 election | ||
1919 election | ||
1922 election | Frank Langstone | |
1925 election | Robert William Smith (2nd period) | |
1928 election | Frank Langstone (2nd period) | |
1931 election | ||
1935 election | ||
1938 election | ||
1943 election | ||
1946 election | Paddy Kearins | |
1949 election | ||
1951 election | ||
(Electorate abolished 1954–1963, see Rangitikei )
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1963 election | Roy Jack | |
1966 election | ||
1969 election | ||
(Electorate abolished 1972, see Rangitikei and King Country )
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Election results
1969 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Roy Jack | 7,939 | 50.73 | +0.54 | |
Labour | Shaun Alex Cameron | 5,726 | 36.59 | +5.89 | |
Social Credit | Graham Ross Dempsey | 1,724 | 11.01 | ||
Country Party | Clifford Stanley Emeny | 258 | 1.64 | ||
Majority | 2,213 | 14.14 | -5.34 | ||
Turnout | 15,647 | 87.60 | -1.96 | ||
Registered electors | 17,860 |
1966 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Roy Jack | 6,416 | 50.19 | +0.87 | |
Labour | Shaun Alex Cameron | 3,925 | 30.70 | ||
Social Credit | L V Luford | 2,442 | 19.10 | ||
Majority | 2,491 | 19.48 | +6.29 | ||
Turnout | 12,783 | 85.64 | -3.58 | ||
Registered electors | 14,925 |
1963 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Roy Jack | 6,673 | 49.32 | ||
Labour | Olive Smuts-Kennedy | 4,888 | 36.12 | ||
Social Credit | Terence Gregory Mullins | 1,721 | 12.72 | ||
Liberal | John Duggan | 247 | 1.82 | ||
Majority | 1,785 | 13.19 | |||
Turnout | 13,529 | 89.22 | |||
Registered electors | 15,162 |
1951 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paddy Kearins | 7,456 | 50.23 | -0.47 | |
National | Arthur MacPherson | 7,389 | 49.77 | +0.47 | |
Majority | 67 | 0.45 | -0.95 | ||
Turnout | 14,845 | 86.88 | -5.16 | ||
Registered electors | 17,086 |
1949 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paddy Kearins | 7,319 | 50.70 | -1.96 | |
National | Arthur MacPherson | 7,117 | 49.30 | ||
Majority | 202 | 1.40 | -3.90 | ||
Turnout | 14,436 | 92.04 | -0.93 | ||
Registered electors | 15,683 |
1946 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paddy Kearins | 6,755 | 52.66 | ||
National | Norman Robert Hill | 6,074 | 47.34 | ||
Majority | 681 | 5.30 | |||
Turnout | 12,829 | 92.97 | -0.34 | ||
Registered electors | 13,798 |
1943 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Langstone | 5,352 | 54.70 | -9.18 | |
National | Roger Oswald Montgomerie | 3,948 | 40.35 | ||
People's Movement | Digby Perrett | 381 | 3.89 | ||
Informal votes | 102 | 1.04 | +0.42 | ||
Majority | 1,404 | 14.35 | -14.05 | ||
Turnout | 9,783 | 93.31 | -0.33 | ||
Registered electors | 10,484 |
1938 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Langstone | 6,613 | 63.88 | +3.82 | |
National | Cecil Boles | 3,673 | 35.48 | -1.95 | |
Informal votes | 65 | 0.62 | -0.02 | ||
Majority | 2,940 | 28.40 | -5.77 | ||
Turnout | 10,351 | 93.64 | +0.23 | ||
Registered electors | 11,053 |
1935 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Langstone | 4,945 | 60.06 | +6.25 | |
Reform | Cecil Boles | 3,082 | 37.43 | ||
United | Henry William Bucknall Littlewood | 206 | 2.50 | ||
Informal votes | 53 | 0.64 | +0.06 | ||
Majority | 1,863 | 22.63 | +15.01 | ||
Turnout | 8,286 | 93.41 | +9.85 | ||
Registered electors | 8,870 |
1931 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Langstone | 4,174 | 53.81 | +7.42 | |
United | William Henry Wackrow | 3,583 | 46.19 | ||
Informal votes | 45 | 0.58 | -0.02 | ||
Majority | 591 | 7.62 | -5.00 | ||
Turnout | 7,802 | 83.56 | -1.30 | ||
Registered electors | 9,337 |
1928 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Langstone | 3,620 | 46.39 | -2.43 | |
United | Robert William Smith | 2,635 | 33.77 | -16.93 | |
Independent | James Georgetti | 1,500 | 19.22 | ||
Informal votes | 47 | 0.60 | +0.12 | ||
Majority | 985 | 12.62 | |||
Turnout | 7,802 | 84.86 | -5.04 | ||
Registered electors | 9,193 |
1925 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert William Smith | 3,751 | 50.70 | +22.59 | |
Labour | Frank Langstone | 3,611 | 48.82 | +8.32 | |
Informal votes | 36 | 0.48 | -0.45 | ||
Majority | 140 | 1.89 | |||
Turnout | 7,398 | 89.90 | +2.84 | ||
Registered electors | 8,229 |
1922 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Langstone | 2,900 | 40.50 | -3.75 | |
Liberal | Robert William Smith | 2,013 | 28.11 | -27.64 | |
Reform | David Donald McLean | 1,662 | 23.21 | ||
Liberal–Labour
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George James Goldfinch | 507 | 7.08 | ||
Independent Liberal | Henry William Bucknall Littlewood | 10 | 0.13 | ||
Informal votes | 67 | 0.93 | -0.46 | ||
Majority | 887 | 12.38 | |||
Turnout | 7,159 | 87.06 | +11.55 | ||
Registered electors | 8,223 |
1919 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert William Smith | 3,116 | 55.75 | -10.36 | |
Labour | Frank Langstone | 2,473 | 44.25 | ||
Informal votes | 79 | 1.39 | +0.49 | ||
Majority | 643 | 11.50 | -20.72 | ||
Turnout | 5,668 | 75.51 | +7.49 | ||
Registered electors | 7,506 |
1914 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert William Smith | 4,093 | 66.11 | +16.85 | |
Reform | Hugh Montgomerie Speed | 2,098 | 33.89 | ||
Informal votes | 56 | 0.90 | -0.13 | ||
Majority | 1,995 | 32.22 | +25.81 | ||
Turnout | 6,247 | 68.02 | -2.97 | ||
Registered electors | 9,184 |
1911 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert William Smith | 2,805 | 49.26 | ||
Reform | Frank Hockly | 2,440 | 42.85 | ||
Independent Liberal | Joseph Ivess | 449 | 7.89 | ||
Informal votes | 59 | 1.03 | |||
Majority | 365 | 6.41 | |||
Turnout | 5,753 | 70.99 | |||
Registered electors | 8,104 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert William Smith | 3,071 | 54.24 | ||
Reform | Frank Hockly | 2,591 | 45.76 | ||
Informal votes | 21 | 0.37 | |||
Majority | 480 | 8.48 | |||
Turnout | 5,683 | 70.13 | |||
Registered electors | 8,104 |
Notes
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- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 75, 79.
- ^ a b McRobie 1989, p. 75.
- ^ a b "The General Election, 1914". National Library. 1915. p. 13. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 74.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 78.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 82f.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 86f.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 90f.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 94f.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 98f.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 102, 106–107.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 110f.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 114f.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 70, 74.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 229.
- ^ "Final Returns". Taranaki Herald. Vol. LV, no. 14012. 17 September 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ "The Rangitikei Seat". Otago Daily Times. No. 14624. 9 September 1909. p. 7. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ Foster 1966.
- ^ "Rangitikei Seat". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXVIII, no. 74. 24 September 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
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- ^ a b "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 235.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 211, 235.
- ^ "The General Election". Auckland Star. Vol. LIII, no. 53. 4 March 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "The Election Campaign". The Press. Vol. LVIII, no. 17607. 9 November 1922. p. 14. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ a b The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 211.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 209.
- NZPDVol. 301, pp. 2364–67
- ^ Cottrell 1974, pp. 24, 30.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 94, 98–99.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 184.
- ^ Freer 2004, pp. 33, 58.
- ^ Taylor 1974, p. 222.
- ^ Logan 2008, p. 282.
- ^ "RETIREMENT OF MR KEARINS". Press. 29 July 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 28 November 2021 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "PARLIAMENT SESSION ENDED: 12 MEMBERS RETIRING". Press. 2 October 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 28 November 2021 – via Papers Past.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 94, 98.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 207.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 106, 110–111.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 273.
- ^ a b c d Norton 1988, p. 369.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
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- ^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
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- ^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 3, 7. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
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