Yaldhurst (New Zealand electorate)
Yaldhurst is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, near the city of Christchurch. The electorate was to the southwest of Christchurch, and was suburban and semi-rural.
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
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History
In the 1978 election, the Yaldhurst electorate was won by Mick Connelly of the Labour Party, who had been MP for the Wigram electorate since 1969, and the Riccarton electorate prior to that since 1956.[6] Connelly retired at the 1984 election and was succeeded by Labour's Margaret Austin.[7] In 1995, Austin defected to United New Zealand prior to the first mixed-member proportional (MMP) election. When the electorate was abolished in 1996, Austin stood in the new Ilam electorate where she came third.[8]
Members of Parliament
Key
Election | Winner | |
---|---|---|
1978 election | Mick Connelly | |
1981 election | ||
1984 election | Margaret Austin | |
1987 election | ||
1990 election | ||
1993 election | ||
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Ilam) |
Election results
1993 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Austin | 10,659 | 46.72 | -2.90 | |
National | David Watson | 7,662 | 33.58 | ||
Alliance | Liz Gordon | 2,881 | 12.62 | ||
NZ First | Robin Booth | 1,092 | 4.78 | ||
Christian Heritage | Graham Capill | 467 | 2.04 | ||
Natural Law
|
Royal Van Der Werf | 53 | 0.23 | ||
Majority | 2,997 | 13.13 | +12.95 | ||
Turnout | 22,814 | 85.80 | -0.22 | ||
Registered electors | 26,588 |
1990 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Austin | 9,699 | 43.82 | -10.61 | |
National | John Connelly | 9,657 | 43.63 | ||
NewLabour | Garry Illes | 1,595 | 7.20 | ||
Christian Heritage | Gary Howard Milne | 563 | 2.54 | ||
Independent | Henry Collett | 381 | 1.72 | ||
Democrats
|
Norman Davey | 151 | 0.68 | -1.84 | |
Social Credit | Vince Smith | 85 | 0.38 | ||
Majority | 42 | 0.18 | -11.66 | ||
Turnout | 22,131 | 86.02 | -3.41 | ||
Registered electors | 25,726 |
1987 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Austin | 11,684 | 54.43 | +4.06 | |
National | James Bacon | 9,142 | 42.59 | ||
Democrats
|
Norman Davey | 542 | 2.52 | -0.08 | |
Wizard Party | Suzanne Toy | 97 | 0.45 | ||
Majority | 2,542 | 11.84 | -1.10 | ||
Turnout | 21,465 | 89.43 | -5.00 | ||
Registered electors | 24,001 |
1984 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Austin | 11,560 | 50.37 | ||
National | Howard Joseph | 8,590 | 37.43 | ||
NZ Party | Neil Russell | 2,024 | 8.82 | ||
Social Credit | Norman Davey | 597 | 2.60 | -6.84 | |
Values | Alan Wilkinson | 99 | 0.43 | -0.09 | |
Independent | Geoff Bucknall | 76 | 0.33 | -0.03 | |
Majority | 2,970 | 12.94 | |||
Turnout | 22,946 | 94.43 | +3.22 | ||
Registered electors | 24,298 |
1981 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Connelly | 10,975 | 49.23 | -1.02 | |
National | Margaret Murray | 9,013 | 40.43 | ||
Social Credit | Norman Davey | 2,106 | 9.44 | +1.69 | |
Values | Alan Wilkinson | 117 | 0.52 | ||
Independent | Geoff Bucknall | 81 | 0.36 | ||
Majority | 1,962 | 8.80 | +1.19 | ||
Turnout | 22,292 | 91.21 | +16.15 | ||
Registered electors | 24,440 |
1978 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Connelly | 10,816 | 50.25 | ||
National | David Watson | 8,548 | 39.71 | ||
Social Credit | Norman Davey | 1,670 | 7.75 | ||
Values | Pat Wilkinson | 487 | 2.26 | ||
Majority | 1,638 | 7.61 | |||
Turnout | 21,521 | 75.06 | |||
Registered electors | 28,670 |
Notes
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 8–9, 51, 119.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 119.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 115–120.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 117, 121.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 121.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 190.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 181, 190.
- ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Ilam, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ 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. p. 149.
- ^ a b c d Norton 1988, p. 394.
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.