Hauraki (New Zealand general electorate)

Hauraki is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1928 to 1987 and 1993 to 1996. In the 1987 general election it was renamed Coromandel, the name that had been used from 1972 to 1981. In 1993 it reverted to Hauraki, but became Coromandel again for the first MMP election in 1996.

Population centres

In the 1927 electoral redistribution, the North Island gained a further electorate from the South Island due to faster population growth. Five electorates were abolished, two former electorates were re-established, and three electorates, including Hauraki, were created for the first time. These changes came into effect with the 1928 election.^[1] In its original form, the Hauraki electorate extended from the Hauraki Plains up the coast to Auckland. Settlements that fell into the electorate were Howick, Papatoetoe, Māngere, Manurewa, Brookby, Meremere, Miranda, and Waitakaruru.^[2] In the 1937 electoral redistribution, the Hauraki electorate moved significantly south, losing all the South Auckland suburbs to the new Otahuhu electorate, and gaining Morrinsville.^[3]

In the 1946 electoral redistribution, the Hauraki electorate moved to the north-east, losing Morrinsville, but gaining Paeroa and most of the Coromandel Peninsula, including Thames, Whitianga, and Coromandel township.^[4]

The 1987 electoral redistribution took the continued population growth in the North Island into account, and two additional general electorates were created, bringing the total number of electorates to 97. In the South Island, the shift of population to Christchurch had continued.^[5] Overall, three electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated, and four electorates were abolished (including Hauraki). All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes.^[6] These changes came into effect with the 1987 election.^[7]

History

The electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament.^[8] The first representative was Arthur Hall, who died in office on 18 April 1931.^[9] This caused the 1931 by-election, which was won by Walter William Massey.^[10]

In 1972 and 1987, the electorate was abolished and replaced with the Coromandel electorate.^[8]

Members of Parliament

Key

Reform Labour National

Election	Winner
1928 election		Arthur Hall
1931 by-election		Walter William Massey
1931 election		Walter William Massey
1935 election		Charles Robert Petrie
1938 election		John Manchester Allen
1942 by-election		Andy Sutherland
1943 election
1946 election
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election		Arthur Kinsella
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election		Leo Schultz
(Abolished 1972–1978; see Coromandel)
1978 election		Leo Schultz
1981 election		Graeme Lee
1984 election		Graeme Lee
{Abolished 1987–1993; see Coromandel)
1993 election		Warren Kyd
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Coromandel)

The name Hauraki was used in 1999 for a Māori electorate; please refer to Hauraki Maori.

Election results

1993 election

1993 general election: Hauraki^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National	Warren Kyd	7,568	40.85
	Alliance	Jeanette Fitzsimons	5,698	30.75
	Labour	Rachel Garden	3,183	17.18
	NZ First	Sharon O'Flaherty	1,593	8.59
	Christian Heritage	Ross Jackson	289	1.55
	McGillicuddy Serious	Gregory Clive Smith	148	0.79
	Defence Movement	James Brian Boswell	47	0.25
Majority			1,870	10.09
Turnout			18,526	83.10
Registered electors			22,291

1984 election

1984 general election: Hauraki^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Graeme Lee	9,070	43.9	−1.5
	Social Credit	Alasdair Thompson	5,638	27.3
	Labour	Gary Taylor	4,653	22.5
	NZ Party	Peter Hepburn	1,227	5.9
	Values	Marion Donald	71	0.4
Majority			3,432	16.6	+7.5
Turnout			22,607	93.2	+3.9

1981 election

1981 general election: Hauraki^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Graeme Lee	8,996	45.4
	Social Credit	Gordon Miller	7,209	36.3	+3.1
	Labour	Carl Jensen	3,636	18.3
Majority			1,787	9.1
Turnout			22,298	89.3	+19.2

1978 election

1978 general election: Hauraki^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National	Leo Schultz	8,022	44.3
	Social Credit	Gordon Miller	6,003	33.2
	Labour	John Williams	3,668	20.3
	Values	Michael Fraser Donoghue	390	2.2
Majority			2,019	11.1
Turnout			25,876	70.1

1943 election

There were five candidates in 1943, with the election won by Andy Sutherland over Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson.^[13]

1942 by-election

1942 Hauraki by-election^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National	Andy Sutherland	3,805	77.41
	Independent	Henry Thomas Head	1,082	22.01
Informal votes			29	0.58
Majority			2,723	55.39
Turnout			4,916
Registered electors

1935 election

1935 general election: Hauraki^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Robert Petrie	5,325	45.37	+9.99
	Reform	Walter Massey	4,781	40.74	−23.88
	Democrat	Stanley Rickards	1,629	13.88
Informal votes			75	0.63	−0.05
Majority			544	4.63
Turnout			11,735	89.64	+10.41
Registered electors			13,090

1931 election

1931 general election: Hauraki^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Walter Massey	6,078	64.62	+15.15
	Labour	Charles Robert Petrie	3,328	35.38	+3.42
Informal votes			64	0.68
Majority			2,750	29.24	+11.73
Turnout			9,470	79.23
Registered electors			11,953

1931 by-election

1931 Hauraki by-election^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Walter Massey	4,023	49.47
	Labour	Charles Robert Petrie	2,599	31.96
	United	Ebenezer Allan	997	12.26	−19.74
	Country Party	Alexander Ross	513	6.31
Majority			1,424	17.51	7.80
Turnout			8,132

1928 election

1928 general election: Hauraki^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Arthur Hall	3,826	41.71
	United	Ebenezer Allan	2,935	32.00
	Labour	Charles Robert Petrie	2,411	26.29
Majority			891	9.71
Informal votes			54	0.59
Turnout			9,226	87.60
Registered electors			10,532

Notes

^ McRobie 1989, pp. 83–88.
^ McRobie 1989, p. 86.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 86–91.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 90–95.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 127f.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 123–128.
^ McRobie 1989, p. 127.
^ ^a ^b Wilson 1985, p. 264.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 202.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 219.
^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. pp. 35–6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Norton 1988, p. 239.
^ "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. 80, no. 24714. 14 October 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
^ "Majority Increased - Hauraki By-election". Waikato Times. Vol. 130, no. 21657. 18 February 1942. p. 2.
^ The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
^ "Election Counts". Auckland Star. Vol. LXII, no. 291. 9 December 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
^ "Hauraki by-election: The official count". The Evening Post. Vol. CXI, no. 131. 5 June 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 3. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

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.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198983–88-1] McRobie 1989, pp. 83–88.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198986-2] McRobie 1989, p. 86.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198986–91-3] McRobie 1989, pp. 86–91.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198990–95-4] McRobie 1989, pp. 90–95.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989127f-5] McRobie 1989, pp. 127f.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989123–128-6] McRobie 1989, pp. 123–128.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989127-7] McRobie 1989, p. 127.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985264-8] Wilson 1985, p. 264.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985202-9] Wilson 1985, p. 202.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985219-10] Wilson 1985, p. 219.

[11] Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. pp. 35–6.

[FOOTNOTENorton1988239-12] Norton 1988, p. 239.

[13] "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. 80, no. 24714. 14 October 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

[1942_by-election-14] "Majority Increased - Hauraki By-election". Waikato Times. Vol. 130, no. 21657. 18 February 1942. p. 2.

[The_General_Election_1935-15] The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

[1931_election-16] The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

[17] "Election Counts". Auckland Star. Vol. LXII, no. 291. 9 December 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 28 October 2014.

[The_Official_Count-18] "Hauraki by-election: The official count". The Evening Post. Vol. CXI, no. 131. 5 June 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

[1928_election-19] Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 3. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

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