Marlborough (New Zealand electorate)
Marlborough is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, in the Marlborough region at the top of the South Island. It existed from 1938 to 1996, and was represented by five Members of Parliament.
Population centres
[edit]The 1931 New Zealand census had been cancelled due to the Great Depression, so the 1937 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth into account. The increasing population imbalance between the North and South Islands had slowed, and only one electorate seat was transferred from south to north. Five electorates were abolished, one former electorate (Onehunga) was re-established, and four electorates were created for the first time, including Marlborough.[1] The Marlborough electorate replaced the Wairau electorate, which had more or less the same shape as Wairau had had since the 1927 electoral redistribution.[2] For the purposes of the country quota, the 1936 census had determined that some 27% of the population lived in urban areas, and the balance in rural areas.[3]
Settlements that were covered by the original electorate included Havelock, Picton, Blenheim, and Kaikōura.[4] The area is noted for growing grapes for white wine.
History
[edit]The electorate was created in 1938, replacing the Wairau electorate. Ted Meachen of the Labour Party, who had previously represented Wairau, was the first representative.[5] In the 1946 election, Meachen was defeated by National's Tom Shand.[6]
In 1996 with the advent of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation the electorate was included into the Kaikōura electorate. The then MP Doug Kidd was the first MP for Kaikōura.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Key
Election results
[edit]1993 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Doug Kidd | 8,935 | 41.04 | −22.34 | |
Labour | Stephen Howard | 6,387 | 29.33 | ||
Alliance | Reg Murphy | 3,891 | 17.87 | ||
NZ First | Tom Harrison | 1,930 | 8.86 | ||
Christian Heritage | David Pigou | 485 | 2.22 | ||
Independent | Desmond Bell | 91 | 0.41 | −0.35 | |
Natural Law | Kevin Smith | 50 | 0.22 | ||
Majority | 2,548 | 11.70 | −23.76 | ||
Turnout | 21,769 | 83.77 | +1.03 | ||
Registered electors | 25,984 |
1990 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Doug Kidd | 12,844 | 63.38 | +9.67 | |
Labour | Barbara Hutchinson | 5,657 | 27.91 | −14.27 | |
NewLabour | Karen Donaldson | 901 | 4.44 | ||
Social Credit | George Kerr | 425 | 2.09 | ||
NZ Party | Michael Heywood | 180 | 0.88 | ||
Independent | Desmond Bell | 155 | 0.76 | +0.27 | |
Democrats | Hugh Emslie | 102 | 0.50 | ||
Majority | 7,187 | 35.46 | +23.93 | ||
Turnout | 20,264 | 82.74 | −8.08 | ||
Registered electors | 24,489 |
1987 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Doug Kidd | 11,189 | 53.71 | +11.01 | |
Labour | Barbara Hutchinson | 8,787 | 42.18 | ||
Democrats | Ross MacArthur | 650 | 3.12 | ||
Independent | Desmond Bell | 109 | 0.52 | +0.33 | |
Independent | Stephen Yealands | 97 | 0.46 | +0.07 | |
Majority | 2,402 | 11.53 | +8.78 | ||
Turnout | 20,832 | 90.82 | −3.20 | ||
Registered electors | 22,937 |
1984 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Doug Kidd | 9,472 | 42.70 | −0.61 | |
Labour | George MacDonald | 8,860 | 39.94 | ||
NZ Party | Peter Calcott | 2,656 | 11.97 | ||
Social Credit | Heather Smith | 1,062 | 4.78 | ||
Independent | Stephen Yealands | 87 | 0.39 | ||
Independent | Desmond Bell | 43 | 0.19 | −0.12 | |
Majority | 612 | 2.75 | −5.15 | ||
Turnout | 22,180 | 94.02 | +1.88 | ||
Registered electors | 23,590 |
1981 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Doug Kidd | 8,998 | 43.31 | −0.37 | |
Labour | Graeme Macann | 7,355 | 35.40 | ||
Social Credit | Ron Cullum | 4,353 | 20.95 | ||
Independent | Desmond Bell | 66 | 0.31 | −0.02 | |
Majority | 1,643 | 7.90 | +6.27 | ||
Turnout | 20,772 | 92.14 | +12.98 | ||
Registered electors | 22,543 |
1978 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Doug Kidd | 8,614 | 43.68 | ||
Labour | Ian Brooks | 8,291 | 42.05 | +4.26 | |
Social Credit | George Kerr | 2,365 | 11.99 | +7.01 | |
Values | Ailsa Litchfield | 381 | 1.93 | ||
Independent | Desmond Bell | 66 | 0.33 | ||
Majority | 323 | 1.63 | |||
Turnout | 19,717 | 79.16 | −9.77 | ||
Registered electors | 24,905 |
1975 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ed Latter | 10,047 | 53.96 | ||
Labour | Ian Brooks | 7,037 | 37.79 | −13.66 | |
Social Credit | George Kerr | 928 | 4.98 | +0.35 | |
Values | Richard Belton | 607 | 3.26 | ||
Majority | 3,010 | 16.16 | |||
Turnout | 18,619 | 88.93 | −3.04 | ||
Registered electors | 20,936 |
1972 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Brooks | 8,469 | 51.45 | +3.52 | |
National | Bruno Dalliessi | 7,179 | 43.61 | ||
Social Credit | George Kerr | 763 | 4.63 | −3.32 | |
New Democratic | Thomas William MacDonald | 49 | 0.29 | ||
Majority | 1,290 | 7.83 | +0.75 | ||
Turnout | 16,460 | 91.97 | +13.66 | ||
Registered electors | 17,896 |
1970 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Brooks | 7,060 | 47.93 | +9.29 | |
National | Andy Shand | 6,017 | 40.85 | ||
Social Credit | George Kerr | 1,171 | 7.95 | −0.29 | |
Country Party | Clifford Stanley Emeny | 482 | 3.27 | ||
Majority | 1,043 | 7.08 | |||
Turnout | 14,730 | 78.31 | −13.33 | ||
Registered electors | 18,809 |
1969 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Shand | 9,039 | 53.10 | +6.98 | |
Labour | Ian Brooks | 6,579 | 38.64 | ||
Social Credit | George Kerr | 1,404 | 8.24 | −4.18 | |
Majority | 2,460 | 14.45 | +9.78 | ||
Turnout | 17,022 | 91.64 | +1.88 | ||
Registered electors | 18,573 |
1966 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Shand | 7,216 | 46.12 | −4.13 | |
Labour | Gerry Wall | 6,484 | 41.44 | ||
Social Credit | George Kerr | 1,943 | 12.42 | −0.91 | |
Majority | 732 | 4.67 | −9.17 | ||
Turnout | 15,643 | 89.76 | −1.45 | ||
Registered electors | 17,427 |
1963 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Shand | 7,663 | 50.25 | +0.03 | |
Labour | Bill Kenyon | 5,552 | 36.41 | ||
Social Credit | George Kerr | 2,033 | 13.33 | +1.97 | |
Majority | 2,111 | 13.84 | +2.83 | ||
Turnout | 15,248 | 91.21 | |||
Registered electors | 16,716 |
1960 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Shand | 7,424 | 50.22 | −1.80 | |
Labour | Robert William Hope | 5,677 | 38.40 | ||
Social Credit | George Kerr | 1,680 | 11.36 | +3.34 | |
Majority | 1,747 | 11.81 | −0.27 | ||
Turnout | 14,781 | 92.56 | −2.11 | ||
Registered electors | 15,969 |
1957 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Shand | 7,672 | 52.02 | +3.69 | |
Labour | Roy Evans | 5,890 | 39.94 | ||
Social Credit | George Kerr | 1,184 | 8.02 | −6.47 | |
Majority | 1,782 | 12.08 | +0.92 | ||
Turnout | 14,746 | 94.67 | +1.58 | ||
Registered electors | 15,575 |
1954 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Shand | 7,080 | 48.33 | −10.49 | |
Labour | George Allan Turner | 5,445 | 37.16 | ||
Social Credit | George Kerr | 2,124 | 14.49 | ||
Majority | 1,635 | 11.16 | −6.48 | ||
Turnout | 14,649 | 93.09 | +0.42 | ||
Registered electors | 15,735 |
1951 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Shand | 8,175 | 58.82 | +2.11 | |
Labour | Ted Meachen | 5,723 | 41.18 | ||
Majority | 2,452 | 17.64 | +4.21 | ||
Turnout | 13,898 | 92.67 | −2.45 | ||
Registered electors | 14,996 |
1949 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Shand | 7,861 | 56.71 | +6.06 | |
Labour | James Harrison Wilson | 5,999 | 43.29 | ||
Majority | 1,862 | 13.43 | +12.13 | ||
Turnout | 13,860 | 95.12 | +0.79 | ||
Registered electors | 14,571 |
1946 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Tom Shand | 6,935 | 50.65 | +5.42 | |
Labour | Ted Meachen | 6,756 | 49.35 | −0.41 | |
Majority | 179 | 1.30 | |||
Turnout | 13,691 | 94.33 | +2.17 | ||
Registered electors | 14,513 |
1943 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Meachen | 5,934 | 48.94 | −7.23 | |
National | Tom Shand | 5,484 | 45.23 | ||
Democratic Labour | Mark Walton Grace | 564 | 4.65 | ||
Ind. Conservative | Angus Mackinnon | 52 | 0.42 | ||
Informal votes | 90 | 0.74 | −0.07 | ||
Majority | 450 | 3.71 | −9.31 | ||
Turnout | 12,124 | 92.16 | −3.58 | ||
Registered electors | 13,154 |
1938 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Meachen | 6,579 | 56.17 | ||
National | Edward Healy | 5,054 | 43.15 | ||
Informal votes | 79 | 0.67 | |||
Majority | 1,525 | 13.02 | |||
Turnout | 11,712 | 95.74 | |||
Registered electors | 12,232 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 87–92.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 87–93.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 92.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 93.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 219.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 219, 233.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. pp. 60–1.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. pp. 64–5.
- ^ a b c d e f g Norton 1988, p. 274.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Norton 1988, p. 273.
- ^ "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.
References
[edit]- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- 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.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.