Rangiora (New Zealand electorate)

Rangiora is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, based on the town of Rangiora.

Population centres

The electorate is based on the town of Rangiora and the surrounding rural area, and is north of Christchurch in North Canterbury.

History

The electorate existed from 1963 (when it replaced the Hurunui electorate) until 1996, when with mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation it was absorbed into the new Waimakariri electorate.

The electorate is semi-rural and was represented by the National Party except for the 1972–1975 period. Derek Quigley was a National MP who was opposed to the interventionist policies of Muldoon's Third National Government. He resigned from Cabinet in 1982, and left Parliament in 1984.

Members of Parliament

Key   National   Labour

Election	Winner
1963 election		Lorrie Pickering
1966 election
1969 election
1972 election		Kerry Burke
1975 election		Derek Quigley
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election		Jim Gerard
1987 election
1990 election
1993 election
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Waimakariri)

Election results

1987 election

1987 general election: Rangiora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jim Gerard	11,413	52.8	+10.2
	Labour	Chris Constable	9,281	42.9	+2.0
	Democrats	Graham Moore	756	3.5	−0.4
	NZ Party	John McCaskey	171	0.8	−11.8
Majority			2,123	9.9
Turnout				92.1
Registered electors			23,743

1984 election

1984 general election: Rangiora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jim Gerard	8,895	42.7	−4.0
	Labour	Brian Tomlinson	8,549	40.9	−1.5
	NZ Party	Bill Gardner	2,631	12.6	+12.6
	Social Credit	Graham Moore	820	3.9	−7.1
Majority			346	1.7
Turnout				95.2
Registered electors			22,257

1981 election

1981 general election: Rangiora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Derek Quigley	10,472	46.6	+0.2
	Labour	Chris Hayward	9,540	42.4	+1.4
	Social Credit	William Morgan	2,470	11.0	+0.5
Majority			932	4.2
Turnout				92.6
Registered electors			24,362

1978 election

1978 general election: Rangiora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Derek Quigley	9,729	46.4	−3.4
	Labour	Don McKenzie	8,584	41.0	−2.3
	Social Credit	Alf Barwood	2,195	10.5	+7.5
	Values	Richard Schluter	433	2.1	−1.8
Majority			1,145	5.4
Turnout				77.3
Registered electors			27,181

1975 election

1975 general election: Rangiora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Derek Quigley	10,499	49.8	+5.5
	Labour	Kerry Burke	9,113	43.3	−6.2
	Values	Wren Green	820	3.9	+2.9
	Social Credit	Jim Fountain	633	3.0	−0.9
Majority			1,386	6.5
Turnout				89.0
Registered electors			23,733

1972 election

1972 general election: Rangiora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerry Burke	8,245	49.5	+6.5
	National	Adrian Hiatt	7,379	44.3	−5.2
	Social Credit	Jim Fountain	645	3.9	−3.8
	Values	Arthur Calvin Peters	161	1.0	+1.0
	Liberal Reform	John McCaskey	118	0.7	+0.7
	New Democratic	Lawrence James Gray	55	0.3	+0.3
	Union Movement	Owen Victor Beaumont	49	0.3	+0.3
Majority			1,386	6.5
Turnout				89.0
Registered electors			23,733

1969 election

1969 general election: Rangiora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Lorrie Pickering	8,428	49.5	+1.6
	Labour	Paul Piesse	7,285	42.8	+1.1
	Social Credit	Louise Moore	1,314	7.7	−2.7
Majority			1,143	6.7
Turnout				89.9
Registered electors			19,059

1966 election

1966 general election: Rangiora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Lorrie Pickering	7,338	47.9	−3.4
	Labour	Te Rino Tirikatene	6,381	41.7	+0.1
	Social Credit	John Bere	1,598	10.4	+3.3
Majority			957	6.2
Turnout				88.5
Registered electors			17,424

1963 election

1963 general election: Rangiora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Lorrie Pickering	7,556	51.3
	Labour	Te Rino Tirikatene	6,131	41.6
	Social Credit	Jack Clark	1,040	7.1
Majority			1,425	9.7
Turnout				89.9
Registered electors			16,466

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.