Auckland Central (NZ electorate)
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Auckland Central is a New Zealand electorate, situated in the centre of Auckland.
[edit] History
The first electorate of Auckland Central was created for the 1887 elections, being formed from parts of the Auckland North electorate and the Auckland West electorate. It was focused around upper Queen Street, Grafton, and Newton. It lasted only until the 1890 elections, when a reduction in the number of electorates caused it to lapse back into a single Auckland electorate.
At the 1905 elections, however, the Auckland seat was split into three, with one of the new electorates being named Auckland Central. It covered an area roughly corresponding to modern downtown Auckland. It has remained focused on this area ever since, although its boundaries have undergone various (generally minor) changes over the years. The largest adjustment came with the change of electoral system at the 1996 elections, when the electorate has expanded to the west, incorporating areas such as Ponsonby and Point Chevalier.
The seat has been held by the Labour Party for most of its existence — since 1919, the seat has spent only three years in the hands of another party (the left-wing Alliance, from 1993 to 1996).
[edit] Election results
| Election | Winner | |
| 1887 election | George Edward Grey (Independent) | |
| 1905 by-election | Alfred Kidd (Liberal) | |
| 1908 election | Albert Glover (Liberal) | |
| 1911 election | ||
| 1914 election | ||
| 1919 election | Bill Parry (Labour) | |
| 1922 election | ||
| 1925 election | ||
| 1928 election | ||
| 1931 election | ||
| 1935 election | ||
| 1938 election | ||
| 1943 election | ||
| 1946 election | Bill Anderton (Labour) | |
| 1949 election | ||
| 1951 election | ||
| 1954 election | ||
| 1957 election | ||
| 1960 election | Norman Douglas (Labour) | |
| 1963 election | ||
| 1966 election | ||
| 1969 election | ||
| 1972 election | ||
| 1975 election | Richard Prebble (Labour) | |
| 1978 election | ||
| 1981 election | ||
| 1984 election | ||
| 1987 election | ||
| 1990 election | ||
| 1993 election | Sandra Lee-Vercoe (Alliance) | |
| 1996 election | Judith Tizard (Labour) | |
| 1999 election | ||
| 2002 election | ||
| 2005 election | ||
