Aoraki (New Zealand electorate)

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Aoraki is a New Zealand electorate. It is located in the South Island, covering southern Canterbury and northern Otago. It is named after the mountain Aoraki/Mount Cook.

[edit] History

The electorate of Aoraki was created for the 1996 elections, as part of the major redistribution in the transition to MMP. It was effectively a merger of the old seats of Timaru and Waitaki, bringing the town of Timaru and its surrounding farmland together in one electorate.

The boundaries of Aoraki have not undergone any significant changes since the seat was created. However, in boundary changes announced for the 2008 general election, Aoraki will cease to exist, with the bulk of its population centres being transferred to a resurrected electorate named Waitaki. The southern part goes to Otago.

[edit] Election results

	Election	Winner
	1996 election	Jim Sutton (Labour)
	1999 election
	2002 election
	2005 election	Jo Goodhew (National)

[edit] 2005 elections

	Name	Party	Votes
	Jo Goodhew	National	18,252
	Jim Sutton	Labour	11,315
	Kate Elsen	Green	2,038
	Kerry Lundy	NZ First	1,203
	Mark Rogers	United Future	340
	Claire Main	Progressive	320
	Kevin Murray	ACT	215
	John Sullivan	Direct Democracy	99