Christchurch East

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Christchurch East is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.

It is currently held by Lianne Dalziel MP^[1], of the Labour Party.

1 Population Centres
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
- 4.1 2005 election
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Population Centres

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The electorate is based on the Eastern part of the City of Christchurch:

[edit] History

The electorate was created in 1996 for MMP, but had previously existed from 1905 to 1946 (when it was replaced by Sydenham); and in the 19th century (1871-75) as Christchurch City East, with Edward Jerningham Wakefield as the member of parliament.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office	Reason
Tim Armstrong	Labour	1922 1925, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1938	1942	died
Mabel Howard	Labour	1943, 1943	1946	moved to Sydenham

Larry Sutherland	Labour	1996, 1999 2002, 2005	1999	retired
Lianne Dalziel	Labour	1999 2002, 2005	incumbent	-

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2005 election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Party Votes	%
99 MP	-	-	-	13	0.02
ACT	John Peters	401	1.14	277	0.78
Alliance	Lynda Boyd	167	0.47	98	0.03
Christian Heritage	-	-	-	54	0.15
Democrats	-	-	-	18	0.05
Destiny	-	-	-	170	0.48
Direct Democracy	Kyle Chapman	63	0.18	13	0.04
Family Rights PP	-	-	-	7	0.02
Green	Mary McCammon	1698	4.83	1948	5.48
Labour	Y Lianne Dalziel	20969	59.59	18893	53.16
Legalise Cannabis	Kevin O'Connell	299	0.85	101	0.28
Libertarianz	-	-	-	13	0.04
Māori Party	-	-	-	97	0.27
National	David Round	9851	27.99	9851	27.71
NZ First	-	-	-	1694	4.77
One NZ	-	-	-	5	0.01
Progressive	Karen Silcock	926	2.63	926	2.61
Republic of NZ	-	-	-	6	0.02
United	Dianne Wilson	1205	3.42	1176	3.31
ACAP	Paul Hopkinson	43	0.12	-	-
total valid votes		35191		35539
Labour hold	Majority	11,973