Pakuranga (New Zealand electorate)

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Pakuranga is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.

It is currently held by Maurice Williamson MP^[1].

1 Population Centres
2 History
3 Election results
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Population Centres

Pakuranga is one of sixty-three general electorates used in New Zealand general elections. It covers the population centres of Pakuranga, Farm Cove, Half Moon Bay, Bucklands Beach, parts of Highland Park and parts of Howick.

[edit] History

While Pakuranga existed as an electorate prior to the introduction of MMP in 1996, it was expanded to absorb the former separate seat of Howick after population quotas for all electorates were increased to allow for list representation.

Due to changes in population, the Electoral Commission proposed that the boundaries for Pakuranga be changed in the 2008 general election. The draft report called for the transfer in of the population centres of Panmure, Point England and Glen Innes. Highland Park, Howick and parts of Bucklands Beach would have been carved off into a separate seat bearing the resurrected name Howick , which would also have picked up Botany Downs from the seat of Clevedon. This change was strongly opposed by Pakuranga residents, with the Commission receiving the most number of objections relating to a single electorate.

After the objection and counter-objection process, the Commission adopted the recommendation of Objector N17/030 (N17 being the designation given to the Pakuranga seat) by keeping the western boundary of Pakuranga at the Tamaki River. To make the necessary population adjustments, the Commission detached Cockle Bay and Burswood. The proposed new seat of Howick was, also on the recommendation of Objector N17/30, renamed Botany to reflect the electorate's centre on the growing population of Flat Bush and Botany Downs-Dannemora.

Pakuranga is regarded as a safe National seat, and has been held by Maurice Williamson since 1987.

[edit] Election results

	Election	Winner

	1963 election	Bob Tizard (Labour)
	1966 election
	1969 election

	1972 election	Gavin Downie (National)
	1975 election	Gavin Downie (National)

	1978 election	Pat Hunt (National)
	1981 election	Pat Hunt (National)

	1984 election	Neil Morrison (Social Credit)

	1987 election	Maurice Williamson (National)
	1990 election
	1993 election
	1996 election
	1999 election
	2002 election
	2005 election