Petone (New Zealand electorate)

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Petone is a former Parliamentary electorate in the lower Hutt Valley of New Zealand, from 1946 to 1978.

Contents 1 Population Centres 2 History 3 Election results 3.1 Members of Parliament for Petone 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Population Centres

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The electorate is based on the southern part of the city of Lower Hutt.

[edit] History

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Petone electorate existed from 1946. In 1978 it was replaced by the Pencarrow electorate, which was also held by Fraser Colman.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Members of Parliament for Petone

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

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office	Reason
Michael Moohan	Labour	1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1966	1967 by-election	died
Fraser Colman	Labour	1967 by-election, 1969, 1972, 1975	1978	electorate renamed

[edit] References

[edit] External links