Raglan (New Zealand electorate)

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Raglan is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.

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[edit] History

The Raglan electorate existed from 1861 to 1870, from 1911 to 1978, and then from 1984 to 1996.

In 1996, Simon Upton who was then the MP for Raglan chose to become a list MP. He resigned in 2001.

[edit] Population Centres

The Raglan electorate is on the West coast of the Waikato region, and is based on the small town of Raglan.

[edit] Election results

Election Winner
1911 election Richard Bollard (Reform)
1914 election
1919 election
1922 election
1925 election
1927 by-election William Lee Martin (Labour)
1928 election
1931 election Daniel Stewart Reid (Reform)
1935 election William Lee Martin (Labour)
1938 election
1943 election Robert Coulter (Labour)
1946 by-election Hallyburton Johnstone (National)
1946 election Alan Baxter (Labour)
1949 election Hallyburton Johnstone (National)
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election Douglas Carter (National)
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election Marilyn Waring (National)
1978 election Marilyn Waring (National) (for Waipa)
1981 election
1984 election Simon Upton (National)
1987 election
1990 election
1993 election
1996 election

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