Rimutaka (New Zealand electorate)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rimutaka is a Hutt Valley electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives.

The current representative is Paul Swain^[1]. He is a member of the Labour Party, and has represented the seat since 1996. He is stepping down at the 2008 election for personal reasons.

Rimutaka covers an area stretching from the Rimutaka Ranges, for which it is named, through Upper Hutt to the Lower Hutt suburbs of Taita, Stokes Valley and Kelson. Boundary changes effective from the 2008 election mean that the suburb of Belmont will move from the Ohariu electorate (previously called Ohariu-Belmont) to become part of Rimutaka.

1 History
- 1.1 Members of Parliament for Rimutaka
- 1.2 List MPs from Rimutaka
2 Election results
- 2.1 2005 election
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Members of Parliament for Rimutaka

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

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office	Reason
Paul Swain	Labour	1996, 1999, 2002, 2005	incumbent

[edit] List MPs from Rimutaka

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Rimutaka electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office
Peter McCardle¹	NZ First	1996	1999

¹ McCardle was the National MP for Heretaunga from 1990 to 1996

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2005 election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Party Votes	%
99 MP	-	-	-	14	0.04
ACT	Nigel Kearney	380	1.14	414	1.19
Alliance	-	-	-	28	0.08
Christian Heritage	-	-	-	54	0.16
Democrats	-	-	-	10	0.03
Destiny	-	-	-	197	0.57
Direct Democracy	-	-	-	6	0.02
Family Rights PP	-	-	-	9	0.03
Green	Michael Morris	1243	3.6	1446	4.16
Labour	Y Paul Swain	18681	54.18	16558	47.6
Legalise Cannabis	-	-	-	691	0.26
Libertarianz	-	-	-	19	0.05
Māori Party	-	-	-	181	0.52
National	Mike Leddy	10404	30.17	11791	33.90
NZ First	David Fowler	1094	3.17	1736	4.99
One NZ	-	-	-	8	0.02
Progressive	-	-	-	451	1.3
Republic of NZ	-	-	-	2	0.01
United	Bernard McLelland	1777	5.15	1615	4.64
IND	Dave Reynolds	549	1.59	-	-
total valid votes		34,481		34,785
Labour hold	Majority	8,277