Christchurch East

Christchurch East is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It is currently held by Lianne Dalziel of the Labour Party.[1]

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Population Centres

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

History

The electorate was first created, as Christchurch City East, for the 1871 election.[2] Edward Jerningham Wakefield was elected and represented the electorate until the end of the electoral term in 1875,[3] when Christchurch City East was abolished again, replaced by the three-member electorate City of Christchurch.[2]

Christchurch East was re-created again for the 1905 election.[2] The first representative, Thomas Davey, held the electorate for three parliamentary terms until 1914,[4] when he retired. Davey was an Independent sympathetic to the Liberal Party.

Davey was succeeded by Henry Thacker of the Liberal Party. Thacker served for two terms[5] and was elected Mayor of Christchurch in 1919.[6]

Thacker was defeated in the 1922 election by Tim Armstrong of the Labour Party.[7] Since his 1922 win, the electorate (for as long as it existed) has been held by Labour. Armstrong was re-elected in the five subsequent general elections and died in office on 8 November 1942.[8]

Armstrong's death triggered the 1943 by-election, which was held on 6 February.[9][10] The by-election was contested by five candidates, including representatives from the Labour Party, the Labour breakaway party Democratic Labour Party and the National Party.[11] The election was won by the Labour candidate, Mabel Howard, and started her long parliamentary career, which included her becoming the first female cabinet minister in 1947.[12]

Christchurch East was abolished in 1946 and re-created in 1996 for the MMP-era.

Members of Parliament

Christchurch East has been represented by seven electorate MPs:

Key   Independent     Liberal     Labour     National  

Election Winner
1871 election Edward Jerningham Wakefield
(Electorate abolished 1875–1905, see City of Christchurch)
1905 election Thomas Davey
1908 election
1911 election
1914 election Henry Thacker
1919 election
1922 election Tim Armstrong
1925 election
1928 election
1931 election
1935 election
1938 election
1943 by-election Mabel Howard
1943 election
(Electorate abolished 1946–1996)
1996 election Larry Sutherland
1999 election Lianne Dalziel
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election

List MPs

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

Election Winner
2008 election Aaron Gilmore
2011 election

Candidates in the 2011 election

General Election 2011: Christchurch East
Notes:

 Green background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring incumbent.
Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Conservative Leighton Baker 12   [13][14]
Legalise Cannabis Michael Britnell 2   [13][15]
Labour Lianne Dalziel Incumbent since 1999; MP since 1990 None[16]   [13][17]
National Aaron Gilmore List MP since 2008 53   [13][18]
Green Mojo Mathers 14   [13][19]
United Future Johnny Miller 16   [13][20]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 39,605[21]

Election results

2011 election

General Election 2011: Christchurch East [22]

Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
Labour Y Lianne Dalziel 15,559 55.54 +2.61 9,100 31.65 -13.62
National Aaron Gilmore 10,225 36.50 +0.55 13,252 46.10 +10.40
Green Mojo Mathers 1,347 4.81 -0.62 3,359 11.68 +4.45
Conservative Leighton Baker 522 1.86 +1.86 617 2.15 +2.15
Legalise Cannabis Michael Britnell 254 0.91 -0.32 145 0.50 +0.16
United Future Johnny Miller 108 0.39 -0.22 160 0.56 -0.39
NZ First   1,801 6.26 +2.34
ACT   101 0.35 -1.58
Māori   84 0.29 -0.22
Mana   63 0.22 +0.22
Alliance   28 0.10 -0.08
Democrats   22 0.08 +0.01
Libertarianz   17 0.06 +0.02
Informal votes 509 228
Total Valid votes 28,015 28,977
Labour hold Majority 5,334 19.04 +2.06

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 39,605[21]

2008 election

General Election 2008: Christchurch East[23]

Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
Labour Y Lianne Dalziel 17,969 52.92 - 15,585 45.27
National Aaron Gilmore 12,204 35.94 - 12,289 35.70
Green Mojo Mathers 1,843 5.43 - 2,489 7.23
Progressive Elspeth Sandys 575 1.69 - 696 2.02
Legalise Cannabis Paula Lambert 417 1.23 - 117 0.34
Kiwi Tony Le Cren 378 1.11 - 269 0.78
United Future Maretta Solomon 204 0.60 - 326 0.95
Alliance Paul Piesse 119 0.35 - 62 0.18
Independent Sevaschan Sam Park 114 0.34 - - -
Workers Party Paul Hopkinson 90 0.27 - 26 0.08
Democrats Nick McIlraith 40 0.12 - 24 0.07
NZ First - 1,352 3.93 -
ACT - 664 1.93 -
Bill and Ben - 210 0.61 -
Māori - 176 0.51 -
Family Party - 68 0.20 -
Pacific - 54 0.16 -
Libertarianz - 14 0.04 -
RAM - 5 0.01 -
RONZ - 1 0.00 -
Informal votes 267 202
Total Valid votes 33,953 34,427
Labour hold Majority 5,765

Note: lines coloured beige denote the winner of the electorate vote. Lines coloured pink denote a candidate elected to Parliament from their party's list.

2005 election

The results of the 2005 general election were as follows:[24]

Party Candidate Votes % Party Votes %
Labour Y Lianne Dalziel 20969 60.31 18893 53.44
National David Round 8996 25.88 9851 27.86
Green Mary McCammon 1698 4.88 1948 5.51
United Dianne Wilson 1205 3.47 1176 3.33
Progressive Karen Silcock 926 2.66 926 2.62
ACT John Peters 401 1.15 277 0.78
ALCP Kevin O'Connell 299 0.86 101 0.29
Alliance Lynda Boyd 167 0.48 98 0.28
Direct Democracy Kyle Chapman 63 0.18 13 0.04
Anti-Capitalist Paul Hopkinson 43 0.12 - -
NZ First - - - 1694 4.77
Destiny - - - 170 0.48
Māori Party - - - 97 0.27
Christian Heritage - - - 54 0.15
Democrats - - - 18 0.05
Libertarianz - - - 13 0.04
Family Rights PP - - - 7 0.02
99 MP - - - 6 0.02
Republic of NZ - - - 6 0.02
One NZ - - - 5 0.01
informal votes 424 186
total valid votes 34767 35353
Labour hold Majority 11,973

1943 by-election

Christchurch East by-election, 1943
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mabel Howard 4,559 47.27
Democratic Labour Horace Herring 2,578 26.73
National Melville Lyons 2,371 24.59
Independent Lincoln Efford 114 1.18
Independent Owen McKee 22 0.23
Majority 1,981 20.54
Turnout 9,644 65.01

Notes

  1. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Lianne Dalziel MP
  2. ^ a b c Scholefield 1950, p. 156.
  3. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 145.
  4. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 102.
  5. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 143.
  6. ^ "Chairmen and mayors". Christchurch: Christchurch City Council. http://www.ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/howthecouncilworks/ourhistory/chairmenmayors.aspx. Retrieved 10 February 2010. 
  7. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 93.
  8. ^ McAloon, Jim. "Armstrong, Hubert Thomas". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3a20. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  9. ^ "Split vote". Evening Post: p. 3. Volume CXXXV, Issue 14, 18 January 1943. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430118.2.23. Retrieved 15 November 2011. 
  10. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 115.
  11. ^ "Five candidates". Evening Post: p. 3. Volume CXXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1943. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430122.2.23. Retrieved 15 November 2011. 
  12. ^ McAloon, Jim. "Howard, Mabel Bowden 1894–1972". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5H38. Retrieved 15 November 2011. 
  13. ^ a b c d e f "Information for Voters in Christchurch East". Elections New Zealand. 2 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/voting/voting-info/christchurch-east.html. 
  14. ^ "Conservative List Released". Press Release: Conservative Party (via Scoop.co.nz). 2011-11-01. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1111/S00014/conservative-list-released.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  15. ^ "ALCP Candidate List Released". Press Release: Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (via Scoop.co.nz). 29 October 2011. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1110/S00528/alcp-candidate-list-released.htm. 
  16. ^ "I'll be an electorate MP or nothing, says Dalziel". New Zealand Herald. 8 April 2011. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10717865. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 
  17. ^ "Candidates 2011 - New Zealand Labour". http://www.labour.org.nz/candidates2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011. 
  18. ^ "201 Election Candidates". kiwiblog.co.nz. http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/201_election_candidates. 
  19. ^ "2011 election candidates by electorate, Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand". greens.org.nz. http://www.greens.org.nz/people/candidates/electorate. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  20. ^ "More United Future Candidates Named". 5 October 2011. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1110/S00072/more-united-future-candidates-named.htm. 
  21. ^ a b "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 11 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 
  22. ^ http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2011/electorate-5.html Christchurch East results, 2011]
  23. ^ 2008 election results
  24. ^ electionresults.govt.nz

References

External links

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