Dunedin South is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It first existed from 1881–1890, then from 1905–1946 and was re-established for the introduction of MMP in 1996. A Labour Party stronghold, it has been represented by Clare Curran since the 2008 election.
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As the name suggests, the electorate is based on the southern suburbs of Dunedin. It stretches out westwards to take in towns on the Taieri Plains such as Mosgiel, Green Island and Fairfield. The Otago Peninsula is also in the electorate.
The current Dunedin South electorate was created in 1996 as one of the original 65 MMP electorates, as a merger between St Kilda and a large part of Dunedin West. It has been enlarged at every boundary review since its creation and at the 2008 election included Middlemarch.
The electorate was first established for the 1881 election and abolished after three parliamentary terms in 1890, when several Dunedin electorates were amalgamated to form the City of Dunedin electorate.[1] During the nine years of its first existence, the electorate was represented by two MPs, Henry Smith Fish (1881–1884 and 1887–1890)[2] and James Gore (1884–1887).[3]
Dunedin South was re-established after the abolition of the City of Dunedin electorate for the 1905 election.[1] The first representative was James Frederick Arnold, who was an independent liberal and who served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1908, when he successfully contested Dunedin Central.[4]
Thomas Sidey of the Liberal Party who had since a 1901 by-election represented St Kilda won the 1908 election for Dunedin South. He represented the electorate for six parliamentary terms until 1928.[5]
Sidey was succeeded by William Burgoyne Taverner of the Reform Party in the 1928 election.[6] At the next election in 1931, the electorate was won by Fred Jones of the Labour Party. Jones held the electorate until 1946, when it was abolished, and successfully stood in St Kilda that year.[7]
The electorate was re-established for the 1996 election and won by Michael Cullen, who later became Finance minister. Cullen had previously represented St Kilda (1981–1996). At the next election in 1999, Cullen stood as a list candidate only and was succeeded by David Benson-Pope as the electorate MP. After three parliamentary terms, Benson-Pope was not selected by the Labour Party as their candidate, but Clare Curran was chosen instead. Curren has represented the electorate since the 2008 election.
The city of Dunedin is a New Zealand Labour Party stronghold; The last National MP elected from a Dunedin constituency was Richard Walls in 1975. However in 2011, National Party candidate, Jo Hayes, reduced the incumbent, Clare Curran's majority from 6449 in 2008[8] to 4175 in 2011[9]. Furthermore, Jo Hayes and her campaign team successfully gained a majority of the party vote in Dunedin South by 1837 votes[10]. The winning of the party vote is unprecedented in Dunedin South, which was seen, pre 2011, as a Labour Party stronghold. However the predecessor seat of St Kilda was represented by Jim Barnes of the National Party between 1951-1957[11].
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| Election | Winner | |
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| 1881 election | Henry Smith Fish | |
| 1884 election | James Gore | |
| 1887 election | Henry Smith Fish | |
| (Electorate abolished 1890–1905; see City of Dunedin) | ||
| 1905 election | James Frederick Arnold | |
| 1908 election | Thomas Sidey | |
| 1911 election | ||
| 1914 election | ||
| 1919 election | ||
| 1922 election | ||
| 1925 election | ||
| 1928 election | William Burgoyne Taverner | |
| 1931 election | Fred Jones | |
| 1935 election | ||
| 1938 election | ||
| 1943 election | ||
| (Electorate abolished 1946–1996; see St Kilda) | ||
| 1996 election | Michael Cullen | |
| 1999 election | David Benson-Pope | |
| 2002 election | ||
| 2005 election | ||
| 2008 election | Clare Curran | |
| 2011 election | ||
| General Election 2011: Dunedin South | |||||
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| Notes: |
Green background denotes an incumbent. |
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| Party | Candidate | Notes | List # | Source | |
| Labour | Clare Curran | Incumbent since 2008 | 28 | [12][13] | |
| Green | Shane Gallagher | 27 | [12][14] | ||
| ACT | Kimberly Hannah | 37 | [12][15] | ||
| National | Joanne Hayes | 64 | [12][16] | ||
| Alliance | Kay Murray | 1 | [12][17] | ||
| NZ First | Randall Ratana | 20 | [12][18][19] | ||
| Democrats | Warren Voight | 3 | [12][20] | ||
| Restore All Things In Christ | Robert Wansink | [12] | |||
Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 45,132[21]
| General Election, 26 November 2011: Dunedin North[22] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Clare Curran | 16,844 | 48.89 | -3.40 | 12,326 | 34.97 | -11.76 | ||
| National | Joanna Hayes | 12,669 | 36.77 | +2.05 | 14,163 | 40.18 | +5.97 | ||
| Green | Shane Gallagher | 3,197 | 9.28 | +2.44 | 4,798 | 13.61 | +5.64 | ||
| Democrats | Warren Voight | 238 | 0.69 | +0.22 | 126 | 0.36 | +0.18 | ||
| ACT | Kimberly Hannah | 215 | 0.62 | -0.81 | 210 | 0.60 | -1.51 | ||
| Alliance | Kay Murray | 142 | 0.41 | -0.13 | 58 | 0.16 | -0.03 | ||
| NZ First | Randall Ratana | 979 | 2.84 | +2.84 | 2,522 | 7.15 | +2.59 | ||
| Restore All Things In Christ | Robert Wansink | 167 | 0.48 | +0.18 | |||||
| Conservative | 520 | 1.48 | +1.48 | ||||||
| United Future | 186 | 0.53 | -0.21 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 157 | 0.45 | +0.06 | ||||||
| Māori | 107 | 0.30 | -0.13 | ||||||
| Mana | 62 | 0.18 | +0.18 | ||||||
| Libertarianz | 16 | 0.05 | +0.01 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 830 | 318 | |||||||
| Total Valid votes | 34,451 | 35,569 | |||||||
| Labour hold | Majority | 4,175 | 12.12 | -5.45 | |||||
Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 45,132[21]
| General Election 2008: Dunedin South[23] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Clare Curran | 19,199 | 52.29 | -4.71 | 17,408 | 46.73 | -10.40 | ||
| National | Conway Powell | 12,750 | 34.73 | +8.00 | 12,742 | 34.20 | +6.99 | ||
| Green | Shane Gallagher | 2,511 | 6.84 | +0.58 | 2,971 | 7.98 | +2.57 | ||
| ACT | Colin Nicholls | 528 | 1.44 | +0.79 | 785 | 2.11 | +1.36 | ||
| Progressive | J M McAlpine | 498 | 1.36 | -0.56 | 461 | 1.24 | -0.17 | ||
| United Future | Pauline Moffat | 264 | 0.72 | -1.78 | 276 | 0.74 | -1.73 | ||
| Kiwi | Philip Wescombe | 261 | 0.71 | - | 144 | 0.39 | - | ||
| Independent | David Bernhardt | 222 | 0.60 | - | |||||
| Alliance | Kay Murray | 199 | 0.54 | +0.00 | 72 | 0.19 | +0.05 | ||
| Democrats | Dawn McIntosh | 172 | 0.47 | - | 66 | 0.18 | +0.09 | ||
| Restore All Things In Christ | Robert Wansink | 113 | 0.31 | +0.05 | |||||
| NZ First | 1,700 | 4.56 | +0.18 | ||||||
| Bill and Ben | 209 | 0.56 | - | ||||||
| Māori | 160 | 0.43 | 0.21 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 144 | 0.39 | +0.13 | ||||||
| Family Party | 58 | 0.16 | - | ||||||
| Pacific | 17 | 0.05 | - | ||||||
| Libertarianz | 15 | 0.04 | +0.02 | ||||||
| Workers Party | 14 | 0.04 | - | ||||||
| RONZ | 7 | 0.02 | +0.01 | ||||||
| RAM | 3 | 0.01 | - | ||||||
| Informal votes | 484 | 183 | |||||||
| Total Valid votes | 36,717 | 37,252 | |||||||
| Labour hold | Majority | 6,449 | 17.56 | -12.71 | |||||
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Party Votes | % |
| Labour | David Benson-Pope | 20033 | 57.00 | 20348 | 57.13 |
| National | Conway Powell | 9393 | 26.73 | 9692 | 27.21 |
| Green | Peter Thomlinson | 2200 | 6.26 | 1926 | 5.41 |
| NZ First | Alan Heward | 1145 | 3.26 | 1563 | 4.39 |
| United | Pauline Moffat | 795 | 2.26 | 879 | 2.47 |
| Progressive | Martin Vaughan | 672 | 1.91 | 500 | 1.40 |
| Destiny | Brent Daglish | 400 | 1.14 | 128 | 0.36 |
| ACT | Alan Wilden | 228 | 0.65 | 266 | 0.75 |
| Alliance | Chris Ford | 189 | 0.54 | 52 | 0.15 |
| RATC | Robert Wansink | 91 | 0.26 | - | - |
| ALCP | - | - | - | 90 | 0.25 |
| Māori Party | - | - | - | 77 | 0.22 |
| Christian Heritage | - | - | - | 35 | 0.10 |
| Democrats | - | - | - | 30 | 0.08 |
| Direct Democracy | - | - | - | 8 | 0.02 |
| Libertarianz | - | - | - | 8 | 0.02 |
| One NZ | - | - | - | 6 | 0.02 |
| 99 MP | - | - | - | 4 | 0.01 |
| Family Rights PP | - | - | - | 4 | 0.01 |
| Republic of NZ | - | - | - | 3 | 0.01 |
| informal votes | 398 | 127 | |||
| total valid votes | 35146 | 35619 | |||
| Labour hold | Majority | 10,640 |
sourced from electionresults.govt.nz
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