Hamilton East (New Zealand electorate)

Hamilton East is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.

It is currently held by David Bennett MP[1] of the National Party.

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Population centres

The electorate is mainly urban, and covers the eastern part of the city of Hamilton. The Waikato River divides the city in half and forms the boundary between the Hamilton East and Hamilton West electorates. Only one other electorate borders Hamilton East, the rural electorate of Waikato to the east.[2]

Hamilton East includes the suburbs of Rototuna, Flagstaff, Queenwood, Chedworth Park, Fairfield, Fairview Downs, Enderley, Claudelands, Hamilton East, Hillcrest, Silverdale and Riverlea.[2]

Hamilton East is home to the University of Waikato, and 11.3% of the electorate's workforce is employed in education and training, the second-highest proportion in the country. The majority of households are families, and the median family income is $NZ61,500, which is $2,500 higher than the national median.[2]

As of June 2010, Hamilton East has 42,498 registered voters on the general roll, plus a further 4,887 voters on the Maori roll.[3]

History

The earlier Hamilton electorate dates from 1922. In 1969 it was renamed Hamilton West. In 1972 the additional electorate of Hamilton East was created.

Nearly every party since 1972 that has won Hamilton East and its sister seat of Hamilton West has gone on to form the government, earning these seats a reputation as bellwether seats. One notable exception was in 1993, when Labour captured both Hamilton seats from National, but failed to win a parliamentary majority. In recent years, such as the 1999 and 2005 elections, Hamilton East has been won more often by a National candidate, despite the Labour Party forming the government.

Members of Parliament

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

Key

  Labour     National     NZ First  

Election Winner
1972 election Anthony Rogers
1975 election Ian Shearer
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election Bill Dillon
1987 election
1990 election Tony Steel
1993 election Dianne Yates
1996 election Tony Steel
1999 election
2002 election Dianne Yates
2005 election David Bennett
2008 election
2011 election

List MPs

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

Election Winner
1996 election Doug Woolerton
Dianne Yates
1999 election Doug Woolerton
Dianne Yates
2002 election Doug Woolerton
2005 election Doug Woolerton
Dianne Yates1
2008 election Sue Moroney

1Resigned March 2008, list seat taken by Su'a William Sio

Candidates in the 2011 election

General Election 2011: Hamilton 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
National David Bennett Incumbent since 2005 48   [4][5]
Conservative Robyn Jackson 20   [4][6]
Pirate Bruce Kingsbury [4][7]
ACT Garry Mallett 45   [4][8]
Green Nick Marryatt 44   [4][9]
Labour Sehai Orgad 46   [4][10]
NZ First Gordon Stewart 29   [4][11]

Withdrawn candidates

Democrats Carolyn McKenzie Announced as candidate, but not on final candidate list. 5   [4][12]

Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 44,502[13]

Election results

2011 election

General Election 2011: Hamilton East[14]

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 % ±%
National Y David Bennett 18,505 57.11 -1.47 17,085 51.39 +1.88
Labour Sehai Orgad 10,230 31.57 -0.43 8,217 24.17 -6.09
Green Nick Marryatt 1,697 5.24 +0.92 3,942 11.88 +4.67
NZ First Gordon Stewart 797 2.46 -0.04 1,786 5.37 +2.08
Conservative Robyn Jackson 752 2.32 +2.32 1,145 3.44 +3.44
ACT Garry Mallett 230 0.71 -0.56 341 1.03 -3.07
Pirate Bruce Kingsbury 137 0.42 +0.42
Democrats Carolyn McKenzie 54 0.17 +0.17 18 0.05 +0.004
United Future   260 0.78 -0.57
Māori   195 0.59 -0.37
Legalise Cannabis   131 0.39 +0.01
Mana   89 0.27 +0.27
Libertarianz   25 0.08 +0.01
Alliance   8 0.02 -0.03
Informal votes 636 317
Total Valid votes 32,402 33,249
National hold Majority 8,275 25.54 -1.04

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,420[13]

2008 election

General Election 2008: Hamilton East[15]

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 % ±%
National Y David Bennett 19,441 58.58 +7.46 16,745 49.50 +4.06
Labour Sue Moroney 10,621 32.00 -4.79 10,420 30.80 -4.72
Green Linda Persson 1,433 4.32 +0.71 2,439 7.21 +1.68
NZ First Doug Woolerton 830 2.50 -1.32 1,113 3.29 -2.56
ACT Garry B Mallett 420 1.27 -0.18 1,387 4.10 +2.16
Kiwi Robyn Jackson 180 0.54 189 0.56
United Future Rochelle White 168 0.51 -0.97 458 1.35 -2.06
Democrats Carolyn McKenzie 54 0.16 17 0.05 +0.01
RONZ Jack Gielen 41 0.12 16 0.05 +0.04
Māori   323 0.95 +0.33
Bill and Ben   243 0.72
Progressive   190 0.56 -0.36
Legalise Cannabis   129 0.38 +0.23
Family Party   90 0.27
Libertarianz   21 0.06 +0.01
Alliance   17 0.05 +0.01
Workers Party   15 0.04
Pacific   13 0.04
RAM   2 0.01
Informal votes 236 112
Total Valid votes 33,188 33,827
Turnout 34,176 80.48 -2.50
National hold Majority 8,820 26.58 +12.25

2005 election

General Election 2005: Hamilton East [16]

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 % ±%
National David Bennett 18,901 51.12 +12.47 17,122 45.44 +21.71
Labour N Dianne Yates 13,603 36.79 -3.80 13,377 35.52 -0.11
NZ First Doug Woolerton 1,411 3.82 -2.82 2,202 5.85 -4.35
Green Daniel Howard 1,334 3.61 -1.45 2,083 5.53 -1.62
United Future Adam Archer 547 1.48 -2.00 2,083 5.53 -2.75
ACT Garry Mallett 534 1.44 -0.94 732 1.94 -7.83
Māori Poutawa Biasiny-Tule 309 0.84 234 0.62
Progressive Peter Banks 243 0.66 347 0.92
Independent Jared Phillips 59 0.16
Libertarianz Robin Thomsen 34 0.09 21 0.06
Destiny   109 0.29
Legalise Cannabis   56 0.15 -0.34
Christian Heritage   37 0.10 -1.14
Alliance   17 0.05 -1.09
Democrats   15 0.04
99 MP   12 0.03
One NZ   8 0.02 -0.03
Direct Democracy   5 0.01
Family Rights   3 0.01
RONZ   2 0.01
Informal votes 292 113
Total Valid votes 36,975 37,658
Turnout 38,024 82.98 +4.61
National gain from Labour Majority 5,298 14.33 +16.27

2002 election

General Election 2002: Hamilton East [17]

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 Dianne Yates 12,827 40.59 -1.34 11,369 35.63 +0.20
National N Tony Steel 12,213 38.65 -5.41 7,573 23.73 -11.70
NZ First Doug Woolerton 2,099 6.64 +3.22 3,256 10.20 +6.26
Green Cathy Olsen 1,665 5.27 2,281 7.15 +1.93
United Future Richard Carter 1,101 3.48 2,643 8.28 +6.42a
ACT Brian George Dawson 751 2.38 +0.12 3,116 9.77 +0.64
Christian Heritage Gavin Denby 307 0.97 -1.28 395 1.24 -1.15
Alliance Ravaani D K Ghaemmaghamy 177 0.56 -3.54 365 1.14 -6.16
Progressive Jim Medland 177 0.56 356 1.12
ORNZ   255 0.80
Legalise Cannabis   157 0.49 -0.44
Mana Māori   18 0.06 +0.02
One NZ   17 0.05 -0.03
NMP   2 0.01
Informal votes 284 105
Total Valid votes 31,601 31,908
Turnout 32,085 78.37 -7.23
Labour gain from National Majority 614 1.94 +4.07
a United Future swing compared to results of United NZ and Future NZ, as the two merged in 2000.

1999 election

General Election 1999: Hamilton East[18][19]

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 % ±%
National Y Tony Steel 14,329 44.06 11,620 35.43
Labour Dianne Yates 13,637 41.93 10,738 32.74
Alliance Peter Jamieson 1,334 4.10 2,394 7.30
NZ First Doug Woolerton 1,113 3.42 1,293 3.94
ACT Gavin Denby 734 2.26 2,993 9.13
Christian Heritage Madeleine Flannagan 732 2.25 783 2.39
McGillicuddy Serious Leanee V. Ireland 370 1.14 67 0.21
Mauri Pacific Helen Akhtari 179 0.55 35 0.11
Natural Law John G. Cleary 96 0.30 39 0.12
Green   1,712 5.22
Future NZ   446 1.36
Legalise Cannabis   304 0.93
United NZ   163 0.50
Libertarianz   100 0.30
Animals First   50 0.15
One NZ   27 0.08
Mana Māori   13 0.04
NMP   6 0.02
People's Choice 5 0.02
Freedom Movement 4 0.01
South Island   3 0.01
Republican   2 0.01
Informal votes 571 298
Total Valid votes 32,524 32,797
Turnout 33,763 85.60
National hold Majority 692 2.13

References

  1. ^ New Zealand Parliament - David Bennett MP
  2. ^ a b c "Hamilton East". Parliamentary Library. March 2008. http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/8D07CFB4-54F7-4AC9-B749-E913808C1649/78330/HamiltonEast_profile_1.pdf. Retrieved 14 June 2010. 
  3. ^ "Enrolment Statistics". Elections New Zealand. 30 May 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5qTdai9Rq. Retrieved 14 June 2010. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Information for Voters in Hamilton East". Elections New Zealand. 2 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/voting/voting-info/hamilton-east.html. 
  5. ^ "201 Election Candidates". kiwiblog.co.nz. http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/201_election_candidates. 
  6. ^ "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. 
  7. ^ "Pirate Party: Candidate Voting Results". Pirate Party of New Zealand. 26 October 2011. http://pirateparty.org.nz/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3225#p3225. 
  8. ^ "ACT - Candidates". ACT New Zealand. http://www.act.org.nz/candidates. Retrieved 15 October 2011. 
  9. ^ "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. 
  10. ^ Labour confirms third round nominations Scoop.co.nz, 8 September 2010
  11. ^ "New Zealand First: Candidates". http://www.nzfirst.org.nz/candidates.html. Retrieved 11 October 2011. 
  12. ^ "DSC releases party list". Press Release: Democrats for Social Credit (via Scoop.co.nz). 21 October 2011. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1110/S00361/dsc-releases-party-list.htm. Retrieved 23 October 2011. 
  13. ^ a b "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 21 October 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  14. ^ Hamilton East results, 2011
  15. ^ 2008 election results
  16. ^ Official Count Results – Hamilton East
  17. ^ Official Count Results – Hamilton East
  18. ^ "Electoral Profile Hamilton East". October 2005. http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/00F6DCBA-E00A-4F7E-AA8D-FBE8E1D82F95/118/Hamilton_East1.pdf. Retrieved 20 September 2009. 
  19. ^ http://electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_1999/e9/html/e9_partIV.html

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