Kaikōura (New Zealand electorate)

Kaikōura (or Kaikoura before 2008) is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning a single MP to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Kaikōura is Colin King of the National Party.[1] He has held this position since 2005.

Contents

Population centres

The Kaikōura electorate is one of the South Island's largest electorates, spanning the north-east of the island from Cook Strait in the north to the Ashley River / Rakahuri in the south. Its main towns are Blenheim and Kaikoura; other towns include Picton, Havelock, Cheviot, Hanmer Springs, Culverden, Amberley and Ashley.[2]

History

Kaikōura is one of the original 60 electorates drawn ahead of the change to Mixed Member Proportional voting in 1996. It was made up by merging together all of the old Marlborough seat with a large portion of Rangiora. Like the two electorates it replaced, Kaikōura is a safe seat for the National Party, returning a National MP at every election since it was created.

The first representative in 1996 was Doug Kidd, who was previously the MP for Marlborough. He retired at the end of the parliamentary term and was succeeded by Lynda Scott in the 1999 election. Scott served for two parliamentary terms before retiring from politics and returning to the medical profession in 2005.

The 2005 election was won by Colin King, who is the incumbent.

Members of Parliament

Key

  National     Labour     Green  

Election Winner
1996 election Doug Kidd
1999 election Lynda Scott
2002 election
2005 election Colin King
2008 election
2011 election

List MPs

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

Election Winner
1996 election Marian Hobbs
1999 election Ian Ewen-Street
2002 election

Candidates in the 2011 election

General Election 2011: Kaikōura
Notes:

 Green background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring incumbent.
Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Green Steffan Browning 10   [3][4]
Labour Liz Collyns   [3][5]
ACT Richard Evans 18   [3][6]
Libertarianz Ian Hayes 22   [3][7]
National Colin King Incumbent since 2005 52   [3][8]
Democrats John McCaskey 10   [3][9]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,588[10]

Election results

2011 election

General Election 2011: Kaikōura [11]

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 Colin King 19,961 60.25 +2.47 18,909 55.41 +3.57
Labour Liz Collyns 8,516 25.70 -0.66 6,775 19.85 -8.33
Green Steffan Browning 3,784 11.42 +3.42 3,786 11.09 +4.08
ACT Richard Evans 457 1.38 +0.12 379 1.11 -1.98
Democrats John McCaskey 283 0.85 +0.54 42 0.12 +0.04
Libertarianz Ian Hayes 131 0.40 +0.40 23 0.07 +0.05
NZ First   2,236 6.55 +1.98
Conservative   1,296 3.80 +3.80
United Future   306 0.90 -0.03
Legalise Cannabis   165 0.48 +0.18
Māori   147 0.43 -0.13
Mana   45 0.13 +0.13
Alliance   19 0.06 -0.003
Informal votes 1,045 284
Total Valid votes 33,132 34,128
National hold Majority 11,445 34.54 +3.13

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,588[10]

2008 election

General Election 2008: Kaikoura[12]

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 Colin King 20,374 57.77 +6.65 18,479 51.83 +6.81
Labour Brian McNamara 9,297 26.36 -11.30 10,046 28.18 -7.86
Green Steffan Browning 2,823 8.00 +2.46 2,499 7.01 +1.24
Kiwi Al Belcher 1,127 3.20 +3.20 618 1.73 +1.73
NZ First Linda Waimarie King 959 2.72 +2.72 1,631 4.58 -1.29
ACT Dave Tattersfield 443 1.26 +0.46 1,101 3.09 +1.63
United Future Coralie Christie 131 0.37 -1.01 331 0.93 -1.90
Democrats John S. J. McCaskey 112 0.32 +0.32 31 0.09 +0.02
Progressive   285 0.80 -0.81
Bill and Ben   223 0.63 +0.63
Māori   201 0.56 +0.18
Legalise Cannabis   107 0.30 +0.10
Family Party   41 0.12 +0.12
Alliance   21 0.06 -0.06
Workers Party   12 0.03 +0.03
RONZ   8 0.02 +0.002
Libertarianz   6 0.02 -0.01
Pacific   6 0.02 +0.02
RAM   4 0.01 +0.01
Informal votes 292 160
Total Valid votes 35,266 35,650
National hold Majority 11,077 31.41 +17.95

2005 election

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.[13]

Party Candidate Votes % Party Votes %
National Y Colin King 17755 51.68 15636 45.02
Labour Brendon Burns 13080 38.07 12515 36.04
Green Steffan Browning 1927 5.61 2005 5.07
United Robin Westley 481 1.40 981 2.82
Progressive John Maurice 430 1.25 558 1.61
ACT Pat O'Sullivan 275 0.80 505 1.45
Māori Party Brett Cowan 174 0.51 133 0.38
Independent Ted Howard 170 0.49
Alliance Greg Kleis 64 0.19 40 0.12
NZ First - - - 2036 5.86
Destiny - - - 139 0.40
ALCP - - - 68 0.20
Christian Heritage - - - 43 0.12
Democrats - - - 24 0.07
One NZ - - - 13 0.04
99 MP - - - 10 0.03
Libertarianz - - - 9 0.03
Republic of NZ - - - 7 0.02
Direct Democracy - - - 4 0.01
Family Rights PP - - - 3 0.01
informal votes 335 147
total valid votes 34,356 34,729
National hold Majority 4,675

References

  1. ^ "King, Colin". New Zealand Parliament. http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/1/0/6/50MP127411-King-Colin.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-06. 
  2. ^ "Electorate Profile: Kaikoura". NZ Parliamentary Library. October 2005. http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/FDECD2C8-52BD-482E-B120-7F24103875CC/134/Kaikoura1.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-06. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Information for Voters in Kaikōura". Elections New Zealand. 2 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/voting/voting-info/kaikoura.html. 
  4. ^ "Green's candidate confirmed". Marlborough Express. 8 March 2011. http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/4744269/Greens-candidate-confirmed. 
  5. ^ "New role for former campaign manager". Marlborough Express. 29 July 2011. http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/5359873/New-role-for-former-campaign-manager. 
  6. ^ "ACT - Candidates". ACT New Zealand. http://www.act.org.nz/candidates. Retrieved 15 October 2011. 
  7. ^ "Candidates 2011". Libertarianz website. http://www.libertarianz.org.nz/candidates-2011/. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  8. ^ "King convinced he'll see a third term". Marlborough Express. 4 February 2011. http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/4617961/King-convinced-he-ll-see-a-third-term. 
  9. ^ "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. 
  10. ^ a b "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 11 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  11. ^ Kaikōura results, 2011
  12. ^ "Official Count Results – Kaikoura (2008)". New Zealand Ministry of Justice. 2008-11-22. http://2008.electionresults.org.nz/electorate-20.html. Retrieved 2009-02-06. 
  13. ^ "Official Count Results – Kaikoura (2005)". New Zealand Ministry of Justice. 2005-10-01. http://2005.electionresults.org.nz/electorate-21.html. Retrieved 2009-02-06. 

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