New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate)

New Plymouth is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was first created for the 1st New Zealand Parliament in 1853 and has existed since, with one 22-year interruption. The electorate was initially called Town of New Plymouth.

The electorate is currently held by Jonathan Young for National,[1] as he defeated Labour's Harry Duynhoven[2] in the 2008 general election.

Contents

Population centres

The electorate includes the following population centres:

History

The electorate was originally the Town of New Plymouth from 1853 to 1884. The name of the electorate was changed to New Plymouth from 1884 to 1896. The electorate was abolished in 1896, and was reconstituted under the same name in 1928.[3]

The electorate has changed between National and Labour several times, and has been represented by two Christian ministers: Rev Frederick Frost and then Rev Ernest Aderman.

Members of Parliament

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

Key

  Independent     Liberal     United     National     Labour  

Election Winner
1853 election Francis Gledhill
1855 election William Richmond
1860–61 election
1862 by-election Isaac Newton Watt[4]
1863 by-election Henry Hanson Turton[5]
1864 by-election Charles Brown
1865 by-election Henry Sewell
1866 election John Richardson
1867 by-election Harry Atkinson
1869 by-election Thomas Kelly[6]
1871 election
1875–76 election
1879 election
1881 election
1884 election Oliver Samuel
1887 election
1890 election Edward Metcalf Smith
1893 election
(Electorate abolished 1896–1928, see Taranaki)
1928 election Sydney George Smith
1931 election
1935 election
1938 election Frederick Frost
1943 election Ernest Aderman
1946 election
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election Ron Barclay
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election Tony Friedlander
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election Harry Duynhoven
1990 election John Armstrong
1993 election Harry Duynhoven
1996 election
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election Jonathan Young
2011 election

List MPs

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

Election Winner
1999 election Roger Maxwell
2011 election Andrew Little

Candidates in the 2011 election

General Election 2011: New Plymouth
Notes:

 Green background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring incumbent.
Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Legalise Cannabis Jamie Dombroski 15   [7]
Independent Rusty Kane [7]
Labour Andrew Little 15   [7][8]
Green Geoff Steedman 55   [7][9]
National Jonathan Young Incumbent since 2008 45   [7][10]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,973[11]

Election results

2008 election

General Election 2008: New Plymouth[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 Jonathan Young 16,539 48.18 - 17,512 50.47
Labour N Harry Duynhoven 16,434 47.88 - 10,901 31.42
Independent Rusty Kane 756 2.20 - - -
ACT Chris Albers 455 1.33 - 1,106 3.19
Libertarianz Mike Webber 141 0.41 - 27 0.08
Green - 2,230 6.43 -
NZ First - 1,404 4.05 -
Bill and Ben - 301 0.87 -
Māori - 260 0.75 -
Progressive - 232 0.67 -
United Future - 227 0.65 -
Legalise Cannabis - 166 0.48 -
Family Party - 141 0.41 -
Kiwi - 78 0.22 -
Democrats - 43 0.12 -
Alliance - 31 0.09 -
Pacific - 23 0.07 -
Workers Party - 13 0.04 -
RAM - 2 0.01 -
RONZ - 2 0.01 -
Informal votes 349 175
Total Valid votes 34,325 34,699
National gain from Labour Majority 105

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

2005 election

Party Candidate Votes % Party Votes %
Labour Y Harry Duynhoven 17512 53.20 12542 37.64
National Moira Irving 12073 36.67 14836 44.53
Green Sarah Brown 1165 3.54 1816 5.45
Destiny Keren Roberts 555 1.69 244 0.73
United Matt Collier 539 1.64 791 2.37
Māori Party Tony Ruakere 312 0.95 148 0.44
ACT Kerry O'Connor 301 0.91 394 1.18
IND Rusty Kane 252 0.77 - -
Democrats Kevin Smith 121 0.37 52 0.16
NZ First - - - 2036 6.11
Progressive - - - 249 0.75
ALCP - - - 86 0.26
Christian Heritage - - - 36 0.11
Alliance - - - 18 0.05
Direct Democracy - - - 15 0.05
Libertarianz - - - 14 0.04
One NZ - - - 12 0.04
Family Rights PP - - - 11 0.03
Republic of NZ - - - 7 0.03
99 MP - - - 12 0.04
informal votes 338 126
total valid votes 32,919 33,319
Labour hold Majority 5,439

sourced from electionresults.govt.nz

References

  1. ^ "Jonathan Young". New Zealand Parliament. http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/1/f/6/50MP170031-Young-Jonathan.htm. Retrieved 25 July 2010. 
  2. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Harry Duynhoven MP
  3. ^ Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 161. 
  4. ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). "Former Members Of The House Of Representatives". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc06Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d3-d4.html#name-416694-mention. Retrieved 20 June 2010. 
  5. ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). "Former Members Of The House Of Representatives". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc06Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d3-d4.html#name-401540-mention. Retrieved 20 June 2010. 
  6. ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). "Former Members Of The House Of Representatives". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc06Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d3-d4.html#name-416684-mention. Retrieved 20 June 2010. 
  7. ^ a b c d e "Information for Voters in New Plymouth". Elections New Zealand. 2 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/voting/voting-info/new-plymouth.html. 
  8. ^ Kirsty Johnston (20 July 2010). "Andrew Little to run for Parliament". Taranaki Daily News. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3936152/Andrew-Little-to-run-for-Parliament. 
  9. ^ Green Party Candidate Biography Green Party
  10. ^ "201 Election Candidates". kiwiblog.co.nz. http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/201_election_candidates. 
  11. ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 21 October 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 
  12. ^ 2008 election results

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