Whangarei (New Zealand electorate)

Whangarei is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.

National Party MP Phil Heatley has held it since 2008.[1]

Contents

Population Centres

The electorate includes the following population centres:

It extends from Hikurangi in the north to Ruatangata and Poroti in the west and Waipu and Langs Beach in the south.

History

The electorate was created for the 1972 general election.

Members of Parliament for Whangarei

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

Name Party Elected Left Office Reason
Murray Robert Smith Labour 1972 1975 defeated
John Gordon Elliott National 1975, 1978, 1981 defeated (for New Lynn)
John Banks National 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996 1999 retired
Phil Heatley National 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008 incumbent

List MPs from Whangarei

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

Name Party First Elected Left Office Contested Whangarei
Brian Donnelly New Zealand First 1996 February 2008 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005
Muriel Newman ACT 1996 2005 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005

Candidates in the 2011 election

General Election 2011: Whangarei
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 Rick Bazeley 32   [2][3]
Conservative Ross Craig   [2][4]
Democrats Kenneth Goodhue 12   [2][5]
ACT Robin Grieve 14   [2][6]
National Phil Heatley Incumbent since 1999 15   [2][7]
Libertarianz Helen Hughes 10   [2][8]
Labour Pat Newman 58   [2][9]
NZ First Pita Paraone Former list MP 2002 - 2008 12   [2][10]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 46,068[11]

Election results

2008 election

General Election 2008: Whangarei[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 Phil Heatley 23,056 64.16 - 18,252 50.04
Labour Paul Chalmers 8,393 23.36 - 10,433 28.60
Green Paul Doherty 2,731 7.60 - 2,187 6.00
Progressive Viv Shepherd 636 1.77 - 531 1.46
ACT Thomas John McClelland 304 0.85 - 1,385 3.80
RAM Martin Kaipo 281 0.78 - 25 0.07
Democrats Edgar Kenneth Goodhue 179 0.50 - 66 0.18
Independent Simon Vallings 113 0.31 - - -
United Future Maureen Gunston 107 0.30 - 260 0.71
Independent Don Hedges 74 0.21 - - -
Libertarianz Helen Hughes 61 0.17 - 18 0.05
NZ First - 2,246 6.16 -
Māori - 333 0.91 -
Bill and Ben - 231 0.63 -
Legalise Cannabis - 169 0.46 -
Kiwi - 167 0.46 -
Family Party - 128 0.35 -
Alliance - 17 0.05 -
Workers Party - 13 0.04 -
Pacific - 12 0.03 -
RONZ - 3 0.01 -
Informal votes 413 240
Total Valid votes 35,935 36,476
National hold Majority 14,663

2005 election

General election 2005: Whangarei[13]

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 Philip Heatley 18,900 53.81 +10.56 15,333 43.11
Labour Paul Chalmers 9811 27.93 -5.27 12,884 36.22
NZ First Brian Donnelly 2983 8.49 -3.31 3217 9.04
Green Moea Armstrong 1240 3.53 1648 4.63
ACT Muriel Newman 1067 3.04 707 1.99
Māori Rangi Ngāti Huna Tahiao 384 1.09 264 0.74
Progressive Viv Shepherd 311 0.89 409 1.15
Destiny Tony Ford 178 0.51 240 0.67
United Future Craig Hunt 168 0.48 637 1.79
Libertarianz Helen Hughes 80 0.23 39 0.11
Legalise Cannabis - 81 0.23
Christian Heritage - 46 0.13
Democrats - 23 0.06
Alliance - 19 0.05
RONZ - 6 0.02
99 MP - 4 0.01
Direct Democracy - 4 0.01
One NZ - 4 0.01
Family Rights - 3 0.01
Informal votes 243 117
Total Valid votes 35,122 35,568
National hold Majority 9089 25.88 +15.83

References

  1. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Phil Heatley MP
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Information for Voters in Whangarei". Elections New Zealand. 2 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/voting/voting-info/whangarei.html. 
  3. ^ "Green Party candidate biography". http://www.greens.org.nz/candidates/rick-bazeley. Retrieved 1 May 2011. 
  4. ^ "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. 
  5. ^ "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. 
  6. ^ "ACT - Candidates". ACT New Zealand. http://www.act.org.nz/candidates. Retrieved 15 October 2011. 
  7. ^ "201 Election Candidates". kiwiblog.co.nz. http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/201_election_candidates. 
  8. ^ "Candidates 2011". Libertarianz website. http://www.libertarianz.org.nz/candidates-2011/. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  9. ^ Labour Party candidate selections 2011 New Zealand Labour Party - Facebook, 29 December 2010
  10. ^ "Former MP seeks to return". Scoop Media. 2011-10-09. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1110/S00133/former-mp-seeks-to-return.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-09. 
  11. ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 11 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  12. ^ 2008 election results
  13. ^ election result Whangarei 2005

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