Western Hutt

Western Hutt was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate from 1969 to 1996.

Population centres

The main population centre in the electorate was the city of Lower Hutt in the Hutt Valley.

History

The electorate partly replaced the Hutt seat, which had been held by Trevor Young (who went to the Eastern Hutt seat), and Western Hutt was won in 1978 by John Terris for the Labour Party.

In the 1990 election the seat was won by Joy McLauchlan of the National Party; one of several seats won by National.

In 1996 the seat was replaced by the Hutt South seat, which was won back for Labour by Trevor Mallard.

Election results

	Election	Winner

	1969 election	Henry May (Labour)
	1972 election	Henry May (Labour)

	1975 election	Brian Lambert (National)

	1978 election	John Terris (Labour)
	1981 election
	1984 election
	1987 election

	1990 election	Joy McLauchlan (National)
	1993 election	Joy McLauchlan (National)

References

Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

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