Rangitīkei (New Zealand electorate)

Rangitīkei electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election

Rangitīkei (before 2008 styled as Rangitikei without a macron) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rangitīkei is Ian McKelvie of the National Party.[1] He has held this position since 2011.

The electorate has existed continuously since the 1861 general election.

Profile

Rangitīkei is the third largest general electorate by area in the North Island. It encircles, but does not include, Palmerston North. The electorate straddles State Highway 1 through Bulls, Marton, Taihape, and Waiouru as far as Mount Ruapehu. Its western boundary, from south of Whanganui, extends northwards to include the communities of Ohakune, National Park, and Taumarunui. At the 2014 boundary review, the population of the RangitĪkei electorate was below tolerance and projected to decline further, so the Representation Commission shifted population around Shannon from Ōtaki into RangitĪkei.[2]

Between Census 2006 and Census 2013 the RangitĪkei electorate experienced a 0.4% decline in population in comparison to a 5.3% increase in New Zealand as a whole. One in ten (10.0%) stated their highest qualification as a Level 2 certificate, the fourth-largest share among general electorates. One in ten (10.4%) also listed their occupation as a community and personal service worker, the fifth-largest percentage. Six industries accounted for close to two-thirds (61.3%) of those working in 2013: agriculture, forestry, and fishing (16.8%); manufacturing (9.3%); education and training (9.0%); public administration (8.9%); health care and social assistance (8.9%); and retail trade (8.4%).[2]

History

A seat named Wanganui and Rangitikei was contested at the very first general election in New Zealand in 1853. The use of an electorate named Rangitikei in its own right dates from the third session of the New Zealand Parliament. In a somewhat auspicious start for the seat, the first Member of Parliament for the seat in 1861 was future Prime Minister William Fox. Fox resigned twice; first on 16 May 1865, causing the 1865 by-election (won by Robert Pharazyn), and then on 11 March 1875, causing the 1875 by-election (won by John Ballance).[3]

Three members died while holding the seat: Douglas Hastings Macarthur died on 24 May 1892 and was succeeded by John Stevens; Arthur Remington died on 17 August 1909 and was succeeded by Robert Smith; and Sir Roy Jack died on 24 December 1977 and was succeeded by Bruce Beetham.

The current boundaries of the seat date from the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting in 1996. The seat was created by adding the southern tip of King Country to the northern tip of the Manawatu seat, and drafting in the towns to the east of Whanganui from Waitotara. The rural conservative nature of the seat makes it a safe National seat, though this belies the fact that for six years it was held by a third party MP, Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Conservative     Liberal     Reform     Labour     National     Social Credit  

Election Winner
1861 election William Fox
1865 by-election Robert Pharazyn
1866 election William Hogg Watt
1868 by-election William Fox
1871 election
1875 by-election John Ballance
1876 election
1879 election William Willis
1880 by-election William Fox
1881 election John Stevens
1884 election Robert Bruce
1887 election
1890 election Douglas Macarthur
1892 by-election Robert Bruce
1893 election John Stevens
1896 election 1899 election Frank Lethbridge
1902 election 1905 election 1908 election Arthur Remington
1909 by-election Robert Smith
1911 election 1914 election Edward Newman
1919 election 1922 election 1925 election William Spiers Glenn
1928 election James Thomas Hogan
1931 election Alexander Stuart
1935 election Ormond Wilson
1938 election 1943 election 1946 election 1949 election 1951 election Edward Gordon
1954 election 1957 election 1960 election 1963 election 1966 election 1969 election Norman Shelton
1972 election 1975 election Sir Roy Jack
1978 by-election 1978 election 1981 election Bruce Beetham
1984 election 1987 election 1990 election 1993 election 1996 election Denis Marshall
1999 election 2002 election 2005 election 2008 election Simon Power
2011 election 2014 election Ian McKelvie

Election results

2014 election

General election, 2014: Rangitīkei[4]
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
National Green tickY Ian McKelvie 20,487 59.72 +0.85 18,596 53.46 −0.48
Labour Deborah Russell 9,427 27.48 −1.18 6,408 18.42 −2.77
NZ First Romuald Rudzki 2,352 6.86 +6.86 3,914 11.25 +3.99
Conservative Roy Brown 1,505 4.39 +0.66 2,115 6.08 +1.86
ACT Neil Wilson 179 0.52 −0.45 131 0.38 −1.13
Green   2,709 7.79 −1.65
Internet Mana   208 0.60 +0.40[lower-alpha 1]
Māori   195 0.56 −0.22
Legalise Cannabis   151 0.43 −0.05
Ban 1080   106 0.30 +0.30
United Future   75 0.22 −0.60
Civilian   23 0.07 +0.07
Democrats   15 0.04 −0.05
Independent Coalition   12 0.03 +0.03
Focus   7 0.02 +0.02
Informal votes 355 119
Total Valid votes 34,305 34,784
National hold Majority 11,060 32.24 +2.03

2011 election

General election, 2011: Rangitīkei[5]
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
National Ian McKelvie 18,284 58.87 -6.83 17,115 53.94 +1.49
Labour Josie Pagani 8,902 28.66 -0.75 6,723 21.19 -6.35
Green Maree Brannigan 2,108 6.79 +6.79 2,994 9.44 +4.00
Conservative Ian Robertson 1,159 3.73 +3.73 1,333 4.20 +4.20
ACT Hayden Fitzgerald 302 0.97 -0.64 478 1.51 -2.78
Mana Peter Cleave 110 0.35 +0.35 62 0.20 +0.20
Independent Charles Turner 102 0.33 +0.33
Independent Grant Seton 91 0.29 +0.29
NZ First   2,305 7.26 +2.17
United Future   260 0.82 -0.33
Māori   247 0.78 -0.13
Legalise Cannabis   152 0.48 -+0.08
Democrats   27 0.09 +0.03
Libertarianz   23 0.07 +0.01
Alliance   12 0.04 -0.06
Informal votes 695 363
Total Valid votes 31,058 31,731
National hold Majority 9,382 30.21 -6.08

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 41,343[6]

2008 election

General election, 2008: Rangitīkei[7]
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
National Green tickY Simon Power 21,801 65.70 17,711 52.45
Labour Jills Angus Burney 9,759 29.41 9,298 27.53
Independent Steve Gibson 786 2.37 +2.37
ACT Jean Thompson 535 1.61 1,448 4.29
United Future John Langford 300 0.90 388 1.15
Green   1,836 5.44
NZ First   1,719 5.09
Progressive   309 0.92
Māori   307 0.92
Bill and Ben   291 0.86
Legalise Cannabis   135 0.40
Kiwi   132 0.39
Family Party   80 0.24
Alliance   33 0.10
Libertarianz   22 0.07
Workers Party   20 0.06
Democrats   18 0.05
Pacific   17 0.05
RAM   2 0.01
RONZ   2 0.01
Informal votes 362 138
Total Valid votes 33,181 33,768
National hold Majority 12,042 36.29


2005 election

General election, 2005: Rangitikei[8]
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
National Green tickY Simon Power 19,119 60.42 14,721 46.03
Labour Marilyn Brown 9,459 29.89 11,538 36.08
NZ First Murray Strawbridge 1,335 4.22 2,363 7.39
United Future Rob Moodie 718 2.27 1,027 3.21
Independent Richard Peirce 426 1.35
Māori Abe Hepi 369 1.17 195 0.61
ACT John Waugh 215 0.68 446 1.39
Green   1,083 3.39
Progressive   287 0.90
Destiny   114 0.36
Legalise Cannabis   85 0.27
Christian Heritage   47 0.15
Alliance   22 0.07
Democrats   12 0.04
Libertarianz   12 0.04
One NZ   9 0.03
99 MP   6 0.02
Family Rights   5 0.02
RONZ   5 0.02
Direct Democracy   2 0.01
Informal votes 216 100
Total Valid votes 31,641 31,979
National hold Majority 9,660 30.53

1999 election

Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Rangitikei for a list of candidates.

1978 by-election

Rangitikei by-election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Social Credit Bruce Beetham 6,804 48.03 +11.64
National Jim Bull 5,469 38.61 -8.66
Labour Dr J.J. Stewart 1,614 11.39 -2.63
Values Dr Denis Hocking 264 1.68 +0.12
Independent M. Leniston 13 0.09 -
Majority 1,335 9.42
Turnout 14,164
Social Credit gain from National Swing

1931 election

General election, 1931: Rangitikei[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Reform Alexander Stuart 4,162 50.09
Independent James Thomas Hogan 4,147 49.91
Majority 15 0.18
Informal votes 23 0.28
Turnout 8,332 82.39
Registered electors 10,113

1909 by-election

Rangitikei by-election, 1909: Second ballot[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Robert Smith 2,410 54.51 +29.26
Reform Frank Hockly 2,011 45.49 +8.45
Majority 399 9.03
Turnout 4,421
Rangitikei by-election, 1909: First ballot[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Reform Frank Hockly 1,548 37.04
Liberal Robert Smith 1,055 25.25
Liberal William Meldrum 903 21.61
Independent James Georgetti 340 8.14
Liberal-Labour Robert Hornblow 333 7.97
Turnout 4,179

1899 election

General election, 1899: Rangitikei[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frank Lethbridge 1,985 53.42
Liberal James Jervis Bagnall 1,453 39.10
Independent Liberal Edward Gascoigne 278 7.48
Majority 532 14.32
Turnout 3,716 66.25
Registered electors 5,609

1892 by-election

Rangitikei by-election, 1892[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Bruce 1,094 51.43
Independent Liberal John Stevens 1,033 48.57
Majority 61 2.87
Turnout 2,127

1890 election

General election, 1890: Rangitikei[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Douglas Hastings Macarthur 978 50.84
Conservative Francis Arkwright 946 49.16
Majority 32 1.66
Turnout 1,924 59.45
Registered electors 3,236

1880 by-election

Rangitikei by-election, 1880[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent William Fox 233 54.82
Independent Donald Fraser 123 28.94
Independent Henry Lyon 69 16.24
Majority 110 25.88
Turnout 425

1876 election

General election, 1876: Rangitikei[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent John Ballance 201 61.28 +15.38
Independent James Bull 127 38.72
Majority 74 22.56 +19.70
Turnout 328 26.64
Registered electors 1,231

1875 by-election

Rangitikei by-election, 1875[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent John Ballance 112 45.90
Independent William Hogg Watt 105 43.03
Independent George Hutchison 27 11.06
Majority 7 2.86
Turnout 244

Table footnotes

  1. ↑ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

Notes

  1. ↑ New Zealand Parliament - Simon Power MP
  2. 1 2 "Rangitīkei electorate profile". Parliamentary Library. June 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2017. This article incorporates text by the Parliamentary Library available under the CC BY 3.0 license.
  3. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 107.
  4. ↑ "Official Count Results -- Rangitīkei (2014)". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. ↑ 2011 election results
  6. ↑ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  7. ↑ 2008 election results
  8. ↑ election result Rangitīkei 2005
  9. ↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "The Rangitikei By-election". Wanganui Herald. 44 (12882). 24 September 1909. p. 5. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Final Returns". Taranaki Herald. 55 (14012). 17 September 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Electoral District of Rangitikei". Wanganui Herald. XXXIV (12873). 13 September 1909. p. 1. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Rangitikei Election". Feilding Star. XXI (141). 14 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  15. 1 2 "Rangitikei Election". Evening Star. 28 (3425). 10 May 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  17. ↑ "The Rangitikei Election". VIII (2672). Wanganui Herald. 6 January 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  18. ↑ McIvor 1989, p. 53.

References

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