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Coromandel (New Zealand electorate)

Coromandel is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the House of Representatives. It is currently represented by Scott Simpson, a member of the National Party.

Coromandel
Single-member constituency
for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Outline map
Location of Coromandel within Waikato
RegionWaikato
Current constituency
Current MPScott Simpson
PartyNational

Population centres

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The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Coromandel, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.[1]

Since the 1969 election, the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, with continued faster population growth in the North Island leading to an increase in the number of general electorates. There were 84 electorates for the 1969 election,[2] and the 1972 electoral redistribution saw three additional general seats created for the North Island, bringing the total number of electorates to 87.[3] Together with increased urbanisation in Christchurch and Nelson, the changes proved very disruptive to existing electorates.[3] In the South Island, three electorates were abolished, and three electorates were newly created.[4] In the North Island, five electorates were abolished, two electorates were recreated (including Coromandel), and six electorates were newly created.[5]

The 1987 electoral redistribution took the continued population growth in the North Island into account, and two additional general electorates were created, bringing the total number of electorates to 97. In the South Island, the shift of population to Christchurch had continued.[6] Overall, three electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated (including Coromandel), and four electorates were abolished. All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes.[7] These changes came into effect with the 1987 election.[8]

The current Coromandel seat is based around the Coromandel Peninsula, and contains the main Coromandel towns of Thames, Whitianga, and Whangamatā. To the south of the electorate is the Hauraki District which contains the main townships of Paeroa, Waihi and Ngatea. It also extends an arm down into the Bay of Plenty, to take the towns of Katikati and Ōmokoroa, with its southern boundary on the edge of the Tauranga urban area.

2007 boundary review

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Following the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, the Representation Commission decided to move the southern boundary of Coromandel away from Tauranga, so that Katikati will be the only large Bay of Plenty town in the seat. In exchange for this, the eastern Waikato town of Te Aroha has been transferred from the newly abolished seat of Piako. This is the largest change in Coromandel's makeup to date, and the new seat was fought for the first time at the 2008 election.

History

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The Coromandel electorate was first created in 1881 for the 8th session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for three terms until 1890 and was represented by Alfred Cadman.[9]

The electorate was recreated in 1972 for the 37th session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for two terms until 1978 and was represented by Leo Schultz of the National Party, who had previously represented the Hauraki electorate. The Coromandel electorate was abolished again and the area again covered by the Hauraki electorate.

The electorate was once again recreated in 1987 for the 42nd session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for two terms until 1993 and was represented by Graeme Lee representing the National Party. The Coromandel Peninsula was afterwards covered by the Hauraki electorate, with its southern portion going into the Matakana electorate.

The electorate was again recreated in 1996 for the 45th session, which was the first term under the Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) electoral system.

The new MMP Coromandel electorate was won by Murray McLean of the National Party in 1996. In 1999, Green party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons won the electorate, after then Labour Leader (and Prime Minister after the election) Helen Clark openly encouraged Labour supporters to give their constituency vote to Fitzsimons[10] and their party vote to Labour.[11] The Green Party believes that this was the first time in the world that a Green MP had won an electorate in the first past the post voting system,[12] and it would be the only instance of a Green MP being elected by a New Zealand electorate until the party won Auckland Central at the 2020 election. The electorate returned to National in the 2002 election, with Sandra Goudie the representative. Goudie retired at the 2011 election.[13]

Members of Parliament

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Key   Independent   National   Green   Alliance   NZ First

Election Winner
1881 election Alfred Cadman
1884 election
1887 election
Electorate abolished 1890–1972
1972 election Leo Schultz
1975 election
Electorate abolished 1978–1987; see Kaimai and Hauraki
1987 election Graeme Lee
1990 election
Electorate abolished 1993–1996
1996 election Murray McLean
1999 election Jeanette Fitzsimons
2002 election Sandra Goudie
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election Scott Simpson
2014 election
2017 election
2020 election
2023 election

List MPs

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

Election Winner
1996 election Jeanette Fitzsimons
Robyn McDonald
2002 election Jeanette Fitzsimons
2005 election
2011 election Catherine Delahunty
2014 election

Election results

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2023 election

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2023 general election: Coromandel[14]
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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National  Y Scott Simpson 24,914 53.31 +8.50 20206 42.83 +10.33
Labour Beryl Riley 7,900 16.90 -20.50 9223 19.55 -23.66
Green Pamela Grealey 4,942 10.57 +3.49 3672 7.78 +2.20
ACT Joanna Verberg 2,725 5.83 +2.54 5588 11.84 +2.22
NZ First Calleb Ansell 3,145 6.73 - 4895 10.37 +7.37
NZ Loyal Ray Cobb 2,315 4.95 - 1580 3.34 -
Outdoors Sarai TePou 273 0.58 -0.32 - - -
Opportunities   509 1.07 +0.22
Te Pāti Māori   362 0.76 +0.52
NewZeal   270 0.57 -
Legalise Cannabis   185 0.39 +0.03
Freedoms NZ   126 0.26 -
DemocracyNZ   99 0.20 -
Animal Justice   51 0.10 -
New Conservative   43 0.09 -1.53
Leighton Baker Party   32 0.06 -
Women's Rights   32 0.06 -
New Nation   19 0.04 -
Informal votes 516 284
Total valid votes 46,730 47,176
Turnout 47,460[15]
National hold Majority 17,014 36.06 +28.63

2020 election

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2020 general election: Coromandel[14]
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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National  Y Scott Simpson 21,218 44.81 −10.28 15,471 32.50 −18.73
Labour Nathaniel Blomfield 17,713 37.40 +16.55 20,568 43.21 +15.42
Green Pamela Grealey 3357 7.08 −5.02 2658 5.58 +0.27
ACT David Olsen 1560 3.29 — 4602 9.62 +9.26
New Conservative Michael Egleton 955 2.01 — 772 1.62 +1.46
Advance NZ Tony Brljevich 855 1.80 — 733 1.54 —
Outdoors Steven Hart 424 0.90 — 120 0.25 −0.87
Opportunities Rob Hunter 418 0.88 — 401 0.85 −0.86
Not A Party Bob Wessex 32 0.07 —
NZ First   1429 3.00 −9.26
Legalise Cannabis   171 0.36 +0.04
Māori Party   116 0.24 +0.01
ONE   103 0.22 —
Sustainable NZ   30 0.06 —
Vision NZ   18 0.04 —
Social Credit   15 0.03 +0.01
Heartland   14 0.03 —
TEA   6 0.01 —
Informal votes 818 369
Total valid votes 47,350 47,596
Turnout 47,715[16]
National hold Majority 3,505 7.40 −26.61

2017 election

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2017 general election: Coromandel[17]
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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National  Y Scott Simpson 23,053 55.09 −3.64 21,786 51.23 −2.94
Labour Nathaniel Blomfield 8,727 20.85 +9.51 11,820 27.79 +12.08
Green Scott Summerfield 5,066 12.10 −4.31 2,259 5.31 −4.51
NZ First Anna-Marie Andrews 4,142 9.88 +1.34 5,216 12.26 −0.23
Ban 1080 Clyde Graf 859 2.05 +0.93 125 0.29 0.00
Opportunities   728 1.71 —
ACT   174 0.41 +0.03
Legalise Cannabis   137 0.32 −0.04
Māori Party   100 0.23 −0.25
Conservative   66 0.16 −5.13
Outdoors   52 1.12 —
People's Party   30 0.07 —
United Future   13 0.03 −0.14
Mana Party   11 0.03 −0.66[a]
Democrats   8 0.02 −0.03
Internet   5 0.01 −0.67[b]
Informal votes 477 205
Total valid votes 42,324 42,735
Turnout 42,735
National hold Majority 14,236 34.01 −8.28

2014 election

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2014 general election: Coromandel[18]
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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National  Y Scott Simpson 21,934 58.72 +3.67 20,547 54.17 +2.03
Green Catherine Delahunty 6,133 16.42 -0.36 3,724 9.82 -1.55
Labour Korbinian Poschl 4,236 11.34 -5.94 5,960 15.71 -2.34
NZ First Grant Ertel 3,158 8.45 +2.17 4,741 12.50 +1.47
Conservative David Walkden 1,133 3.03 +0.50 2,004 5.28 +1.38
Ban 1080 Mike Downard 420 1.12 — 112 0.30 —
Māori Party Hiria Pakinga 176 0.47 — 184 0.49 +0.05
ACT David Edward Olsen 161 0.43 +0.43 142 0.37 -1.00
Internet Mana   259 0.68 +0.43[c]
Legalise Cannabis   139 0.37 -0.26
United Future   64 0.17 -0.51
Democrats   20 0.05 -0.01
Independent Coalition   17 0.04 —
Civilian   11 0.03 —
Focus   7 0.02 —
Informal votes 313 117
Total valid votes 37,664 38,048
National hold Majority 15,801 42.30 +4.54

2011 election

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2011 general election: Coromandel[19]
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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Scott Simpson 18,571 55.05 -8.00 18,021 52.14 +0.49
Labour Hugh Kininmonth 5,831 17.28 -5.24 6,239 18.05 -7.94
Green Catherine Delahunty 5,660 16.18 +5.09 3,929 11.37 +3.77
NZ First Kevin Stone 2,118 6.28 — 3,813 11.03 +4.70
Conservative Bruce Rurehe 853 2.53 — 1,349 3.90 —
Legalise Cannabis Jay Fitton 454 1.35 +1.35 217 0.63 +0.24
United Future Steve Graf 195 0.58 +0.58 236 0.68 -0.06
Independent Mapuna Turner 54 0.16 —
ACT   473 1.37 -3.03
Māori Party   151 0.44 -0.30
Mana   87 0.25 —
Libertarianz   24 0.07 +0.03
Democrats   21 0.06 +0.02
Alliance   4 0.01 -0.07
Informal votes 843 286
Total valid votes 33,736 34,564
National hold Majority 12,740 37.76 -2.76

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,697[20]

2008 election

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2008 general election: Coromandel[21]
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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National  Y Sandra Goudie 22,653 63.05 +10.10 18,855 51.65 +7.49
Labour Hugh Kininmonth 8,093 22.52 -1.05 9,487 25.99 -5.72
Green James Redwood 4,201 11.69 -3.73 2,773 7.60 +0.14
ACT Ray Basett 624 1.74 +1.26 1,605 4.40 +3.42
Kiwi Huey Rurehe 360 1.00 — 239 0.65 —
NZ First   2,312 6.33 -3.74
United Future   272 0.75 -1.71
Māori Party   269 0.74 +0.29
Progressive   217 0.59 -0.39
Bill and Ben   196 0.54 —
Legalise Cannabis   141 0.39 +0.10
Family Party   51 0.14 —
Alliance   29 0.08 +0.06
Democrats   16 0.04 -0.02
Libertarianz   13 0.04 -0.03
Pacific   11 0.03 —
Workers Party   11 0.03 —
RAM   4 0.01 —
RONZ   3 0.01 -0.01
Informal votes 463 204
Total valid votes 35,931 36,504
National hold Majority 14,560 40.52 +11.14

2005 election

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2005 general election: Coromandel[22]
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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National  Y Sandra Goudie 19,064 52.95 +9.39 16,062 44.16 +21.78
Labour Max Purnell 8,486 23.57 -2.34 11,535 31.71 -2.68
Green Jeanette Fitzsimons 5,554 15.42 -7.46 2,713 7.46 -2.02
NZ First John Foote 1,792 4.98 — 3,661 10.07 -6.93
United Future Lee Robertson 652 1.81 -1.49 895 2.46 -3.84
Progressive Annette Anderson 280 0.78 -0.31 358 0.98 -0.18
ACT Ray Bassett 172 0.48 -1.80 322 0.98 -5.26
Destiny   211 0.58 —
Māori Party   165 0.45 —
Legalise Cannabis   104 0.29 -0.12
Christian Heritage   25 0.07 -0.82
Democrats   24 0.07 —
Libertarianz   24 0.07 —
One NZ   6 0.02 -0.06
RONZ   9 0.02 —
99 MP   8 0.02 —
Family Rights   7 0.02 —
Alliance   6 0.02 -0.49
Direct Democracy   2 0.01 —
Informal votes 260 133
Total valid votes 36,007 36,372
National hold Majority 10,578 29.38

2002 election

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2002 general election:: Coromandel[23]
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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Sandra Goudie 14,706 43.56 +4.31 7,663 22.38 -8.75
Labour Max Purnell 8,748 25.91 +14.54 11,778 34.39 -1.49
Green  N Jeanette Fitzsimons 7,724 22.88 -17.10 3,232 9.48 +1.83
United Future Lee Robertson 1,113 3.30 — 2,159 6.30 +1.88[d]
ACT David Olsen 771 2.28 — 2,137 6.24 -0.09
Progressive Annette Anderson 367 1.09 — 398 1.16 —
Christian Heritage David Parlour 329 0.97 — 306 0.89 -1.59
NZ First   5,740 17.00 +10.03
ORNZ   473 1.38 —
Alliance   175 0.51 -5.98
Legalise Cannabis   139 0.41 -0.37
One NZ   27 0.08 -0.02
Mana Māori   10 0.03 +0.01
NMP   7 0.02 -0.06
Informal votes 386 111
Total valid votes 33,758 34,244
National gain from Green Majority 5,958 17.65

1999 election

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1999 general election: Coromandel[24][25]
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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Green Jeanette Fitzsimons[e] 13,682 39.98 +39.98 2,640 7.65 +7.65
National  N Murray McLean 13,432 39.25 +6.34 10,747 31.13 –0.77
Labour Margaret Hawkeswood 3,892 11.37 -0.55 12,390 35.88 +14.14
NZ First Robyn McDonald 1,237 3.61 -18.61 2,406 6.97 –13.18
Alliance Tony Bird 1,217 3.56 -23.22 2,241 6.49 –12.19
Christian Heritage David Parlour 760 2.22 +2.22 855 2.45 +2.45
ACT   2,187 6.33 +1.58
Christian Democrats   336 0.97 +0.97
Legalise Cannabis   268 0.78 –0.82
United NZ   156 0.45 –0.32
Libertarianz   104 0.30 +0.24
McGillicuddy Serious   59 0.17 –0.15
Animals First   39 0.11 +0.11
One NZ   34 0.10 +0.10
NMP   27 0.08 +0.08
Natural Law   11 0.03 –0.15
Mana Māori   8 0.02 +0.01
Freedom Movement   6 0.02 +0.02
Mauri Pacific   6 0.02 +0.02
South Island   3 0.01 +0.01
Republican   2 0.006 +0.006
The People's Choice   2 0.006 +0.006
Informal votes 660 353
Total valid votes 34,880 34,880
Green gain from National Majority 250 0.73

1996 election

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1996 general election: Coromandel[26][27][28]
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  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Murray McLean 12,011 33.64 11,476 31.90
Alliance Jeanette Fitzsimons 9,561 26.78 4,561 12.68
NZ First Robyn McDonald 7,932 22.22 7,251 20.15
Labour Margaret Hawkeswood 4,255 11.92 7,823 21.74
ACT Thomas Howard 833 2.33 1,710 4.75
United NZ Gail McIntosh 433 1.21 276 0.77
McGillicuddy Serious Gary Young 267 0.75 116 0.32
Superannuitants & Youth Vern Byrne 189 0.53 43 0.12
Progressive Green Ralph Dell 145 0.41 79 0.22
Natural Law Mimousse Hodgson 76 0.21 64 0.18
Christian Coalition   1,877 5.22
Legalise Cannabis   576 1.60
Animals First   48 0.13
Green Society   23 0.06
Libertarianz   20 0.06
Conservatives   14 0.04
Advance New Zealand 5 0.01
Asia Pacific United 5 0.01
Ethnic Minority Party 5 0.01
Mana Māori   5 0.01
Te Tawharau 3 0.01
Informal votes 394 116
Total valid votes 35,702 35,980
National win new seat Majority 2,450 6.86

Table footnotes

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  1. ^ 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election
  2. ^ 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election
  3. ^ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election
  4. ^ 2002 United Future swing is compared to the 1999 results of United New Zealand and Future New Zealand, who merged in 2000
  5. ^ The Green Party split from the Alliance Party, who Fitzsimons had stood for in 1996

Notes

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  1. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 43–48.
  2. ^ McRobie 1989, p. 111.
  3. ^ a b McRobie 1989, p. 115.
  4. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 112, 116.
  5. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 111, 115.
  6. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 127f.
  7. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 123–128.
  8. ^ McRobie 1989, p. 127.
  9. ^ Scholefield 1950, pp. 99, 156.
  10. ^ Bernard Orsman (28 October 1999). "Key electorate: Coromandel". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  11. ^ Left Turn: The New Zealand General Election of 1999. Victoria University Press. 2000. p. 237. ISBN 9780864734044.
  12. ^ "Fitzsimons to Pass Co-leadership Torch in June". Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Coromandel MP Sandra Goudie to retire". The New Zealand Herald. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  14. ^ a b "Coromandel - Official Result". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate (2023)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Official Count Results -- Coromandel (2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Official Count Results -- Coromandel (2014)". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Official Count Results -- Coromandel (2011)". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 21 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  21. ^ "Official Count Results -- Coromandel (2008)". Electoral Commission. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Official Count Results -- Coromandel (2005)". Electoral Commission. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  23. ^ "Official Count Results -- Coromandel (2002)". Electoral Commission. 10 August 2002. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  24. ^ "Official Count Results (1999) – Electoral Votes for registered parties by electorate". NZ Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  25. ^ "Official Count Results (1999) – Candidate Vote Details". NZ Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  26. ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Coromandel, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  27. ^ "Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  28. ^ "Part III – Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

References

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  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
  • Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
  • 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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