Taranaki-King Country
Taranaki-King Country | |
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Single-member constituency for theNew Zealand House of Representatives | |
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Region | TaranakiandWaikato |
Major settlements | Te Awamutu |
Area | 13,052.67 km2(5,039.66 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Current MP | Barbara Kuriger |
Party | National |
Taranaki-King Countryis a New Zealand parliamentaryelectorate,returning one Member of Parliament to theNew Zealand House of Representatives.The current MP for Taranaki-King Country isBarbara Kurigerof theNational Party.She has held this position since the 2014 general election.
Population centres
[edit]Taranaki-King Country stretches down the western coast of the North Island, starting at the outskirts ofHamilton,through to theKing Countrytowns ofTe Awamutu,ŌtorohangaandTe Kūiti,and ending in the northernTaranakiregion, to take in the northern section of theNew Plymouthurban area and all ofStratford District.From2008,it has included the town ofRaglan.
The boundaries have gradually been expanded as the population has fallen, relative to the overall population of the country. At the 2013 revision the proposed boundaries received the third highest number (25) of objections in the country.[1]After the 2013 revision the constituency covered parts of 3 regional councils and 7 district councils (Waikato District,Waipa District,Ōtorohanga District,Waitomo District,New Plymouth District,Stratford District,Ruapehu District), includingHamilton Airport.
History
[edit]The seat was created ahead of the introduction ofmixed-member proportionalvoting in1996from most of the oldKing Countryseat with parts ofTaranaki,Waitotarain the south andWaipain the area around Hamilton. All these seats were safe National seats covering rural areas traditionally loyal to the National Party, the new seat remained faithful to old allegiances in the face of a large swing toNew Zealand Firstin the central North Island at the1996 election.The first MP for Taranaki-King Country was the thenPrime Minister of New Zealand,Jim Bolger.
Having been ousted from the leadership of his party, Bolger accepted the role ofAmbassador to the United Statesin the middle of 1998, and triggered the1998 by-election.Despite a large swing toACT PartycandidateOwen Jennings,Bolger's chosen successorShane Ardernwon a narrow victory on a heavily reduced turnout. Since the 1998 by-election, Taranaki-King Country has reverted to form, giving Ardern two out of every three votes cast in2005,2008and2011.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Key
List MPs
[edit]Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Taranaki-King Country electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1999 election | Kevin Campbell | |
Owen Jennings | ||
2005 election | Maryan Street | |
2020 election | Angela Roberts |
Election results
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2020 election
[edit]2020 general election:Taranaki-King Country[2] | |||||||||
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Blue backgrounddenotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
18,702 | 46.06 | -19.25 | 14,851 | 36.27 | -21.63 | ||
Labour | Angela Roberts | 15,568 | 38.34 | +14.81 | 15,341 | 37.47 | +13.67 | ||
ACT | Brent Miles | 2,376 | 5.85 | — | 4,648 | 11.35 | +10.73 | ||
New Conservative | Lee Anne Smith | 2,151 | 5.30 | +3.75 | 1115 | 2.72 | +2.40 | ||
Outdoors | Christopher Grey | 870 | 2.14 | — | 121 | 0.30 | +0.20 | ||
Green | 1962 | 4.79 | +0.36 | ||||||
NZ First | 1123 | 2.74 | -6.24 | ||||||
Advance NZ | 513 | 1.25 | — | ||||||
Opportunities | 502 | 1.23 | -0.97 | ||||||
Māori Party | 187 | 0.46 | -0.06 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 154 | 0.38 | +0.06 | ||||||
ONE | 66 | 0.16 | — | ||||||
Vision NZ | 30 | 0.07 | — | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 26 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
Social Credit | 21 | 0.05 | +0.01 | ||||||
TEA | 18 | 0.04 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 8 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 938 | 260 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 40,605 | 40,946 | |||||||
Nationalhold | Majority | 3,134 | 7.71 | -34.07 |
2017 election
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
23,854 | 65.31 | -2.86 | 21,466 | 57.9 | -3.56 | ||
Labour | Hilary Humphrey | 8,595 | 23.53 | +6.57 | 8,823 | 23.8 | 10.45 | ||
Green | Robert Moore | 2,900 | 7.94 | -1.5 | 1,643 | 4.43 | -2.78 | ||
Conservative | Allan Thomson | 568 | 1.55 | -2.79 | 118 | 0.32 | -5.36 | ||
NZ First | 3,330 | 8.98 | -0.5 | ||||||
Opportunities | 815 | 2.2 | — | ||||||
ACT | 231 | 0.62 | +0.26 | ||||||
Māori Party | 194 | 0.52 | -0.03 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 120 | 0.32 | -0.17 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 97 | 0.26 | -0.2 | ||||||
Outdoors | 37 | 0.10 | — | ||||||
United Future | 37 | 0.10 | -0.15 | ||||||
People's Party | 31 | 0.09 | — | ||||||
Democrats | 13 | 0.04 | -0.02 | ||||||
Mana | 9 | 0.02 | -0.55[a] | ||||||
Internet | 7 | 0.02 | -0.55[b] | ||||||
Informal votes | 606 | 124 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 36,523 | 37,095 | |||||||
Nationalhold | Majority | 15,259 | 41.78 | -9.43 |
2014 election
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Barbara Kuriger | 22,328 | 68.17 | -1.48 | 20,637 | 61.46 | +1.02 | ||
Labour | Penny Gaylor | 5,555 | 16.96 | +2.26 | 4,483 | 13.35 | -2.60 | ||
Green | Robert Moore | 3,091 | 9.44 | +0.02 | 2,422 | 7.21 | -1.02 | ||
Conservative | Edward Aish | 1,420 | 4.34 | +4.34 | 1,907 | 5.68 | +1.88 | ||
Internet | Grant Keinzley | 209 | 0.64 | +0.64 | |||||
Democrats | David Espin | 152 | 0.46 | +0.46 | 20 | 0.06 | -0.02 | ||
NZ First | 3,182 | 9.48 | +2.22 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 191 | 0.57 | +0.30 | ||||||
Māori Party | 185 | 0.55 | -0.12 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 163 | 0.49 | -0.08 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 156 | 0.46 | +0.46 | ||||||
ACT | 120 | 0.36 | -1.13 | ||||||
United Future | 85 | 0.25 | -0.85 | ||||||
Civilian | 11 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 9 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Focus | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Informal votes | 463 | 99 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 33,218 | 33,678 | |||||||
Nationalhold | Majority | 16,773 | 51.21 | +0.78 |
2011 election
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
20,842 | 69.65 | +0.97 | 18,759 | 60.44 | +0.90 | ||
Labour | Rick Barker | 5,753 | 19.22 | -0.33 | 4,950 | 15.95 | -5.24 | ||
Green | Robert Moore | 2,819 | 9.42 | +1.01 | 2,554 | 8.23 | +3.25 | ||
United Future | Victoria Rogers | 511 | 1.71 | +1.71 | 340 | 1.10 | +0.30 | ||
NZ First | 2,252 | 7.26 | +2.76 | ||||||
Conservative | 1,180 | 3.80 | +3.80 | ||||||
ACT | 461 | 1.49 | -3.57 | ||||||
Māori Party | 209 | 0.67 | -0.34 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 181 | 0.58 | +0.23 | ||||||
Mana | 83 | 0.27 | +0.27 | ||||||
Democrats | 25 | 0.08 | -0.17 | ||||||
Alliance | 24 | 0.08 | -0.01 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 20 | 0.06 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,046 | 251 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 29,925 | 31,038 | |||||||
Nationalhold | Majority | 15,089 | 50.42 | +1.30 |
Electorate(as at 11 November 2011): 41,152[6]
2008 election
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
21,834 | 68.67 | 19,232 | 59.54 | ||||
Labour | Renée van de Weert | 6,216 | 19.55 | 6,844 | 21.19 | ||||
Green | Rob Hamill | 2,675 | 8.41 | 1,607 | 4.97 | ||||
ACT | William Izard | 767 | 2.41 | 1,634 | 5.06 | ||||
Democrats | Iain Parker | 302 | 0.95 | 82 | 0.25 | ||||
NZ First | 1,451 | 4.49 | |||||||
Māori Party | 327 | 1.01 | |||||||
United Future | 258 | 0.80 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 244 | 0.76 | |||||||
Progressive | 192 | 0.59 | |||||||
Kiwi | 151 | 0.47 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 114 | 0.35 | |||||||
Family Party | 96 | 0.30 | |||||||
Alliance | 28 | 0.09 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 16 | 0.05 | |||||||
Workers Party | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
Pacific | 9 | 0.03 | |||||||
RONZ | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
RAM | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 391 | 153 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,794 | 32,302 | |||||||
Nationalhold | Majority | 15,618 | 49.12 |
2005 election
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
20,867 | 67.62 | +16.43 | 17,760 | 56.42 | |||
Labour | Maryan Street | 7,749 | 25.11 | +0.16 | 7,886 | 25.05 | |||
United Future | Anne Copeland | 568 | 1.84 | 638 | 2.03 | ||||
ACT | Richard Steele | 547 | 1.77 | 659 | 2.09 | ||||
Progressive | William Smith | 510 | 1.65 | 256 | 0.81 | ||||
Destiny | Tony Harrison | 425 | 1.38 | 279 | 0.89 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Mark Jones | 195 | 0.63 | 70 | 0.22 | ||||
NZ First | 2,538 | 8.06 | |||||||
Green | 990 | 3.15 | |||||||
Māori Party | 191 | 0.61 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 89 | 0.28 | |||||||
Democrats | 35 | 0.11 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 20 | 0.06 | |||||||
Alliance | 15 | 0.05 | |||||||
One NZ | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 12 | 0.04 | |||||||
99 MP | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
Family Rights | 8 | 0.03 | |||||||
RONZ | 8 | 0.03 | |||||||
Informal votes | 411 | 139 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 30,861 | 31,477 | |||||||
Nationalhold | Majority | 13,118 | 42.51 | +16.27 |
1999 election
[edit]Refer toCandidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Taranaki-King Countryfor a list of candidates.
1998 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Shane Ardern | 5,953 | 29.43 | ||
ACT | Owen Jennings | 4,965 | 24.55 | ||
Labour | Max Purnell | 3,546 | 17.53 | ||
Alliance | Kevin Campbell | 3,208 | 15.46 | ||
Christian Heritage | Ewen McQueen | 561 | 2.77 | ||
NZ First | Robin Ord | 560 | 2.77 | ||
Green | Cindy McDonald | 503 | 2.49 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Michael Appleby | 393 | 1.94 | ||
United NZ | Pauline Gardiner | 127 | 0.63 | ||
Independent | Doug Wilson | 127 | 0.63 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Paul Cooke | 76 | 0.38 | ||
Independent | Brett Power | 56 | 0.28 | ||
Animals First | Alistair McKellow | 49 | 0.24 | ||
Independent | Greg Walker | 32 | 0.16 | ||
Social Credit | Avon James Harris | 17 | 0.08 | ||
Natural Law | Tony Martin | 17 | 0.08 | ||
Independent | Victor Bryers | 15 | 0.07 | ||
Youth Independence | Robert Terry | 10 | 0.05 | ||
Mana Wahine | Mary Gilmore | 7 | 0.03 | ||
Progressive Party | Ralph Dell | 3 | 0.01 | ||
Majority | 984 | 4.87 | |||
Turnout | 20,225 | ||||
Nationalhold | Swing | -32.51 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Objections to Proposed Electoral Districts
- ^"Taranaki-King Country - Official Result".New Zealand Electoral Commission.Retrieved17 January2021.
- ^"Official Count Results – Taranaki-King Country".Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission.Retrieved22 December2017.
- ^2014 election results
- ^2011 election results
- ^"Enrolment statistics".Electoral Commission. 11 November 2011.Retrieved17 November2011.
- ^2008 election results
- ^2005 election results
External links
[edit]- Electorate ProfileParliamentary Library