Eastern Maori
Eastern Maori was one of New Zealand's four original parliamentary Māori electorates established in 1868, along with Northern Maori, Western Maori and Southern Maori. In 1996, with the introduction of MMP, the Maori electorates were updated, and Eastern Maori was replaced with the Te Tai Rawhiti and Te Puku O Te Whenua electorates.
Population centres[]
The electorate included the population centres of Kawerau, Opotiki, Rotorua and Whakatane.
Tribal areas[]
The electorate included the tribal areas of Ngāti Awa, Te Arawa, Ngāi Tai, Te Whakatōhea and Ngāti Porou.
History[]
Eastern Maori included Rotorua and the Bay of Plenty, and the Poverty Bay area down to Gisborne. Originally the electorate extended down the East Coast and included the Wairarapa, but in 1954 the boundaries of the Southern Maori electorate were extended to include much of the East Coast of the North Island up to Napier and Wairoa in Hawke's Bay.
The first Member of Parliament for Eastern Maori was Tareha Te Moananui, elected in 1868; he was the first Māori MP to speak in Parliament, and he retired in 1870.
James Carroll represented the electorate from 1887 to 1893, but in 1893 he changed to the Waiapu electorate and was replaced by Wi Pere who Carroll had defeated in 1887.
In the 1949 election, the incumbent, Tiaki Omana of the Labour Party, was unsuccessfully challenged by National's Turi Carroll.[1]
In the 1963 election, Puti Tipene Watene was elected. He was a Mormon and was the first non-Ratana to win a Maori seat since 1938.
With MMP Eastern Maori was replaced by the Te Tai Rawhiti electorate in 1996. Peter Tapsell, who had represented Eastern Maori since 1981 was defeated when he stood in the new electorate.
Members of Parliament[]
The Eastern Maori electorate was represented by ten Members of Parliament:[2]
Key
Independent Liberal United National Labour
| Election | Winner | |
| 1868 Māori election | Tareha Te Moananui | |
| 1871 election | Karaitiana Takamoana | |
| 1876 election | ||
| 1879 by-election | Henare Tomoana | |
| 1879 election | ||
| 1881 election | ||
| 1884 election | Wi Pere | |
| 1887 election | James Carroll | |
| 1890 election | ||
| 1893 election | Wi Pere (2nd period) | |
| 1896 election | ||
| 1899 election | ||
| 1902 election | ||
| 1905 election | Āpirana Ngata | |
| 1908 election | ||
| 1911 election | ||
| 1914 election | ||
| 1919 election | ||
| 1922 election | ||
| 1925 election | ||
| 1928 election | ||
| 1931 election | ||
| 1935 election | ||
| 1938 election | ||
| 1943 election | Tiaki Omana | |
| 1946 election | ||
| 1949 election | ||
| 1951 election | ||
| 1954 election | ||
| 1957 election | ||
| 1960 election | ||
| 1963 election | Puti Tipene Watene | |
| 1966 election | ||
| 1967 by-election | Paraone Reweti | |
| 1969 election | ||
| 1972 election | ||
| 1975 election | ||
| 1978 election | ||
| 1981 election | Peter Tapsell | |
| 1984 election | ||
| 1987 election | ||
| 1990 election | ||
| 1993 election | ||
Election results[]
Note that the affiliation of many early candidates is not known.
1967 by-election[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paraone Reweti | 4,460 | 49.49 | ||
| National | Arnold Reedy | 2,416 | 26.81 | ||
| Social Credit | C M Paul | 1,219 | 13.53 | ||
| Independent Maori | D M Bennett | 671 | 7.45 | ||
| Independent | O K Te Huata | 246 | 2.73 | ||
| Majority | 2,044 | 22.68 | |||
| Turnout | 9,012 | 60.70 | |||
1931 election[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United | Āpirana Ngata | 5,105 | 71.91 | +1.70 | |
| Ratana | Pita Moko | 1,994 | 28.09 | +1.90 | |
| Majority | 3,111 | 43.82 | |||
| Turnout | 7,099 | ||||
1928 election[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United | Āpirana Ngata | 4,950 | 70.21 | ||
| Ratana | Pita Moko | 1,846 | 26.18 | ||
| Labour | Robert Panapa Tutaki | 254 | 3.60 | ||
| Majority | 3,104 | 44.03 | |||
| Turnout | 7,050 | ||||
1899 election[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Wi Pere | 2,294 | 40.52 | -20.70 | |
| Mohi Te Atahikoia | 1,387 | 24.50 | |||
| Hurinui Apanui | 1,316 | 23.25 | |||
| Kereru Numia | 331 | 5.85 | |||
| Tare Mete | 207 | 3.66 | -9.86 | ||
| Tamati Haweti | 126 | 2.23 | |||
| Majority | 907 | 16.02 | |||
| Turnout | 5,661 | ||||
1896 election[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Wi Pere | 2,549 | 61.22 | ||
| Tamati Tautuhi | 805 | 19.33 | |||
| Tare Mete | 563 | 13.52 | |||
| Maika Taruhe | 182 | 4.37 | |||
| Eriata Nopera | 65 | 1.56 | |||
| Majority | 1,744 | 41.88 | |||
| Turnout | 4,164 | ||||
1879 by-election[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Henare Tomoana | 652 | 37.84 | ||
| Independent | Henare Matua | 583 | 33.84 | ||
| Independent | Hans Tapsell | 429 | 24.90 | ||
| Independent | Henare Te Pukuatua | 59 | 3.42 | ||
| Majority | 69 | 4.00 | |||
| Turnout | 1723 | ||||
Notes[]
- ^ Rorke, Jinty. "Turi Carroll". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ Skinner 1929, p. 7.
- ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Untitled". Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. XXIV, no. 7816. 4 January 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
References[]
- Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
External links[]
- Historical Māori electorates
- 1996 disestablishments in New Zealand
- 1868 establishments in New Zealand