Kaikōura (New Zealand electorate)
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Kaikōura (or Kaikoura before 2008) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning a single MP to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Kaikōura is Stuart Smith of the National Party, who won the 2014 election.
Population centres[]
The Kaikōura electorate covers the north-eastern South Island, from Cook Strait in the north to the Ashley River / Rakahuri in the south. At over 21,000 km2 (8,100 sq mi), it is New Zealand's fourth-largest general electorate by area. Its biggest town is Blenheim; other towns include Amberley, Ashley, Cheviot, Culverden, Hanmer Springs, Havelock, Kaikōura and Picton.[1] The electorate boundaries were not changed in either the 2007 or 2013/14 boundary reviews.[2][3]
History[]
Kaikōura is one of the original 60 electorates drawn ahead of the change to Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting in 1996. It was made up by merging all of the old Marlborough seat with a large portion of Rangiora. Like the two electorates it replaced, Kaikōura is a safe seat for the National Party, returning a National MP at every election since it was created.
The first representative in 1996 was Doug Kidd, who was previously the MP for Marlborough. He retired at the end of the parliamentary term and was succeeded by Lynda Scott in the 1999 election. Scott served for two parliamentary terms before retiring from politics and returning to the medical profession in 2005.[4]
The 2005 election was won by Colin King, who served for three parliamentary terms.[5] In December 2013, King was deselected as National's candidate for Kaikoura, losing a selection challenge by Stuart Smith,[6] who won the general election in September 2014 with a preliminary majority of 11,510 votes.[7] Based on preliminary election results, Steffan Browning of the Green Party who became a list MP in 2011, was the highest ranked Green candidate who was not returned to parliament.[8][9] When final results were released, the Green Party had gained an additional seat, and Browning was confirmed as a list MP.[10]
Members of Parliament[]
Key
National Labour Green
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Doug Kidd | |
1999 election | Lynda Scott | |
2002 election | ||
2005 election | Colin King | |
2008 election | ||
2011 election | ||
2014 election | Stuart Smith | |
2017 election | ||
2020 election |
List MPs[]
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Kaikōura electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Marian Hobbs | |
1999 election | Ian Ewen-Street | |
2002 election | ||
2011 election | Steffan Browning | |
2014 election |
Election results[]
2020 election[]
2020 general election: Kaikōura[11] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
18,069 | 42.68 | -9.50 | 13,007 | 30.28 | -22.32 | ||
Labour | Matt Flight | 15,774 | 37.26 | +10.91 | 19,159 | 44.60 | +15.47 | ||
Green | Richard McCubbin | 2,377 | 5.62 | -1.64 | 2,282 | 5.31 | +0.38 | ||
NZ First | Jamie Arbuckle | 4,201 | 10.64 | +5.44 | 3,561 | 8.95 | −0.87 | ||
ACT | Richard Evans | 1,833 | 4.33 | +3.80 | 4,917 | 11.45 | +11.07 | ||
New Conservative | David John Greenslade | 766 | 1.81 | +1.26 | 798 | 1.86 | +1.52 | ||
Outdoors | Darlene Morgan | 369 | 0.87 | — | 124 | 0.29 | +0.19 | ||
Advance NZ | Lisa Claire Romana | 357 | 0.84 | — | 390 | 0.91 | — | ||
ONE | John Donald Moore | 327 | 0.77 | — | 246 | 0.57 | — | ||
Social Credit | John McCaskey | 173 | 0.41 | +0.33 | 35 | 0.08 | +0.04 | ||
Independent | Ted Howard | 93 | 0.22 | — | |||||
Money Free Party | Prince Bhavik | 14 | 0.03 | -0.10 | |||||
Opportunities | 493 | 1.15 | -1.02 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 193 | 0.32 | +0.02 | ||||||
Māori Party | 70 | 0.16 | -0.07 | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 27 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
Vision NZ | 10 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
TEA | 7 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 4 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 629 | 251 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 42,332 | 42,955 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 2,295 | 5.42 | −20.41 |
2017 election[]
2017 general election: Kaikōura[12] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
20,594 | 52.18 | −5.00 | 20,925 | 52.60 | +0.15 | ||
Labour | Janette Walker | 10,401 | 26.35 | +3.63 | 11,587 | 29.13 | +12.09 | ||
NZ First | Jamie Arbuckle | 4,201 | 10.64 | +5.44 | 3,561 | 8.95 | −0.87 | ||
Green | Richard McCubbin | 2,865 | 7.26 | −1.04 | 1,963 | 4.93 | −4.22 | ||
Conservative | David Greensdale | 218 | 0.55 | −2.44 | 135 | 0.34 | −4.31 | ||
ACT | Richard Evans | 210 | 0.53 | +0.27 | 151 | 0.38 | −0.01 | ||
Democrats | John McCaskey | 131 | 0.33 | −0.20 | 14 | 0.04 | −0.06 | ||
Money Free Party | Charlotte Osmaston | 53 | 0.13 | −0.07 | |||||
United Future | John Truman Foster | 51 | 0.13 | — | 23 | 0.06 | −0.20 | ||
Opportunities | 865 | 2.17 | — | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 119 | 0.30 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 117 | 0.30 | −0.11 | ||||||
Māori Party | 92 | 0.23 | −0.13 | ||||||
Outdoors | 40 | 0.10 | — | ||||||
People's Party | 10 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Mana Party | 4 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Internet | 3 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 381 | 172 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 39,465 | 39,781 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 10,553 | 25.83 | −8.63 |
2014 election[]
2014 general election: Kaikōura[13] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Stuart Smith | 20,857 | 57.18 | −3.07 | 20,770 | 56.45 | +1.04 | ||
Labour | Janette Walker | 8,287 | 22.72 | −2.98 | 6,269 | 17.04 | −2.81 | ||
Green | Steffan Browning | 3,028 | 8.30 | −3.12 | 3,366 | 9.15 | −2.94 | ||
NZ First | Steve Campbell | 1,896 | 5.20 | +5.20 | 3,612 | 9.82 | +3.27 | ||
Conservative | Howard Hudson | 1,089 | 2.99 | +2.99 | 1,709 | 4.65 | +0.85 | ||
Ban 1080 | Glen Tomlinson | 566 | 1.55 | +1.55 | 187 | 0.51 | +0.51 | ||
Democrats | John McCaskey | 194 | 0.53 | −0.32 | 36 | 0.10 | −0.02 | ||
ACT | Richard Evans | 132 | 0.36 | −1.02 | 144 | 0.39 | −0.72 | ||
Money Free Party | Ted Howard | 72 | 0.20 | +0.20 | |||||
Internet Mana | 169 | 0.46 | +0.33[a] | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 151 | 0.41 | −0.07 | ||||||
Māori Party | 131 | 0.36 | −0.07 | ||||||
United Future | 96 | 0.26 | −0.64 | ||||||
Civilian | 13 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Focus | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Informal votes | 353 | 122 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 36,474 | 36,791 | |||||||
Turnout | 34,292 | 79.84 | +5.58 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 12,570 | 34.46 | −0.08 |
2011 election[]
2011 general election: Kaikōura[14] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
19,961 | 60.25 | +2.47 | 18,909 | 55.41 | +3.57 | ||
Labour | Liz Collyns | 8,516 | 25.70 | -0.66 | 6,775 | 19.85 | -8.33 | ||
Green | Steffan Browning | 3,784 | 11.42 | +3.42 | 3,786 | 11.09 | +4.08 | ||
ACT | Richard Evans | 457 | 1.38 | +0.12 | 379 | 1.11 | -1.98 | ||
Democrats | John McCaskey | 283 | 0.85 | +0.54 | 42 | 0.12 | +0.04 | ||
Libertarianz | Ian Hayes | 131 | 0.40 | +0.40 | 23 | 0.07 | +0.05 | ||
NZ First | 2,236 | 6.55 | +1.98 | ||||||
Conservative | 1,296 | 3.80 | +3.80 | ||||||
United Future | 306 | 0.90 | -0.03 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 165 | 0.48 | +0.18 | ||||||
Māori Party | 147 | 0.43 | -0.13 | ||||||
Mana | 45 | 0.13 | +0.13 | ||||||
Alliance | 19 | 0.06 | -0.003 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,045 | 284 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 33,132 | 34,128 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 11,445 | 34.54 | +3.13 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,958[15]
2008 election[]
2008 general election: Kaikoura[16] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
20,374 | 57.77 | +6.65 | 18,479 | 51.83 | +6.81 | ||
Labour | Brian McNamara | 9,297 | 26.36 | -11.30 | 10,046 | 28.18 | -7.86 | ||
Green | Steffan Browning | 2,823 | 8.00 | +2.46 | 2,499 | 7.01 | +1.24 | ||
Kiwi | Al Belcher | 1,127 | 3.20 | +3.20 | 618 | 1.73 | +1.73 | ||
NZ First | Linda Waimarie King | 959 | 2.72 | +2.72 | 1,631 | 4.58 | -1.29 | ||
ACT | Dave Tattersfield | 443 | 1.26 | +0.46 | 1,101 | 3.09 | +1.63 | ||
United Future | Coralie Christie | 131 | 0.37 | -1.01 | 331 | 0.93 | -1.90 | ||
Democrats | John S. J. McCaskey | 112 | 0.32 | +0.32 | 31 | 0.09 | +0.02 | ||
Progressive | 285 | 0.80 | -0.81 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 223 | 0.63 | +0.63 | ||||||
Māori Party | 201 | 0.56 | +0.18 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 107 | 0.30 | +0.10 | ||||||
Family Party | 41 | 0.12 | +0.12 | ||||||
Alliance | 21 | 0.06 | -0.06 | ||||||
Workers Party | 12 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
RONZ | 8 | 0.02 | +0.002 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 6 | 0.02 | -0.01 | ||||||
Pacific | 6 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
RAM | 4 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 292 | 160 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 35,266 | 35,650 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 11,077 | 31.41 | +17.95 |
2005 election[]
2005 general election: Kaikoura[17] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Colin King | 17,755 | 51.68 | 15,636 | 45.02 | ||||
Labour | Brendon Burns | 13,080 | 38.07 | 12,515 | 36.04 | ||||
Green | Steffan Browning | 1,927 | 5.61 | 2,005 | 5.07 | ||||
United Future | Robin Westley | 481 | 1.40 | 981 | 2.82 | ||||
Progressive | John Maurice | 430 | 1.25 | 558 | 1.61 | ||||
ACT | Pat O'Sullivan | 275 | 0.80 | 505 | 1.45 | ||||
Māori Party | Brett Cowan | 174 | 0.51 | 133 | 0.38 | ||||
Independent | Ted Howard | 170 | 0.49 | ||||||
Alliance | Greg Kleis | 64 | 0.19 | 40 | 0.12 | ||||
NZ First | 2,036 | 5.86 | |||||||
Destiny | 139 | 0.40 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 68 | 0.20 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 43 | 0.12 | |||||||
Democrats | 24 | 0.07 | |||||||
One NZ | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
99 MP | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 9 | 0.03 | |||||||
RONZ | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Family Rights | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 335 | 147 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 34,356 | 34,729 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 4,675 | 30.30 | 13.61 |
2002 election[]
2002 general election: Kaikoura | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
15,165 | 47.63 | +9.56 | 8,536 | 26.51 | -6.51 | ||
Labour | Brendon Burns | 12,096 | 37.99 | 12,636 | 39.25 | +4.16 | |||
Green | Ian Ewen-Street | 2,313 | 7.26 | -1.91 | 2,220 | 6.90 | +0.20 | ||
United Future | Julee Smith-Mischeski | 644 | 2.02 | +1.06[b] | 1,859 | 5.77 | |||
Christian Heritage | Don Moore | 639 | 2.01 | -1.02 | 508 | 1.58 | -1.46 | ||
ACT | Ted Howard | 458 | 1.44 | 1,873 | 5.82 | -0.77 | |||
Progressive | Philippa Main | 365 | 1.15 | 570 | 1.77 | ||||
Independent | Desmond J Bell | 161 | 0.51 | +0.14 | |||||
NZ First | 2,825 | 8.77 | +5.18 | ||||||
ORNZ | 821 | 2.55 | |||||||
Alliance | 197 | 0.61 | -7.78 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 125 | 0.39 | -0.33 | ||||||
One NZ | 17 | 0.05 | +0.01 | ||||||
Mana Māori Movement | 4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||||
NMP | 3 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 303 | 98 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 31,841 | 32,194 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 3,069 | 9.64 | +5.01 |
1999 election[]
1999 general election: Kaikoura | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Lynda Scott | 12,214 | 38.07 | 10,688 | 33.02 | -3.18 | |||
Labour | Brian McNamara | 10,728 | 33.44 | 11,357 | 35.09 | +12.06 | |||
Green | Ian Ewen-Street | 2,941 | 9.17 | -6.47[c] | 2,168 | 6.70 | |||
Alliance | Lindsay Mehrtens | 2,040 | 6.36 | 2,717 | 8.39 | -4.94 | |||
NZ First | Chris Rivers | 1,300 | 4.05 | 1,161 | 3.59 | -10.70 | |||
ACT | Graham James Hewett | 1,234 | 3.85 | 2,134 | 6.59 | +0.78 | |||
Christian Heritage | Don Moore | 971 | 3.03 | 985 | 3.04 | ||||
Christian Democrats | Julee Smith-Mischeski | 307 | 0.96 | 324 | 1.00 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Rodney Hansen | 176 | 0.55 | -0.53 | 81 | 0.25 | -0.12 | ||
Independent | Desmond Joseph Bell | 120 | 0.37 | 0.00 | |||||
Natural Law | Anne Brigid | 48 | 0.15 | -0.13 | 88 | 0.27 | -0.06 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | 234 | 0.72 | -0.39 | ||||||
United NZ | 186 | 0.57 | -0.02 | ||||||
South Island | 103 | 0.32 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 64 | 0.20 | +0.19 | ||||||
Animals First | 48 | 0.15 | +0.02 | ||||||
One NZ | 12 | 0.04 | |||||||
Mana Māori Movement | 4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||||
The People's Choice | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Mauri Pacific | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Freedom Movement | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
NMP | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Republican | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 578 | 292 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,079 | 32,365 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 1,486 | 4.63 | -12.9 |
1996 election[]
1996 general election: Kaikoura[18][19][20] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Doug Kidd | 13,858 | 41.09 | 12,280 | 36.20 | ||||
Labour | Marian Hobbs | 7,946 | 23.56 | 7,813 | 23.03 | ||||
NZ First | Tom Harrison | 5,332 | 15.81 | 4,849 | 14.29 | ||||
Alliance | Ian Ewen-Street | 5,275 | 15.64 | 4,522 | 13.33 | ||||
ACT | Peter King-Talbot | 731 | 2.17 | 1,970 | 5.81 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Rodney Hansen | 365 | 1.08 | 125 | 0.37 | ||||
Independent | Desmond Joseph Bell | 124 | 0.37 | ||||||
Natural Law | Anne Brigid | 94 | 0.28 | 112 | 0.33 | ||||
Christian Coalition | 1,496 | 4.41 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 378 | 1.11 | |||||||
United NZ | 199 | 0.59 | |||||||
Progressive Green | 80 | 0.24 | |||||||
Animals First | 43 | 0.13 | |||||||
Green Society | 25 | 0.07 | |||||||
Conservatives | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
Superannuitants & Youth | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Mana Māori Movement | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Te Tawharau | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 291 | 95 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 33,725 | 33,921 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 5,912 | 17.53 |
Table footnotes[]
- ^ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.
- ^ Percentage change calculated as a candidate for the Future New Zealand Party in the 1999 election
- ^ Percentage change calculated as a candidate for the Alliance Party in the 1996 election
References[]
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- ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Dr Lynda Scott not seeking re-election" (Press release). New Zealand National Party. Scoop. 21 July 2004. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ "Colin King". New Zealand Parliament. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Kaikoura MP deselected by National". Stuff.co.nz. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Election Results – Electorate Status". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 25 April 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Provisional List of Successful Candidates – 2014 General Election – Preliminary Results". Electoral Commission. 21 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
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- ^ Rutherford, Hamish (4 October 2014). "National loses majority, Greens pick up one". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Kaikōura (2020)". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Kaikōura (2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Kaikōura". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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- ^ "Official Count Results – Kaikōura". Electoral Commission. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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- ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Kaikoura, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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External links[]
- Kaikōura electorate profile, Parliamentary Library
- New Zealand electorates
- 1996 establishments in New Zealand
- Waimakariri District