Marlborough (New Zealand electorate)

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Marlborough is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, in the Marlborough region at the top of the South Island. It existed from 1938 to 1996, and was represented by five Members of Parliament.

Population centres[]

The 1931 New Zealand census had been cancelled due to the Great Depression, so the 1937 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth into account. The increasing population imbalance between the North and South Islands had slowed, and only one electorate seat was transferred from south to north. Five electorates were abolished, one former electorate (Onehunga) was re-established, and four electorates were created for the first time, including Marlborough.[1] The Marlborough electorate replaced the Wairau electorate, which had more or less the same shape as Wairau had had since the 1927 electoral redistribution.[2] For the purposes of the country quota, the 1936 census had determined that some 27% of the population lived in urban areas, and the balance in rural areas.[3]

Settlements that were covered by the original electorate included Havelock, Picton, Blenheim, and Kaikoura.[4] The area is noted for growing grapes for white wine.

History[]

The electorate was created in 1938, replacing the Wairau electorate. Ted Meachen of the Labour Party, who had previously represented Wairau, was the first representative.[5] In the 1946 election, Meachen was defeated by National's Tom Shand.[6]

In 1996 with the advent of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation the electorate was included into the Kaikōura electorate. The then MP Doug Kidd was the first MP for Kaikōura.

Members of Parliament[]

Key

  Labour     National  

Election Winner
1938 election Ted Meachen
1943 election
1946 election Tom Shand
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election
1970 by-election Ian Brooks
1972 election
1975 election Ed Latter
1978 election Doug Kidd
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election
1990 election
1993 election
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Kaikoura)

Election results[]

1987 election[]

1987 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Doug Kidd 11,189 53.7 +11.0
Labour P B Hutchison 8,787 42.2 +2.3
Democrats R S MacArthur 650 3.1 -1.7
Christian Independent D J Bell 109 0.5 +0.3
Independent S W Yealands 97 0.5 +0.1
Majority 2,402 11.5
Turnout 91.7
Registered electors 22,937

1984 election[]

1984 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Doug Kidd 9,472 42.7 -0.6
Labour G MacDonald 8,860 39.9 +4.5
NZ Party Peter Calcott 2,656 12.0 +12.0
Social Credit H M Smith 1,062 4.8 -16.2
Independent S W Yealands 87 0.4 +0.4
Independent D J Bell 43 0.2 -0.1
Majority 612 2.8
Turnout 95.1
Registered electors 23,590

1981 election[]

1981 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Doug Kidd 8,998 43.3 -0.4
Labour Graeme Macann 7,355 35.4 -6.7
Social Credit Ron Cullum 4,353 21.0 +9.0
Independent D J Bell 66 0.3 +/-0
Majority 1,643 7.9
Turnout 92.0
Registered electors 22,543

1978 election[]

1978 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Doug Kidd 8,614 43.7 -10.3
Labour Ian Brooks 8,291 42.1 +4.3
Social Credit George Kerr 2,365 12.0 +7.0
Values A W Litchfield 381 1.9 -1.3
People's Representative D J Bell 66 0.3 +0.3
Majority 323 1.6
Turnout 79.5
Registered electors 24,905

1975 election[]

1975 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Ed Latter 10,047 54.0 +10.4
Labour Ian Brooks 7,037 37.8 -13.7
Social Credit George Kerr 928 5.0 +0.4
Values Richard Belton 607 3.2 +3.2
Majority 3,010 16.2
Turnout 89.2
Registered electors 20,936

1972 election[]

1972 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Brooks 8,469 51.5 +12.9
National Bruno Dalliessi 7,179 43.6 -9.5
Social Credit George Kerr 763 4.6 -3.7
New Democratic Thomas William MacDonald 49 0.3 +0.3
Majority 1,290 7.9
Turnout 92.4
Registered electors 17,896

1970 by-election[]

1970 Marlborough by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Brooks 7,060 47.93 +9.29
National Andy Shand 6,017 40.85
Social Credit George Kerr 1,171 7.95 -0.29
Country Party Clifford Stanley Emeny 482 3.27
Majority 1,043 7.08
Turnout 14,730 78.31 -13.33
Registered electors 18,809

1969 election[]

1969 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Shand 9,039 53.1 +7.0
Labour Ian Brooks 6,579 38.6 -2.9
Social Credit George Kerr 1,404 8.3 -4.1
Majority 2,460 14.5
Turnout 92.0
Registered electors 18,573

1966 election[]

1966 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Shand 7,216 46.1 -4.2
Labour Gerard Wall 6,484 41.5 +5.1
Social Credit George Kerr 1,943 12.4 -0.9
Majority 732 4.6
Turnout 90.0
Registered electors 17,427

1963 election[]

1963 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Shand 7,663 50.3 +0.1
Labour W G Kenyon 5,552 36.4 -2.0
Social Credit George Kerr 2,033 13.3 +1.9
Majority 2,111 13.9
Turnout 91.7
Registered electors 16,716

1960 election[]

1960 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Shand 7,672 50.2 -1.8
Labour Robert William Hope 5,677 38.4 -1.6
Social Credit George Kerr 1,680 11.4 +3.4
Majority 1,747 11.8
Turnout 92.9
Registered electors 15,969

1957 election[]

1957 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Shand 7,672 52.0 +3.7
Labour Roy Evans 5,890 40.0 +2.8
Social Credit George Kerr 1,184 8.0 -6.5
Majority 1,782 12.0
Turnout 95.0
Registered electors 15,575

1954 election[]

1954 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Shand 7,080 48.3 -10.5
Labour George Allan Turner 5,445 37.2 -4.0
Social Credit George Kerr 2,124 14.5 +14.5
Majority 1,635 11.1
Turnout 93.8
Registered electors 15,735

1951 election[]

1951 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Shand 8,175 58.8 +2.1
Labour Ted Meachen 5,723 41.2 -2.1
Majority 2,452 17.6
Turnout 93.0
Registered electors 14,996

1949 election[]

1949 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Shand 7,861 56.7 +6.0
Labour James Harrison Wilson 5,999 43.3 -6.0
Majority 1,862 13.4
Turnout 95.5
Registered electors 14,571

1946 election[]

1946 general election: Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Shand 6,935 50.7
Labour Ted Meachen 6,756 49.3
Majority 179 1.4
Turnout 93.9
Registered electors 14,513

Notes[]

  1. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 87–92.
  2. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 87–93.
  3. ^ McRobie 1989, p. 92.
  4. ^ McRobie 1989, p. 93.
  5. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 219.
  6. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 219, 233.
  7. ^ Norton 1988, pp. 274.

References[]

  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
  • 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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