Marlborough (New Zealand electorate)
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 87–92.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 87–93.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 92.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 93.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 219.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 219, 233.
- ^ 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.
- Historical electorates of New Zealand
- Politics of the Marlborough Region
- 1938 establishments in New Zealand
- 1996 disestablishments in New Zealand