Albany (New Zealand electorate)

Albany was a New Zealand electorate. It was located in north Auckland, and named after the suburb of Albany. It existed from 1978 to 2002, with a break from 1984 to 1987.

Population centres

The 1977 electoral redistribution was the most overtly political since the Representation Commission had been established through an amendment to the Representation Act in 1886, initiated by Muldoon's National Government.[1] As part of the 1976 census, a large number of people failed to fill out an electoral re-registration card, and census staff had not been given the authority to insist on the card being completed. This had little practical effect for people on the general roll, but it transferred Māori to the general roll if the card was not handed in. Together with a northward shift of New Zealand's population, this resulted in five new electorates having to be created in the upper part of the North Island.[2] The electoral redistribution was very disruptive, and 22 electorates were abolished, while 27 electorates were newly created (including Albany) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the 1978 election.[3]

The Albany electorate was centred on Albany, which had previously been part of Waitemata electorate.[4] Its territory extended southwards to include Greenhithe and Paremoremo (also formerly part of Waitemata), plus a large portion of Glenfield (formerly split between Waitemata and East Coast Bays). It extended northwards to include Okura, Orewa, and Stanmore Bay (which were formerly part of Rodney electorate).[4] For the 1984 election, however, the electorate was abolished. Glenfield and Greenhithe were split off to form the Glenfield electorate, and most of the remainder (including Albany itself) was absorbed into Rodney electorate.[5]

The 1987 electoral redistribution took the continued population growth in the North Island into account, and two additional general electorates were created, bringing the total number of electorates to 97. In the South Island, the shift of population to Christchurch had continued.[6] Overall, three electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated (including Albany), and four electorates were abolished. All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes.[7] These changes came into effect with the 1987 election.[8] The Albany electorate was based around the portion of the former Albany which had been merged into Rodney, plus Greenhithe (which had become part of Glenfield). Glenfield itself remained its own electorate. The new Albany also included Hobsonville and Whenuapai, taken from West Auckland, and stretched as far north as Orewa.[9] For the 1990 election, the electorate expanded to the west slightly, towards Kumeu, but this was effectively reversed at the 1993 election. When the transition to MMP prompted a major redistribution at the 1996 election, most of the Glenfield seat was merged into Albany, almost bringing the seat back to its original shape in 1978. It lost some ground to the west at the 1999 election. For the 2002 election, the seat was abolished once again — its western territories, including Greenhithe and Albany itself, became part of the new Helensville electorate, while the remainder was established as the new East Coast Bays electorate.

History

Don McKinnon of the National Party was the first representative of the electorate. He served for two terms from 1978, and successfully contested Rodney in 1984 election.[10]

Members of Parliament

Key

  National  

Election Winner
1978 election Don McKinnon
1981 election
(Electorate abolished 1984–1987; see Glenfield and Rodney)
1987 election Don McKinnon
1990 election
1993 election
1996 election Murray McCully
1999 election
(Electorate abolished in 2002; see Helensville and East Coast Bays)

Election results

1999 election

General election 1999: Albany[11][12]

Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
National Green tickY Murray McCully 13,701 40.18 -9.48 13,583 39.41
Labour Hamish McCracken 8,753 25.67 +15.10 10,271 29.80
Alliance Heather McConachy 3,775 11.07 -1.94 1,967 5.71
ACT Mike Steeneveld 2,414 7.08 +1.96 4,232 12.28
Green Bera MacClement 1,585 4.65 1,529 4.44
Independent Callum Blair 1,548 4.54
Future NZ Rob Wheeler 869 2.55 556 1.61
NZ First Joy Brett 751 2.20 -14.67 1,033 2.97
Christian Heritage Tony Corbett 665 1.95 575 1.67
NMP Darag Rennie 41 0.12 19 0.06
Legalise Cannabis   243 0.71
United NZ   233 0.68
Libertarianz   69 0.20
Animals First   53 0.15
McGillicuddy Serious   45 0.13
Natural Law   19 0.06
One NZ   18 0.05
Freedom Movement 5 0.01
Mana Māori   5 0.01
People's Choice Party 3 0.01
Republican   3 0.01
South Island   3 0.01
Mauri Pacific   1 0.00
Informal votes 512 149
Total Valid votes 34,102 34,465
National hold Majority 4,948 14.51 -18.28

1996 election

General election 1996: Albany[13][14][15]

Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
National Green tickY Murray McCully 17,639 49.67 +11.92 15,812 44.31
NZ First Terry Heffernan 5,992 16.87 3,536 9.91
Alliance Heather McConachy 4,621 13.01 2,288 6.41
Labour Colin Hutchinson 3,753 10.57 7,221 20.24
ACT Marilyn Thomas 1,820 5.12 3,910 10.96
Christian Coalition Judith Phillips 942 2.65 1,603 4.49
Progressive Green Miles Allen 389 1.10 121 0.34
McGillicuddy Serious Tina Nevin 283 0.80 88 0.25
Natural Law Tom Hopwood 82 0.23 50 0.14
Legalise Cannabis   507 1.42
United NZ   303 0.85
Ethnic Minority Party 69 0.19
Animals First   61 0.17
Advance New Zealand 55 0.15
Superannuitants & Youth 18 0.05
Green Society 16 0.04
Libertarianz   15 0.04
Conservatives 7 0.02
Asia Pacific United 4 0.01
Mana Māori   1 0.00
Te Tawharau 0 0.00
Informal votes 238 74
Total Valid votes 35,521 35,685
National hold Majority 11,647 32.79

1993 election

General election, 1993: Albany[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Don McKinnon 8,166 37.75
Alliance Jill Jeffs 4,515 20.87
NZ First T McRae 4,300 19.88
Labour J Allen 3,848 17.79
Christian Heritage D Hoek 413 1.91
Independent S Power 206 0.95
McGillicuddy Serious P Chiles 184 0.85
Majority 3,651 16.88
Informal votes 617 2.77
Turnout 22,249 87.26
Registered electors 25,497

Notes

  1. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 8–9, 51, 119.
  2. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 119.
  3. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 115–120.
  4. 1 2 McRobie 1989, pp. 115, 119.
  5. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 119, 123.
  6. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 127f.
  7. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 123–128.
  8. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 127.
  9. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 123, 127.
  10. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 216.
  11. ↑ "Candidate vote details - Albany". October 2005. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Votes for registered parties by electorate". October 2005.
  13. ↑ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Albany" (PDF). Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  14. ↑ "Part III - Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "Part III - Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  16. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. pp. 5, 161.

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