Rimutaka (New Zealand electorate)

Rimutaka electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election

Rimutaka is an electorate returning one member to the House of Representatives of New Zealand. The current representative is Chris Hipkins.^[1] He is a member of the Labour Party, and has represented the seat since 2008.

Population centres

Rimutaka covers an area of the Hutt Valley stretching from the Rimutaka Ranges, for which it is named, through Upper Hutt to the Lower Hutt suburbs of Taitā, Stokes Valley and Naenae. Boundary changes effective from the 2008 election meant that the suburb of Belmont moved from the Ōhariu electorate (previously called Ohariu-Belmont) to become part of Rimutaka. Following the 2014 boundary review, Rimutaka lost Kelson and Belmont to Hutt South in exchange for the suburb of Naenae.

History

Rimutaka was created in 1996 ahead of the change to Mixed Member Proportional voting. It was created by merging the old Upper Hutt-based seat of Heretaunga with Stokes Valley, Taitā and a large section of Naenae from the defunct Eastern Hutt seat. Eastern Hutt had been held by Labour's Paul Swain since 1987, while Heretaunga had been won by National's Peter McCardle in 1990. Peter McCardle (who had been re-elected in 1993) defected to New Zealand First in 1996. Swain was the clear winner in every election from 1996 to 2005; the inclusion of the working-class areas of Hutt City helped make Rimutaka safer for the Labour Party, though on the campaign trail in 2008, Labour's chances for winning both party vote and the electorate were summarised as: "Labour support is 'rock solid' in the south of the electorate but things are volatile in Upper Hutt, where there is 'still work to do'".^[2]

Following the 2014 boundary review, Rimutaka gained Naenae and a small part of Epuni from the Hutt South electorate and lost Kelson and Belmont to Hutt South.

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Key

Labour NZ First

Election	Winner
1996 election 1999 election 2002 election 2005 election		Paul Swain
2008 election 2011 election 2014 election		Chris Hipkins

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Rimutaka electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Election	Winner
1996 election		Peter McCardle¹

¹ McCardle was the National MP for Heretaunga from 1990 to 1996

Election results

2014 election

General election 2014: Rimutaka^[3]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Chris Hipkins		19,286	52.51	+2.25	12,176	32.73	-0.16
	National	Lewis Holden		12,622	34.36	-6.27	15,352	41.28	-3.16
	NZ First	Aaron Hunt		1,785	4.86	+4.86	3,806	10.23	+6.21
	Green	Susanne Ruthven		1,727	4.70	-1.12	3,422	9.90	-1.41
	Conservative	Philip Michael Lynch		973	2.65	+2.65	955	4.01	+1.25
	ACT						126	0.34	-0.34
	United Future						122	0.33	-0.66
	Māori						149	0.40	-0.15
	Legalise Cannabis						194	0.52	+0.05
	Internet Mana						324	0.87	+0.64
	Democrats						14	0.04	+0.00
	Civilian						19	0.05
	Ban 1080						84	0.23
	Independent Coalition						19	0.05
Informal votes				241			159
Total Valid votes				36,393			37,194
	Labour hold		Majority	6,664	18.14	+8.52

Electorate (as at 20 September 2014): 46,526^[4]

2011 election

General election 2011: Rimutaka^[5]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Chris Hipkins		17,171	51.58	12.31	11,375	33.13	-8.18
	National	Jonathan Fletcher		13,885	41.71	+4.60	15,364	44.75	+4.10
	Green	Tane Woodley		1,990	5.98	+0.96	3,422	9.97	+4.04
	ACT	Alwyn Courtenay		241	0.72	-0.57	235	0.68	-1.87
	NZ First						2,148	6.26	+2.17
	Conservative						955	2.78	+2.78
	United Future						340	0.99	-0.41
	Māori						190	0.55	-0.18
	Legalise Cannabis						164	0.48	+0.13
	Mana						80	0.23	+0.23
	Libertarianz						28	0.08	+0.04
	Alliance						20	0.06	-0.02
	Democrats						12	0.03	+0.01
Informal votes				879			240
Total Valid votes				33,287			34,333
	Labour hold		Majority	3,286	9.87	+7.72

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,403^[4]

2008 election

General election 2008: Rimutaka^[6]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Hipkins		13,735	39.27		14,685	41.31
	National	Richard Whiteside		12,982	37.12		14,452	40.65
	NZ First	Ron Mark		5,257	15.03		1,453	4.09
	Green	Lynette Vigrass		1,755	5.02		2,107	5.93
	United Future	Jenni Hurn		522	1.49		499	1.40
	ACT	Nigel Kearney		453	1.30		909	2.56
	Progressive	John Maurice		272	0.78		345	0.97
	Māori						260	0.73
	Bill and Ben						255	0.72
	Kiwi						242	0.68
	Legalise Cannabis						122	0.34
	Family Party						85	0.24
	Pacific						57	0.16
	Alliance						28	0.08
	Workers Party						18	0.05
	Libertarianz						13	0.04
	Democrats						8	0.02
	RONZ						7	0.02
	RAM						4	0.01
Informal votes				297			126
Total Valid votes				34,976			35,549
	Labour hold		Majority	753	2.15

2005 election

General election 2005: Rimutaka^[7]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Paul Swain		18,681	54.74	-4.67	16,558	47.80
	National	Mike Leddy		10,404	30.49	+11.18	11,791	34.04
	United Future	Bernard McLelland		1777	5.21		1615	4.66
	Green	Michael Morris		1243	3.64		1446	4.17
	NZ First	David Fowler		1094	3.21		1736	5.01
	Independent	Dave Reynolds		549	1.61
	ACT	John Waugh		380	1.11		414	1.20
	Legalise Cannabis						691	1.99
	Progressive						451	1.30
	Destiny						197	0.57
	Māori						181	0.52
	Christian Heritage						54	0.16
	Alliance						28	0.08
	Libertarianz						19	0.05
	99 MP						14	0.04
	Democrats						10	0.03
	Family Rights						9	0.03
	One NZ						8	0.02
	Direct Democracy						6	0.02
	RONZ						2	0.01
Informal votes				353			145
Total Valid votes				34,128			34,640
	Labour hold		Majority	8277	24.25	-16.10

2002 election

General election 2002: Rimutaka^[8]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Paul Swain		18,688			14,856
	National	Mike Leddy		6,073			5,387
	United Future	Wayne Chapman		1,957			2,933
	Green	Russel Norman		1,267			1,683
	ACT	Nick Kearney		1,168			2,004
	Independent	Nick Kelly		376
	NZ First						2,641
	Legalise Cannabis						179
	Alliance						28	0.08
Informal votes				404			146
Total Valid votes				31,861			32,079
	Labour hold		Majority

References

↑ New Zealand Parliament - Chris Hipkinsn MP
↑ "Labour stronghold shapes up as a battleground". stuff.co.nz. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
↑
1 2 "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
↑ 2011 election results
↑ 2008 election results
↑ election result Rimutaka 2005
↑ election result Rimutaka 2002

External links

Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library
2005 election results electionresults.govt.nz
2002 election results electionresults.govt.nz

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