New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate)

New Plymouth electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election

New Plymouth is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first created for the 1st New Zealand Parliament in 1853 and has existed since, with one 32-year interruption. The electorate was initially called Town of New Plymouth.

The electorate is currently held by Jonathan Young for National,[1] as he defeated Labour's Harry Duynhoven[2] in the 2008 general election.

Population centres

In the 1927 electoral redistribution, the North Island gained a further electorate from the South Island due to faster population growth. Five electorates were abolished, two former electorates, including New Plymouth, were re-established, and three electorates were created for the first time.[3]

The electorate includes the following population centres:

History

The electorate was originally the Town of New Plymouth from 1853 to 1879. The name of the electorate was changed to New Plymouth from 1879 to 1896. The electorate was abolished in 1896, and was reconstituted under the same name in 1928.[4]

Oliver Samuel, Edward Metcalf Smith, Thomas Kelly (incumbent) and Charles Brown contested the electorate in the 1884 election; Samuel won the contest.[5][6]

The electorate has changed between National and Labour several times, and has been represented by two Christian ministers: Rev Frederick Frost and then Rev Ernest Aderman.

Members of Parliament

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

Key

  Independent     Liberal     United     National     Labour  

Election Winner
1853 election Francis Gledhill
1855 election William Richmond
1860 election
1862 by-election Isaac Newton Watt[7]
1863 by-election Henry Hanson Turton[8]
1864 by-election Charles Brown
1865 by-election Henry Sewell
1866 election John Richardson
1867 by-election Harry Atkinson
1869 by-election Thomas Kelly[9]
1871 election
1875 election
1879 election
1881 election
1884 election Oliver Samuel
1887 election
1890 election Edward Metcalf Smith
1893 election
(Electorate abolished 1896–1928, see Taranaki)
1928 election Sydney George Smith
1931 election
1935 election
1938 election Frederick Frost
1943 election Ernest Aderman
1946 election
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election Ron Barclay
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election Tony Friedlander
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election Harry Duynhoven
1990 election John Armstrong
1993 election Harry Duynhoven
1996 election
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election Jonathan Young
2011 election
2014 election

List MPs

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

Election Winner
1996 election Roger Maxwell
2011 election Andrew Little
2014 election

Election results

2014 election

General election 2014: New Plymouth[10]

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 Jonathan Young 21,566 57.75 +4.14 20,969 55.65 +2.39
Labour Andrew Little 11,788 31.56 −8.85 7,947 21.10 −4.72
Green Sarah Roberts 2,025 5.42 +1.56 3,005 7.97 −1.68
Legalise Cannabis Jamie Dombroski 701 1.88 +0.55 218 0.58 +0.06
Conservative Angela Storr 633 1.69 +1.69 1,201 3.19 +1.22
ACT James Gray 205 0.55 +0.55 172 0.46 −0.56
NZ First   3,395 9.00 +2.70
Internet Mana   263 0.70 +0.49[lower-alpha 1]
Māori   199 0.53 −0.08
United Future   66 0.18 −0.27
Ban 1080   57 0.15 +0.15
Civilian   57 0.15 +0.15
Democrats   28 0.07 +0.01
Independent Coalition   10 0.03 +0.03
Focus   10 0.03 +0.03
Informal votes 429 128
Total Valid votes 37,347 37,681
Turnout 37,681 77.51 +2.06
National hold Majority 9,778 26.18 +13.28

2011 election

General election 2011: New Plymouth[11]

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 Jonathan Young 17,644 53.31 +5.13 18,073 53.26 +2.79
Labour Andrew Little 13,374 40.41 -7.47 8,761 25.82 -5.60
Green Geoff Steedman 1,277 3.86 +3.86 3,276 9.65 +3.23
Legalise Cannabis Jamie Dombroski 439 1.33 +1.33 178 0.52 +0.05
Independent Rusty Kane 361 1.09 -1.11
NZ First   2,137 6.30 +2.25
Conservative   667 1.97 +1.97
ACT   347 1.02 -2.16
Māori   207 0.61 -0.14
United Future   154 0.45 -0.20
Mana   72 0.21 +0.21
Libertarianz   30 0.09 +0.01
Democrats   19 0.06 -0.07
Alliance   11 0.03 -0.06
Informal votes 808 235
Total Valid votes 33,095 33,932
National hold Majority 4,270 12.90 +12.60

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,973[12]

2008 election

General election 2008: New Plymouth[13]

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 Jonathan Young 16,539 48.18 17,512 50.47
Labour Red XN Harry Duynhoven 16,434 47.88 10,901 31.42
Independent Rusty Kane 756 2.20
ACT Chris Albers 455 1.33 1,106 3.19
Libertarianz Mike Webber 141 0.41 27 0.08
Green   2,230 6.43
NZ First   1,404 4.05
Bill and Ben   301 0.87
Māori   260 0.75
Progressive   232 0.67
United Future   227 0.65
Legalise Cannabis   166 0.48
Family Party   141 0.41
Kiwi   78 0.22
Democrats   43 0.12
Alliance   31 0.09
Pacific   23 0.07
Workers Party   13 0.04
RAM   2 0.01
RONZ   2 0.01
Informal votes 349 175
Total Valid votes 34,325 34,699
National gain from Labour Majority 105 0.31

2005 election

Party Candidate Votes % Party Votes %
Labour Green tick Harry Duynhoven 17512 53.20 12542 37.64
National Moira Irving 12073 36.67 14836 44.53
Green Sarah Brown 1165 3.54 1816 5.45
Destiny Keren Roberts 555 1.69 244 0.73
United Matt Collier 539 1.64 791 2.37
Māori Party Tony Ruakere 312 0.95 148 0.44
ACT Kerry O'Connor 301 0.91 394 1.18
IND Rusty Kane 252 0.77 - -
Democrats Kevin Smith 121 0.37 52 0.16
NZ First - - - 2036 6.11
Progressive - - - 249 0.75
ALCP - - - 86 0.26
Christian Heritage - - - 36 0.11
Alliance - - - 18 0.05
Direct Democracy - - - 15 0.05
Libertarianz - - - 14 0.04
One NZ - - - 12 0.04
Family Rights PP - - - 11 0.03
Republic of NZ - - - 7 0.03
99 MP - - - 12 0.04
informal votes 338 126
total valid votes 32,919 33,319
Labour hold Majority 5,439

sourced from electionresults.govt.nz

1996 election

General election 1996: New Plymouth[14][15][16]

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 % ±%
Labour Green tickY Harry Duynhoven 20,746 61.67 9,833 29.18
National Red XN Roger Maxwell 9,213 27.39 12,185 36.16
NZ First Harry Slaats 1,771 5.26 3,999 11.87
Alliance Sue Gaffy 1,277 3.80 3,282 9.74
ACT Tony Huston 391 1.16 1,492 4.43
Progressive Green Paul O'Neill 181 0.54 100 0.30
Natural Law Bruce Sowry 63 0.19 48 0.14
Christian Coalition   1,619 4.80
Legalise Cannabis   642 1.91
United NZ   223 0.66
McGillicuddy Serious   93 0.28
Animals First   77 0.23
Green Society   21 0.06
Mana Māori   20 0.06
Conservatives   19 0.06
Superannuitants & Youth   14 0.04
Libertarianz   11 0.03
Ethnic Minority Party 8 0.02
Advance New Zealand 7 0.02
Asia Pacific United 2 0.01
Te Tawharau 1 0.00
Informal votes 205 151
Total Valid votes 33,642 33,696
Labour hold Majority 11,533 34.28

1931 election

General election, 1931: New Plymouth[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Sydney George Smith 7,152 66.03 +15.23
Labour William Sheat 3,680 33.97
Majority 3,472 32.05 +18.69
Informal votes 153 1.39 +0.78
Turnout 10,985 86.71 -4.86
Registered electors 12,668

1928 election

General election, 1928: New Plymouth[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Sydney George Smith 5,577 50.79
Reform Charles Bellringer 4,110 37.43
Labour W G Simpson 1,293 11.78
Majority 1,467 13.36
Informal votes 68 0.62
Turnout 11,048 91.57
Registered electors 12,065

1893 election

General election, 1893: New Plymouth[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Metcalf Smith 1,782 55.07
Opposition Robert Trimble[21] 1,291 39.89
Independent Richard Price[22] 163 5.04
Majority 491 15.17
Turnout 3,236 78.73
Registered electors 4,110

Table footnotes

  1. ↑ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Jonathan Young". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. ↑ New Zealand Parliament - Harry Duynhoven MP Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 83–88.
  4. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 161.
  5. ↑ "The General Elections". Taranaki Herald. XXXII (6503). 15 July 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "The General Election, 1884". National Library. 1884. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  7. ↑ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). "Former Members Of The House Of Representatives". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  8. ↑ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). "Former Members Of The House Of Representatives". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  9. ↑ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). "Former Members Of The House Of Representatives". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  10. ↑ "2014 election results". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  11. ↑ 2011 election results
  12. ↑ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  13. ↑ 2008 election results
  14. ↑ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - New Plymouth, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Part III - Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  16. ↑ "Part III - Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  17. ↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  18. ↑ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 4. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  19. ↑ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  20. ↑ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times. 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  21. ↑ "The General Election". Taranaki Herald XLII (9840). 28 October 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  22. ↑ "The General Election". Hawera & Normanby Star XXVI (2586). 20 November 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 30 November 2013.

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