Rangitīkei (electorate)
Electoral district in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
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Rangitīkei (before 2008 spelled Rangitikei without a macron) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rangitīkei is Suze Redmayne of the National Party.[2] She has held this position since 2023.
| Rangitīkei | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |||||||
| Formation | 1861, | ||||||
| Region | Manawatū-Whanganui Waikato Hawke's Bay | ||||||
| Character | Rural | ||||||
| Term | 3 years | ||||||
| Member for Rangitīkei | |||||||
Suze Redmayne[1] since 14 October 2023 | |||||||
| Party | National | ||||||
| List MPs | Andrew Hoggard (ACT) | ||||||
| Previous MP | Ian McKelvie (National) | ||||||
Party vote distribution
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The electorate has existed continuously since the 1861 general election.
Profile
Rangitīkei is the third largest general electorate by area in the North Island. It encircles, but does not include, Palmerston North. The electorate straddles State Highway 1 through Bulls, Marton, Taihape, and Waiouru as far as Mount Ruapehu. Its largest centre is Feilding. Its western boundary, from south of Whanganui, extends northwards to include the communities of Ohakune, National Park, and Taumarunui. At the 2014 boundary review, the population of the RangitĪkei electorate was below tolerance and projected to decline further, so the Representation Commission shifted population around Shannon from Ōtaki into RangitĪkei.[3] At the 2025 boundary review, the electorate would be shifted southwards to accommodate boundary changes in the Kāpiti region, gaining the Horowhenua communities of Foxton, Levin and Manakau, while no longer retaining the communities around Palmerston North and north of Taihape.[4]
Between Census 2006 and Census 2013 the RangitĪkei electorate experienced a 0.4% decline in population in comparison to a 5.3% increase in New Zealand as a whole. One in ten (10.0%) stated their highest qualification as a Level 2 certificate, the fourth-largest share among general electorates. One in ten (10.4%) also listed their occupation as a community and personal service worker, the fifth-largest percentage. Six industries accounted for close to two-thirds (61.3%) of those working in 2013: agriculture, forestry, and fishing (16.8%); manufacturing (9.3%); education and training (9.0%); public administration (8.9%); health care and social assistance (8.9%); and retail trade (8.4%).[3]
History
A seat named Wanganui and Rangitikei was contested at the very first general election in New Zealand in 1853. The use of an electorate named Rangitikei in its own right dates from the third session of the New Zealand Parliament. In a somewhat auspicious start for the seat, the first Member of Parliament for the seat in 1861 was future Prime Minister William Fox. Fox resigned twice; first on 16 May 1865, causing the 1865 by-election (won by Robert Pharazyn), and then on 11 March 1875, causing the 1875 by-election (won by John Ballance).[5]
Three members died while holding the seat: Douglas Hastings Macarthur died on 24 May 1892 and was succeeded by John Stevens; Arthur Remington died on 17 August 1909 and was succeeded by Robert Smith; and Sir Roy Jack died on 24 December 1977 and was succeeded by Bruce Beetham.
The current boundaries of the seat date from the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting in 1996. The seat was created by adding the southern tip of King Country to the northern tip of the Manawatu seat, and drafting in the towns to the east of Whanganui from Waitotara. The rural conservative nature of the seat makes it a safe National seat, though for six years in the 1970s and 80s it was held by a third party MP, Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham.
Members of Parliament
Key
Independent Conservative Liberal Reform Labour National Social Credit
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Rangitīkei electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 election | Jill White[a] | |
| 2022 | Soraya Peke-Mason | |
| 2023 election | Andrew Hoggard | |
Election results
2026 election
The next election will be held on 7 November 2026. Candidates for Rangitīkei are listed at Candidates in the 2026 New Zealand general election by electorate § Rangitīkei. Official results will be available after 27 November 2026.[6]
2023 election
| 2023 general election: Rangitīkei[7] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | Suze Redmayne | 18,945 | 46.33 | +1.68 | 17,018 | 41.08 | +10.98 | ||
| Labour | Zulfiqar Butt | 9,160 | 22.40 | −15.14 | 8,993 | 21.71 | −22.62 | ||
| ACT | Andrew Hoggard | 5,914 | 14.46 | +9.99 | 5,655 | 13.65 | +2.32 | ||
| NZ First | Helma Vermeulen | 3,167 | 7.74 | +5.45 | 3,768 | 9.09 | +5.74 | ||
| Green | Bernard Long | 3,153 | 7.71 | +2.93 | 3,061 | 7.38 | +2.79 | ||
| Opportunities | 630 | 1.52 | +0.12 | ||||||
| NZ Loyal | 622 | 1.50 | – | ||||||
| Te Pāti Māori | 577 | 1.39 | +0.96 | ||||||
| NewZeal | 260 | 0.62 | +0.31 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 206 | 0.49 | +0.05 | ||||||
| DemocracyNZ | 142 | 0.34 | – | ||||||
| Freedoms NZ | 97 | 0.23 | – | ||||||
| Animal Justice | 82 | 0.19 | – | ||||||
| New Conservative | 73 | 0.17 | – | ||||||
| Women's Rights | 35 | 0.08 | – | ||||||
| Leighton Baker Party | 30 | 0.07 | – | ||||||
| New Nation | 24 | 0.05 | – | ||||||
| Informal votes | 550 | 150 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 40,889 | 41,423 | |||||||
| National hold | Majority | 9,785 | 23.93 | +16.82 | |||||
2020 election
| 2020 general election: Rangitīkei[8] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | 18,592 | 44.65 | −14.94 | 12,634 | 30.10 | −21.58 | |||
| Labour | Soraya Peke-Mason | 15,631 | 37.54 | +8.93 | 18,610 | 44.33 | +15.49 | ||
| Green | Ali Hale Tilley | 1,992 | 4.78 | −0.88 | 1,927 | 4.59 | +0.20 | ||
| ACT | Neil John Wilson | 1,860 | 4.47 | +3.88 | 4,758 | 11.33 | +10.87 | ||
| New Conservative | Reuben Leung Wai | 970 | 2.33 | +1.73 | 827 | 1.97 | +1.67 | ||
| NZ First | Antony Woollams | 953 | 2.29 | −5.66 | 1,406 | 3.35 | −7.00 | ||
| Advance NZ | Ricky Cribb | 879 | 2.11 | – | 411 | 0.98 | – | ||
| Opportunities | 587 | 1.40 | −0.86 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 184 | 0.44 | +0.05 | ||||||
| Māori Party | 179 | 0.43 | −0.02 | ||||||
| ONE | 129 | 0.31 | – | ||||||
| Outdoors | 44 | 0.10 | −0.02 | ||||||
| Social Credit | 21 | 0.05 | +0.02 | ||||||
| Sustainable NZ | 16 | 0.04 | – | ||||||
| Vision NZ | 14 | 0.03 | – | ||||||
| TEA | 9 | 0.02 | – | ||||||
| Heartland | 7 | 0.02 | – | ||||||
| Informal votes | 761 | 216 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 41,638 | 41,979 | |||||||
| National hold | Majority | 2,961 | 7.11 | −23.87 | |||||
2017 election
| 2017 general election: Rangitīkei[9] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | 20,809 | 59.59 | −0.13 | 19,472 | 51.68 | −1.78 | |||
| Labour | Heather Warren | 10,519 | 28.61 | +1.13 | 10,867 | 28.84 | +10.42 | ||
| NZ First | Rob Stevenson | 2,923 | 7.95 | +1.09 | 3,900 | 10.35 | −0.90 | ||
| Green | Robin McCandless | 2,082 | 5.66 | — | 1,653 | 4.39 | −3.40 | ||
| Conservative | Cedric Backhouse | 221 | 0.60 | −3.79 | 114 | 0.30 | −5.78 | ||
| ACT | Neil Wilson | 217 | 0.59 | +0.07 | 173 | 0.46 | +0.08 | ||
| Opportunities | 852 | 2.26 | — | ||||||
| Māori Party | 169 | 0.45 | −0.11 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 147 | 0.39 | −0.04 | ||||||
| Ban 1080 | 96 | 0.25 | −0.05 | ||||||
| Outdoors | 44 | 0.12 | — | ||||||
| United Future | 37 | 0.10 | −0.12 | ||||||
| People's Party | 18 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
| Democrats | 11 | 0.03 | −0.01 | ||||||
| Mana | 10 | 0.03 | −0.57[b] | ||||||
| Internet | 3 | 0.01 | −0.59[c] | ||||||
| Informal votes | 392 | 112 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 37,163 | 37,678 | |||||||
| Turnout | 37,927 | 83.51[10] | +2.10 | ||||||
| National hold | Majority | 10,290 | 30.98 | −1.26 | |||||
2014 election
| 2014 general election: Rangitīkei[11] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | 20,487 | 59.72 | +0.85 | 18,596 | 53.46 | −0.48 | |||
| Labour | Deborah Russell | 9,427 | 27.48 | −1.18 | 6,408 | 18.42 | −2.77 | ||
| NZ First | Romuald Rudzki | 2,352 | 6.86 | +6.86 | 3,914 | 11.25 | +3.99 | ||
| Conservative | Roy Brown | 1,505 | 4.39 | +0.66 | 2,115 | 6.08 | +1.86 | ||
| ACT | Neil Wilson | 179 | 0.52 | −0.45 | 131 | 0.38 | −1.13 | ||
| Green | 2,709 | 7.79 | −1.65 | ||||||
| Internet Mana | 208 | 0.60 | +0.40[d] | ||||||
| Māori Party | 195 | 0.56 | −0.22 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 151 | 0.43 | −0.05 | ||||||
| Ban 1080 | 106 | 0.30 | +0.30 | ||||||
| United Future | 75 | 0.22 | −0.60 | ||||||
| Civilian | 23 | 0.07 | +0.07 | ||||||
| Democrats | 15 | 0.04 | −0.05 | ||||||
| Independent Coalition | 12 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
| Focus | 7 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 355 | 119 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 34,305 | 34,784 | |||||||
| National hold | Majority | 11,060 | 32.24 | +2.03 | |||||
2011 election
| 2011 general election: Rangitīkei[12] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | Ian McKelvie | 18,284 | 58.87 | −6.83 | 17,115 | 53.94 | +1.49 | ||
| Labour | Josie Pagani | 8,902 | 28.66 | −0.75 | 6,723 | 21.19 | −6.35 | ||
| Green | Maree Brannigan | 2,108 | 6.79 | +6.79 | 2,994 | 9.44 | +4.00 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Robertson | 1,159 | 3.73 | +3.73 | 1,333 | 4.20 | +4.20 | ||
| ACT | Hayden Fitzgerald | 302 | 0.97 | −0.64 | 478 | 1.51 | −2.78 | ||
| Mana | Peter Cleave | 110 | 0.35 | +0.35 | 62 | 0.20 | +0.20 | ||
| Independent | Charles Turner | 102 | 0.33 | +0.33 | |||||
| Independent | Grant Seton | 91 | 0.29 | +0.29 | |||||
| NZ First | 2,305 | 7.26 | +2.17 | ||||||
| United Future | 260 | 0.82 | −0.33 | ||||||
| Māori Party | 247 | 0.78 | −0.13 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 152 | 0.48 | -+0.08 | ||||||
| Democrats | 27 | 0.09 | +0.03 | ||||||
| Libertarianz | 23 | 0.07 | +0.01 | ||||||
| Alliance | 12 | 0.04 | −0.06 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 695 | 363 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 31,058 | 31,731 | |||||||
| National hold | Majority | 9,382 | 30.21 | −6.08 | |||||
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 41,343[13]
2008 election
| 2008 general election: Rangitīkei[14] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | 21,801 | 65.70 | 17,711 | 52.45 | |||||
| Labour | Jills Angus Burney | 9,759 | 29.41 | 9,298 | 27.53 | ||||
| Independent | Steve Gibson | 786 | 2.37 | +2.37 | |||||
| ACT | Jean Thompson | 535 | 1.61 | 1,448 | 4.29 | ||||
| United Future | John Langford | 300 | 0.90 | 388 | 1.15 | ||||
| Green | 1,836 | 5.44 | |||||||
| NZ First | 1,719 | 5.09 | |||||||
| Progressive | 309 | 0.92 | |||||||
| Māori Party | 307 | 0.92 | |||||||
| Bill and Ben | 291 | 0.86 | |||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 135 | 0.40 | |||||||
| Kiwi | 132 | 0.39 | |||||||
| Family Party | 80 | 0.24 | |||||||
| Alliance | 33 | 0.10 | |||||||
| Libertarianz | 22 | 0.07 | |||||||
| Workers Party | 20 | 0.06 | |||||||
| Democrats | 18 | 0.05 | |||||||
| Pacific | 17 | 0.05 | |||||||
| RAM | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
| RONZ | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 362 | 138 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 33,181 | 33,768 | |||||||
| National hold | Majority | 12,042 | 36.29 | ||||||
2005 election
| 2005 general election: Rangitikei[15] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | 19,119 | 60.42 | 14,721 | 46.03 | |||||
| Labour | Marilyn Brown | 9,459 | 29.89 | 11,538 | 36.08 | ||||
| NZ First | Murray Strawbridge | 1,335 | 4.22 | 2,363 | 7.39 | ||||
| United Future | Rob Moodie | 718 | 2.27 | 1,027 | 3.21 | ||||
| Independent | Richard Peirce | 426 | 1.35 | ||||||
| Māori Party | Abe Hepi | 369 | 1.17 | 195 | 0.61 | ||||
| ACT | John Waugh | 215 | 0.68 | 446 | 1.39 | ||||
| Green | 1,083 | 3.39 | |||||||
| Progressive | 287 | 0.90 | |||||||
| Destiny | 114 | 0.36 | |||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 85 | 0.27 | |||||||
| Christian Heritage | 47 | 0.15 | |||||||
| Alliance | 22 | 0.07 | |||||||
| Democrats | 12 | 0.04 | |||||||
| Libertarianz | 12 | 0.04 | |||||||
| One NZ | 9 | 0.03 | |||||||
| 99 MP | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Family Rights | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
| RONZ | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Direct Democracy | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 216 | 100 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 31,641 | 31,979 | |||||||
| National hold | Majority | 9,660 | 30.53 | ||||||
1999 election
Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Rangitikei for a list of candidates.
1996 election
| 1996 general election: Rangitikei[16][17][18] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | Denis Marshall | 10,925 | 33.66 | −10.37 | 11,659 | 35.79 | |||
| Labour | Jill White | 8,162 | 25.15 | 7,782 | 23.89 | ||||
| Alliance | Hamish MacIntyre | 4,583 | 14.12 | 3,679 | 11.29 | ||||
| NZ First | Peter Woolston | 3,450 | 10.63 | 4,921 | 15.10 | ||||
| Independent | Bruce Beetham | 3,365 | 10.36 | ||||||
| Christian Coalition | Vic Jarvis | 937 | 2.88 | 1,772 | 5.43 | ||||
| ACT | Victor Bailey | 566 | 1.74 | 1,665 | 5.11 | ||||
| Conservatives | Jim Howard | 394 | 1.21 | 176 | 0.54 | ||||
| Natural Law | John Blatchford | 68 | 0.20 | 63 | 0.19 | ||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 393 | 1.20 | |||||||
| United NZ | 151 | 0.46 | |||||||
| McGillicuddy Serious | 124 | 0.38 | |||||||
| Animals First | 62 | 0.19 | |||||||
| Progressive Green | 52 | 0.15 | |||||||
| Green Society | 18 | 0.05 | |||||||
| Mana Māori | 16 | 0.04 | |||||||
| Advance New Zealand | 12 | 0.03 | |||||||
| Libertarianz | 12 | 0.03 | |||||||
| Superannuitants & Youth | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
| Ethnic Minority Party | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 212 | 88 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 32,450 | 32,574 | |||||||
| Turnout | 32,662 | ||||||||
| National win new seat | Majority | 2,763 | 8.51 | ||||||
1993 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Denis Marshall | 8,346 | 44.03 | −11.26 | |
| Alliance | Bob Peck | 4,924 | 25.97 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Schmidt | 4,651 | 24.53 | ||
| Christian Heritage | Keith Burgess | 728 | 3.84 | −0.31 | |
| McGillicuddy Serious | Russell Shaw | 217 | 1.14 | +0.35 | |
| Natural Law | Bruna Michelini | 88 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 3,422 | 18.05 | −16.82 | ||
| Turnout | 18,954 | 82.70 | +0.21 | ||
| Registered electors | 22,917 | ||||
1990 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Denis Marshall | 9,715 | 55.29 | +3.64 | |
| Labour | Patricia Barton | 3,588 | 20.42 | ||
| Social Credit | Beverley Beetham | 1,786 | 10.16 | ||
| Green | David Jowett | 1,213 | 6.90 | ||
| Christian Heritage | Keith Burgess | 730 | 4.15 | ||
| NewLabour | David Husbands | 396 | 2.25 | ||
| McGillicuddy Serious | Russell Shaw | 140 | 0.79 | ||
| Majority | 6,127 | 34.87 | +12.87 | ||
| Turnout | 17,568 | 82.49 | −5.05 | ||
| Registered electors | 21,296 | ||||
1987 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Denis Marshall | 9,480 | 51.65 | +9.57 | |
| Democrats | Bruce Beetham | 5,441 | 29.64 | −9.91 | |
| Labour | David Srhoj | 3,270 | 17.81 | ||
| Independent | H W Jensen | 85 | 0.46 | ||
| McGillicuddy Serious | G J J Martin | 77 | 0.41 | ||
| Majority | 4,039 | 22.00 | +19.47 | ||
| Turnout | 18,353 | 87.54 | −5.08 | ||
| Registered electors | 20,963 | ||||
1984 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Denis Marshall | 8,370 | 42.08 | ||
| Social Credit | Bruce Beetham | 7,866 | 39.55 | −10.93 | |
| Labour | Geoff Walpole | 2,571 | 12.92 | ||
| NZ Party | Ian MacPherson | 1,079 | 5.42 | ||
| Majority | 504 | 2.53 | |||
| Turnout | 19,886 | 92.62 | +1.61 | ||
| Registered electors | 21,469 | ||||
1981 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Credit | Bruce Beetham | 10,321 | 50.48 | −2.19 | |
| National | Paul Bardwell | 7,945 | 38.86 | ||
| Labour | Mark O'Connor | 1,982 | 9.69 | ||
| Values | Denis Hocking | 194 | 0.94 | −0.02 | |
| Majority | 2,376 | 11.62 | −2.59 | ||
| Turnout | 20,442 | 91.01 | +16.58 | ||
| Registered electors | 22,459 | ||||
1978 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Credit | Bruce Beetham | 10,569 | 52.67 | +4.64 | |
| National | Les Gandar | 7,716 | 38.45 | ||
| Labour | Max Hodgson | 1,490 | 7.42 | ||
| Values | Denis Hocking | 194 | 0.96 | −0.72 | |
| Majority | 2,853 | 14.21 | +4.79 | ||
| Turnout | 20,066 | 74.43 | +12.11 | ||
| Registered electors | 26,957 | ||||
1978 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Credit | Bruce Beetham | 6,804 | 48.03 | +11.64 | |
| National | Jim Bull | 5,469 | 38.61 | ||
| Labour | JJ Stewart | 1,614 | 11.39 | ||
| Values | Denis Hocking | 264 | 1.68 | ||
| Independent | M J Leniston | 13 | 0.09 | ||
| Majority | 1,335 | 9.42 | |||
| Turnout | 14,164 | 62.32 | −21.07 | ||
| Registered electors | 22,725 | ||||
| Social Credit gain from National | Swing | ||||
1975 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Sir Roy Jack | 7,631 | 47.27 | −1.58 | |
| Social Credit | Bruce Beetham | 5,875 | 36.39 | +13.50 | |
| Labour | N R Pearce | 2,263 | 14.02 | −13.82 | |
| Values | Sally Throp | 253 | 1.56 | ||
| Independent | D E Thurston | 119 | 0.73 | ||
| Majority | 1,756 | 10.87 | −10.14 | ||
| Turnout | 16,141 | 83.39 | −4.89 | ||
| Registered electors | 19,356 | ||||
1972 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Sir Roy Jack | 7,060 | 48.85 | ||
| Labour | N R Pearce | 4,023 | 27.84 | ||
| Social Credit | Bruce Beetham | 3,309 | 22.89 | ||
| New Democratic | L J Weal | 58 | 0.40 | ||
| Majority | 3,037 | 21.01 | |||
| Turnout | 14,450 | 88.28 | +0.88 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,367 | ||||
1969 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Norman Shelton | 9,077 | 57.62 | +1.50 | |
| Labour | Dan Duggan | 4,863 | 30.87 | ||
| Social Credit | T P Hills | 1,378 | 8.74 | ||
| Country Party | A W Bartlett | 434 | 2.75 | ||
| Majority | 4,214 | 26.75 | −3.72 | ||
| Turnout | 15,752 | 87.40 | +1.18 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,021 | ||||
1966 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Norman Shelton | 7,375 | 56.12 | −3.01 | |
| Labour | Russell Wiseman | 3,370 | 25.64 | −1.24 | |
| Social Credit | J Smith | 2,396 | 18.23 | ||
| Majority | 4,005 | 30.47 | −1.77 | ||
| Turnout | 13,141 | 86.22 | −1.74 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,241 | ||||
1963 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Norman Shelton | 7,898 | 59.13 | +1.69 | |
| Labour | Russell Wiseman | 3,591 | 26.88 | ||
| Social Credit | Francis Needham | 1,867 | 13.97 | +−0.15 | |
| Majority | 4,307 | 32.24 | +3.24 | ||
| Turnout | 13,356 | 87.96 | −0.42 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,183 | ||||
1960 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Norman Shelton | 7,701 | 57.44 | +1.16 | |
| Labour | Shaun Cameron | 3,812 | 28.43 | ||
| Social Credit | Francis Needham | 1,894 | 14.12 | +4.58 | |
| Majority | 3,889 | 29.00 | +6.86 | ||
| Turnout | 13,407 | 88.38 | −3.51 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,169 | ||||
1957 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Norman Shelton | 7,582 | 56.28 | +1.64 | |
| Labour | Stephen Malcolm Roberton | 4,601 | 34.15 | −0.01 | |
| Social Credit | Francis Needham | 1,286 | 9.54 | ||
| Majority | 2,983 | 22.14 | +1.67 | ||
| Turnout | 13,471 | 91.89 | +1.32 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,659 | ||||
1954 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Norman Shelton | 7,149 | 54.64 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Malcolm Roberton | 4,470 | 34.16 | ||
| Social Credit | D McGregor | 1,463 | 11.18 | ||
| Majority | 2,679 | 20.47 | |||
| Turnout | 13,082 | 90.57 | +3.45 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,443 | ||||
1951 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Edward Gordon | 8,163 | 64.53 | +1.71 | |
| Labour | F A Dalzell | 4,486 | 35.46 | ||
| Majority | 3,677 | 29.06 | +3.39 | ||
| Turnout | 12,649 | 87.12 | −5.46 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,519 | ||||
1949 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Edward Gordon | 8,101 | 62.82 | +3.94 | |
| Labour | Eric De Malmanche | 4,794 | 37.18 | ||
| Majority | 3,310 | 25.67 | +7.91 | ||
| Turnout | 12,892 | 92.58 | +0.93 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,925 | ||||
1946 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Edward Gordon | 7,647 | 58.88 | ||
| Labour | John Capstick | 5,340 | 41.11 | ||
| Majority | 2,307 | 17.76 | |||
| Turnout | 12,987 | 91.65 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,169 | ||||
1931 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Alexander Stuart | 4,162 | 50.09 | ||
| Independent | James Thomas Hogan | 4,147 | 49.91 | ||
| Majority | 15 | 0.18 | |||
| Informal votes | 23 | 0.28 | |||
| Turnout | 8,332 | 82.39 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,113 | ||||
1928 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Thomas Hogan | 4,628 | 51.96 | ||
| Reform | Billy Glenn | 3,394 | 38.11 | ||
| Labour | F. Andrews | 884 | 9.93 | ||
| Majority | 1,234 | 13.86 | |||
| Informal votes | 67 | 0.75 | |||
| Turnout | 8,973 | 88.60 | 10,128 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
1909 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Smith | 2,410 | 54.51 | +29.26 | |
| Reform | Frank Hockly | 2,011 | 45.49 | +8.45 | |
| Majority | 399 | 9.03 | |||
| Turnout | 4,421 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Frank Hockly | 1,548 | 37.04 | ||
| Liberal | Robert Smith | 1,055 | 25.25 | ||
| Liberal | William Meldrum | 903 | 21.61 | ||
| Independent | James Georgetti | 340 | 8.14 | ||
| Liberal–Labour | Robert Hornblow | 333 | 7.97 | ||
| Turnout | 4,179 | ||||
1899 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frank Lethbridge | 1,985 | 53.42 | ||
| Liberal | James Jervis Bagnall | 1,453 | 39.10 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Edward Gascoigne | 278 | 7.48 | ||
| Majority | 532 | 14.32 | |||
| Turnout | 3,716 | 66.25 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,609 | ||||
1892 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Bruce | 1,094 | 51.43 | ||
| Independent Liberal | John Stevens | 1,033 | 48.57 | ||
| Majority | 61 | 2.87 | |||
| Turnout | 2,127 | ||||
1890 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Douglas Hastings Macarthur | 978 | 50.84 | ||
| Conservative | Francis Arkwright | 946 | 49.16 | ||
| Majority | 32 | 1.66 | |||
| Turnout | 1,924 | 59.45 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,236 | ||||
1880 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Fox | 233 | 54.82 | ||
| Independent | Donald Fraser | 123 | 28.94 | ||
| Independent | Henry Lyon | 69 | 16.24 | ||
| Majority | 110 | 25.88 | |||
| Turnout | 425 | ||||
1876 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Ballance | 201 | 61.28 | +15.38 | |
| Independent | James Bull | 127 | 38.72 | ||
| Majority | 74 | 22.56 | +19.70 | ||
| Turnout | 328 | 26.64 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,231 | ||||
1875 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Ballance | 112 | 45.90 | ||
| Independent | William Hogg Watt | 105 | 43.03 | ||
| Independent | George Hutchison | 27 | 11.06 | ||
| Majority | 7 | 2.86 | |||
| Turnout | 244 | ||||
Table footnotes
- White resigned from Parliament on 24 November 1998.
- 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election
- 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election