Pahiatua is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the Wairarapa region. It existed from 1896 to 1996, and was represented by nine Members of Parliament, including Prime Minister Keith Holyoake for 34 years.
Population centres
[edit]In the 1896 electoral redistribution, rapid population growth in the North Island required the transfer of three seats from the South Island to the north. Four electorates that previously existed were re-established, and three electorates were established for the first time, including Pahiatua.[1] The original area of the Pahiatua electorate included the towns of Pahiatua and Woodville.[2] Over time, the electorate shifted slightly north, until the town of Dannevirke was covered following the 1918 electoral redistribution.[3]
The 1946 electoral redistribution took the abolition of the country quota into account, and as a rural electorate, the area covered by the Pahiatua electorate increased significantly.[4] The Masterton electorate to the south was abolished, and its area distributed to the Wairarapa and Pahiatua electorate. Eketāhuna and Castlepoint were gained by the electorate in that process.[5]
History
[edit]The Pahiatua electorate existed from 1896 to 1996. Early holders of the seat were John O'Meara from 1896 to 1904, Bill Hawkins from 1904 to 1905, Robert Beatson Ross from 1905 to 1911, James Escott from 1911 to 1916, Harold Smith from 1916 to 1919, Archibald McNicol from 1919 to 1922, and Alfred Ransom from 1922 to 1943.[6]
The seat was held by Prime Minister Keith Holyoake for 34 years, until he resigned to become Governor-General.[7] In 1996 John Falloon, who had been the MP for Pahiatua for 19 years, chose to retire.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Key
Liberal Liberal–Labour Reform United National
Election results
[edit]1977 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | John Falloon | 9,059 | 63.01 | ||
Labour | Allan Levett | 4,280 | 29.77 | ||
Social Credit | Graeme Hislop | 844 | 5.87 | −3.89 | |
Values | Peter McHugh | 194 | 1.35 | −2.18 | |
Majority | 4,779 | 33.24 | |||
Turnout | 14,377 | 68.49 | −16.12 | ||
Registered electors | 20,993 | ||||
National hold | Swing |
1975 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 10,423 | 64.19 | +4.08 | |
Labour | Paul Thornicroft | 3,654 | 22.50 | ||
Social Credit | Graeme Hislop | 1,585 | 9.76 | ||
Values | Peter McHugh | 574 | 3.53 | ||
Majority | 6,769 | 41.69 | +12.00 | ||
Turnout | 16,236 | 84.61 | −1.39 | ||
Registered electors | 19,188 |
1972 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 8,825 | 60.11 | −2.15 | |
Labour | L J Cairns | 4,466 | 30.42 | ||
Social Credit | J H Morrow | 1,022 | 6.96 | ||
Liberal Reform | R E Cheer | 253 | 1.72 | ||
New Democratic | J W Duffy | 115 | 0.78 | ||
Majority | 4,359 | 29.69 | −4.30 | ||
Turnout | 14,681 | 86.00 | +0.75 | ||
Registered electors | 17,069 |
1969 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 9,010 | 62.26 | +0.51 | |
Labour | Trevor de Cleene | 4,090 | 28.26 | ||
Social Credit | Douglas Conway | 1,131 | 7.81 | ||
Country Party | C K R Farnsworth | 240 | 1.65 | ||
Majority | 4,920 | 33.99 | −7.29 | ||
Turnout | 14,471 | 86.75 | +0.86 | ||
Registered electors | 16,681 |
1966 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 7,914 | 61.75 | −3.95 | |
Labour | F M O'Brien | 2,623 | 20.46 | ||
Social Credit | J H Morrow | 2,207 | 17.22 | ||
Independent | R E Cheer | 71 | 0.55 | ||
Majority | 5,291 | 41.28 | −0.39 | ||
Turnout | 12,815 | 85.89 | −3.03 | ||
Registered electors | 14,919 |
1963 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 9,039 | 65.70 | +1.26 | |
Labour | Ernie Hemmingsen | 3,306 | 24.03 | ||
Social Credit | Oliver Marks | 1,411 | 10.25 | ||
Majority | 5,733 | 41.67 | +2.47 | ||
Turnout | 13,756 | 88.92 | −1.26 | ||
Registered electors | 15,469 |
1960 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 8,111 | 64.44 | +2.41 | |
Labour | Kingsley McKane | 3,177 | 25.24 | ||
Social Credit | Percival John Dempsey | 1,298 | 10.31 | ||
Majority | 4,934 | 39.20 | +8.32 | ||
Turnout | 12,586 | 90.18 | −2.39 | ||
Registered electors | 13,955 |
1957 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 8,075 | 62.03 | +0.22 | |
Labour | William Erle Rose | 4,055 | 31.15 | ||
Social Credit | R M Gunn | 887 | 6.81 | ||
Majority | 4,020 | 30.88 | +1.06 | ||
Turnout | 13,017 | 92.57 | 1.84 | ||
Registered electors | 14,061 |
1954 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 7,293 | 61.81 | +0.92 | |
Labour | Ronald Bell | 3,774 | 31.98 | ||
Social Credit | M M Whimp | 731 | 6.19 | ||
Majority | 3,519 | 29.82 | −3.15 | ||
Turnout | 11,798 | 90.73 | +1.92 | ||
Registered electors | 13,003 |
1951 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 8,490 | 60.89 | −6.68 | |
Labour | Owen Jones | 3,892 | 27.91 | ||
Majority | 4,598 | 32.97 | −2.18 | ||
Turnout | 12,382 | 88.81 | −3.45 | ||
Registered electors | 13,942 |
1949 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 8,663 | 67.57 | +3.51 | |
Labour | G P O'Leary | 4,156 | 32.43 | ||
Majority | 4,507 | 35.15 | −7.03 | ||
Turnout | 12,819 | 92.26 | −1.82 | ||
Registered electors | 13,894 |
1946 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 8,422 | 64.06 | +6.13 | |
Labour | Otto Ernest Niederer | 4,725 | 35.94 | ||
Majority | 3,697 | 28.12 | +9.59 | ||
Turnout | 13,147 | 94.08 | +1.54 | ||
Registered electors | 13,973 |
1943 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Keith Holyoake | 5,705 | 57.93 | ||
Labour | George Anders Hansen | 3,880 | 39.39 | ||
Democratic Labour | Edward Ellis | 190 | 1.92 | ||
Informal votes | 73 | 0.74 | |||
Majority | 1,825 | 18.53 | |||
Turnout | 9,848 | 95.62 | |||
Registered electors | 10,299 |
1928 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Alfred Ransom | 4,369 | 52.32 | ||
Reform | Harold Smith | 3,447 | 41.28 | ||
Labour | Joseph Whittle | 535 | 6.41 | ||
Majority | 922 | 11.04 | |||
Informal votes | 94 | 1.11 | |||
Turnout | 8,445 | 90.97 | |||
Registered electors | 9,283 |
1916 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Harold Smith | 1,521 | 47.57 | ||
Liberal | Robert Ross | 1,438 | 44.97 | ||
Labour | George McFarlane | 238 | 7.44 | ||
Majority | 83 | 2.59 | |||
Turnout | 3,197 | 51.23 | |||
Registered electors | 6,241[19] | ||||
Reform hold | Swing |
1904 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | Bill Hawkins | 1,418 | 42.08 | ||
Liberal | Lindsay Buick | 1,323 | 39.26 | ||
Independent | Samuel Bolton | 476 | 14.12 | ||
Liberal | David Crewe | 138 | 4.09 | ||
Independent | Donald Munro | 14 | 0.41 | ||
Majority | 95 | 2.81 | |||
Turnout | 3,369 |
1899 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John O'Meara | 2,058 | 54.92 | +23.31 | |
Conservative | Harold Smith | 1,689 | 45.08 | ||
Majority | 369 | 9.85 | +8.90 | ||
Turnout | 3,747 | 83.25 | |||
Registered electors | 4,501 |
1896 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John O'Meara | 1,004 | 31.61 | ||
Conservative | Robert Manisty | 974 | 30.67 | ||
Liberal | William Wilson McCardle | 848 | 26.70 | ||
Independent Liberal | James Taylor | 233 | 7.34 | ||
Conservative | George Whitcombe | 117 | 3.68 | ||
Majority | 30 | 0.94 | |||
Informal votes | |||||
Registered electors | 4,125 | ||||
Turnout |
Notes
[edit]- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 63.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 62.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 62–79.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 95.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 90–94.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 269.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 206.
- ^ a b c Norton 1988, p. 305.
- ^ a b c d e f g Norton 1988, p. 304.
- ^ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Results from all Electorates". Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 76. 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "City Nominations". Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 61. 9 September 1943. p. 9. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "Political : Nomination for Pahiatua seat". Manawatu Standard. Vol. XLVIII, no. 279. 23 October 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "Pahiatua by-election". Bay of Plenty Times. 18 August 1916. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "Pahiatua by-election". Sun. 7 August 1916. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 75.
- ^ "Complete Returns". The Marlborough Express. Vol. XXXVII, no. 174. 29 July 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "The General Election". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVII, no. 305. 23 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "List of Candidates". The Star. No. 5733. 28 November 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "Pahiatua Electorate". Wairarapa Daily Times. Vol. XVI, no. 5498. 30 November 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
References
[edit]- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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