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Ashburton (New Zealand Electorate)
Ashburton was a New Zealand electorate, first created in 1881 and centred on the South Island town of Ashburton. Population centres The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Ashburton, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries. The town of Ashburton itself was on the very edge of the electorate, which stretched northwest up the Ashburton River / Hakatere. It included Methven, Mount Somers, and Lake Heron. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Electorates
An electorate or electoral district () is a electoral district, geographic constituency used for electing a member () to the New Zealand Parliament. The size of electorates is determined such that all electorates have approximately the same electoral population. Before 1996, all MPs were directly chosen for office by the voters of an electorate. Thereafter, Electoral system of New Zealand, New Zealand's electoral system provides that some (in practice, the majority) of the usually 120 seats in Parliament are filled by electorate representatives with the remainder being filled from party lists in order to achieve proportional representation among parties. The number of electorates changes periodically, in line with national population growth. Starting from the 2020 New Zealand general election, 2020 general election, there are 72 electorates including the Māori electorates. Terminology The Electoral Act 1993 refers to electorates as "electoral districts". Electorates are inform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 New Zealand General Election
The 1919 New Zealand general election was held on Tuesday, 16 December in the Māori electorates and on Wednesday, 17 December in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 20th New Zealand Parliament, 20th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 560,673 (80.5%) voters turned out to vote. In 1919 women won the right to be elected to the House of Representatives. The law was changed late that year, and with only three weeks' notice, three women stood for Parliament. They were Ellen Melville in Grey Lynn, Rosetta Baume in Parnell, and Aileen Anna Maria Garmson, Aileen Cooke in Thames. Ellen Melville stood for the Reform Party (New Zealand), Reform Party and came second. She stood for Parliament several more times and generally polled well but never won a seat. This is the most recent general election in which none of the major party leaders were born in New Zealand. Results Though New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party captured only eight seats it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Tekapo (town)
Lake Tekapo (often known simply as Tekapo () to avoid confusion with the lake itself) is a small township located at the southern end of the Lake Tekapo, lake of the same name in the inland South Island of New Zealand. It had 558 residents according to the 2018 census, being one of five settlements in the sparsely populated Mackenzie Basin. New Zealand State Highway 8, State Highway 8 runs directly through the township – from Christchurch and from Queenstown, New Zealand, Queenstown. Daily shuttle services link Lake Tekapo to Christchurch and Queenstown. The lake is a popular tourist destination, and several resort hotels are located at the township. Lake Tekapo Airport is located west of the town where local tourism operator Air Safaris (New Zealand airline), Air Safaris is based. Twizel lies 60 km (39 minutes drive) south of Lake Tekapo via Lake Pukaki and Burkes Pass lies 21 km (15 minutes drive) west along State Highway 8. History The Māori people, Māori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 New Zealand General Election
The 1963 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of New Zealand Parliament's 34th New Zealand Parliament, 34th term. The results were almost identical to those of the 1960 New Zealand general election, previous election, and the governing New Zealand National Party, National Party remained in office. Background The 1960 New Zealand general election, 1960 election had been won by the New Zealand National Party, National Party, beginning New Zealand's second period of National government. Keith Holyoake, who had briefly been Prime Minister of New Zealand, prime minister at the end of the first period, returned to office. The elderly leader of the Labour Party, Walter Nash, had agreed to step down following his government's defeat, but disliked the prospect of being succeeded by his Minister of Finance (New Zealand), Minister of Finance, Arnold Nordmeyer. Nash instead backed first Jerry Skinner and then, after Skinner's death, Fred Hackett. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selwyn (New Zealand Electorate)
Selwyn is a current electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives, composed of towns on the outskirts of Christchurch city. The electorate was first formed for the and has been abolished three times during its history. It was last re-established for the and has been held by Nicola Grigg for the National Party since the . Region and population centres The electorate is mainly rural, stretching from the Southern Alps to the Banks Peninsula, its borders broadly defined by the Rakaia River in the south and the Waimakariri River in the north. Major towns include Rolleston, Lincoln, Prebbleton, and Darfield, with smaller towns such as Tai Tapu, Leeston and Dunsandel. The electorate also includes parts of Christchurch city's territorial authority. History Existence and changes to area An electorate called Selwyn existed between 1866 and 1919. A Selwyn electorate also existed between 1946 and 1972 and again from 1978 until it was absorbed by Rakaia for the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waimate (New Zealand Electorate)
Waimate was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand from 1881 to 1893 and from 1946 to 1957. It was represented by three Members of Parliament. Population centres The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Waimate, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries. The area for the electorate was in its entirety from the electorate, which continued to exist with a much reduced geographic si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 New Zealand General Election
The 1957 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 32nd term. It saw the governing National Party narrowly defeated by the Labour Party. The 1957 elections marked the beginning of the second Labour government, although this administration was to last only a single term. Background The National Party had formed its first administration after the 1949 elections, and had been re-elected in the 1951 elections and the 1954 elections. As its third term in office continued, however, the Prime Minister, Sidney Holland, became increasingly ill. Holland's memory began to fail, and he is believed to have suffered a mild heart attack while working in his office during the Suez Crisis. In mid-1957 a group of senior cabinet ministers led by Keith Holyoake, Jack Marshall, Jack Watts and party president, Sir Alex McKenzie, persuaded Holland to resign citing his health deterioration. Holland, albeit reluctantly, announced h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Quota
The country quota was a part of the New Zealand electoral system from 1881 until 1945, when it was abolished by the First Labour Government. Its effect was to make an urbanUrban electorate were those that contained cities or boroughs of over 2000 people or were within of the chief post offices in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin. electoral districts ( electorates) more populous than an rural constituency, thus allowing a rural district not to be large enough to take in the same number of votes as an urban district. This allowed a rural member to be elected with fewer votes and made rural votes worth more in general elections. Background The quota was established to prevent, or at least slow, the marginalisation of rural interests as the New Zealand population became increasingly urbanised. There was a strong rural focus in New Zealand culture at the time. The device was also justified for ostensible practical reasons, such as to compensate for the fact that it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Island
The North Island ( , 'the fish of Māui', historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of , it is the List of islands by area, world's 14th-largest island, constituting 43% of New Zealand's land area. It has a population of which is % of New Zealand's residents, making it the most populous island in Polynesia and the List of islands by population, 28th-most-populous island in the world. Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island. From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, New Zealand, Napier, Hastings, New Zealand, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and New Zealand's capital city Wellington, which is located at the south-west tip of the island. Naming and usage The island has been known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 New Zealand Census
The New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings () is a national population and housing census conducted by Statistics New Zealand, a government department, every five years. There have been 34 censuses since 1851. In addition to providing detailed information about national demographics, the results of the census play an important part in the calculation of resource allocation to local service providers. The 2023 census held on 7 March 2023 was the most recent, with the results being released from 29 May 2024 to August 2025. Census date Since 1926, the census has always been held on a Tuesday and since 1966, the census always occurs in March. These are statistically the month and weekday on which New Zealanders are least likely to be travelling. The census forms have to be returned by midnight on census day for them to be valid. Conducting the census Until 2018, census forms were hand-delivered by census workers during the lead-in to the census, with one form per person a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temuka (New Zealand Electorate)
Temuka was a parliamentary New Zealand electorates, electorate in the Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury region of New Zealand from 1911 to 1946. The electorate was represented by four Member of parliament, Members of Parliament. Population centres In the 1911 electoral redistribution, the North Island gained a further seat from the South Island due to faster population growth. In addition, there were substantial population movements within each island, and significant changes resulted from this. Only four electorates were unaltered, five electorates were abolished, one former electorate was re-established, and four electorates, including Temuka, were created for the first time. Through the 1911 electoral redistribution, the electorate was abolished, and its area split between the new Temuka electorate and an enlarged electorate. Initially, the Temuka electorate included the settlements of Temuka, Pleasant Point, New Zealand, Pleasant Point, Fairlie, New Zealand, Fairlie, Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-Canterbury (New Zealand Electorate)
Mid-Canterbury was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in rural Canterbury. It existed from 1928 to 1946 and was represented by six Members of Parliament, including Mary Grigg, the first woman National Party MP. Population centres In the 1927 electoral redistribution, the North Island gained a further electorate from the South Island due to fast population growth. Five electorates were abolished, two former electorates were re-established, and three electorates, including Mid-Canterbury, were created for the first time. These changes came into effect with the . History The electorate existed from 1928 to 1946. David Jones was the first representative, winning the by a wafer-thin majority of 55 votes (0.59%) against Jeremiah Connolly; he had previously held and . Jones was defeated by Connolly in the . Connolly died on 2 October 1935 and as this was only weeks prior to the , the seat remained vacant and no by-election was called. Horace Herring of the Labour Party won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
