Hunua (New Zealand Electorate)
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The Hunua electorate existed three times for the
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beginning in 1978, based at the south end of the
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urban area, and named for the
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. It covered different geographical areas over those periods. The electorate was last represented by
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of the
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before its dissolution in 2020.


Population centres

The 1977 electoral redistribution was the most overtly political since the Representation Commission had been established through an amendment to the ''Representation Act'' in 1886, initiated by Muldoon's National Government. As part of the 1976 census, a large number of people failed to fill out an electoral re-registration card, and census staff had not been given the authority to insist on the card being completed. This had little practical effect for people on the general roll, but it transferred
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to the general roll if the card was not handed in. Together with a northward shift of New Zealand's population, this resulted in five new electorates having to be created in the upper part of the
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. The electoral redistribution was very disruptive, and 22 electorates were abolished, while 27 electorates were newly created (including Hunua) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the . Population centres of the original electorate included Cockle Bay in the north-west,
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in the west, the settlement of Hunua itself,
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in the south, and
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in the east. The electorate existed for two parliamentary periods until the 1983 electoral redistribution, when boundary changes forced its abolition ahead of the 1984 election. The north-west corner went to the newly established electorate, and the remaining part was absorbed by the reconstituted electorate.


History

The 1978 election was notable in that Labour candidate Malcolm Douglas held an election night majority of 301 votes. However, National candidate
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claimed irregularities in the vote, and in a 24 May 1979 ruling, a Court-ordered recount resulted in 500 votes being re-classed as informal, giving Peters a majority of 192. Peters was declared elected as of election night. The electorate was re-created due to the change to
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(MMP) voting and the resulting reduction in the number of constituencies. The second historical Hunua electorate contained a selection of
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s in south
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, of which
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was the largest. The Hunua electorate was abolished again in 2002 and replaced by . The electorate was established again for the . The new Hunua electorate was based around the southern and eastern fringes of the Auckland region, and contained the
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towns of
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,
Waiuku Waiuku is a rural town in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the Waiuku River, which is an estuary, estuarial arm of the Manukau Harbour, and lies on the isthmus of the Āwhitu Peninsula, which extends to th ...
,
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, as well as
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, Whitford and
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from eastern
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. The resurrected Hunua electorate officially replaced the redrawn and renamed electorate of
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. Hunua was abolished again for the 2020 general election, with the eastern half being incorporated into , a small section around Ormiston and Mission Heights becoming part of the new electorate, and the western half being merged into a recreated .


Members of Parliament

Key


List MPs

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


Election results


2017 election


2014 election


2011 election

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 47,215


2008 election


1999 election


1996 election


1981 election


1978 election


Table footnotes


Notes


References

* * * {{historical electorates of New Zealand Historical electorates of New Zealand Politics of the Auckland Region 1978 establishments in New Zealand 1984 disestablishments in New Zealand 1996 establishments in New Zealand 2002 disestablishments in New Zealand 2008 disestablishments in New Zealand