Manukau East was a New Zealand parliamentary

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that returned one member of parliament to the

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. It was first formed for the . Between the and the 2020 electorate adjustment it was held by Jenny Salesa, a member of the Labour Party, who also won the replacement Panmure-Ōtāhuhu seat in the .

Population centres

In 2007, large changes were made to the Manukau East electorate. Its northern boundary extended past the Tamaki River to almost as far as Sylvia Park Rd to incorporate

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Ōtāhuhu Ōtāhuhu is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand – to the southeast of the CBD, on a narrow isthmus between an arm of the Manukau Harbour to the west and the Tāmaki River estuary to the east. The Auckland isthmus is the narrowest connect ...

and Westfield. Its eastern boundary shifted west to East Tamaki Rd resulting in East Tamaki and

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being included in the new

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electorate. Most of

Ōtara Ōtara is a suburb of South Auckland, New Zealand (formerly Manukau City), situated 18 kilometres to the southeast of the Auckland CBD, Auckland City Centre. Ōtara lies near the head of the Tāmaki River. The area is traditionally part of t ...

and

Papatoetoe Papatoetoe is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest suburb in Auckland by population and is located to the northwest of Manukau, Manukau Central, and southeast of Auckland CBD. Papatoetoe was traditionally an important area fo ...

West are now also included in the electorate. In the 2013 electorate boundary review, it was found that Manukau East electorate was above quota (based on the 2013 census). The draft proposal by the Representation Commission sees some population at Westfield to be transferred to the electorate.

History

Manukau East was created for the . It has been represented by two MPs, both of the Labour Party, Ross Robertson and Jenny Salesa. It was considered one of Labour's safest electorates. On 6 June 2013 Robertson announced that he would retire from Parliament in order to pursue a career in local body politics. Jenny Salesa replaced him, with a comfortable, although smaller, majority of 13,254. During the 2020 electorate adjustment, the electorate was replaced with Panmure-Ōtāhuhu.

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections. Key

List MPs

Election results

2017 election

2014 election

2011 election

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 41,901

2008 election

2005 election

2002 election

1999 election

1996 election

Notes

References

External links

Electorate Profile
''Parliamentary Library'' {{Historical electorates of New Zealand Historical electorates of New Zealand Politics of the Auckland Region 1996 establishments in New Zealand