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词条 Timaru (New Zealand electorate)
释义

  1. Population centres

  2. History

     Members of Parliament 

  3. Election results

     1985 by-election  1984 election  1981 election  1978 election  1975 election  1972 election  1969 election  1966 election  1963 election  1962 by-election  1960 election  1957 election  1954 election  1951 election  1949 election  1946 election  1931 election  1899 election  1890 election  1890 by-election 

  4. Notes

  5. References

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2015}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2011}}

Timaru was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, in the South Island. It existed continuously from 1861 to 1996 and was represented by eleven Members of Parliament.

Population centres

In the 1860 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of representatives by 12, reflecting the immense population growth since the original electorates were established in 1853. The redistribution created 15 additional electorates with between one and three members, and Timaru was one of the single-member electorates.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=35}} The electorates were distributed to provinces so that every province had at least two members. Within each province, the number of registered electors by electorate varied greatly.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=35}} The Timaru electorate had 121 registered electors for the 1861 election.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=33}}

The electorate is partly urban, and is based on the South Canterbury city of Timaru.

History

The electorate was formed in 1861 for the 3rd Parliament and existed continuously until the 1996 election.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=273}}

Francis Jollie was the first representative. In the 1866 election, he successfully stood for Gladstone. Alfred Cox was the next representative, and he resigned in 1868 partway through the term. Edward Stafford won the resulting 1868 by-election. He represented the electorate for a decade and resigned in 1878.

Richard Turnbull won the 1878 by-election and represented Timaru until 1890, when he died on 17 July.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=241}} He had contested the {{NZ election link|1887}} against Edward George Kerr,[1] the proprietor of The Timaru Herald,[2] and had won with a comfortable majority.[2]

William Hall-Jones won the 1890 by-election. He became Prime Minister during his term, and retired in 1908.

James Craigie was the next representative, from the 1908 election. He retired in 1922. Craigie was succeeded by Frank Rolleston, who was defeated at the 1928 election.{{sfn|Rolleston|1971|p=131}}

From 1928 to 1985, the seat was held by two Labour MPs: Rev Clyde Carr a Christian minister who was a supporter of John A. Lee and remained a backbencher; and then Sir Basil Arthur a hereditary baronet and later Speaker of the House.

David Lange recalled in My Life (2005) the death of Sir Basil, and also that Labour lost the subsequent 1985 by-election when "the Labour Party organisation insisted on the selection of a candidate who could hardly be less suited to the place" and "was a good lawyer but she did not live in Timaru, and her opinions, and even her appearance, were at odds with the conservative character of the electorate." Jim Sutton won the seat back for Labour in 1993.

Members of Parliament

Key{{Party index link|Independent politician}} {{Party index link|Independent Liberal}} {{Party index link|New Zealand Liberal Party}} {{Party index link|Reform Party (New Zealand)}} {{Party index link|New Zealand Labour Party}} {{Party index link|New Zealand National Party}}
ElectionWinner
1861 electionFrancis Jollie
1866 electionAlfred Cox
1868 by-electionEdward Stafford
1871 election
1875 election
1878 by-electionRichard Turnbull
1879 election
1881 election
1884 election
1887 election
1890 by-electionWilliam Hall-Jones
1890 election
1893 election
1896 election
1899 election
1902 election
1905 election
1908 electionJames Craigie
1911 election
1914 election
1919 election
1922 electionFrank Rolleston
1925 election
1928 electionClyde Carr
1931 election
1935 election
1938 election
1943 election
1946 election
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election
1960 election
1962 by-electionBasil Arthur
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election
1985 by-electionMaurice McTigue
1987 election
1990 election
1993 electionJim Sutton
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see {{NZ electorate link|Aoraki}})

Election results

1985 by-election

{{Timaru by-election, 1985}}

1984 election

{{Election box begin | title=1984 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=363}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Basil Arthur
|votes = 11,033
|percentage = 48.13
|change = +3.96
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = Maurice McTigue
|votes = 8,814
|percentage = 38.45
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Party
|candidate = Christine Musgrave
|votes = 1,855
|percentage = 8.09
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Lynley Simmons
|votes = 1,217
|percentage = 5.31
|change = -14.06
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 2,224
|percentage = 9.70
|change = +0.78
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 22,919
|percentage = 93.18
|change = +3.16
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 24,594{{Election box end}}

1981 election

{{Election box begin | title=1981 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=363}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Basil Arthur
|votes = 9,281
|percentage = 44.77
|change = -3.98
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = Jane Coughlan
|votes = 7,431
|percentage = 35.85
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Lynley Simmons
|votes = 4,015
|percentage = 19.37
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 1,850
|percentage = 8.92
|change = -1.74
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 20,727
|percentage = 90.02
|change = +11.73
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 23,024{{Election box end}}

1978 election

{{Election box begin | title=1978 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=363}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Basil Arthur
|votes = 9,977
|percentage = 48.75
|change = +1.27
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = W S Penno
|votes = 7,794
|percentage = 38.08
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = E H Rapsey
|votes = 2,180
|percentage = 10.65
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Values Party
|candidate = L A Durland
|votes = 512
|percentage = 2.50
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 2,183
|percentage = 10.66
|change = +5.22
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 20,463
|percentage = 78.29
|change = -5.80
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 26,135{{Election box end}}

1975 election

{{Election box begin | title=1975 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=363}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Basil Arthur
|votes = 8,815
|percentage = 47.48
|change = -10.77
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = David Arthur John Walker
|votes = 7,804
|percentage = 42.04
|change = +7.39
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = E H Rapsey
|votes = 1,140
|percentage = 6.14
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Values Party
|candidate = Mary Mold
|votes = 803
|percentage = 4.32
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 1,011
|percentage = 5.44
|change = -18.16
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 18,562
|percentage = 84.09
|change = -6.10
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 22,072{{Election box end}}

1972 election

{{Election box begin | title=1972 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=363}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Basil Arthur
|votes = 9,760
|percentage = 58.25
|change = +2.24
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = David Arthur John Walker
|votes = 5,806
|percentage = 34.65
|change = +2.90
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = J H L Body
|votes = 599
|percentage = 3.57
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Values Party
|candidate = P D Lister
|votes = 403
|percentage = 2.40
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Democratic Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = D W Armstrong
|votes = 186
|percentage = 1.11
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 3,954
|percentage = 23.60
|change = +5.15
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 16,754
|percentage = 90.19
|change = +0.01
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 18,575{{Election box end}}

1969 election

{{Election box begin | title=1969 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=362}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Basil Arthur
|votes = 9,412
|percentage = 56.01
|change = +0.95
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = David Arthur John Walker
|votes = 6,311
|percentage = 37.55
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Maurice John Hayes
|votes = 1,084
|percentage = 6.44
|change = -2.58
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 3,101
|percentage = 18.45
|change = -0.71
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 16,807
|percentage = 90.18
|change = +1.46
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 18,636{{Election box end}}

1966 election

{{Election box begin | title=1966 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=362}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Basil Arthur
|votes = 8,929
|percentage = 55.06
|change = -1.28
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = N S Brown
|votes = 5,821
|percentage = 35.90
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Maurice John Hayes
|votes = 1,464
|percentage = 9.02
|change = +4.62
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 3,108
|percentage = 19.16
|change = +2.08
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 16,214
|percentage = 88.72
|change = -2.83
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 18,274{{Election box end}}

1963 election

{{Election box begin | title=1963 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=362}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Basil Arthur
|votes = 9,334
|percentage = 56.34
|change = +3.79
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = M J O'Rielly
|votes = 6,503
|percentage = 39.25
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Maurice John Hayes
|votes = 729
|percentage = 4.40
|change = +0.43
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 2,831
|percentage = 17.08
|change = +8.02
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 16,566
|percentage = 91.55
|change = +7.76
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 18,094{{Election box end}}

1962 by-election

{{Timaru by-election, 1962}}

1960 election

{{Election box begin | title=1960 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=362}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Clyde Carr
|votes = 7,617
|percentage = 49.11
|change = -4.60
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = R E White
|votes = 7,260
|percentage = 46.81
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Fairlie C. Isitt
|votes = 542
|percentage = 3.49
|change = -0.11
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician
|candidate = J R Rae
|votes = 90
|percentage = 0.58
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 357
|percentage = 2.30
|change = -16.63
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 15,509
|percentage = 91.41
|change = -2.94
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 16,966{{Election box end}}

1957 election

{{Election box begin | title=1957 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=362}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Clyde Carr
|votes = 8,379
|percentage = 53.71
|change = +8.85
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = Alfred James Davey
|votes = 6,657
|percentage = 42.67
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Fairlie C. Isitt
|votes = 562
|percentage = 3.60
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 2,954
|percentage = 18.93
|change = +8.71
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 15,598
|percentage = 94.35
|change = +0.89
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 16,532{{Election box end}}

1954 election

{{Election box begin | title=1954 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=362}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Clyde Carr
|votes = 6,241
|percentage = 44.86
|change = -7.16
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = Vic Wilson
|votes = 4,818
|percentage = 34.63
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = George Edmonds
|votes = 2,853
|percentage = 20.50
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 1,423
|percentage = 10.22
|change = +6.19
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 13,912
|percentage = 93.46
|change = +1.78
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 14,884{{Election box end}}

1951 election

{{Election box begin | title=1951 general election: Timaru{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=362}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Clyde Carr
|votes = 7,265
|percentage = 52.02
|change = -0.97
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = William Leslie Richards
|votes = 6,701
|percentage = 47.98
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 564
|percentage = 4.03
|change = -1.95
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 13,966
|percentage = 91.68
|change = -3.31
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 15,233{{Election box end}}

1949 election

{{Election box begin | title=1949 general election: Timaru[3]
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Clyde Carr
|votes = 7,364
|percentage = 52.99
|change = +1.07
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = Jack Lockington
|votes = 6,532
|percentage = 47.01
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 832
|percentage = 5.98
|change = +2.13
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 13,896
|percentage = 94.99
|change = -0.01
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 14,628{{Election box end}}

1946 election

{{Election box begin | title=1946 general election: Timaru[4]
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Clyde Carr
|votes = 7,005
|percentage = 51.92
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = Jack Acland
|votes = 6,485
|percentage = 48.07
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 520
|percentage = 3.85
|change =
 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 13,490
|percentage = 95.00
|change =
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 14,200{{Election box end}}

1931 election

{{Election box begin | title=1931 general election: Timaru[5]{{refn|group=mb|The Reform and United parties could not agree on an official coalition candidate for the Timaru electorate, so neither Armstrong nor Hall were official candidates, and many sources show them as Independents}}
}}
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Clyde Carr
|votes = 5,407
|percentage = 48.45
|change = -3.74
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Herbert N. Armstrong[6]
|votes = 4,587
|percentage = 41.11
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Herbert Hall[6]
|votes = 1,165
|percentage = 10.44
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 820
|percentage = 7.35
|change = +2.95
 }} {{Election box informal

|votes = 35
|percentage = 0.31
|change = -1.68{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,194
|percentage = 90.31
|change = -1.45
 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 12,395{{Election box end}}

Table footnotes:

1. ^{{cite news|title=The Nominations |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AG18870920.2.29.1 |accessdate=19 May 2012 |work=Ashburton Guardian |date=20 September 1887 |volume=VII |issue=1667 |page=3}}
2. ^{{cite news |title=General Election |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=PBH18870927.2.16 |accessdate=19 May 2012 |work=Poverty Bay Herald |date=27 September 1887 |volume=XIV |issue=4977 |page=2}}
3. ^{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1949 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1950-I.2.3.2.43 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=3 January 2014 |pages=1–5, 8 |year=1950}}
4. ^{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1946 |url= http://www.atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1947-I.2.4.2.38 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=1 January 2014 |pages=1–11, 14 |year=1947}}
5. ^{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1931 |year=1932 |publisher=Government Printer |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1932-I-II.2.3.2.31 |page=5 |accessdate=2 November 2014}}
6. ^1 {{Cite thesis |last=Kerr |first=Stephen |title="Good Old Clyde": Clyde Carr M.P., Timaru and the Art of Incumbency, 1928–1962 |chapter= |url=http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/10092/4267/1/Thesis_fulltext.pdf |date= |year=2003 |publisher=University of Canterbury |access-date=16 December 2014 |docket= |oclc= |page=66}}
7. ^{{cite web |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1900-I.2.3.2.54 |title=The General Election, 1899 |date=19 June 1900 |publisher= Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives |page=1 |accessdate=12 February 2014 |location=Wellington}}
8. ^{{cite news |title=The General Election |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DTN18991130.2.33 |accessdate=25 February 2014 |work=Daily Telegraph |date=30 November 1899 |issue=9729 |page=4}}
9. ^{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1890 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1891-I.2.1.6.2 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=25 February 2012 |page=2 |year=1891}}
10. ^1 {{cite news |title=History of The Timaru Herald |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/contact-us/about-us/7883268/History-of-The-Timaru-Herald |accessdate=24 November 2013 |work=The Timaru Herald |date=9 October 2013}}

1899 election

{{Election box begin | title=1899 general election: Timaru[7][8]
}}
|party = New Zealand Liberal Party
|candidate = William Hall-Jones
|votes = 3,091
|percentage = 77.68
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = James Stephen Keith{{refn|group=nb|Note that in many newspapers, Keith is labelled as standing for the opposition}}
|votes = 816
|percentage = 20.51
|change =
 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent Labour
|candidate = Joseph Mahoney{{refn|group=nb|Labour candidates at the time were counted as part of the Liberal Party}}
|votes = 72
|percentage = 1.81
|change =
 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 2,275
|percentage = 57.18
|change =
 }}