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Waitomo (New Zealand electorate)

释义

Population centres
History
Members of Parliament
Election results
1935 election
Notes
References

Waitomo was a parliamentary electorate in the Waikato region and the King Country of New Zealand, from 1919 to 1972. The electorate was represented by four Members of Parliament.

Population centres

In the 1918 electoral redistribution, the North Island gained a further three electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. Only two existing electorates were unaltered, five electorates were abolished, two former electorate were re-established, and three electorates, including Waitomo, were created for the first time.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=75–80}} The {{NZ electorate link|Taumarunui}} electorate was abolished through the 1918 electoral redistribution, and the vast majority of the Waitomo electorate's area had previously been in the Taumarunui electorate.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=74, 78}} Settlements that fell within the initial area of the Waitomo electorate were Otorohanga, Te Kuiti, Ohura, Awakino, Mokau, and Waitara.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=78}}

History

The Waitomo electorate was first established for the {{NZ election link|1919}}.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=}} The first representative was William Thomas Jennings of the Liberal Party.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=}} John Rolleston of the Reform Party defeated the incumbent by 3447 to 3441 votes, a majority of only six votes.^[1] Rolleston in turn was defeated in {{NZ election link year|1928}} by Walter Broadfoot of the United Party.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=185}} Broadfoot joined the National Party in 1936 when it formed through the amalgamation of the United and Reform Parties.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=185}} He remained the electorate's representative until the {{NZ election link|1954}}, when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=185}}

Broadfoot was succeeded by David Seath of the National Party, who represented the electorate until the {{NZ election link|1972}}, when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=233}} In the same year, the Waitomo electorate was abolished.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=}}

Members of Parliament

The Waitomo electorate was represented by four Members of Parliament:{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=275}}

Key

New Zealand Liberal Party}}

Reform Party (New Zealand)}}

United Party (New Zealand)}}

New Zealand National Party}}

Election	Winner
1919}}		William Thomas Jennings
1922}}		John Rolleston
1925}}
1928}}		Walter Broadfoot
1931}}
{{NZ election link\|1935}}
	New Zealand National Party}}
1938}}
1943}}
1946}}
1949}}
1951}}
1954}}		David Seath
1957}}
1960}}
1963}}
1966}}
1969}}
(Electorate abolished 1972; see {{NZ electorate link\|King Country}})

Election results

1935 election

{{Election box begin | title=1935 general election: Waitomo^[2]
}}
|party = United Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Walter Broadfoot
|votes = 4,521
|percentage = 45.86
|change =

 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

 }} {{Election box candidate with party link

 }} {{Election box informal

|votes = 65
|percentage = 0.65
|change =

 }} {{Election box majority

|votes = 1,526
|percentage = 15.49
|change =

 }} {{Election box turnout

|votes = 9,857
|percentage = 91.08
|change =

 }} {{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 10,822{{Election box end}}

Notes

1. ^{{cite news |title=Official Counts |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19221218.2.85.3 |accessdate=17 December 2011 |work=The Evening Post |date=18 December 1922 |volume=CIV |issue=146 |page=8}}
2. ^{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1935 |year=1936 |publisher=National Library |pages = 1–35 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1936-I.2.3.2.33&srpos=167 |accessdate=3 August 2013}}

References

{{cite book |ref=harv |title=Electoral Atlas of New Zealand |last=McRobie |first=Alan |year=1989 |publisher=GP Books |location=Wellington |isbn=0-477-01384-8}}
{{cite book |ref= harv |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyear=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}

3 : Historic electorates of New Zealand|1919 establishments in New Zealand|1972 disestablishments in New Zealand

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