Electoral history of Mike Moore

Mike Moore in 2004.

This is a summary of the electoral history of Mike Moore, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1990), Leader of the Labour Party (1990–93). He was a Member of Parliament for four electorates during his career: Eden, Papanui, Christchurch North, and Waimakariri.

Parliamentary elections

General election, 1972: Eden^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mike Moore	9,046	48.19
	National	Mary Kidd	8,258	43.99
	Values	Bert Keiller	656	3.49
	Social Credit	Neil Morrison	646	3.44
	New Democratic	C W Bott	60	0.31
	Independent	F W Bell	48	0.25
	National Socialist	Colin King-Ansell	35	0.18
	Liberal Reform	G T Tudor	21	0.11
Majority			788	4.19
Turnout			18,770	88.55	+1.21
Registered electors			21,196

General election, 1975: Eden^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Aussie Malcolm	9,725	49.48
	Labour	Mike Moore	8,394	42.71	-5.48
	Values	Paul Lunberg	991	5.04
	Social Credit	Les Tasker	497	2.52
	National Socialist	Colin King-Ansell	19	0.09	-0.09
	Independent Labour	M D Voss	16	0.08
	Democratic Labour	M N Hughes	11	0.05
Majority			1,331	6.77
Turnout			19,653	73.90	-14.65
Registered electors			26,591

General election, 1978: Papanui^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mike Moore	10,737	52.92
	National	Bert Walker	7,448	36.71	-15.81
	Social Credit	Gary Clover	1,359	6.69
	Values	Tony Kunowski	735	3.62	-4.02
	Tory	J S Collins	8	0.03
Majority			3,289	16.21
Turnout			20,287	75.74	-7.84
Registered electors			26,784

General election, 1981: Papanui^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mike Moore	11,524	55.36	+2.44
	National	Brian Keely	7,115	34.18
	Social Credit	Thomas Langridge	2,174	10.44
Majority			4,409	21.18	+4.97
Turnout			20,813	91.30	+15.56
Registered electors			22,795

General election, 1984: Christchurch North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Moore	12,350	56.55
	National	D J L Dumergue	6,662	30.50
	NZ Party	Stephen Nicholson	2,047	9.37
	Social Credit	Thomas Langridge	679	3.10
	Values	R D McArthur	101	0.46
Majority			5,728	26.22
Turnout			21,839	93.27
Registered electors			23,413

General election, 1987: Christchurch North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mike Moore	12,420	59.75	+3.20
	National	B A McNeill	7,722	37.15
	Democrats	Mark Sadler	499	2.40
	Wizard Party	J W Appleby	145	0.69
Majority			4,698	22.60	-3.62
Turnout			20,786	88.37	-4.90
Registered electors			23,520

General election, 1990: Christchurch North^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mike Moore	11,050	50.79	-8.96
	National	Peter Yarrell	8,902	40.92
	NewLabour	J W Strange	1,205	5.53
	Christian Heritage	W A Smith	297	1.36
	McGillicuddy Serious	Cecil G. Murgatroyd	149	0.68
	Democrats	Mark Sadler	148	0.68	-1.72
Majority			2,148	9.87	-12.73
Turnout			21,753	87.83	-0.54
Registered electors			24,767

General election, 1993: Christchurch North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mike Moore	11,605	53.76	+2.97
	National	Lee Morgan	5,581	25.85
	Alliance	Jan Davey	3,072	14.23
	NZ First	Chris Fulford	726	3.36
	Christian Heritage	Alex Mann	444	2.05
	McGillicuddy Serious	Cecil G. Murgatroyd	108	0.50	-0.18
	Natural Law	Charles Drace	47	0.21
Majority			6,024	27.91	+18.04
Turnout			21,583	86.17	-1.66
Registered electors			25,045

General election, 1996: Waimakariri^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Moore	19,875	56.57
	National	Jim Gerard	9,269	26.38
	Alliance	John Wright	2,370	6.74
	NZ First	Claire Bulman	1,888	5.37
	Christian Coalition	Lindsay Bain	1,014	2.88
	ACT	Ross Andrews	401	1.14
	Natural Law	Mike Barthelmeh	86	0.24
	Independent	Peter Hawkhead	58	0.16
Informal votes			170	0.48
Majority			10,606	30.18
Turnout			35,131	88.67
Registered electors			39,619

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Geoffrey Palmer	22	51.16%
	Mike Moore	21	48.84%

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Geoffrey Palmer	41	75.92%
	Mike Moore	13	24.08%

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Mike Moore	41	73.2%
	Richard Northey	15	26.8%

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Helen Clark	26	57.7%
	Mike Moore	19	42.3%

1 2 Norton 1988, pp. 221.
1 2 Norton 1988, p. 312.
1 2 Norton 1988, pp. 207.
↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
↑ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Waimakariri, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2016.

Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.

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