Papatoetoe (New Zealand electorate)

Papatoetoe electorate boundaries between 1993 and 1996.

Papatoetoe is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, and is part of greater Auckland.

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.[1] 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 Māori 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 North Island.[2] The electoral redistribution was very disruptive, and 22 electorates were abolished, while 27 electorates were newly created (including Papatoetoe) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the 1978 election.[3] Papatoetoe was created from parts of the Mangere and Manukau electorates in the 1977 redistribution.

The electorate is urban-suburban, based on the suburb of Papatoetoe, and was in Manukau City, South Auckland. At various times it also included parts of the suburbs of Ōtara, Wiri and Mangere. To the north it bordered on the Tamaki River, and between 1984 and 1987 it reached the eastern edge of Manukau Harbour. It also bordered on the electorates of Otahuhu,Hunua, Manurewa and Mangere from 1978 to 1984, and Panmure, Otara, Manurewa and Mangere from 1984 to 1996. The Papatoetoe electorate was eventually absorbed into Mangere and the newly created Manukau East electorates for the 1996 election.

History

The electorate existed from 1978 to the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation in 1996 and was represented by two Labour MPs. In the 1978 election, the Papatoetoe electorate was won by Eddie Isbey, who had been MP for the Grey Lynn electorate since 1969 election.[4] Isbey retired at the 1987 election and was succeeded by Ross Robertson. When the Papatoetoe electorate was abolished in 1996, Robertson transferred to the Manukau East electorate, which he represented until 2014.[5]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour  

Elections Winner
1978 election Eddie Isbey
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election Ross Robertson
1990 election
1993 election
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Manukau East)

Election results

1993 election

General election, 1993: Papatoetoe[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ross Robertson 9,769 53.6 +8.5
National Jim Wild 3,792 20.8
Alliance Harry Alchin-Smith 2,529 13.8
NZ First Nerida Nichols 1,774 9.7
Christian Heritage Albery Ruijne 271 1.4
Natural Law Graeme Kettle 67 0.3
Majority 5,977 32.8 +30.0
Turnout 18,202

1990 election

General election, 1990: Papatoetoe[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ross Robertson 8,122 45.1 -9.5
National Allan Walter Brewster 7,612 42.3
Green Perry Spiller 1,199 6.6
NewLabour Bo Kingi Rawhiti 714 3.9
Social Credit Jim Duffy 168 0.9
Democrats Wilhelm Tua Amstad 167 0.9
Majority 510 2.8 -12.2
Turnout 17,982

1987 election

General election, 1987: Papatoetoe[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ross Robertson 9,795 54.6
National H R Martin 7,106 39.6
Democrats Doug Shirley 813 4.5
NZ Party I R Martin 225 1.3
Majority 2,689 15.0 ±0.0
Turnout 21,392 88.3 -4.9

1984 election

General election, 1984: Papatoetoe[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Eddie Isbey 9,697 48.9 +5.7
National Peter O'Brien 6,701 33.9
NZ Party David Craven 2,479 12.5
Social Credit F Harvey 935 4.7
Majority 2,996 15.0 +6.0
Turnout 21,915 93.2 +3.9

1981 election

General election, 1981: Papatoetoe[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Eddie Isbey 8,109 43.2 -2.5
National Roy McKeen 6,420 34.2
Social Credit Alan Shaw 4,521 22.6 +7.0
Majority 1,689 9.0 +0.8
Turnout 21,133 89.3 +21.2

1978 election

General election, 1978: Papatoetoe[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Eddie Isbey 8,412 45.7
National Colin Bidois 6,901 37.5
Social Credit Alan Shaw 2,861 15.6
Values M R Crozier 217 1.2
Majority 1,511 8.2
Turnout 27,140 68.1

Notes

  1. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 8–9, 51, 119.
  2. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 119.
  3. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 115–120.
  4. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 207.
  5. ↑ "Ross Robertson". New Zealand Parliament. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
  7. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. p. 89.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Norton 1988, p. 313.

References

  • McRobie, Alan (1989). New Zealand Electoral Atlas. Wellington: Government Printer. pp. 118–127. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987. Victoria University of Wellington, Dept. of Political Science. pp. 67–80, 313. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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