Pencarrow (New Zealand electorate)

Pencarrow electorate boundaries between 1993 and 1996.

Pencarrow is a former Parliamentary electorate in the lower Hutt Valley of New Zealand, from 1978 to 1996.

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 Pencarrow) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the 1978 election.[3]

The electorate is based on the southern part of the city of Lower Hutt.

History

Pencarrow existed from 1978, replacing the Petone electorate. In the 1978 election, the Petone electorate was won by Fraser Colman, who had been MP for Petone since the 1967 by-election.[4] Colman retired in 1987 and was succeeded by Sonja Davies.[5] After her retirement in 1993, she was succeeded by Trevor Mallard. When the Pencarrow electorate was abolished in 1996, Mallard transferred to the Hutt South electorate.[6]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour  

Election Winner
1978 election Fraser Colman
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election Sonja Davies
1990 election
1993 election Trevor Mallard
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Hutt South)

Notes

  1. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 8–9, 51, 119.
  2. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 119.
  3. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 115–120.
  4. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 190.
  5. ↑ Else, Anne. "Sonja Davies". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Hon Trevor Mallard". New Zealand Parliament. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

References

  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
  • 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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