Helensville (New Zealand electorate)
Helensville | |
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Former Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
![]() Location of within Auckland | |
Region | Auckland |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1978 (original), 2002 (recreated) |
Abolished | 1984 (abolished), 2020 (re-abolished) |
Last MP | Chris Penk |
Party | National |
Helensville was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the Auckland region, returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives. The electorate was first established for the 1978 election, was abolished in 1984, and then reinstated for the 2002 election. The seat was won and held by John Key through his term as prime minister. Chris Penk of the National Party held the seat from the 2017 general election until its abolition in 2020, when it was replaced with the new Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate, which Penk also retained.
Population centres
[edit]The 1977 electoral redistribution, initiated by Robert Muldoon's National Government, was the most overtly political since the Representation Commission had been established through an amendment to the Representation Act in 1886.[1] As part of the 1976 census, a large number of people failed to fill in 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, with 22 electorates being abolished, and 27 (including Helensville) being newly created or re-established. These changes came into effect for the 1978 election.[3]
In the 1983 electoral redistribution, the Helensville electorate was abolished, and its area went to the West Auckland and Rodney electorates.[4] Helensville was re-established in time for the 2002 election in response to continued high population growth in and around Auckland. It was formed from the northern flank of the Waitakere electorate with the addition of areas from the Rodney electorate around its southern boundary.
Helensville covers an area of the rapidly growing northern Auckland urban fringe, drawing Helensville and Kumeū from the former Rodney District, moving south to take in Paremoremo, Greenhithe and Albany from the former North Shore City, and finally tacking west to include Whenuapai, Hobsonville and West Harbour from the former Waitakere City.
The boundaries of the electorate changed significantly in the 2019/20 boundary review. Its northern boundary moved northward to become the same as the boundary between the Northland and Auckland local government regions, taking in part of the Northland electorate and all that part of Rodney electorate north of Waiwera, which is, by area, most of Rodney. On the other hand, an area running from Dairy Flat south to Paremoremo moved into Rodney, which is renamed the Whangaparāoa electorate. Helensville also gained the suburb of Westgate from the Upper Harbour electorate. It lost its southern section around the Waitakere Ranges to New Lynn. It was initially proposed that the electorate would keep the name Helensville, but after public submissions it became the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate.[5]
History
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In the 1978 election, the Helensville electorate was won by Dail Jones, who had been MP for the Waitemata electorate since the 1975 election.[6] When the Helensville electorate was abolished in 1984, Jones stood in the West Auckland electorate in the 1984 election but was defeated by the Labour Party candidate, Jack Elder.[7]
The Helensville electorate was re-established for the 2002 election. Newcomer John Key beat sitting Waitakere MP Brian Neeson to the National Party nomination and, in a tight year for his party, won the electorate by 1,705 votes in a split field when a disgruntled Neeson stood as an independent. At the same election, Dail Jones contested the electorate for New Zealand First. Helensville was partly rural and was wealthy beyond the national average, making it a safe National electorate, and Key was returned easily in 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014 with large majorities. Key became National Party leader in 2006 and prime minister in 2008. In December 2016, he announced that he would retire from politics before the 2017 general election.[8] He was replaced as Helensville MP by Chris Penk.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Key
National NZ First Labour ACT Green
Election | Winner | |
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1978 election | Dail Jones | |
1981 election | ||
Electorate abolished in 1984 (see West Auckland and Rodney) | ||
2002 election | John Key | |
2005 election | ||
2008 election | ||
2011 election | ||
2014 election | ||
2017 election | Chris Penk | |
(Electorate abolished in 2020; see Kaipara ki Mahurangi) |
List MPs
[edit]Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Helensville electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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2002 election | Dail Jones | |
2008 | Dail Jones1 | |
2008 election | Darien Fenton | |
David Garrett2 | ||
2009 | David Clendon3 | |
2014 election | Kennedy Graham |
1 Jones entered Parliament in February 2008 following the resignation of Brian Donnelly
2 Garrett resigned in September 2010, and his list position was taken by Hilary Calvert
3 Clendon entered Parliament in October 2009 following the resignation of Sue Bradford
Election results
[edit]2017 election
[edit]2017 general election: Helensville[9] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Chris Penk | 21,704 | 56.12 | −9.05 | 21,958 | 55.83 | −2.56 | ||
Labour | Kurt Taogaga | 7,096 | 18.35 | +5.66 | 10,012 | 25.45 | +12.95 | ||
Green | Hayley Holt | 6,758 | 17.47 | +4.75 | 2,971 | 7.55 | −6.00 | ||
NZ First | Helen Peterson | 2,403 | 6.21 | — | 2,795 | 7.11 | −0.25 | ||
ACT | Alex Evans | 284 | 0.73 | -0.14 | 319 | 0.81 | +0.07 | ||
Conservative | 87 | 0.22 | −4.56 | ||||||
Opportunities | 799 | 2.03 | — | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 112 | 0.28 | −0.17 | ||||||
Māori Party | 105 | 0.27 | −0.27 | ||||||
United Future | 27 | 0.07 | −0.19 | ||||||
Outdoors | 20 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 20 | 0.05 | −0.09 | ||||||
Mana Party | 13 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
People's Party | 12 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Internet | 9 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
Democrats | 7 | 0.02 | −0.04 | ||||||
Informal votes | 264 | 67 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 38,676 | 39,333 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 14,608 | 37.77 | −14.69 |
2014 election
[edit]2014 general election: Helensville[10] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
22,720 | 65.17 | −9.21 | 20,689 | 58.39 | −7.40 | ||
Green | Kennedy Graham | 4,433 | 12.72 | +5.36 | 4,801 | 13.55 | +4.91 | ||
Labour | Corie Haddock | 4,425 | 12.69 | −1.45 | 4,430 | 12.50 | −1.85 | ||
Internet | Laila Harré | 1,315 | 3.77 | +3.77 | |||||
Conservative | Deborah Dougherty | 963 | 2.76 | −0.07 | 1,692 | 4.78 | +1.27 | ||
Independent | Penny Bright | 420 | 1.20 | +1.20 | |||||
ACT | Phelan Pirrie | 302 | 0.87 | +0.36 | 262 | 0.74 | −0.65 | ||
Independent | Brendan Whyte | 74 | 0.21 | +0.21 | |||||
NZ First | 2,608 | 7.36 | +2.76 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 338 | 0.95 | +0.78[a] | ||||||
Māori Party | 192 | 0.54 | +0.02 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 161 | 0.45 | −0.04 | ||||||
United Future | 93 | 0.26 | −0.20 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 48 | 0.14 | +0.14 | ||||||
Democrats | 23 | 0.06 | +0.04 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 13 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Civilian | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Focus | 3 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 208 | 73 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,860 | 35,434 | |||||||
Turnout | 35,507 | 82.29 | +5.65 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 18,287 | 52.46 | −7.78 |
2011 election
[edit]2011 general election: Helensville[11] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
26,011 | 74.38 | +0.77 | 23,558 | 65.79 | +2.09 | ||
Labour | Jeremy Greenbrook-Held | 4,945 | 14.14 | -2.97 | 5,138 | 14.35 | -4.11 | ||
Green | Jeanette Elley | 2,575 | 7.36 | +1.41 | 3,094 | 8.64 | +3.74 | ||
Conservative | Richard Drayson | 941 | 2.69 | +2.69 | 1,258 | 3.51 | +3.51 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Adrian McDermott | 319 | 0.91 | +0.91 | 174 | 0.49 | +0.16 | ||
ACT | Nick Kearney | 180 | 0.51 | 0–1.72 | 499 | 1.39 | -5.31 | ||
NZ First | 1,648 | 4.60 | +2.06 | ||||||
Māori Party | 186 | 0.52 | +0.03 | ||||||
United Future | 163 | 0.46 | -0.33 | ||||||
Mana | 60 | 0.17 | +0.17 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 19 | 0.05 | -0.004 | ||||||
Democrats | 8 | 0.02 | +0.001 | ||||||
Alliance | 4 | 0.01 | -0.04 | ||||||
Informal votes | 574 | 198 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,971 | 35,809 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 21,066 | 60.24 | +3.74 |
Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 46,983[12]
2008 election
[edit]2008 general election: Helensville[13][14] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
26,771 | 73.61 | +9.51 | 23,559 | 63.69 | +8.60 | ||
Labour | Darien Fenton | 6,224 | 17.11 | -9.77 | 6,826 | 18.45 | -9.52 | ||
Green | David Clendon | 2,166 | 5.96 | +5.79 | 1,814 | 4.90 | +0.87 | ||
ACT | David Garrett | 811 | 2.23 | +1.10 | 2,481 | 6.71 | +4.36 | ||
United Future | Angela Lovelock | 309 | 0.85 | -0.82 | 289 | 0.78 | -1.69 | ||
Libertarianz | Peter Osborne | 89 | 0.24 | 21 | 0.06 | +0.01 | |||
NZ First | 940 | 2.54 | -3.34 | ||||||
Progressive | 195 | 0.53 | -0.28 | ||||||
Family Party | 182 | 0.49 | |||||||
Māori Party | 182 | 0.49 | +0.08 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 170 | 0.46 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 131 | 0.35 | +0.16 | ||||||
Kiwi | 105 | 0.28 | |||||||
Pacific | 45 | 0.12 | |||||||
Alliance | 19 | 0.05 | +0.02 | ||||||
Workers Party | 9 | 0.02 | |||||||
Democrats | 8 | 0.02 | ±0.00 | ||||||
RAM | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
RONZ | 4 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Informal votes | 251 | 110 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 36,370 | 36,988 | |||||||
Turnout | 37,298 | 82.27 | -0.58 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 20,547 | 56.49 |
2005 election
[edit]2005 general election: Helensville[14][15][16] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
22,008 | 64.10 | +29.92 | 19,224 | 55.09 | +29.28 | ||
Labour | Judy Lawley | 9,230 | 26.88 | -0.24 | 9,761 | 27.97 | -2.86 | ||
NZ First | Dail Jones | 1,400 | 4.08 | -5.45 | 2,051 | 5.88 | -6.06 | ||
United Future | Andrea Deeth | 573 | 1.67 | -2.47 | 863 | 2.47 | -5.82 | ||
ACT | Stephen Langford-Tebby | 389 | 1.13 | 821 | 2.35 | -10.26 | |||
Māori Party | Awa Hudson | 359 | 1.05 | 142 | 0.41 | ||||
Progressive | Julian Aaron | 318 | 0.93 | -0.02 | 218 | 0.81 | -0.08 | ||
Direct Democracy | Helen Koster | 58 | 0.17 | 11 | 0.03 | ||||
Green | 1,407 | 4.03 | -1.99 | ||||||
Destiny | 151 | 0.43 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 66 | 0.19 | -0.21 | ||||||
Christian Heritage | 48 | 0.14 | -0.85 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 16 | 0.05 | |||||||
Alliance | 9 | 0.03 | -1.00 | ||||||
Democrats | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Family Rights | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
99 MP | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
RONZ | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
One NZ | 4 | 0.01 | -0.04 | ||||||
Informal votes | 253 | 110 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,335 | 34,896 | |||||||
Turnout | 35,222 | 82.85 | +3.21 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 12,778 | 37.22 | +31.26 |
2002 election
[edit]2002 general election: Helensville[15][17] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | John Key | 9,775 | 34.18 | 7,524 | 25.81 | ||||
Labour | Gary Russell | 8,070 | 28.21 | 8,988 | 30.83 | ||||
Independent | Brian Neeson | 5,644 | 19.73 | ||||||
NZ First | Dail Jones | 2,725 | 9.53 | 3,481 | 11.94 | ||||
United Future | Andrea Deeth | 1,184 | 4.14 | 2,416 | 8.29 | ||||
Alliance | Helen MacKinlay | 581 | 2.03 | 299 | 1.03 | ||||
Christian Heritage | David Simpkin | 350 | 1.22 | 288 | 0.99 | ||||
Progressive | Clare Dickson | 273 | 0.95 | 272 | 0.93 | ||||
ACT | 3,676 | 12.61 | |||||||
Green | 1,755 | 6.02 | |||||||
ORNZ | 313 | 1.07 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 118 | 0.40 | |||||||
One NZ | 15 | 0.05 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
NMP | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 327 | 78 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 28,602 | 29,157 | |||||||
Turnout | 29,428 | 79.64 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 1,705 | 5.96 |
1981 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Dail Jones | 8,242 | 35.85 | −4.58 | |
Labour | Jack Elder | 8,026 | 34.91 | +0.71 | |
Social Credit | David Howes | 6,718 | 29.22 | ||
Majority | 216 | 0.93 | −5.29 | ||
Turnout | 22,986 | 89.05 | +19.21 | ||
Registered electors | 25,812 |
1978 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Dail Jones | 7,783 | 40.43 | ||
Labour | Jack Elder | 6,584 | 34.20 | ||
Social Credit | Chris Lynch | 4,510 | 23.43 | ||
Values | Dennis Worley | 370 | 1.92 | ||
Majority | 1,199 | 6.22 | |||
Turnout | 19,247 | 69.84 | |||
Registered electors | 27,558 |
Table footnotes
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 8–9, 51, 119.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 119.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 115–120.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 118–123.
- ^ "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 208.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 194, 208.
- ^ "John Key resigns as Prime Minister of New Zealand, cites family reasons for leaving". The New Zealand Herald. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Helensville (2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Electoral Commission (10 October 2014). "Official Count Results – Helensville". Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Helensville results, 2011
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 4 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Election results 2008 Archived 11 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Helensville:Electoral Profile". New Zealand Parliament. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Electorate Profile Helensville" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. 1 November 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ^ Election result 2005[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Election results 2002". Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ^ a b Norton 1988, pp. 242.
References
[edit]- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- 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.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
External links
[edit]- Electorate profile, Parliamentary Library