Coromandel (New Zealand electorate)
Current New Zealand electorate
Coromandel electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election
Coromandel is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the House of Representatives. It is currently represented by Scott Simpson, a member of the National Party.
An electorate is a geographical constituency used for electing members to the New Zealand Parliament. In informal discussion, electorates are often called seats. The most formal description, electoral district, is used in legislation. The size of electorates is determined on a population basis such that all electorates have approximately the same population.
The New Zealand House of Representatives is a component of the New Zealand Parliament, along with the Sovereign. The House passes all laws, provides ministers to form a Cabinet, and supervises the work of the Government. It is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets and approving the state's accounts.
Scott Anthony Simpson is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is a member of the National Party.
Population centres
2007 boundary review
List MPs
Table footnotes
The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–76 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Coromandel, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries. [1]
The New Zealand general election of 1875–76 was held between 20 December 1875 and 29 January 1876 to elect a total of 88 MPs in 73 electorates to the 6th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 4 and 15 January 1876. A total of 56,471 voters were registered.
In New Zealand politics, Māori electorates, colloquially known as the Māori seats, are a special category of electorate that gives reserved positions to representatives of Māori in the New Zealand Parliament. Every area in New Zealand is covered by both a general and a Māori electorate; there are currently seven Māori electorates. Since 1967 candidates in Māori electorates have not needed to be Māori themselves, but to register as a voter in the Māori electorates people need to declare they are of Māori descent.
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The 1987 electoral redistribution took the continued population growth in the North Island into account, and two additional general electorates were created, bringing the total number of electorates to 97. In the South Island, the shift of population to Christchurch had continued. [6] Overall, three electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated (including Coromandel), and four electorates were abolished. All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes. [7] These changes came into effect with the 1987 election. [8]
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The current Coromandel seat is based around the Coromandel Peninsula, and contains the main Coromandel towns of Thames, Whitianga, Whangamata. To the south of the electorate is the Hauraki District which contains the main townships of Paeroa, Waihi and Ngatea. It also extends an arm down into the Bay of Plenty, to take the town of Katikati, with its southern boundary on the edge of the Tauranga urban area.
The Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand extends 85 kilometres north from the western end of the Bay of Plenty, forming a natural barrier to protect the Hauraki Gulf and the Firth of Thames in the west from the Pacific Ocean to the east. It is 40 kilometres wide at its broadest point. Almost the entire population lies on the narrow coastal strips fronting the Hauraki Gulf and the Bay of Plenty. In clear weather the peninsula is clearly visible from Auckland, the country's biggest city, which lies on the far shore of the Hauraki Gulf, 55 kilometres to the west. The peninsula is part of the Thames-Coromandel District of the Waikato Region.
Thames is a town at the southwestern end of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the Firth of Thames close to the mouth of the Waihou River. The town is the seat of the Thames-Coromandel District Council. The Māori iwi are Ngāti Maru, who are descendants of Marutuahu's son Te Ngako. Ngāti Maru is part of the Ngati Marutuahu confederation of tribes or better known as Hauraki Iwi.
Whitianga is a town on the Coromandel Peninsula, in the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is located on Mercury Bay, on the northeastern coast of the peninsula. The town has a permanent population of 5,080 as of June 2018, making it the second-largest town on the Coromandel Peninsula behind Thames.
Following the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, the Representation Commission decided to move the southern boundary of Coromandel away from Tauranga, so that Katikati will be the only large Bay of Plenty town in the seat. In exchange for this, the eastern Waikato town of Te Aroha has been transferred from the newly abolished seat of Piako. This is the largest change in Coromandel's makeup to date, and the new seat was fought for the first time at the 2008 election.
Waikato is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupo District, and parts of Rotorua District. It is governed by the Waikato Regional Council.
Te Aroha is a rural town in the Waikato region of New Zealand with a population of 3,906 people in the 2013 census, an increase of 138 people since 2006. It is 53 km (33 mi) northeast of Hamilton and 50 km (31 mi) south of Thames. It sits at the foot of 952 metres (3,123 ft) Mount Te Aroha, the highest point in the Kaimai Range.
Piako was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate established in 1946 and disestablished in 2008. It was last held by Lindsay Tisch MP from 2002 to 2008.
The Coromandel electorate was first created in 1881 for the 8th session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for three terms until 1890 and was represented by Alfred Cadman. [9]
The electorate was recreated in 1972 for the 37th session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for two terms until 1978 and was represented by Leo Schultz of the National Party, who had previously represented the Hauraki electorate. The Coromandel electorate was abolished again and the area again covered by the Hauraki electorate.
The electorate was once again recreated in 1987 for the 42nd session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for two terms until 1993 and was represented by Graeme Lee representing the National Party. The Coromandel Peninsula was afterwards covered by the Hauraki electorate, with its southern portion going into the Matakana electorate.
The electorate was again recreated in 1996 for the 45th session, which was the first term under the Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) electoral system.
The new MMP Coromandel electorate was won by Murray McLean of the National Party in 1996. In 1999, Green party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons won the electorate, after then Labour Leader (and Prime Minister after the election) Helen Clark openly encouraged Labour supporters to give their constituency vote to Fitzsimons [10] and their party vote to Labour. [11] The Green Party believes that this was the first time in the world that a Green MP had won an electorate in the first past the post voting system. [12] The electorate returned to National in the 2002 election, with Sandra Goudie the representative. Goudie retired at the 2011 election. [13]
Key Independent National Green Alliance NZ First
1881 election Alfred Cadman
Electorate abolished 1890–1972
1972 election Leo Schultz
Electorate abolished 1978–1987; see Kaimai and Hauraki
1987 election Graeme Lee
1996 election Murray McLean
1999 election Jeanette Fitzsimons
2002 election Sandra Goudie
2011 election Scott Simpson
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Coromandel electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.
Robyn McDonald
2011 election Catherine Delahunty
2017 general election: Coromandel [14]
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party votes
National Y Scott Simpson 23,053 55.09 −3.64 21,786 51.23 −2.94
Labour Nathaniel James Blomfield 8,727 20.85 +9.51 11,820 27.79 +12.08
Green Scott Summerfield 5,066 12.10 −4.31 2,259 5.31 −4.51
NZ First Anna-Marie Andrews 4,142 9.88 +1.34 5,216 12.26 −0.23
Ban 1080 Clyde Graf 859 2.05 +0.93 125 0.29 0.00
Opportunities 728 1.71 —
ACT 174 0.41 +0.03
Legalise Cannabis 137 0.32 −0.04
Māori 100 0.23 −0.25
Conservative 66 0.16 −5.13
Outdoors 52 1.12 —
People's Party 30 0.07 —
United Future 13 0.03 −0.14
Mana 11 0.03 −0.66 [lower-alpha 1]
Democrats 8 0.02 −0.03
Internet 5 0.01 −0.67 [lower-alpha 2]
Informal votes 477 205
Total Valid votes 42,324 42,735
Turnout 42,735
National hold Majority 14,236 34.01 −8.28
National Y Scott Simpson 21,934 58.72 +3.67 20,547 54.17 +2.03
Green Catherine Delahunty 6,133 16.42 -0.36 3,724 9.82 -1.55
Labour Korbinian Poschl 4,236 11.34 -5.94 5,960 15.71 -2.34
NZ First Grant Ertel 3,158 8.45 +2.17 4,741 12.50 +1.47
Conservative David Walkden 1,133 3.03 +0.50 2,004 5.28 +1.38
Ban 1080 Mike Downard 420 1.12 — 112 0.30 —
Māori Hiria Pakinga 176 0.47 — 184 0.49 +0.05
ACT David Edward Olsen 161 0.43 +0.43 142 0.37 -1.00
Internet Mana 259 0.68 +0.43 [lower-alpha 3]
Legalise Cannabis 139 0.37 -0.26
United Future 64 0.17 -0.51
Democrats 20 0.05 -0.01
Independent Coalition 17 0.04 —
Civilian 11 0.03 —
Focus 7 0.02 —
National hold Majority 15,801 42.30 +4.54
National Scott Simpson 18,571 55.05 -8.00 18,021 52.14 +0.49
Labour Hugh Kininmonth 5,831 17.28 -5.24 6,239 18.05 -7.94
Green Catherine Delahunty 5,660 16.18 +5.09 3,929 11.37 +3.77
NZ First Kevin Stone 2,118 6.28 — 3,813 11.03 +4.70
Conservative Bruce Rurehe 853 2.53 — 1,349 3.90 —
Legalise Cannabis Jay Fitton 454 1.35 +1.35 217 0.63 +0.24
United Future Steve Graf 195 0.58 +0.58 236 0.68 -0.06
Independent Mapuna Turner 54 0.16 —
ACT 473 1.37 -3.03
Māori 151 0.44 -0.30
Mana 87 0.25 —
Libertarianz 24 0.07 +0.03
Democrats 21 0.06 +0.02
Alliance 4 0.01 -0.07
National hold Majority 12,740 37.76 -2.76
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,697 [17]
National Y Sandra Goudie 22,653 63.05 +10.10 18,855 51.65 +7.49
Green James Redwood 4,201 11.69 -3.73 2,773 7.60 +0.14
ACT Ray Basett 624 1.74 +1.26 1,605 4.40 +3.42
Kiwi Huey Rurehe 360 1.00 — 239 0.65 —
NZ First 2,312 6.33 -3.74
United Future 272 0.75 -1.71
Māori 269 0.74 +0.29
Progressive 217 0.59 -0.39
Bill and Ben 196 0.54 —
Legalise Cannabis 141 0.39 +0.10
Family Party 51 0.14 —
Alliance 29 0.08 +0.06
Libertarianz 13 0.04 -0.03
Pacific 11 0.03 —
Workers Party 11 0.03 —
RAM 4 0.01 —
RONZ 3 0.01 -0.01
National hold Majority 14,560 40.52 +11.14
National Y Sandra Goudie 19,064 52.95 +9.39 16,062 44.16 +21.78
Labour Max Purnell 8,486 23.57 -2.34 11,535 31.71 -2.68
Green Jeanette Fitzsimons 5,554 15.42 -7.46 2,713 7.46 -2.02
NZ First John Foote 1,792 4.98 — 3,661 10.07 -6.93
United Future Lee Robertson 652 1.81 -1.49 895 2.46 -3.84
Progressive Annette Anderson 280 0.78 -0.31 358 0.98 -0.18
ACT Ray Bassett 172 0.48 -1.80 322 0.98 -5.26
Destiny 211 0.58 —
Māori 165 0.45 —
Christian Heritage 25 0.07 -0.82
Democrats 24 0.07 —
Libertarianz 24 0.07 —
One NZ 6 0.02 -0.06
RONZ 9 0.02 —
99 MP 8 0.02 —
Family Rights 7 0.02 —
Direct Democracy 2 0.01 —
National hold Majority 10,578 29.38
2002 general election:: Coromandel [20]
National Sandra Goudie 14,706 43.56 +4.31 7,663 22.38 -8.75
Labour Max Purnell 8,748 25.91 +14.54 11,778 34.39 -1.49
Green N Jeanette Fitzsimons 7,724 22.88 -17.10 3,232 9.48 +1.83
United Future Lee Robertson 1,113 3.30 — 2,159 6.30 +1.88 [lower-alpha 4]
ACT David Olsen 771 2.28 — 2,137 6.24 -0.09
Progressive Annette Anderson 367 1.09 — 398 1.16 —
Christian Heritage David Parlour 329 0.97 — 306 0.89 -1.59
NZ First 5,740 17.00 +10.03
ORNZ 473 1.38 —
Alliance 175 0.51 -5.98
One NZ 27 0.08 -0.02
Mana Māori 10 0.03 +0.01
NMP 7 0.02 -0.06
National gain from Green Majority 5,958 17.65
1999 general election: Coromandel [21] [22]
Green Jeanette Fitzsimons [lower-alpha 5] 13,682 39.98 +39.98 2,640 7.65
National N Murray McLean 13,432 39.25 +6.34 10,747 31.13
Labour Margaret Hawkeswood 3,892 11.37 -0.55 12,390 35.88
NZ First Robyn McDonald 1,237 3.61 -18.61 2,406 6.97
Alliance Tony Bird 1,217 3.56 -23.22 2,241 6.49
Christian Heritage David Parlour 760 2.22 855 2.45
ACT 2,187 6.33 +1.58
Future NZ 336 0.97
Legalise Cannabis 268 0.78
United NZ 156 0.45
Libertarianz 104 0.30
McGillicuddy Serious 59 0.17
Animals First 39 0.11
One NZ 34 0.10
NMP 27 0.08
Natural Law 11 0.03
Mana Māori 8 0.02
Freedom Movement 6 0.02
Mauri Pacific 6 0.02
South Island 3 0.01
Republican 2 0.006
People's Choice 2 0.006
Green gain from National Majority 250 0.73
1996 general election: Coromandel [23] [24] [25]
National Murray McLean 12,011 33.64 11,476 31.90
Alliance Jeanette Fitzsimons 9,561 26.78 4,561 12.68
NZ First Robyn McDonald 7,932 22.22 7,251 20.15
Labour Margaret Hawkeswood 4,255 11.92 7,823 21.74
ACT Thomas Howard 833 2.33 1,710 4.75
United NZ Gail McIntosh 433 1.21 276 0.77
McGillicuddy Serious Gary Young 267 0.75 116 0.32
Superannuitants & Youth Vern Byrne 189 0.53 43 0.12
Progressive Green Ralph Dell 145 0.41 79 0.22
Natural Law Mimousse Hodgson 76 0.21 64 0.18
Christian Coalition 1,877 5.22
Green Society 23 0.06
Libertarianz 20 0.06
Conservatives 14 0.04
Advance New Zealand 5 0.01
Asia Pacific United 5 0.01
Ethnic Minority Party 5 0.01
Te Tawharau 3 0.01
National win new seat Majority 2,450 6.86
↑ 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election
↑ 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election
↑ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election
↑ 2002 United Future swing is compared to the 1999 results of United New Zealand and Future New Zealand, who merged in 2000
↑ The Green Party split from the Alliance Party, who Fitzsimons had stood for in 1996
↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 43–48.
↑ McRobie 1989, p. 111.
1 2 McRobie 1989, p. 115.
↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 112, 116.
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