Dunedin South

Dunedin South is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It first existed from 1881 to 1890, then from 1905 to 1946 and was re-established for the introduction of MMP in 1996. A Labour Party stronghold, it has been represented by Clare Curran since the 2008 election.

For the Dunedin suburb, see South Dunedin.

Dunedin South electorate boundaries used since the 2008 election

Population centres

The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 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 Dunedin South, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.[1]

As the name suggests, the electorate was based on the southern suburbs of Dunedin. It stretched out westwards to take in towns on the Taieri Plains such as Mosgiel, Green Island and Fairfield. The Otago Peninsula was also in the electorate.

The most recent Dunedin South electorate was created in 1996 as one of the original 65 MMP electorates, as a merger between St Kilda and a large part of Dunedin West. Until the 2008 election, it was enlarged at every electoral boundary review, but in the 2013 review, its boundaries were kept.[2] Middlemarch was first included in the electorate for the 2008 election; other localities include:

The electorate was abolished at the 2019/20 electoral redistribution, with the majority of the electorate being included in a recreated Taieri, although the Otago Peninsula was incorporated into the Dunedin electorate.

History

The electorate was first established for the 1881 election and abolished after three parliamentary terms in 1890, when several Dunedin electorates were amalgamated to form the City of Dunedin electorate.[3] During the nine years of its first existence, the electorate was represented by two MPs, Henry Fish (1881–1884 and 1887–1890)[4] and James Gore (1884–1887).[5]

Dunedin South was re-established after the abolition of the City of Dunedin electorate for the 1905 election.[3] The first representative was James Frederick Arnold, who was an independent liberal and who served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1908, when he successfully contested Dunedin Central.[6]

Thomas Sidey of the Liberal Party who had since a St Kilda by election represented St Kilda won the 1908 election for Dunedin South. He represented the electorate for six parliamentary terms until 1928.[7] In 1919, Tom Paul nearly won the seat for Labour, losing by only 84 votes.

Sidey was succeeded by William Burgoyne Taverner of the United Party in the 1928 election.[8] At the next election in 1931, the electorate was won by Fred Jones of the Labour Party. Jones held the electorate until 1946, when it was abolished, and successfully stood in St Kilda that year.[9]

The electorate was re-established for the 1996 election and won by Michael Cullen, who later became Finance minister. Cullen had previously represented St Kilda (1981–1996). At the next election in 1999, Cullen stood as a list candidate only and was succeeded by David Benson-Pope as the electorate MP. After three parliamentary terms, Benson-Pope was not selected by the Labour Party as their candidate, but Clare Curran was chosen instead. Curran has represented the electorate since the 2008 election.

The city of Dunedin is a New Zealand Labour Party stronghold; The last National MP elected from a Dunedin constituency was Richard Walls in 1975. However, in 2011, National Party candidate, Jo Hayes, reduced the incumbent, Clare Curran's majority from 6449 in 2008[10] to 4175,[11] and National gained a plurality of the party vote in Dunedin South by 1837 votes.[11] The winning of the party vote is unprecedented in Dunedin South, which was seen, pre 2011, as a Labour Party stronghold. However the predecessor seat of St Kilda was represented by Jim Barnes of the National Party between 1951 and 1957.[12] In the 2014 election, Curran was successful against National's Hamish Walker.[13]

In mid April 2020, it was announced that Dunedin South would be reconstituted as the Taieri electorate. The Otago peninsula was transferred to the Dunedin electorate while the new Taieri electorate would include South Dunedin and South Otago, with the latter being transferred from the former Clutha-Southland electorate.[14]

Members of Parliament

Key   Independent     Liberal–Labour     Liberal     United     Labour  

Election Winner
1881 election Henry Fish
1884 election James Gore
1887 election Henry Smith Fish
(Electorate abolished 1890–1905; see City of Dunedin)
1905 election James Frederick Arnold
1908 election Thomas Sidey
1911 election
1914 election
1919 election
1922 election
1925 election
1928 election William Burgoyne Taverner
1931 election Fred Jones
1935 election
1938 election
1943 election
(Electorate abolished 1946–1996;
see Central Otago, Mornington, and St Kilda)
1996 election Michael Cullen
1999 election David Benson-Pope
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election Clare Curran
2011 election
2014 election
2017 election
(Electorate abolished in 2020; see Taieri)

Election results

2017 election
2017 general election: Dunedin South[15]
Notes:

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 Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Clare Curran 21,404 54.11 +5.55 19,183 48.13 +15.00
National Matt Gregory 12,687 32.08 −6.18 14,164 35.53 −4.17
Green Shane Gallagher 2,002 5.06 −2.45 2,362 5.92 −6.32
NZ First Kerry Maria Rushton 1,591 4.02 — 2,625 6.58 −2.49
Opportunities Lindsay Smith 1,067 2.70 — 967 2.42 —
Legalise Cannabis Adrian McDermott 332 1.59 — 90 0.23 −0.22
ACT Daniel Doughty 128 0.32 — 116 0.29 −0.04
Māori   83 0.21 −0.04
New Conservative   54 0.14 −2.78
Ban 1080   39 0.10 −0.10
United Future   26 0.07 −0.10
Outdoors   20 0.05 —
People's Party   20 0.05 —
Mana   6 0.02 —
Internet   5 0.01 —
Democrats   4 0.01 −0.20
Informal votes 343 103
Total Valid votes 39,554 39,867
Labour hold Majority 8,717 22.03 +11.73

2014 election
2014 general election: Dunedin South[16]
Notes:

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 Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Clare Curran 18,182 48.56 −0.33 12,518 33.13 −1.84
National Hamish Walker 14,324 38.26 +1.49 15,003 39.70 −0.48
Green Shane Gallagher 2,813 7.51 −1.77 4,626 12.24 −1.37
New Conservative Cindy Kerr 727 1.94 +1.94 1,104 2.92 +1.44
Legalise Cannabis Julian Crawford 453 1.21 +1.21 171 0.45 ±0.00
Democrats Warren Voight 234 0.62 −0.07 80 0.21 −0.15
Internet Andrew Lepine 177 0.47 +0.47
ACT Colin Nicholls 143 0.38 −0.24 125 0.33 −0.27
NZ First   3,429 9.07 +1.92
Internet Mana   307 0.81 +0.63[lower-alpha 1]
Māori   95 0.25 −0.05
Ban 1080   77 0.20 +0.20
United Future   63 0.17 −0.36
Civilian   18 0.05 +0.05
Focus   7 0.02 +0.02
Independent Coalition   5 0.01 +0.01
Informal votes 389 161
Total Valid votes 37,442 37,789
Turnout 37,831 81.60 +4.60
Labour hold Majority 3,858 10.30 −1.82

2011 election
2011 general election: Dunedin South[11]
Notes:

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 Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Clare Curran 16,844 48.89 -3.40 12,326 34.97 -11.76
National Jo Hayes 12,669 36.77 +2.05 14,163 40.18 +5.97
Green Shane Gallagher 3,197 9.28 +2.44 4,798 13.61 +5.64
NZ First Randall Ratana 979 2.84 +2.84 2,522 7.15 +2.59
Democrats Warren Voight 238 0.69 +0.22 126 0.36 +0.18
ACT Kimberly Hannah 215 0.62 -0.81 210 0.60 -1.51
Restore All Things in Christ Robert Wansink 167 0.48 +0.18
Alliance Kay Murray 142 0.41 -0.13 58 0.16 -0.03
New Conservative   520 1.48 +1.48
United Future   186 0.53 -0.21
Legalise Cannabis   157 0.45 +0.06
Māori   107 0.30 -0.13
Mana   62 0.18 +0.18
Libertarianz   16 0.05 +0.01
Informal votes 830 318
Total Valid votes 34,451 35,569
Labour hold Majority 4,175 12.12 -5.45

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,818[17]

2008 election
2008 general election: Dunedin South[10]
Notes:

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 Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Clare Curran 19,199 52.29 -4.71 17,408 46.73 -10.40
National Conway Powell 12,750 34.73 +8.00 12,742 34.20 +6.99
Green Shane Gallagher 2,511 6.84 +0.58 2,971 7.98 +2.57
ACT Colin Nicholls 528 1.44 +0.79 785 2.11 +1.36
Progressive J M McAlpine 498 1.36 -0.56 461 1.24 -0.17
United Future Pauline Moffat 264 0.72 -1.78 276 0.74 -1.73
Kiwi Philip Wescombe 261 0.71 – 144 0.39 –
Independent David Bernhardt 222 0.60 –
Alliance Kay Murray 199 0.54 +0.00 72 0.19 +0.05
Democrats Dawn McIntosh 172 0.47 – 66 0.18 +0.09
Restore All Things in Christ Robert Wansink 113 0.31 +0.05
NZ First   1,700 4.56 +0.18
Bill and Ben   209 0.56 –
Māori   160 0.43 0.21
Legalise Cannabis   144 0.39 +0.13
Family Party   58 0.16 –
Pacific   17 0.05 –
Libertarianz   15 0.04 +0.02
Workers Party   14 0.04 –
RONZ   7 0.02 +0.01
RAM   3 0.01 –
Informal votes 484 183
Total Valid votes 36,717 37,252
Labour hold Majority 6,449 17.56 -12.71

2005 election
2005 general election: Dunedin South[18]
Notes:

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 Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y David Benson-Pope 20,033 57.00 20,348 57.13
National Conway Powell 9,393 26.73 9,692 27.21
Green Peter Thomlinson 2,200 6.26 1,926 5.41
NZ First Alan Heward 1,145 3.26 1,563 4.39
United Future Pauline Moffat 795 2.26 879 2.47
Progressive Martin Vaughan 672 1.91 500 1.40
Destiny Brent Daglish 400 1.14 128 0.36
ACT Alan Wilden 228 0.65 266 0.75
Alliance Chris Ford 189 0.54 52 0.15
Restore All Things in Christ Robert Wansink 91 0.26
Legalise Cannabis   90 0.25
Māori   77 0.22
Christian Heritage   35 0.10
Democrats   30 0.08
Direct Democracy   8 0.12
Libertarianz   8 0.02
One NZ   6 0.02
99 MP   4 0.01
Family Rights   4 0.01
RONZ   3 0.01
Informal votes 398 127
Total Valid votes 35,146 35,619
Labour hold Majority 10,640 30.30

2002 election
2002 general election: Dunedin South
Notes:

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 Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y David Benson-Pope 20,398 63.31 +12.41 18,311 55.89 +5.37
National Paul Foster-Bell 5,674 17.61 5,004 15.27 -7.50
Green Fliss Butcher 2,023 6.28 2,036 6.21 +2.19
United Future Jesse O'Brien 1,338 4.15 1,923 5.87
ACT Matthew Cain Dwyer 859 2.67 1,144 3.49 +0.06
Progressive Russell Edwards 750 2.33 765 2.23
Alliance Justin Wilson 601 1.87 564 1.72 -9.98
Christian Heritage Graham Bruce Aldridge 576 1.79 356 1.09 -0.87
NZ First   2,016 6.15 +4.03
ORNZ   415 1.27
Legalise Cannabis   213 0.65 -0.34
One NZ   9 0.03
Mana Māori   8 0.02 0.00
NMP   1 0.00 -0.02
Informal votes 521 97
Total Valid votes 32,219 32,765
Labour hold Majority 14,724 45.70 +15.81

1999 election
1999 general election: Dunedin South[19][20]
Notes:

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 Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour David Benson-Pope 18,065 50.90 18,099 50.52 +10.28
National Russel Keast 7,457 21.01 8,158 22.77 -3.32
Alliance Mark Ryan 4,825 4,192 11.70 -2.36
Green Sonata McLeod 1,424 4.01 1,440 4.02
NZ First Jenny Bloxham 999 2.82 758 2.12 -6.15
South Island Margaret McCarrigan 912 2.57 413 1.15
Christian Heritage John Streekstra 734 2.07 704 1.96
ACT Willie Martin 575 1.62 1,228 3.43 +0.89
Independent Hendrik Kock 497 1.40
Legalise Cannabis   356 0.99 -0.90
Christian Democrats   178 0.50
United NZ   149 0.42 -2.24
Libertarianz   48 0.13 +0.12
McGillicuddy Serious   31 0.09 -0.10
Animals First   30 0.08 -0.09
One NZ   13 0.04
Mana Māori   8 0.02 -0.01
NMP   8 0.02
Republican   4 0.01
The People's Choice   4 0.01
Natural Law   3 0.01
Mauri Pacific   2 0.01
Freedom Movement   1 0.00
Informal votes 697 358
Total Valid votes 35,488 35,827
Labour hold Majority 10,608 29.89 +17.77

1996 election
1996 general election: Dunedin South[21][22][23]
Notes:

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 Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Michael Cullen 12,829 36.37 14,253 40.24
Alliance Leah McBey 8,553 24.25 4,979 14.06
National Malcolm MacPherson 5,859 16.61 9,241 26.09
United NZ Clive Matthewson 5,058 14.34 942 2.66
NZ First Noeline McGlynn 1,782 5.05 2,929 8.27
ACT Roland Henderson 505 1.43 901 2.54
Independent Alan William McDonald 410 1.16
Progressive Green David Beatty 215 0.61 107 0.30
Natural Law Inga Schader 58 0.16 26 0.07
Christian Coalition   1,150 3.25
Legalise Cannabis   668 1.89
McGillicuddy Serious   69 0.19
Animals First   60 0.17
Advance New Zealand 37 0.10
Green Society   19 0.05
Superannuitants & Youth   12 0.03
Mana Māori   9 0.03
Conservatives   8 0.02
Ethnic Minority Party 6 0.02
Libertarianz   4 0.01
Asia Pacific United 2 0.01
Te Tawharau 0 0.00
Informal votes 269 116
Total Valid votes 35,269 35,422
Labour win new seat Majority 4,276 12.12

1943 election
1943 general election: Dunedin South[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Fred Jones 8,032 58.65 -6.80
National David Murdoch 4,971 36.30
Democratic Labour George Claridge 586 4.27
Informal votes 104 0.75 +0.25
Majority 3,061 22.35 -9.07
Turnout 13,693 92.14 -1.50
Registered electors 14,861

1938 election
1938 general election: Dunedin South[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Fred Jones 8,987 65.45 +1.44
National Ernest Aderman 4,673 34.03
Informal votes 69 0.50 +0.12
Majority 4,314 31.42 +3.40
Turnout 13,729 93.36 +1.50
Registered electors 14,705

1935 election
1935 general election: Dunedin South[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Fred Jones 7,715 64.01 +6.58
United Stuart Sidey 4,337 35.98
Informal votes 46 0.38 +0.14
Majority 3,378 28.02 -3.89
Turnout 12,052 91.86 +3.08
Registered electors 13,119

1931 election
1931 general election: Dunedin South[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Fred Jones 6,559 57.43
United William Burgoyne Taverner[nb 1] 2,915 25.52 -14.69
Reform Donald Cameron 1,947 17.05
Majority 3,644 31.91
Informal votes 28 0.24 -0.78
Turnout 11,449 88.78 -2.43
Registered electors 12,896

Table footnotes:

  1. William Burgoyne Taverner was the official candidate for the United–Reform Coalition

1928 election
1928 general election: Dunedin South[29][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United William Burgoyne Taverner 4,462 40.21
Labour Robert William Hall 4,429 39.92
Reform Charles Todd 2,205 19.87
Majority 33 0.30
Informal votes 115 1.03
Turnout 11,211 91.21
Registered electors 12,291

Table footnotes
  1. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

Notes
  1. McRobie 1989, pp. 43–48.
  2. Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. Scholefield 1950, pp. 156–157.
  4. Scholefield 1950, p. 106.
  5. Scholefield 1950, p. 109.
  6. Scholefield 1950, p. 93.
  7. Scholefield 1950, p. 139.
  8. Scholefield 1950, p. 142.
  9. Scholefield 1950, p. 117.
  10. "Official Count Results – Dunedin South". Chief Electoral Office. 22 November 2008. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  11. "Official Count Results – Dunedin South". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  12. Eunson, Keith. "Barnes, James George". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  13. "Agony and ecstasy for Dunedin party faithful". Otago Daily Times. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  14. Whyte, Anna (17 April 2020). "New electorate revealed, as raft of boundary changes announced prior to election 2020". 1 News. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  15. "Official Count Results – Dunedin South (2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  16. Electoral Commission (22 January 2016). "Official Count Results – Dunedin South". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  17. "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  18. "Official Count Results – Dunedin South". Electoral Commission. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  19. "Official Count Results (1999) – Electoral Votes for registered parties by electorate". NZ Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  20. "Official Count Results (1999) – Candidate Vote Details". NZ Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  21. "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Dunedin South, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  22. "Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  23. "Part III – Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  24. "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  25. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  26. The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  27. The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  28. "Prospects in Otago". The New Zealand Herald. LXVIII (21037). 23 November 1931. p. 11. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  29. The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  30. "The election : nomination day". Evening Star (20009). 29 October 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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References
  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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