Titirangi (New Zealand electorate)

Titirangi is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1987 to 2002, with a break from 1996 to 1999. It was represented by four members of parliament, with three of them from Labour and one from National.

Population centres

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.[1] Overall, three electorates were newly created (including Titirangi), three electorates were recreated, and four electorates were abolished. All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes.[2] These changes came into effect with the 1987 election.[3]

The electorate was in the western suburbs of Auckland, and initially included the population centres of Titirangi and Laingholm.[3] Most of the electorate's area had come from the Waitakere electorate, but some areas came from Te Atatu and New Lynn.[4] Later, the Titirangi electorate moved further east and took in the suburb of New Lynn.

History

Ralph Maxwell of the Labour Party was the electorate's first representative; he had since 1978 represented the Waitakere electorate.[5] In the 1990 election, Maxwell was defeated by National's Marie Hasler, one of a number of losses contributing to the fall of the Fourth Labour Government.[6] In the 1993 election, Labour's Suzanne Sinclair beat the incumbent.[7] The electorate existed until 1996, when it was replaced by the reconstituted Waitakere. Hasler defeated Sinclair in Waitakere in the 1996 election.[8]

For the 1999 election, the Titirangi electorate was recreated from parts of Waitakere and New Lynn. Hasler was defeated by Labour's David Cunliffe.[9] In 2002, the Titirangi electorate was abolished.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour     National  

Election	Winner
1987 election		Ralph Maxwell
1990 election		Marie Hasler
1993 election		Suzanne Sinclair
(Electorate abolished 1996–1999, see Waitakere)
1999 election		David Cunliffe
(Electorate abolished in 2002; see New Lynn)

List MPs

Election	Winner
1999 election		Marie Hasler

Election results

1999 election

1999 general election: Titirangi[10][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	David Cunliffe		14,932	50.77		13,401	45.15
	National	Marie Hasler		9,132	31.05		7,502	25.27
	Green	Stephen Abel		1,576	5.36		1,845	6.21
	Alliance	Evana Belich		1449	4.93		2,394	8.06
	ACT	Barbara Steinijans		745	2.53		2,126	7.16
	NZ First	Dawn Mullins		539	1.83		835	2.81
	Christian Heritage	Grant Peck		511	1.74		643	2.16
	Mauri Pacific	Peta Si'ulepa		226	0.77		38	0.12
	Future NZ	Anne Drake		207	0.70		259	0.87
	Republican	Graham Gilfillan		49	0.17		17	0.05
	Natural Law	Kay Elizabeth Morgan		44	0.15		26	0.08
	Legalise Cannabis						282	0.95
	United NZ						123	0.41
	Libertarianz						85	0.28
	Animals First						43	0.14
	McGillicuddy Serious						29	0.09
	NMP						11	0.03
	One NZ						7	0.02
	People's Choice Party						5	0.02
	Mana Māori						3	0.01
	South Island						2	0.01
	Freedom Movement						1	0.01
Informal votes				473			206
Total Valid votes				29,410			29,677
	Labour win new seat		Majority	5,800	19.72

1993 election

1993 general election: Titirangi[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Suzanne Sinclair	6,410	34.06
	National	Marie Hasler	6,070	32.26	-6.07
	Alliance	Tony Hartnett	4,464	23.72	+10.46
	NZ First	Michael Loza	1,182	6.28
	Christian Heritage	Sandra Beckon	367	1.95
	McGillicuddy Serious	Val Smith	146	0.77
	Natural Law	Alison Thomas	68	0.36
	Workers Rights	Judy Haldane	66	0.35
	Independent	Colin Richard Burgering	42	0.22
Majority			340	1.80
Turnout			18,815	84.91	+2.89
Registered electors			22,157

1990 election

1990 general election: Titirangi[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Marie Hasler	7,082	38.33
	Labour	Ralph Maxwell	7,018	37.99	-20.36
	Green	Tony Hartnett	2,450	13.26
	NewLabour	Moira Lawler	1,418	7.67
	Democrats	Judith Judd	346	1.87
	McGillicuddy Serious	Stephen Leslie Cohen Bussey	159	0.86
Majority			64	0.34
Turnout			18,473	82.02	-1.63
Registered electors			22,521

1987 election

1987 general election: Titirangi[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ralph Maxwell	10,379	58.35
	National	John McIntosh	6,255	35.16
	Democrats	Colin Richard Burgering	1,152	6.47
Majority			3,954	22.23
Turnout			17,786	83.65
Registered electors			21,261

Notes

1. McRobie 1989, pp. 127f.
2. McRobie 1989, pp. 123–128.
3. McRobie 1989, p. 127.
4. McRobie 1989, pp. 123, 127.
5. "Obituaries — Hon Ralph Kerr Maxwell MBE". New Zealand House of Representatives. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
6. Forbes, Stephen (30 March 2012). "Man of Integrety and Vision". Western Leader. p. 3.
7. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
8. "Waitakere 55" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
9. "Titirangi 52". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
10. "Official Count Results (1999) – Electoral Votes for registered parties by electorate". NZ Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
11. "Official Count Results (1999) – Candidate Vote Details". NZ Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
12. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
13. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
14. Norton 1988, pp. 364.

References

• McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)