Wellington Central (New Zealand electorate)

For the suburb, see Wellington Central, Wellington.
Wellington Central electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election

Wellington Central is an electorate, represented by a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives of New Zealand. Its MP since November 2008 has been Labour Party's Grant Robertson.

Population centres

Through the City Single Electorates Act, 1903, the three-member electorates of the four main centres were split again, and this became effective at the end of the 15th Parliament and was thus used for the 1905 election. The City of Wellington electorate split into the Wellington East, Wellington Central, and Wellington North electorates.[1]

As of 1999 Wellington Central covered the central city and its immediate suburban periphery, stretching from Karori, Wilton and Wadestown in the west, to the summit of Mount Victoria in the east, and southwards to a boundary with the Rongotai electorate near Wellington Hospital. Prior to the 1999 election, its boundaries extended further north to include the affluent suburbs of Ngaio and Khandallah.

Wellington Central has one of the most affluent and well-educated constituencies in New Zealand. It is home to many government agencies, as well as to the New Zealand Parliament Buildings and to two universities.

Following the 2014 boundary review, Wellington Central lost the suburb of Wadestown to the Ōhāriu electorate.

History

Wellington Central was established in 1905 when the multi-member urban electorate City of Wellington was replaced by three new seats: Wellington East, Wellington North and Wellington Central. It was nominally abolished in 1993, when a redistribution moved its boundary west, resulting in the new name of Wellington-Karori. Three years later, a new, larger Wellington Central was created as one of the 65 original MMP constituencies in time for the 1996 election. A prominent holder of the seat was Labour Party leader Peter Fraser, who was Prime Minister from 1940 to 1949.

The first elected MMP representative was ACT Party leader Richard Prebble, controversially elected in 1996 after National Party leader Jim Bolger indicated that National voters should give their electorate vote to Prebble rather than to National's candidate Mark Thomas, in order for ACT to get into parliament. Prebble would eventually become the third representative from Wellington Central in three elections to face defeat after a single term in office. Labour's Marian Hobbs held the seat from 1999, when she defeated Prebble, until 2008, when she retired. Grant Robertson retained Labour's hold on the seat in 2008 and 2011.

A documentary, Campaign, produced by Tony Sutorius, highlighted the events surrounding the 1996 campaign in the electorate.

Members of Parliament

Key

  New Liberal     Independent     Reform     Liberal  
  Labour     National     ACT     Green  
Election Winner
1905 election Francis Fisher
1908 election
1911 election
1914 election Robert Fletcher
1918 by-election 1919 election 1922 election 1925 election 1928 election 1931 election 1935 election 1938 election 1943 election Peter Fraser
1946 election 1949 election 1951 election Charles Chapman
1954 election 1957 election Frank Kitts
1960 election 1963 election 1966 election 1969 election Dan Riddiford
1972 election 1975 election 1978 election Ken Comber
1981 election 1984 election 1987 election 1990 election Fran Wilde
1992 by-election Chris Laidlaw
(electorate abolished 1993–1996, see Wellington-Karori)
1996 election Richard Prebble
1999 election 2002 election 2005 election Marian Hobbs
2008 election 2011 election 2014 election Grant Robertson

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Wellington Central electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Election Winner
1999 election Richard Prebble
2002 election Stephen Franks
Sue Kedgley
2005 election Mark Blumsky
Sue Kedgley
2008 election Sue Kedgley
Heather Roy
2011 election Paul Foster-Bell (elected May 2013)
2014 election James Shaw
Paul Foster-Bell

Election results

2014 election

General election 2014: Wellington Central[2]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY Grant Robertson 19,807 51.64 +2.49 9,306 23.78 −2.78
National Paul Foster-Bell 11,540 30.09 −2.42 14,689 37.54 −0.88
Green James Shaw 5,077 13.24 −0.39 11,545 29.50 +1.81
NZ First Hugh Barr 580 1.51 +0.78 1,399 3.58 +0.70
Legalise Cannabis Alistair Gregory 353 0.92 −0.13 127 0.32 −0.09
Conservative Brian Hooper 307 0.80 +0.18 590 1.51 +0.82
Internet Callum Valentine 217 0.57 +0.57
Independent Peter Robinson 90 0.23 +0.23
Democrats James Knuckey 57 0.15 +0.15 26 0.07 +0.03
Independent Puhi Karena 52 0.14 +0.06
Internet Mana   578 1.48 +0.85[lower-alpha 1]
Māori   300 0.77 +0.06
ACT   274 0.70 −0.47
United Future   117 0.30 −0.35
Civilian   49 0.13 +0.13
Ban 1080   20 0.05 +0.05
Focus   5 0.01 +0.01
Independent Coalition   5 0.01 +0.01
Informal votes 273 101
Total Valid votes 38,353 39,131
Turnout 39,232 84.14 +2.33
Labour hold Majority 8,267 21.56 +4.92

2011 election

General election 2011: Wellington Central[3]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY Grant Robertson 18,836 49.15 +6.97 10,459 26.56 -8.01
National Paul Foster-Bell 12,460 32.51 -4.96 15,128 38.42 +3.01
Green James Shaw 5,225 13.63 -1.14 10,903 27.69 +7.08
ACT Stephen Whittington 412 1.07 -1.21 462 1.17 -2.78
Legalise Cannabis Michael Appleby 404 1.05 +0.05 161 0.41 +0.15
NZ First Ben Craven 279 0.73 +0.73 1,132 2.88 +1.35
Pirate Gynn Rickerby 277 0.72 +0.72
Conservative Paul Stipkovits 236 0.62 +0.62 270 0.69 +0.69
Libertarianz Reagan Cutting 69 0.18 -0.01 40 0.10 -0.01
Alliance Kelly Buchanan 52 0.14 +0.14 18 0.05 -0.003
New Economics Laurence Boomert 44 0.11 +0.11
Independent Puhi Karena 32 0.08 +0.08
Māori   278 0.71 -0.15
United Future   256 0.65 -0.35
Mana   250 0.63 +0.63
Democrats   15 0.04 +0.03
Informal votes 411 153
Total Valid votes 38,326 39,372
Labour hold Majority 6,376 16.64 +11.92

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 48,316[4]

2008 election

General election 2008: Wellington Central[5]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
Labour Grant Robertson 17,046 42.18 14,244 34.57
National Stephen Franks 15,142 37.47 14,589 35.41
Green Sue Kedgley 5,971 14.78 8,494 20.62
ACT Heather Roy 922 2.28 1,628 3.95
Legalise Cannabis Michael Appleby 407 1.01 108 0.26
United Future Vaughan Smith 226 0.56 412 1.00
Workers Party Don Franks 171 0.42 38 0.09
Progressive David Somerset 141 0.35 272 0.66
Kiwi Rebekah Clement 106 0.26 84 0.20
Libertarianz Bernard Darnton 75 0.19 48 0.12
RAM Grant Brookes 61 0.15 13 0.03
Independent Al Mansell 58 0.14 -
RONZ Justin Harnish 46 0.11 5 0.01
Alliance Richard Wallis 39 0.10 20 0.05
NZ First   629 1.53
Māori   351 0.85
Bill and Ben   215 0.52
Family Party   38 0.09
Pacific   8 0.02
Democrats   4 0.01
Informal votes 229 86
Total Valid votes 40,411 41,200
Labour hold Majority 1,904

2005 election

General election 2005: Wellington Central[6]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY Marian Hobbs 20,199 49.32 +8.26 17,936 43.26
National Mark Blumsky 14,019 34.23 +4.69 13,513 32.59
Green Sue Kedgley 3,737 9.12 -3.93 6,530 15.75
ACT Stephen Franks 1,254 3.06 848 2.05
United Future Fiona McKenzie 593 1.45 1,068 2.58
Legalise Cannabis Michael Appleby 426 1.04 98 0.24
Progressive David Somerset 173 0.26 309 0.75
Anti-Capitalist Alliance Stephen Hay 107 0.26
Libertarianz Bernard Darnton 79 0.19 42 0.10
Alliance Kane O'Connell 79 0.19 35 0.08
NZ First   707 1.71
Māori   168 0.41
Destiny   67 0.16
Christian Heritage   24 0.06
Democrats   10 0.02
99 MP   8 0.02
RONZ   4 0.01
Family Rights   3 0.01
Direct Democracy   2 0.00
One NZ   1 0.00
Informal votes 288 86
Total Valid votes 40,954 41,459
Labour hold Majority 6,180 15.09 +3.57

1992 by-election

Wellington Central by-election, 1992
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Chris Laidlaw 6,075 38.83 -2.55
National Pauline Gardiner 5,220 33.37 -6.90
Alliance Denis Welch 3,407 21.78 +4.361
Independent David Stevenson 389 2.49
Natural Law Ian Douglas 263 1.68
Christian Heritage Wayne Chapman 154 0.98
Independent Tim Shadbolt 64 0.41
Wizard Party Anthony Catford 40 0.26
Values John Carter 17 0.11
Communist League Felicty Coggan 14 0.09
Christ's Ambassadors Union Victor Bryers 1 0.01
Majority 855 5.47 +4.34
Turnout 15,644 63.302 -25.372
Labour hold Swing

1990 election

1990 general election: Wellington Central[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Fran Wilde 9,069 41.39
National Pauline Gardiner 8,823 40.26
Green Stephen Rainbow 3,164 14.45
NewLabour J Montgomery 604 2.76
McGillicuddy Serious P P Clarke 175 0.80
Democrats R Henderson 49 0.22
Communist J M Roth 29 0.13
Majority 246 1.12
Turnout 21,913 88.67
Registered electors 24,714

1946 election

General election, 1946: Wellington Central[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Charles Henry Chapman 6,201 57.83
National Agnes Louisa Weston[nb 1] 4,521 42.17
Majority 1,680 15.67 +7.52
Informal votes 96 0.89 -0.60
Turnout 10,818 88.35 +7.75
Registered electors 12,245

Table footnotes:

  1. ↑ Claude Weston died suddenly on 10 November 1946 and was replaced by his wife[9][10]

1943 election

General election, 1943: Wellington Central[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Fraser 6,822 46.12 -16.74
National Will Appleton 5,616 37.97 +0.83
Independent Colin Scrimgeour 2,253 15.23
Independent William Julius Hyde 100 0.68
Majority 1,206 8.15 -17.57
Informal votes 223 1.49 +0.89
Turnout 15,014 80.59 +6.15
Registered electors 18,629

1938 election

General election, 1938: Wellington Central[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Fraser 9,376 62.86 -6.19
National Will Appleton 5,539 37.14
Majority 3,837 25.73 -12.37
Informal votes 89 0.59
Turnout 15,004 86.74 +5.05
Registered electors 17,297

1935 election

General election, 1935: Wellington Central[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Fraser 7,673 69.43 12.17
United/Reform Will Mason 3,380 30.57
Majority 4,293 38.84 +16.41
Turnout 11,053

1931 election

General election, 1931: Wellington Central[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Fraser 6,308 57.26 -3.55
United Robert Darroch 3,837 34.83
Independent Edward William Nicolaus 688 6.25
Communist Richard Francis Griffin 183 1.66
Majority 2,471 22.43 -6.17
Informal votes 91 0.82 -0.37
Turnout 11,107 74.82 -8.79
Registered electors 14,845

1928 election

General election, 1928: Wellington Central[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Fraser 7,353 60.81
Reform Andrew Sloane 3,895 32.21
Independent Labour Margaret Young 843 6.97
Majority 3,458 28.60
Informal votes 145 1.19
Turnout 12,236 83.61
Registered electors 14,635

1925 election

General election, 1925: Wellington Central[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Fraser 5,459 64.02 -0.71
Reform Andrew Sloane 3,069 35.98
Majority 2,390 28.02 -18.65
Turnout 8,528

1922 election

General election, 1922: Wellington Central[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Fraser 5,827 64.73 +7.40
Independent William Bennett 1,625 18.05
Liberal-Labour Archibald Sievwright 1,550 17.21
Majority 4,202 46.67 +32.03
Informal votes 102 1.13
Turnout 9,002

1919 election

General election, 1919: Wellington Central[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Fraser 4,486 57.33 +0.79
Liberal Frederick Pirani 3,430 42.67
Majority 1,146 14.64 -19.77
Turnout 7,826

1918 by-election

Wellington Central by-election, 1918[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Fraser 2,668 56.54
Independent Labour Joe Mack 1,044 22.12
Liberal William Hildreth 784 16.61
Independent Harry Atmore 185 3.92
Independent Lindsay John Frederick Garmston 29 0.61
Independent William Cyril Tanner 9 0.19
Majority 1,624 34.41
Turnout 4,719 51.43 -33.04
Registered electors 9,176
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

1914 election

1914 general election: Wellington Central[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Robert Fletcher 5,208 64.40
Reform Francis Fisher 2,879 35.60
Majority 2,329 28.80
Informal votes 84 1.03
Turnout 8,171 84.47
Registered electors 9,673
Liberal gain from Reform Swing

1911 election

First ballot

1911 general election: Wellington Central[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Reform Francis Fisher 2,987 39.71
Liberal Robert Fletcher 2,983 39.66
Labour (original) William Thomas Young 1,372 18.24
Socialist Frank Freeman 180 2.39
Majority 4 0.05
Informal votes 121 1.58
Turnout 7,643 70.89
Registered electors 10,781

Second ballot

1911 general election: Wellington Central[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Reform Francis Fisher 3,813 50.87
Liberal Robert Fletcher 3,682 49.13
Majority 131 1.75
Informal votes 19 0.25
Turnout 7,514 69.70
Registered electors 10,781
Reform gain from Independent Swing

1905 election

General election, 1905: Wellington Central[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
New Liberal Francis Fisher 3,142 48.63
Liberal Patrick O'Regan 2,698 41.76
Ind. Labour League Albert Cooper 243 3.76
Informal votes 90 1.39
Majority 445 6.88
Turnout 6,353

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. 66ff.
  2. ↑ "Official Count Results (2014) -- Wellington Central". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Official Count Results -- Wellington Central". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  5. ↑ 2008 election results
  6. ↑ election result Wellington Central 2005
  7. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
  8. ↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. p. 11. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  9. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 389.
  10. ↑ "Claude Horace Weston". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Results from all Electorates". Evening Post. CXXXVI (76). 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "City Nominations". Evening Post. CXXXVI (61). 9 September 1943. p. 9. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  15. ↑ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  16. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wellington Central". The Evening Post. CXII (140). 10 December 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  17. ↑ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  18. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wellington Central". New Zealand Truth (1200). 29 November 1928. p. 14. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  19. ↑ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  20. ↑ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  21. ↑ Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
  22. ↑ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  23. ↑ "A victory for Labour". The Evening Post. XCVI (83). 4 October 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  24. ↑ The General Election, 1914. Government Printer. 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  25. 1 2 The General Election, 1914. Government Printer. 1915. p. 7. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  26. ↑ "The General Election, 1905". National Library. 1906. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

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