Tukituki (New Zealand electorate)

Tukituki electorate boundaries used since the 2008 election

Tukituki is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives of New Zealand. Named after the Tukituki River which runs through the electorate, it was established for the 1996 general election and has existed since. The current MP for Tukituki is Craig Foss of the National Party, who has held this position since 2005.

Population centres

Tukituki was created ahead of the change to mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting at the 1996 election; it is a merger of the old Hastings seat with Central Hawke's Bay District. Tukituki centres on the southern Hawke's Bay region, with the bulk of the electorate's population coming from the city of Hastings, with other towns drafted in to bring the electorate up to the required population. In 2008, a general northwards tug on boundaries in the Taranaki, Manawatu-Wanganui and Hawke's Bay regions saw Waipukurau and Waipawa moved into the Wairarapa electorate, in exchange for which Tukituki gained the suburbs and towns around Cape Kidnappers from the Napier electorate.[1] No boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent 2013/14 redistribution.[2]

History

Labour's Rick Barker,[3] who had represented Hastings since 1993 was elected as MP for Tukituki, and re-elected twice before a large provincial swing to the National Party in 2005 cost Barker his seat.[4] This was the third time in over thirty years that a Hastings electorate had elected a National MP — the other two times being National's landslide victories in 1975 and 1990.

National's Craig Foss[5] first contested the Tukituki electorate in the 2002 election, but Barker comfortably held the electorate,[6] and ranked 47th on National's party list, Foss did not enter Parliament.[7]

Foss beat the incumbent in the 2005 election.[4] He was returned to the 49th Parliament with a greatly increased majority in the 2008 election.[8] His majority increased to nearly 10,000 votes in the 2011 election.[9] In the 2014 election, his majority dropped to 6,490 votes.[10]

Members of Parliament

Key

 Labour    National  

Election Winner
1996 election Rick Barker
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election Craig Foss
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election

List MPs

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

Election Winner
2005 election Rick Barker
2008 election

Election results

2011 election

General election 2011: Tukituki[9]

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 % ±%
National Green tickY Craig Foss 19,378 58.42 +1.24 17,935 52.60 +2.36
Labour Julia Haydon-Carr 9,718 29.30 -5.67 8,231 24.14 -8.01
Green Jim MacDonald 2,319 6.99 +1.89 3,294 9.66 +3.64
Conservative Stephen Jenkinson 1,078 3.25 +3.25 1,296 3.80 +3.80
Legalise Cannabis Romana (Marnz) Manning 352 1.06 +1.06 198 0.58 +0.22
ACT Robert Burnside 252 0.76 -0.73 498 1.46 -2.89
Democrats Barry Pulford 74 0.22 +0.02 15 0.04 -0.02
NZ First   1,995 5.85 +2.68
Māori   263 0.77 -0.10
United Future   220 0.65 +0.10
Mana   117 0.34 +0.34
Libertarianz   19 0.06 +0.03
Alliance   17 0.05 -0.04
Informal votes 787 225
Total Valid votes 33,171 34,098
National hold Majority 9,660 29.12 +6.90

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,708[11]

2008 election

General election 2008: Tukituki[8]

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 % ±%
National Green tickY Craig Foss 20,103 57.18 17,904 50.24
Labour Rick Barker 12,292 34.96 11,457 32.15
Green Quentin Duthie 1,792 5.10 2,146 6.02
ACT Duncan Lennox 523 1.49 1,552 4.35
Progressive Dawn Patchett 270 0.77 309 0.87
Alliance Thomas O'Neill 104 0.30 32 0.09
Democrats Barry Pulford 73 0.21 22 0.06
NZ First   1,129 3.17
Māori   310 0.87
United Future   196 0.55 -
Bill and Ben   187 0.52
Kiwi   135 0.38
Legalise Cannabis   127 0.36
Family Party   63 0.18
Pacific   37 0.10
Workers Party   14 0.04
Libertarianz   10 0.03
RAM   5 0.01
RONZ   4 0.01
Informal votes 284 134
Total Valid votes 35,157 35,639
National hold Majority 7,811 22.22


2005 election

General election 2005: Tukituki[4]

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 % ±%
National Craig Foss 17,239 49.31 +17.83 16,487 46.50
Labour Red XN Rick Barker 14,837 42.44 -9.47 13,353 37.66
Green Liz Earth 1,171 3.35 1,373 3.87
United Future Jocelyn Smith 670 1.92 856 2.41
Māori Ngahiwi Taumoana 541 1.55 256 0.72
ACT John Ormond 456 1.30 407 1.15
Direct Democracy Scott Burch 49 0.14 10 0.03
NZ First   1,852 5.22
Progressive   458 1.29
Destiny   183 0.52
Legalise Cannabis   87 0.25
Christian Heritage   50 0.14
Alliance   22 0.06
99 MP   14 0.04
Democrats   13 0.04
One NZ   10 0.03
Libertarianz   8 0.02
Family Rights   6 0.02
RONZ   3 0.01
Informal votes 329 135
Total Valid votes 34,963 35,454
National gain from Labour Majority 2,402 6.87 +27.30

References

  1. Report of the Representation Commission 2007 (PDF). Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. New Zealand Parliament - Rick Barker MP
  4. 1 2 3 "Official Count Results -- Tukituki". Chief Electoral Office. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. "Hon Craig Foss". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  6. "Official Count Results -- Tukituki". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  7. "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Official Count Results -- Tukituki". Chief Electoral Office. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Official Count Results -- Tukituki". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  10. "Official Count Results -- Tukituki". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  11. "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

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