Through an amendment in the electoral act in 1965, the. It was bordered on the east by glebe and newtown, and from 1880, balmain and redfern and stretched in the north to drummoyne and rhodes, south to georges river and west to a line between salt pan creek and homebush bay. The city of canterbury electoral changes order 2001. At least once every three years new zealand holds a general election to choose its parliament. At this stage women did not have the franchise and there were restrictions on mens voting rights.
The turnover of mps was very high in the 2nd parliament, with 32 byelections and a supplementary election being held. Mount herbert was a former parliamentary electorate in the canterbury region of new zealand. Supplied nationally it left 36 boundaries unchanged, but added a new electorate in auckland to be called takanini, and substantially redrew the electoral map in otago and southland. Electoral boundaries changed through the years based on population. An electorate is a geographical constituency used for electing members to the new zealand. Onehunga new zealand electorate wikipedia republished. Dozens of electorates will have boundary changes, zespri launches legal action over special kiwifruit, and more tumbles out of. The areas of the new city wards are demarcated on the map described in article. Changing electoral boundaries the creation of a new innercity seat has pushed canterbury westward, removing most suburbs previously in the electorate that.
This situation was partly the result of a redistribution of boundaries to seven electorates, and the creation of four new electorates agreed upon in the electoral districts act, 1858, with the total number of mps in parliament rising from 37 to 41, and the number of. Sep 02, 2019 generally, electorate boundaries in the act follow suburb boundaries. An election in an electorate seat to fill a vacancy that arises between general elections. The most formal description, electoral district, is used in legislation. This layer represents general electoral districts for the 2014 and 2017 new zealand general elections. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of canterbury city council and at the offices of the secretary of state for transport, local government and. The current mp for tauranga is simon bridges of the national party, who won the seat in the 2008 new zealand. Boundary changes are needed to electorates in the christchurch area because. General electoral district boundaries 2014 new zealand. In the south island, three electorates were newly created including south canterbury and one electorate was reconstituted while three electorates were abolished. The regional council, environment canterbury, also takes in south canterbury and kaikoura. Canterbury byelection abc news australian broadcasting.
Since 1996, new zealand has used the mixed member proportional mmp. Election boundary shake up on cards for canterbury otago daily. Jan 16, 2020 boundaries were adjusted as populations grew and were set to create balance within each electorate. Waitaha is a region of new zealand, located in the centraleastern south island. The physical boundaries of an electorate determined by the representation commission according to criteria specified in the electoral act 1993.
Tauranga is a new zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one member of parliament to the new zealand house of representatives. Nov 20, 2019 major electoral boundary changes proposed for canterbury could see selwyn redrawn and a name change for the port hills electorate. Unfinished business in christchurchs wigram electorate. Wigram electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election wigram is a new zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one member of parliament to the new zealand house of representatives. The electorate of canterbury has existed since 1859, though it disappeared briefly during the states experiment with proportional representation between 1920 and 1927. Support prebudget govt books reflect swift action to protect new. New names and boundaries for canterbury electorates finalised odt. Tauranga electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election tauranga is a new zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one member of parliament to the new zealand house of representatives.
Onehunga, initially with the formal name of town of onehunga, is a former new zealand parliamentary electorate in the south of the city of auckland. New names and boundaries for canterbury electorates. State electoral boundaries electoral commission sa. Christchurch central, canterbury, duncan webb labour. Lost greenacre to lakemba, lost half of georges hall to. Type in your postcode or locality name to find your legislative assembly district and legislative council region, then click search. Canterbury employers chamber of commerce ongoing support for. The canterbury region as defined in this entry consists of north and midcanterbury, christchurch and banks peninsula. The electorate existed in the 19th century from 1861 to 1871 as town of onehunga, and then from 1871 to 1881 as onehunga. There are also historical profiles of the electorates that existed in the past. It was a stronghold for the labour party population centres. Doncaster east, park orchards, warrandyte, warrandyte south, warrandyte north and warranwood. The current mp for tauranga is simon bridges of the national party, who won the seat in the 2008 new zealand general election, after the previous mp. Christchurch city libraries has bound volumes of canterbury provincial government electoral rolls from 1855 1875.
The rolls were compiled during general and provincial election years and include the names of individuals from each electoral district who were qualified to vote. Every place in new zealand is covered by both a general electorate and a maori electorate. These maps of canterbury are provided by environment canterbury for you to download free of charge for your own use. About new zealand, electoral rolls, 18531981 electoral rolls for new zealand from 1853 to 1981 are contained in this collection. Warrandyte district is an outer metropolitan electorate approximately 17 kilometres east of melbourne. The economist explains how britain draws its electoral boundaries. They are available in jpeg format and also as zipped adobe illustrator files. Changing electoral boundaries the creation of a new innercity seat has pushed canterbury westward, removing most suburbs previously in the electorate that lie within the marrickville and ashfield. New electorate boundaries, names revealed otago daily. The electoral districts boundaries commission external link is appointed under the constitution act 1934 external link to consider the boundaries after every election. Tauranga electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election. Christchurch east electorate profile new zealand parliament. Canterbury is a constituency represented in the house of commons of the uk parliament since 2017 by rosie duffield of the labour party the seat dates to the earliest century of regular parliaments, in 1295.
In southland, proposed changes were to the invercargill and cluthasouthland boundaries. More than 409 objections have been received over proposed boundary changes to electorates, with auckland and christchurch residents the most unhappy with the new zoning. The overall effect of the required changes was highly disruptive to existing electorates, with all but three electorates having their boundaries altered. The electoral roll is a publicly available publication listing everyone in the electorate who is enrolled. View ward, parish and county boundaries for the canterbury district. The boundary commission has announced initial proposals for new parliamentary boundaries, including the canterbury constituency.
If your locality crosses a district andor region boundary, the search will return all possible results. New boundaries for the countrys 64 general and seven maori electorates have been finalised with an additional electorate created in auckland. The region in its current form was established in 1989 during nationwide local government reforms. The electorate has been won by the liberal party at all but three elections since it was created. If the postcode you entered covers more than one locality, choose your locality from the dropdown list. The final verdict is in on how electorates will change for the 2020 election. Coronavirus covid19 some of our services have temporarily stopped or changed. Major electoral boundary changes proposed for canterbury could see selwyn redrawn and a name change for the port hills electorate. Masterton new zealand electorate from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This compared with 76 areas 20% in these countries between 20 and 2014. The northern boundary runs along canterbury road through box hill. For the whole period the seat was held by george ororke, who became speaker of the house of representatives in 1879. But the number of voters in each constituency varies wildly. That means that each suburb is wholly contained in a single electorate.
The representation commission, which sets electorate boundaries for the next two elections, this morning released the borders for the 2020 and 2023 elections. These days mostly the only people who notice them are electorate mps, political parties that are too close to the 5% list party boundary, and of course sockpuppet parties like act and their national party hand. He lives in leafy strowan rather than within the less posh boundaries of the electorate, and is chairman of the board of fendaltons. South canterbury is a former parliamentary electorate, in south canterbury, new zealand. Masterton was a new zealand electorate from 1887 to 1946, focused on the town of. Wigram is a new zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one member of parliament to the new zealand house of representatives. Apr 17, 2020 the names and boundaries of some canterbury electorates have been finalised for the next two general elections. She took over this position from jim anderton, who had held this position from 1996 until 2011 population centres.
Symons swing in 2010 was reversed by new electoral. The only exception to this rule is the suburb of kambah, which for the 2020 act election will be split between brindabella and murrumbidgee, eastwest by drakeford drive. Representative topics include the aesthetics of violence and the ethics of representing and viewing pain, boundaries. Ashley was a new zealand electorate situated north of christchurch. Election boundary shake up on cards for canterbury otago. The size of electorates is determined on a population basis such that all electorates have approximately the same population. Canterbury region academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Warrandyte district profile victorian electoral commission.
Per the electoral act 1993, the south island must have 16 general electorates, with the number of north island general and maori electorates calculated by dividing the respective population in each group by onesixteenth of the south island general electorate population, within a tolerance of five percent. It existed for three parliamentary terms from 1969 to 1978. I missed it, but we got the new electorate boundaries on friday. Between 1861 and 1881, and between 1938 and 1996, it was represented by seven members of parliament.
It existed from 1928 to 1946 and was represented by six members of parliament, including mary grigg, the first woman national party mp. The 2011 electorate of canterbury in blue and the new boundary in red. The 2014 new zealand general election took place on saturday 20 september 2014 to determine the membership of the 51st new zealand parliament voters elected 121 members to the house of representatives, with 71 from singlemember electorates an increase from 70 in 2011 and 49 from party lists. View boundary maps view boundary maps canterbury city. The local government electorate in england, wales and scotland grew in 101 local government areas 27% between 2014 and 2015. The new zealand electoral rolls are now available on which is available in our libraries. In the 1860 electoral redistribution, the house of.
An electorate is a geographical constituency used for electing members to the new zealand parliament. The region is traditionally bounded in the north by the conway river and to the west by the southern alps. Mid canterbury was a new zealand parliamentary electorate in rural canterbury. Electorate boundaries shift bayside newsbayside news. The electorate was urban, and comprised a number of suburbs in the southern part of auckland. Find out more about the electorate profiles for new zealands seven maori electorates and the 64 general electorates. Hurunui was a parliamentary electorate in the canterbury region of new zealand, from 1902 when it replaced ashley to 1963. Contains parts of the former electoral districts of canterbury, kogarah and lakemba.
New boundaries apply from the 2015 nsw state election. You can view the final election results below for environment canterbury 2019 triennial council elections or view final results for other territorial authorities. Britains parliament houses 650 mps, each of whom represents a constituency. Canterbury and whitstable are being split into separate seats, with whitstable joining a new north kent. Information on your councillors and council meetings. In informal discussion, electorates are often called seats. Population demographics changes made the aec look at electorate changes across victoria to. Where available, figures from the 2006 census have also been included. Family history electoral rolls christchurch city libraries. Canterbury was created in 1859, replacing part of cumberland south riding, named after and including the then town, now sydney suburb, of canterbury. The 2nd parliament, which initially used the same electoral boundaries as the 1st parliament, consisted of thirtyseven representatives representing twentyfour electorates. It was in use from 1866 to 1902, and was replaced with the hurunui electorate population centres.
Edinburgh castle road wavcll heights min rail road other electoral road district suburb boundary land national park gylnpie arterial road clayfiel. Boundaries were adjusted as populations grew and were set to create balance within each electorate. The christchurch central electorate was expected to be a close race after the electorate boundaries were changed earlier this year. The port hills electorate will be renamed banks peninsula, after picking up that area from selwyn. The christchurch central electorate was expected to be a close race after the electorate boundaries were.
Metro regions and districts and federal boundaries a0 gif, 2. Edinburgh castle road wavcll heights min rail road other. These changes mean that around 400,000 or one third of. Article 6 revokes the city of canterbury electoral arrangements order 1976.
Two regions of the colony the inland regions of the lower north island and the northwest corner of the south island were not part of any electorate, and so were not. The names and boundaries of some canterbury electorates have been finalised for the next two general elections. Generally, electorate boundaries in the act follow suburb boundaries. Proposed electorate boundaries released scoop news. Each profile includes election results, statistics about people, households and industries, and maps. Ancestrys collections include new zealand electoral rolls 18531981 and the maori voter and electoral rolls 1908 and 1919, as well as the canterbury provincial electoral rolls 1868 to 1874.
District has also resulted in significant changes for canterbury. Lincoln was a parliamentary electorate in the canterbury region of new zealand from 1881 to 1890. The current mp for wigram is megan woods of the labour party. Dozens of electorates will have boundary changes, zespri launches legal action over special kiwifruit, and more tumbles out of nz. The burwood electorate is in melbournes eastern suburbs, km away from melbourne cbd. Masterton new zealand electorate wikipedia republished. Canterbury is a constituency represented in the house of commons of the uk parliament since. New names and boundaries for canterbury electorates finalised. Tauranga new zealand electorate wikimili, the best. The region covers an area of 44,508 square kilometres 17,185 sq mi, and is home to a population of 624,000 june 2018. Tauranga new zealand electorate last updated april 07, 2020.
The australian electoral commission aec has approved boundary changes across three southeast region electorates isaacs, dunkley and flinders as part of a wider redistribution of electorate boundaries to create a new electorate called foster northwest of melbourne. Population growth in the selwyn district has also resulted in significant changes for canterbury. Now electorate boundaries simply dont matter as much as they used to because of mmp. The southern boundary is the waitaki river the area is commonly divided into north canterbury north of the rakaia river, mid canterbury from the rakaia river to the rangitata river, south.
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