Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate)

Template:Infobox constituency Wairarapa is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first created in 1858 (with the first election in 1859) and existed until 1881. It was recreated in 1887 and has since existed continuously. The current Wairarapa electorate MP is Mike Butterick.

## Contents

* 1 Population centres
* 2 History
* 2.1 Members of Parliament
* 2.1.1 Single-member electorate
* 2.1.2 Multi-member electorate
* 2.1.3 Single-member electorate
* 2.2 List MPs
* 3 Election results
* 3.1 2023 election
* 3.2 2020 election
* 3.3 2017 election
* 3.4 2014 election
* 3.5 2011 election
* 3.6 2008 election
* 3.7 2005 election
* 3.8 2002 election
* 3.9 1999 election
* 3.10 1996 election
* 3.11 1993 election
* 3.12 1990 election
* 3.13 1987 election
* 3.14 1984 election
* 3.15 1981 election
* 3.16 1978 election
* 3.17 1975 election
* 3.18 1972 election
* 3.19 1969 election
* 3.20 1966 election
* 3.21 1963 election
* 3.22 1960 election
* 3.23 1957 election
* 3.24 1954 election
* 3.25 1951 election
* 3.26 1949 election
* 3.27 1946 election
* 3.28 1943 election
* 3.29 1938 election
* 3.30 1935 election
* 3.31 1931 election
* 3.32 1928 election
* 3.33 1899 election
* 3.34 1893 election
* 3.35 1890 election
* 4 Table footnotes
* 5 Notes
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Population centres

The initial 24 New Zealand electorates were defined by Governor George Grey in March 1853, based on the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 that had been passed by the British government. The Constitution Act also allowed the House of Representatives to establish new electorates, and this was first done in 1858, when four new electorates were formed by splitting existing electorates.[1] Wairarapa was one of those four electorates, and it was established by splitting the Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay electorate, and incorporating areas that previously did not belong to any electorate.[2] Settlements in the initial area were Featherston, Carterton, Eketāhuna, and Pahiatua.[3] For the 1860 election, there were 266 voters registered.[4]In the early years, the electorate was for a time represented by two members.

In the 1887 electoral redistribution, although the Representation Commission was required through the Representation Act 1887 to maintain existing electorates "as far as possible", rapid population growth in the North Island required the transfer of three seats from the South Island to the north. Ten new electorates were created, and one former electorate, Wairarapa, was recreated.[5]

The electorate boundaries were last adjusted in the 2007 redistribution.[6] No boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent 2013/14 or 2019/20 redistributions.[7]

The current electorate includes the following population centres (approximate population in brackets) from the Wairarapa area of the Wellington region, the Tararua District (part of the Manawatū-Whanganui region) and the Central Hawke's Bay District (part of the Hawke's Bay region):

* Carterton (5,850)
* Featherston (2,710)
* Greytown (2,720)
* Martinborough (1,960)
* Woodville (1,650)

During the 2019/20 boundary review done by the Electoral Commission, Kieran McAnulty, a List MP based in the electorate, and Central Hawke's Bay Mayor Alex Walker, proposed that the electorate be renamed to Wairarapa and Central Hawke's Bay in order to acknowledge the communities included in the electorate.[8] Ultimately the commission decided against changing the name.

## History

The first election was held on 7 November 1859, and Charles Carter was the first representative until 1865, when he resigned.[9][9] He was succeeded by Henry Bunny from 1865 to 1881.[10] Since 1871, the electorate had two representatives,[11] and the second one was John Chapman Andrew until he resigned in 1877, succeeded by George Beetham from 1877 to 1881.[12]

From 1881 to 1887 Wairarapa was replaced by two electorates; Wairarapa North and Wairarapa South. From 1887, they were replaced by the Masterton and Wairarapa electorates.[13]

Between 1899 and 1919 the Wairarapa electorate swung between Walter Clarke Buchanan the Conservative then Reform candidate and J. T. Marryat Hornsby the Liberal candidate, changing hands in 1902, 1905, 1908 and 1914.[14] Buchanan's support was in the rural areas, and Hornsby's was in the small towns.

From 1919 to 1928 the electorate was represented by Alex McLeod for Reform.[15] In 1928 he was defeated by Thomas William McDonald the United (Liberal) candidate, but in 1931 McLeod won the seat back.[16]

Ben Roberts represented the electorate for the Labour Party from the Template:NZ election link until 1946, when he retired.[17] In the Template:NZ election link, Roberts was unsuccessfully challenged by National's Jimmy Maher.[18]

In the Template:NZ election link, Reg Boorman won the initial count by one vote, but Wyatt Creech later challenged that result on the grounds that Boorman had violated new laws about election spending. Creech also challenged more than 200 votes (on various grounds). The Electoral Court upheld Creech's petition, and Creech won the seat in 1988 with a majority of 34 votes (9994 to 9960).[19]

Creech held the Wairarapa electorate for four parliamentary terms. In December 1997, he became Deputy Leader of the National Party. That gave him number two on the National party list, and he did not contest an electorate in the Template:NZ election link. The National Party stood Paul Henry in the election, but to the general surprise of political commentators, the typically right-leaning electorate was won by Labour's Georgina Beyer with a 3,033 vote majority to become the world's first transsexual member of parliament.[20] At the Template:NZ election link, Beyer was easily re-elected with an increased majority of 6,372 votes.[21] Beyer stood in the Template:NZ election link as a list-only candidate, and the Wairarapa electorate was won by John Hayes of the National Party.[22]

Hayes held the electorate for three parliamentary terms and retired at the Template:NZ election link,[22][23] when he was succeeded by National's Alastair Scott.[24] Scott retired at the 2020 election. The seat was won by Kieran McAnulty in a surprise Labour Party swing, with new National candidate Mike Butterick taking second place. Mike Butterick won the seat at the 2023 election and is the current Wairarapa MP. McAnulty returned to Parliament via the Labour Party list.[citation needed]

### Members of Parliament

Key

#### Single-member electorate

Election  | Winner

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1859 election  | Charles Carter
1860 election
Henry Bunny

#### Multi-member electorate

Election | Winner

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Henry Bunny  | John Chapman Andrew
1876 election
George Beetham

#### Single-member electorate

Election | Winner

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Walter Clarke Buchanan
J. T. Marryat Hornsby
Walter Clarke Buchanan
J. T. Marryat Hornsby
Walter Clarke Buchanan
J. T. Marryat Hornsby
Alex McLeod
Thomas McDonald
Alex McLeod
Ben Roberts
Garnet Mackley
Bert Cooksley
Haddon Donald
Jack Williams
Ben Couch
Reg Boorman
1988[note 1] | Wyatt Creech
Georgina Beyer
John Hayes
Alastair Scott
Kieran McAnulty
Mike Butterick

### List MPs

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

Election  | Winner

|

Edwin Perry
| Ron Mark
Kieran McAnulty
Kieran McAnulty
2024 [note 2] | Celia Wade-Brown

1. ↑ The election of Reg Boorman was overturned by the Electoral Court on 12 July 1988
2. ↑ Entered Parliament following the resignation of Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman on 16 January 2024

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### 2023 election

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### 1993 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1993 general election: Wairarapa[26] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Wyatt Creech  | 9,004  | 41.60  | -11.53
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Peter Teahan  | 6,775  | 31.30  |
style="background-color: Template:Alliance (New Zealand political party)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Alliance (New Zealand political party)|Template:Alliance (New Zealand political party)/meta/shortname]]  | Dave MacPherson  | 4,162  | 19.23  | +10.97
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand First/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand First|Template:New Zealand First/meta/shortname]]  | Jayne Routhan  | 1,051  | 4.85  |
style="background-color: Template:Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand|Template:Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand/meta/shortname]]  | Mike Lloyd  | 597  | 2.75  |
style="background-color: Template:Natural Law Party of New Zealand/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Natural Law Party of New Zealand|Template:Natural Law Party of New Zealand/meta/shortname]]  | Ken Reinsfield  | 51  | 0.23  |
Turnout | 21,640  | 86.68  | +0.57

### 1990 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1990 general election: Wairarapa[27] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Wyatt Creech  | 10,767  | 53.13  | -4.43
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Pauline Moran  | 6,626  | 32.69  |
style="background-color: Template:NewLabour Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[NewLabour Party (New Zealand)|Template:NewLabour Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Dave MacPherson  | 1,674  | 8.26  |
style="background-color: Template:Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand|Template:Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand/meta/shortname]]  | G Hounsell  | 651  | 3.21  |
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | R Muir  | 236  | 1.16  |
style="background-color: Template:McGillicuddy Serious Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[McGillicuddy Serious Party|Template:McGillicuddy Serious Party/meta/shortname]]  | S Neilsen  | 199  | 0.98  |
style="background-color: Template:Democrats for Social Credit/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Democrats for Social Credit|Template:Democrats for Social Credit/meta/shortname]]  | G J Shakes  | 112  | 0.55  | -2.19
Turnout | 20,265  | 86.11  | -6.08

### 1987 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1987 general election: Wairarapa[28] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Wyatt Creech  | 9,994  | 48.70  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Reg Boorman  | 9,960  | 48.54  | +6.35
style="background-color: Template:Democrats for Social Credit/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Democrats for Social Credit|Template:Democrats for Social Credit/meta/shortname]]  | G J Shakes  | 564  | 2.74  |
Turnout | 20,518  | 92.19  | -2.32

### 1984 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1984 general election: Wairarapa[28] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Reg Boorman  | 9,009  | 42.19  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Ben Couch  | 8,615  | 40.34  | -3.54
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Party|Template:New Zealand Party/meta/shortname]]  | Simon Bliss  | 2,908  | 13.61  |
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | M C Jury  | 819  | 3.83  |
Turnout | 21,351  | 94.51  | +2.98

### 1981 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1981 general election: Wairarapa[28] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Ben Couch  | 8,569  | 43.88  | -1.45
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Tom Gemmell  | 7,023  | 35.96  |
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Wally Cowl  | 3,936  | 20.15  | +7.89
Turnout | 19,528  | 91.53  | +13.07

### 1978 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1978 general election: Wairarapa[28] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Ben Couch  | 8,968  | 45.33  | -4.10
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Allan Levett  | 8,131  | 41.10  |
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Wally Cowl  | 2,426  | 12.26  | +6.03
style="background-color: Template:Values Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Values Party|Template:Values Party/meta/shortname]]  | Chris Hackney  | 258  | 1.30  |
Turnout | 19,783  | 78.46  | -10.24

### 1975 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1975 general election: Wairarapa[28] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Ben Couch  | 9,245  | 49.43  | +5.17
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Jack Williams  | 7,777  | 41.58  | -9.20
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Wally Cowl  | 1,167  | 6.23  |
style="background-color: Template:Values Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Values Party|Template:Values Party/meta/shortname]]  | Bill Ashdown  | 514  | 2.74  |
Turnout | 18,703  | 88.70  | -3.53

### 1972 election

Template:Election box candidate minor partyTemplate:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1972 general election: Wairarapa[28] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Jack Williams  | 8,459  | 50.78  | +2.75
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Ben Couch  | 7,373  | 44.26  |
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Jack Morrow  | 698  | 4.19  |
style="background-color: Template:New Democratic Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Democratic Party (New Zealand)|Template:New Democratic Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Harold Knox  | 32  | 0.19  |
Turnout | 16,656  | 92.23  | +0.28

### 1969 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1969 general election: Wairarapa[29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Jack Williams  | 7,981  | 48.03  | +5.44
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Haddon Donald  | 7,514  | 45.22  | -0.83
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Jack Morrow  | 1,121  | 6.74  |
Turnout | 16,616  | 92.51  | +1.77

### 1966 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1966 general election: Wairarapa[29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Haddon Donald  | 7,080  | 46.05  | -1.75
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Jack Williams  | 6,547  | 42.59  | -1.83
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Roly Marks  | 1,745  | 11.35  |
Turnout | 15,372  | 90.74  | -1.53

### 1963 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1963 general election: Wairarapa[29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Haddon Donald  | 7,100  | 47.80  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Jack Williams  | 6,599  | 44.42  |
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Robert Crawford  | 1,154  | 7.76  | -1.81
Turnout | 14,853  | 92.27  | -0.90

### 1960 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1960 general election: Wairarapa[29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Bert Cooksley  | 7,887  | 52.10  | +3.90
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Allan George Goldsmith  | 5,799  | 38.31  |
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Robert Crawford  | 1,450  | 9.57  |
Turnout | 15,136  | 93.17  | -1.43

### 1957 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1957 general election: Wairarapa[29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Bert Cooksley  | 7,121  | 48.20  | -1.11
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Bob Wilkie  | 6,063  | 41.04  | +3.38
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | John Eric Feast  | 1,588  | 10.75  | -2.26
Turnout | 14,772  | 94.60  | +1.40

### 1954 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1954 general election: Wairarapa[29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Bert Cooksley  | 7,160  | 49.31  | -7.80
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Bob Wilkie  | 5,469  | 37.66  |
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | John Eric Feast  | 1,890  | 13.01  |
Turnout | 14,519  | 93.20  | +0.98

### 1951 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1951 General election: Wairarapa[29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Bert Cooksley  | 8,155  | 57.11  | +3.73
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | George Anders Hansen  | 6,123  | 42.88  | -3.73
Turnout | 14,278  | 92.22  | -3.45

### 1949 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1949 general election: Wairarapa[30] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Bert Cooksley  | 7,596  | 53.38  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | George Anders Hansen  | 6,633  | 46.61  | -2.54
Turnout | 14,229  | 95.67  | +1.11

### 1946 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1946 general election: Wairarapa[31] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Garnet Mackley  | 7,095  | 50.84  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | George Anders Hansen  | 6,860  | 49.15  |
Turnout | 13,955  | 94.56  | +3.25

### 1943 election

Template:Election box informalTemplate:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1943 general election: Wairarapa[32] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Ben Roberts  | 4,806  | 47.34  | -3.67
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | Jimmy Maher  | 4,655  | 45.86  |
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)|Template:Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Robert Crawford  | 424  | 4.17  |
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Independent politician|Template:Independent politician/meta/shortname]]  | William Francis Smithson  | 120  | 1.18  |
Turnout | 10,150  | 91.31  | -1.97

### 1938 election

Template:Election box informalTemplate:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1938 general election: Wairarapa[33] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Ben Roberts  | 5,293  | 53.71  | +14.77
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]  | James Frederick Thompson  | 4,516  | 45.83  |
Turnout | 9,853  | 93.28  | +4.57

### 1935 election

Template:Election box informalTemplate:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1935 general election: Wairarapa[34] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]  | Ben Roberts  | 3,681  | 38.94  |
style="background-color: Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[United Party (New Zealand)|Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | John Wiltshire Card  | 3,648  | 38.59  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Democrat Party (1934)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Democrat Party (1934)|Template:New Zealand Democrat Party (1934)/meta/shortname]]  | Thomas William McDonald  | 2,033  | 21.50  | -24.95
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Independent politician|Template:Independent politician/meta/shortname]]  | Hans Carl Thomsen  | 91  | 0.96  |
Turnout | 9,453  | 88.71  | +5.38

### 1931 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box informalTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1931 general election: Wairarapa[35] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Reform Party (New Zealand)|Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Alex McLeod  | 4,641  | 53.55  | +6.74
style="background-color: Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[United Party (New Zealand)|Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Thomas William McDonald  | 4,025  | 46.45  | -6.74
Turnout | 8,815  | 83.33  | -4.91

### 1928 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box informalTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1928 general election: Wairarapa[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[United Party (New Zealand)|Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Thomas William McDonald  | 4,726  | 53.18  |
style="background-color: Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Reform Party (New Zealand)|Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Alex McLeod  | 4,160  | 46.82  |
Turnout | 9,003  | 88.24  |

### 1899 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1899 general election: Wairarapa[37] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/shortname]]  | J. T. Marryat Hornsby  | 1,974  | 51.17  |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Conservative (New Zealand)|Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Walter Clarke Buchanan  | 1,818  | 47.12  |
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Independent politician|Template:Independent politician/meta/shortname]]  | Coleman Phillips[38][39] | 66  | 1.71  |
Turnout | 3,858  | 82.54  |

### 1893 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1893 general election: Wairarapa[40][41] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Conservative (New Zealand)|Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Walter Clarke Buchanan  | 1,806  | 50.89  | ±0
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/shortname]]  | George Augustus Fairbrother[42] | 1,116  | 31.45  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/shortname]]  | Charles Pownall[43] | 627  | 17.67  |
Turnout | 3,549  | 81.12  | +9.41

### 1890 election

Template:Election box majorityTemplate:Election box Registered electors 1890 general election: Wairarapa[44] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±

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style="background-color: Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[Conservative (New Zealand)|Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]  | Walter Clarke Buchanan  | 987  | 58.09  |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |  | [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/shortname]]  | Henry Bunny  | 712  | 41.91  |
Turnout | 1,699  | 71.71  |

## Table footnotes

## Notes

1. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 29.
2. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 28f.
3. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 32.
4. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 33.
5. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 50–53.
6. ↑ Report of the Representation Commission 2007. Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. http://www.elections.org.nz/sites/default/files/2007 Representation Commission Report.pdf. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
7. ↑ Report of the Representation Commission 2014. Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. http://www.elections.org.nz/sites/default/files/bulk-upload/documents/report_of_the_representation_commission_2014.pdf. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
8. ↑ "Submission to the electorate boundary review - change of name of Wairarapa electorate". https://elections.nz/assets/objection-form-uploads/09-01-20-Representation-Commission-signed-joint-letter-with-Alex-Walker-Change-name-of-electorate.pdf.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Wilson 1985, p. 188.
10. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 187.
11. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 274.
12. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 180, 183.
13. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 266–267, 274.
14. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 186, 206.
15. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 217.
16. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 214, 217.
17. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 201.
18. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 332.
19. ↑ Tunnah, Helen (16 September 2005). "Winston Peters threatens court bid". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10345792.
20. ↑ Trevett, Claire (27 July 2014). "Georgina Beyer joins Mana Party". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11299918.
21. ↑ "Official Count Results – Wairarapa". Electoral Commission. 10 August 2002. http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2002/electorate-56.html.
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "John Hayes". New Zealand Parliament. 22 September 2014. http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/mpp/mps/former/50PlibMpsFormerJohnHayes1/hayes-john.
23. ↑ Small, Vernon (18 January 2014). "Wairarapa MP Hayes calls time". The Dominion Post. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wairarapa/9623424/Wairarapa-MP-Hayes-calls-time.
24. ↑ "Official Count Results – Wairarapa". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. http://electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_2014/electorate-58.html.
25. ↑ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/.
26. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 125.
27. ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. p. 131.
28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 Norton 1988, p. 374.
29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 29.6 Norton 1988, p. 373.
30. ↑ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1950-I.2.3.2.43.
31. ↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. http://www.atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1947-I.2.4.2.38.
32. ↑ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1944-I.2.2.5.37.
33. ↑ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1939-I.2.3.2.36.
34. ↑ The General Election, 1935. Government Printer. 1936. https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1936-I.2.3.2.33&srpos=167. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
35. ↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 5. http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1932-I-II.2.3.2.31. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
36. ↑ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 5. https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1929-I.2.3.2.37. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
37. ↑ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1900-I.2.3.2.54.
38. ↑ "The Elections". Ashburton Guardian XXI (4973): p. 1. 23 November 1899. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AG18991123.2.4.
39. ↑ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1897). "Ex-Councillors". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Wellington Provincial District. Wellington: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d79-d5.html#name-414773-mention. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
40. ↑ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 1. http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1894-I.2.3.2.21. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
41. ↑ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times: p. 6. 28 November 1893. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18931128.2.55.
42. ↑ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1897). "Borough of Carterton". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Wellington Provincial District. Wellington: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d79-d3.html#name-414818-mention. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
43. ↑ "New Zealand". The Press L (8593): p. 5. 21 September 1893. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18930921.2.27.
44. ↑ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1891-I.2.1.6.2.

## References

* Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
* McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
* 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.
* Wilson, James Oakley (1985). New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

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