Hauraki (New Zealand general electorate)

Hauraki is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1928 to 1987 and 1993 to 1996. In the 1987 general election it was renamed Coromandel, the name that had been used from 1972 to 1981. In 1993 it reverted to Hauraki, but became Coromandel again for the first MMP election in 1996.

In the 1927 electoral redistribution, the North Island gained a further electorate from the South Island due to faster population growth. Five electorates were abolished, two former electorates were re-established, and three electorates, including Hauraki, were created for the first time. These changes came into effect with the 1928 election.^[1] In its original form, the Hauraki electorate extended from the Hauraki Plains up the coast to Auckland. Settlements that fell into the electorate were Howick, Papatoetoe, Māngere, Manurewa, Brookby, Meremere, Miranda, and Waitakaruru.^[2] In the 1937 electoral redistribution, the Hauraki electorate moved significantly south, losing all the South Auckland suburbs to the new Otahuhu electorate, and gaining Morrinsville.^[3]

In the 1946 electoral redistribution, the Hauraki electorate moved to the north-east, losing Morrinsville, but gaining Paeroa and most of the Coromandel Peninsula, including Thames, Whitianga, and Coromandel township.^[4]

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.^[5] Overall, three electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated, and four electorates were abolished (including Hauraki). All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes.^[6] These changes came into effect with the 1987 election.^[7]

The electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament.^[8] The first representative was Arthur Hall, who died in office on 18 April 1931.^[9] This caused the 1931 by-election, which was won by Walter William Massey.^[10]

In 1972 and 1987, the electorate was abolished and replaced with the Coromandel electorate.^[8]

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The name Hauraki was used in 1999 for a Māori electorate; please refer to Hauraki Maori.

There were five candidates in 1943, with the election won by Andy Sutherland over Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson.^[13]

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• 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.