Southland (New Zealand electorate)

Electoral district in Southland and Otago, New Zealand

Southland

Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation| 2020
Region| Canterbury
Character| Rural
Term| 3 years
Member for Southland

Joseph Mooney
since 17 October 2020
Party| National
List MPs| Todd Stephenson (ACT)
Previous MP| null
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Southland is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was first created for the 2020 New Zealand general election and has since then been held by Joseph Mooney of the National Party.

## Population centres

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Despite its name, the electorate straddles the border between the Southland and Otago regions. It is the second-largest general electorate in New Zealand, behind West Coast-Tasman, and is predominantly rural in nature. The electorate includes Gore, Winton, Mataura, Alexandra, Arrowtown, Queenstown and Te Anau (among others), and much of Fiordland National Park.[1]

## History

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The Southland electorate emerged at the 2020 redistribution after the Clutha region moved out of the former electorate of Clutha-Southland. It comprised the bulk of Clutha-Southland, plus another area around Alexandra that had been moved in from  Waitaki. The Representation Commission initially proposed to move Winton and The Catlins into  Invercargill, but after a public consultation process these areas remained in Southland, which instead shed a large area in West Southland around Tuatapere.[2][3]

The incumbent from the Clutha-Southland electorate, Hamish Walker, announced in July 2020 that he would not contest the Southland electorate.[4] Later that month, the National Party selected Joseph Mooney as their candidate for this safe National seat.[5] Mooney was elected by a margin of 5,645 votes over Labour Party candidate Jon Mitchell.[6]

### Members of Parliament

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Key National

Election  | Winner

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2020 election |  | Joseph Mooney
2023 election

### List MPs

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

Election  | Winner

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2023 election |  | Todd Stephenson

## Election results

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### 2023 election

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2023 general election: Southland[7]

Notes:  |

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| National | Y Joseph Mooney | 23,231  | 58.89  | +7.29  | 19,222  | 48.25  | +12.18
| Labour | Simon McCallum  | 6,020  | 15.26  | –21.72  | 6,546  | 16.43  | –22.42
| Green | Dave Kennedy  | 3,860  | 9.78  | +4.29  | 3,482  | 8.74  | +3.60
| ACT | Todd Stephenson | 2,807  | 7.11  | –  | 5,412  | 13.58  | +0.88
| NZ Loyal | Logan Evans  | 2,172  | 5.50  | –  | 974  | 2.44  | –
| Legalise Cannabis | Anntwinette Grumball  | 687  | 1.74  | –  | 217  | 0.54  | +0.16
| Vision NZ | Naomi Maclean  | 228  | 0.57  | –  |
| NZ First |  | 2,258  | 5.66  | +3.65
| Opportunities |  | 810  | 2.03  | +0.47
| NewZeal |  | 246  | 0.61  | +0.41
| Te Pāti Māori |  | 190  | 0.47  | +0.32
| Freedoms NZ |  | 91  | 0.22  | –
| Animal Justice |  | 65  | 0.16  | –
| DemocracyNZ |  | 60  | 0.15  | –
| New Nation |  | 35  | 0.08  | –
| New Conservatives |  | 32  | 0.08  | –1.41
| Women's Rights |  | 28  | 0.07  | –
| Leighton Baker Party |  | 20  | 0.05  | –
Informal votes  | 437  |  |  | 148  |  |
Total valid votes | 39,442  |  |  | 39,836  |  |
| National hold | Majority | 17,211  | 43.63  | +31.81  |

### 2020 election

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2020 general election: Southland[6]

Notes:  |

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| National | Joseph Mooney | 19,975  | 51.60  | —  | 14,244  | 36.07  | —
| Labour | Jon Mitchell  | 14,330  | 36.98  | —  | 15,341  | 38.85  | —
| Green | David Kennedy  | 2,127  | 5.49  | —  | 2,085  | 5.14  | —
| Opportunities | Joel Rowlands  | 880  | 2.27  | —  | 616  | 1.56  | —
| New Conservative | Fiona Meyer  | 664  | 1.71  | —  | 588  | 1.49  | —
| Advance NZ | Robert Wilson  | 508  | 1.31  | —  | 373  | 0.94  | —
| Social Credit | Elisabeth Dacker  | 139  | 0.36  | —  | 39  | 0.09  | —
| ONE | Judith Terrill  | 130  | 0.34  | —  | 78  | 0.19  | —
| ACT |  | 5,016  | 12.70  | —
| NZ First |  | 794  | 2.01  | —
| Legalise Cannabis |  | 151  | 0.38  | —
| Māori Party |  | 60  | 0.15  | —
| Outdoors |  | 56  | 0.14  | —
| Sustainable NZ |  | 25  | 0.06  | —
| Heartland |  | 8  | 0.02  | —
| Vision NZ |  | 7  | 0.02  | —
| TEA |  | 6  | 0.02  | —
Informal votes  | 679  |  |  | 164  |  |
Total valid votes | 39,432  |  |  | 39,651  |  |
Turnout | 39,651  | 86.5  | —  |
| National win new seat  | Majority | 5,645  | 14.62  |

## References

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1. ^ "Map of electorates for the 2020 and 2023 electorates". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
2. ^ "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
3. ^ Kelly, Rachael (20 November 2019). "Changes to Clutha-Southland, Invercargill electorates under proposed boundary changes". Southland Times. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
4. ^ "Covid-19 privacy leak: MP Hamish Walker announces he won't stand for re-election". Radio New Zealand. 8 July 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
5. ^ McKenzie-McLean, Jo (31 July 2020). "Queenstown lawyer Joseph Mooney selected to replace Hamish Walker as Southland electorate candidate". Stuff. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
6. ^ a b "Southland – Official Result (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
7. ^ "Official Count Results — Southland". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

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