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For the Dunedin suburb, see South Dunedin.
Dunedin South is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It first existed from 1881–1890, then from 1905–1946 and was re-established for the introduction of MMP in 1996. A Labour Party stronghold, it has been represented by Clare Curran since the 2008 election.
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Area
As the name suggests, the electorate is based on the southern suburbs of Dunedin. It stretches out westwards to take in towns on the Taieri Plains such as Mosgiel, Green Island and Fairfield. The Otago Peninsula is also in the electorate.
The current Dunedin South electorate was created in 1996 as one of the original 65 MMP electorates, as a merger between St Kilda and a large part of Dunedin West. It has been enlarged at every boundary review since its creation and at the 2008 election included Middlemarch.
History
The electorate was first established for the 1881 election and abolished after three parliamentary terms in 1890, when several Dunedin electorates were amalgamated to form the City of Dunedin electorate.[1] During the nine years of its first existence, the electorate was represented by two MPs, Henry Smith Fish (1881–1884 and 1887–1890)[2] and James Gore (1884–1887).[3]
Dunedin South was re-established after the abolition of the City of Dunedin electorate for the 1905 election.[1] The first representative was James Frederick Arnold, who was an independent liberal and who served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1908, when he successfully contested Dunedin Central.[4]
Thomas Sidey of the Liberal Party who had since a 1901 by-election represented St Kilda won the 1908 election for Dunedin South. He represented the electorate for six parliamentary terms until 1928.[5]
Sidey was succeeded by William Burgoyne Taverner of the Reform Party in the 1928 election.[6] At the next election in 1931, the electorate was won by Fred Jones of the Labour Party. Jones held the electorate until 1946, when it was abolished, and successfully stood in St Kilda that year.[7]
The electorate was re-established for the 1996 election and won by Michael Cullen, who later became Finance minister. Cullen had previously represented St Kilda (1981–1996). At the next election in 1999, Cullen stood as a list candidate only and was succeeded by David Benson-Pope as the electorate MP. After three parliamentary terms, Benson-Pope was not selected by the Labour Party as their candidate, but Clare Curran was chosen instead. Curren has represented the electorate since the 2008 election.
The city of Dunedin is a New Zealand Labour Party stronghold; The last National MP elected from a Dunedin constituency was Richard Walls in 1975.
Members of Parliament for Dunedin South
Key Independent Liberal Reform Labour
Election Winner 1881 election Henry Smith Fish 1884 election James Gore 1887 election Henry Smith Fish (Electorate abolished 1890–1905; see City of Dunedin) 1905 election James Frederick Arnold 1908 election Thomas Sidey 1911 election 1914 election 1919 election 1922 election 1925 election 1928 election William Burgoyne Taverner 1931 election Fred Jones 1935 election 1938 election 1943 election (Electorate abolished 1946–1996; see St Kilda) 1996 election Michael Cullen 1999 election David Benson-Pope 2002 election 2005 election 2008 election Clare Curran Candidates in the 2011 election
General Election 2011: Dunedin South Notes: Green background denotes an incumbent.
Pink background denotes a current list MP.
Yellow background denotes a retiring incumbent.Party Candidate Notes List # Source Labour Clare Curran Incumbent since 2008 28 [8][9] Green Shane Gallagher 27 [8][10] ACT Kimberly Hannah 37 [8][11] National Joanne Hayes 64 [8][12] Alliance Kay Murray 1 [8][13] NZ First Randall Ratana 20 [8][14][15] Democrats Warren Voight 3 [8][16] Restore All Things In Christ Robert Wansink [8] Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 45,132[17]
Election results
2008 election
General Election 2008: Dunedin South[18] 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.
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denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±% Labour Clare Curran19,199 52.29 -4.71 17,408 46.73 -10.40 National Conway Powell 12,750 34.73 +8.00 12,742 34.20 +6.99 Green Shane Gallagher 2,511 6.84 +0.58 2,971 7.98 +2.57 ACT Colin Nicholls 528 1.44 +0.79 785 2.11 +1.36 Progressive J M McAlpine 498 1.36 -0.56 461 1.24 -0.17 United Future Pauline Moffat 264 0.72 -1.78 276 0.74 -1.73 Kiwi Philip Wescombe 261 0.71 - 144 0.39 - Independent David Bernhardt 222 0.60 - Alliance Kay Murray 199 0.54 +0.00 72 0.19 +0.05 Democrats Dawn McIntosh 172 0.47 - 66 0.18 +0.09 Restore All Things In Christ Robert Wansink 113 0.31 +0.05 NZ First 1,700 4.56 +0.18 Bill and Ben 209 0.56 - Māori 160 0.43 0.21 Legalise Cannabis 144 0.39 +0.13 Family Party 58 0.16 - Pacific 17 0.05 - Libertarianz 15 0.04 +0.02 Workers Party 14 0.04 - RONZ 7 0.02 +0.01 RAM 3 0.01 - Informal votes 484 183 Total Valid votes 36,717 37,252 Labour hold Majority 6,449 17.56 -12.71 2005 election
Note: lines coloured beige denote the winner of the electorate vote. Lines coloured pink denote a candidate elected to Parliament from their party's list.
Party Candidate Votes % Party Votes % Labour David Benson-Pope20033 57.00 20348 57.13 National Conway Powell 9393 26.73 9692 27.21 Green Peter Thomlinson 2200 6.26 1926 5.41 NZ First Alan Heward 1145 3.26 1563 4.39 United Pauline Moffat 795 2.26 879 2.47 Progressive Martin Vaughan 672 1.91 500 1.40 Destiny Brent Daglish 400 1.14 128 0.36 ACT Alan Wilden 228 0.65 266 0.75 Alliance Chris Ford 189 0.54 52 0.15 RATC Robert Wansink 91 0.26 - - ALCP - - - 90 0.25 Māori Party - - - 77 0.22 Christian Heritage - - - 35 0.10 Democrats - - - 30 0.08 Direct Democracy - - - 8 0.02 Libertarianz - - - 8 0.02 One NZ - - - 6 0.02 99 MP - - - 4 0.01 Family Rights PP - - - 4 0.01 Republic of NZ - - - 3 0.01 informal votes 398 127 total valid votes 35146 35619 Labour hold Majority 10,640 sourced from electionresults.govt.nz
Notes
- ^ a b Scholefield 1950, pp. 156–157.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 106.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 109.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 93.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 139.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 142.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 117.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Information for Voters in Dunedin South". Elections New Zealand. 2 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/voting/voting-info/dunedin-south.html.
- ^ "Candidates 2011 - New Zealand Labour". http://www.labour.org.nz/candidates2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Green Party candidate biography". http://www.greens.org.nz/candidates/shane-gallagher. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "ACT - Candidates". ACT New Zealand. http://www.act.org.nz/candidates. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "National Selects Joanne Hayes as Dunedin South Candidate". Press Release: National Party (via Scoop.co.nz). 16 May 2011. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1105/S00219/national-selects-joanne-hayes-as-dunedin-south-candidate.htm.
- ^ "Alliance electorate candidates for 2011 announced". Press Release: Alliance (via Scoop.co.nz). 25 October 2011. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1110/S00425/alliance-electorate-candidates-for-2011-announced.htm.
- ^ "New Zealand First Dunedin South". http://dunedinsouth.yolasite.com/. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "New Zealand First: Candidates". http://www.nzfirst.org.nz/candidates.html. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ "DSC candidate for Invercargill selected". Press Release: Democrats for Social Credit (via Scoop.co.nz). 12 September 2011. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1109/S00158/new-candidate-for-dunedin-south.htm.
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 21 October 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ 2008 election results
References
- Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer.
External links
- Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library
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