Onslow was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1946 to 1963, and then from 1993 to 1996 in the Wellington area. It was represented by three Members of Parliament.
Population centres edit
The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, eight former electorates were re-established, and 19 electorates were created for the first time, including Onslow.[1]
The electorate covered the northern suburbs of the city of Wellington, i.e. Ngaio, Khandallah and Johnsonville. The name Onslow comes from the former Borough of Onslow which covered Wadestown until April 1907 its south ward and its most populous area[2] and the remaining Khandallah Ngaio areas until they too joined Wellington City in 1919.
History edit
The electorate was established for the 1946 election.
The unsuccessful National candidate in 1954 was Wilfred Fortune, who had represented Eden in Auckland from 1946 to 1954.
The electorate lasted until the 1963 election, when the Karori electorate was established.
The electorate was re-established in the 1993 election to replace Ohariu. Peter Dunne, who had previously represented the Ohariu electorate, was the successful candidate.[3] For the first MMP election, the 1996 election, it was renamed back to Ohariu-Belmont, and included Belmont in the Hutt Valley.
Members of Parliament edit
The Onslow electorate was represented by three Members of Parliament.[4]
Key
Labour Independent Future United NZ
| Elections | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 election | Harry Combs | |
| 1949 election | ||
| 1951 election | ||
| 1954 by-election | Henry May | |
| 1954 election | ||
| 1957 election | ||
| 1960 election | ||
| (Electorate abolished 1963–1993) | ||
| 1993 election | Peter Dunne | |
| (Electorate abolished in 1996; see Ohariu-Belmont) | ||
Election results edit
1993 election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Dunne | 9,096 | 41.61 | ||
| National | George Mathew | 8,031 | 36.74 | ||
| Alliance | Phillida Bunkle | 3,077 | 14.07 | ||
| NZ First | Elisabeth Burgess | 682 | 3.12 | ||
| Christian Heritage | Colin Byford | 457 | 2.09 | ||
| Independent | Sarah Lysaght | 296 | 1.35 | ||
| McGillicuddy Serious | Thomas Barker | 130 | 0.59 | ||
| Natural Law | Mary-Anne McGregor | 62 | 0.28 | ||
| Independent | Keith Leslie Stewart | 24 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 1,065 | 4.87 | |||
| Turnout | 21,855 | 86.98 | |||
| Registered electors | 25,126 | ||||
1960 election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry May | 8,670 | 45.25 | -10.72 | |
| National | Maida Clark | 7,880 | 41.12 | ||
| Social Credit | Eric Elliott | 920 | 4.80 | ||
| Communist | Sydney Smith | 101 | 0.52 | ||
| Majority | 790 | 4.12 | -12.73 | ||
| Turnout | 17,571 | 91.70 | -2.99 | ||
| Registered electors | 19,160 | ||||
1957 election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry May | 8,882 | 55.97 | +7.20 | |
| National | Kevin O'Brien | 6,207 | 39.11 | ||
| Social Credit | Frederick Buckley | 779 | 4.90 | ||
| Majority | 2,675 | 16.85 | +13.65 | ||
| Turnout | 15,868 | 94.69 | +5.08 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,757 | ||||
1954 election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry May | 7,898 | 48.77 | ||
| National | Wilfred Fortune | 7,379 | 45.56 | ||
| Social Credit | Barney Thomas Daniel | 916 | 5.65 | ||
| Majority | 519 | 3.20 | |||
| Turnout | 16,193 | 89.61 | |||
| Registered electors | 18,070 | ||||
1954 by-election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry May | unopposed | |||
1951 election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Combs | 9,539 | 53.08 | -6.76 | |
| National | Jack Meadowcroft | 8,433 | 46.92 | +0.64 | |
| Majority | 1,106 | 6.15 | -6.12 | ||
| Turnout | 17,972 | 90.62 | -4.44 | ||
| Registered electors | 19,831 | ||||
1949 election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Combs | 9,391 | 59.84 | +4.27 | |
| National | Jack Meadowcroft | 7,464 | 47.56 | ||
| Majority | 1,927 | 12.27 | +1.15 | ||
| Turnout | 15,693 | 86.18 | -6.64 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,209 | ||||
1946 election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Combs | 7,880 | 55.57 | ||
| National | Philip Patrick Lynch | 6,302 | 44.43 | ||
| Majority | 1,578 | 11.12 | |||
| Turnout | 14,182 | 92.82 | |||
| Registered electors | 15,278 | ||||
Notes edit
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
- ^ Municipal Consolidation. Evening Post, 16 May 1907 page 6
- ^ Rutherford, Hamish; Pryor, Nicole (8 June 2013). "Peter Dunne: Out in the cold". Stuff. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 269.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. pp. 12, 161.
- ^ a b c d Norton 1988, pp. 297.
- ^ "The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1951–52". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
References edit
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- 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.