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East Coast is a New Zealand

New Zealand

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Parliamentary electorate

New Zealand electorates

An electorate is a voting district for elections to the Parliament of New Zealand. In informal discussion, electorates are often called seats. The most formal description, electoral district, is rarely seen outside of electoral legislation. Before 1996, all Members of Parliament were directly...

, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives

Parliament of New Zealand

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. The electorate first existed from 1871 to 1893. From 1996 to 2002, the electorate was called Mahia. The current MP for East Coast is Anne Tolley

Anne Tolley

Anne Merrilyn Tolley is a politician representing the New Zealand National Party. With the formation of the Fifth National Government in late 2008, she became the Minister of Education, the first woman ever to assume the role.Tolley is the Member for the East Coast electorate, representing...

of the National Party

New Zealand National Party

The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties.-Policies:...

, who has held office since 2005.

Population centres

The electorate's main centres are Gisborne

Gisborne, New Zealand

-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...

(32,529) and Tolaga Bay

Tolaga Bay

Tolaga Bay is both a bay and small town on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island located 45 kilometres northeast of Gisborne and 30 kilometres south of Tokomaru Bay.It was named Tolaga Bay by Lt...

in the Gisborne Region

Gisborne Region

The Gisborne Region is an area of northeastern New Zealand governed by the Gisborne District Council, a unitary authority. Its largest settlement, the city also named Gisborne, is located at the northern end of Poverty Bay on the east coast....

; and Opotiki

Opotiki

Opotiki is a town in the eastern Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand. It houses the headquarters of the Opotiki District Council and comes under the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.-Population:* of the town: 4176 - Male 1,989, Female 2,187...

and Whakatane

Whakatane

Whakatane is a town in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region, in the North Island of New Zealand, and is the seat of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Whakatane is 90 km east of Tauranga and 89 km north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatane River.The town has a population of , with...

(18,800) in the eastern part of the Bay of Plenty Region. Wairoa, the northernmost town in the Hawke's Bay region, was excluded by the 2007 boundary changes. http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/963A871F-285E-44D8-B29D-DAFB636BCD21/78290/EastCoast_profile_1.pdf http://www.stats.govt.nz/methods_and_services/access-data/tables/subnational-pop-estimates.aspx

History

The East Coast electorate was first established for the 5th Parliament

5th New Zealand Parliament

The 5th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 68 European electorates between 14 January and 23 February 1871. Elections in the four Māori electorates were held on 1 and 15 January 1871. A total of 78 MPs were elected. Parliament was...

in 1871. William Kelly

William Kelly (New Zealand)

William Kelly was an Irish migrant to New Zealand, and became a businessman, soldier and politician.-Early life:He was born in 1840 in County Louth, Ireland and emigrated to New Zealand as a young man in 1863...

was the first elected representative; he held the seat until the end of the term in 1875.

The "most sensational electoral contest ever held in the East Coast" electorate was held in January 1876, when mysterious pieces of cardboard were distributed by supporters of George Read

George Read (New Zealand politician)

George Edward Read was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.Read was born in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England, in either 1814 or 1815. Little is known of his early life. He came to the Pacific in the 1830s on a whaling ship, and worked on trading ships. By 1852,...

in Gisborne, which hotel bars accepted as legal tender. Read, George Morris

George Morris (New Zealand politician)

George Betham Morris was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne and Bay of Plenty regions of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated...

and Kelly received 215, 206 and 185 votes, with another candidate coming a distant fourth. Morris petitioned against Read's election. A parliamentary committee of enquiry determined that Read had not broken any laws by approving the initiative, but the House of Representatives resolved that Read was to be unseated in favour of Morris, which happened later in 1876. This was the last election enquiry held by a parliamentary committee. Subsequently, these enquiries were held by the courts.

At the next election in 1879

New Zealand general election, 1879

The New Zealand general election of 1879 was held between 28 August and 15 September to elect a total of 88 MPs to the 7th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 1 and 8 September. A total number of 82,271 voters turned out to vote.The election came about when George...

, Morris was defeated by Allan MacDonald

Allan MacDonald (New Zealand politician)

Allan MacDonald was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1879 to 1884, when he resigned.-References:...

, who held the electorate until he resigned in 1884.

Samuel Locke

Samuel Locke (New Zealand politician)

Samuel Locke was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1884 to 1887, when he retired.-References:...

won the resulting by-election and was confirmed a few months later at the 1884 general election

New Zealand general election, 1884

The New Zealand general election of 1884 was held on 22 July to elect a total of 95 MPs to the 9th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 21 July. A total number of 137,686 voters turned out to vote.-References:...

. He served until the end of the term of the 9th Parliament

9th New Zealand Parliament

The 9th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 4 Māori electorates and xx general electorates on 21 and 22 July 1884, respectively. A total of 95 MPs were elected. Parliament was prorogued in July 1887...

in 1887.

Andrew Graham

Andrew Graham (politician)

Andrew Graham was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1887 to 1889, when he resigned.-References:...

won the 1887 general election

New Zealand general election, 1887

The New Zealand general election of 1887 was held on 26 September to elect 95 MPs to the tenth session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 7 September. 175,410 votes were cast....

. He resigned in 1889 before the end of the term. Alexander Creighton Arthur

Alexander Creighton Arthur

Alexander Creighton Arthur was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from December 1889 to 1890, when he was defeated....

won the resulting 1889 by-election. Arthur and Kelly (the electorate's first representative in 1871) contested the 1890 general election

New Zealand general election, 1890

The New Zealand general election of 1890 was one of New Zealand's most significant. It marked the beginning of party politics in New Zealand with the formation of the First Liberal government, which was to enact major welfare, labour and electoral reforms, including giving the vote to women.It was...

, and Kelly was successful by a small margin, with 1022 to 1008 votes in his favour. He served until the end of the term in 1893, after which the electorate was abolished, and was replaced by the Bay of Plenty

Bay of Plenty (New Zealand electorate)

Bay of Plenty is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current representative Tony Ryall, a member of the National Party, has represented the seat since 1996.- Geography :...

and Waiapu

Waiapu

Waiapu was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the Gisborne – East Coast Region of New Zealand, from 1893 to 1908.-Member of Parliament:...

electorates.

Members of Parliament

From 1871 to 1893, the electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament. When the electorate was abolished the then current MP, William Kelly

William Kelly (New Zealand)

contested and won the new seat of .
In 1999, the electorate was recreated from most of the , and part of the electorates. Since 1999 it has been represented by two MPs.

Key

Election	Winner
		William Kelly William Kelly (New Zealand) William Kelly was an Irish migrant to New Zealand, and became a businessman, soldier and politician.-Early life:He was born in 1840 in County Louth, Ireland and emigrated to New Zealand as a young man in 1863...
1876 election		George Read George Read (New Zealand politician) George Edward Read was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.Read was born in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England, in either 1814 or 1815. Little is known of his early life. He came to the Pacific in the 1830s on a whaling ship, and worked on trading ships. By 1852,...
1876 election		George Morris George Morris (New Zealand politician) George Betham Morris was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne and Bay of Plenty regions of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated... ¹
		Allan MacDonald Allan MacDonald (New Zealand politician) Allan MacDonald was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1879 to 1884, when he resigned.-References:...

		Samuel Locke Samuel Locke (New Zealand politician) Samuel Locke was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1884 to 1887, when he retired.-References:...

		Andrew Graham Andrew Graham (politician) Andrew Graham was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1887 to 1889, when he resigned.-References:...
		Alexander Creighton Arthur Alexander Creighton Arthur Alexander Creighton Arthur was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from December 1889 to 1890, when he was defeated....
		William Kelly
electorate abolished, 1893-1999
		Janet Mackey Janet Mackey Janet Elsdon Mackey, JP is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party.-Parliamentary career:...

		Anne Tolley Anne Tolley Anne Merrilyn Tolley is a politician representing the New Zealand National Party. With the formation of the Fifth National Government in late 2008, she became the Minister of Education, the first woman ever to assume the role.Tolley is the Member for the East Coast electorate, representing...

¹ See History section above.

List MPs

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

Election	Winner
		Judy Turner Judy Turner Judy Turner is a New Zealand politician who is the deputy leader of United Future New Zealand. She was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008 as a list MP.-Member of Parliament:...
		Moana Mackey Moana Mackey Moana Lynore Mackey is a New Zealand politician and has represented the New Zealand Labour Party in the Parliament of New Zealand since 2003. She has Māori, Irish, Scottish and Spanish ancestry....
		Judy Turner
		Catherine Delahunty Catherine Delahunty Catherine Delahunty is a current New Zealand MP representing the Green Party who was first elected to parliament in 2008. she is the Green Party spokesperson on Education, Forestry, Treaty of Waitangi, Civil Defence, Disability Issues, Women's Affairs, Arts & Culture; and associate spokesperson on...
		Moana Mackey
		Moana Mackey

Candidates in the

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Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 40,533

2008 election

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 list.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Party Votes	%
National New Zealand National Party The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties.-Policies:...	Anne Tolley Anne Tolley Anne Merrilyn Tolley is a politician representing the New Zealand National Party. With the formation of the Fifth National Government in late 2008, she became the Minister of Education, the first woman ever to assume the role.Tolley is the Member for the East Coast electorate, representing...	13666	44.80	13070	42.20
Labour New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....	Moana Mackey Moana Mackey Moana Lynore Mackey is a New Zealand politician and has represented the New Zealand Labour Party in the Parliament of New Zealand since 2003. She has Māori, Irish, Scottish and Spanish ancestry....	12447	40.81	12076	38.99
United	Judy Turner Judy Turner Judy Turner is a New Zealand politician who is the deputy leader of United Future New Zealand. She was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008 as a list MP.-Member of Parliament:...	1186	3.89	916	2.96
Green Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party that has seats in the New Zealand parliament. It focuses firstly on environmentalism, arguing that all other aspects of humanity will cease to be of concern if there is no environment to sustain it...	Catherine Delahunty	1104	3.62	1316	4.25
NZ First New Zealand First New Zealand First is a political party in New Zealand that was founded in 1993, following party founder Winston Peters' resignation from the National Party in 1992...	Joe Glenn	1064	3.49	2098	6.77
Māori Party Maori Party The Māori Party, a political party in New Zealand, was formed on 7 July 2004. The Party is guided by eight constitutional "kaupapa", or Party objectives. Tariana Turia formed the Māori Party after resigning from the Labour Party where she had been a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour-led...	John Harré	589	1.93	494	1.59
Destiny Destiny New Zealand Destiny New Zealand was a Christian political party in New Zealand centred on the charismatic/pentecostal Destiny Church. The party described itself as "centre-right". It placed a strong focus on socially conservative values and argued that the breakdown of the traditional family was a primary...	Bill Sadler	446	1.46	336	1.08
Progressive New Zealand Progressive Party Jim Anderton's Progressive Party , is a New Zealand political party generally somewhat to the left of its ally, the Labour Party....	-	-	-	309	1.00
ACT	-	-	-	214	0.69
ALCP Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party is a political party in New Zealand. It is dedicated to removing or reducing restrictions on the use of cannabis and similar substances...	-	-	-	60	0.19
Christian Heritage Christian Heritage New Zealand The Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand was a New Zealand political party espousing Christian values...	-	-	-	20	0.06
Democrats New Zealand Democratic Party The New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit is a small leftist political party in New Zealand. It is based around the ideas of Social Credit, an economic theory which also attracted some degree of support in Canada and Australia...	-	-	-	20	0.06
Alliance Alliance (New Zealand political party) The Alliance is a left-wing political party in New Zealand. It was formed in 1991, and was influential in the 1990s, but has since declined and has no representation in parliament. It suffered a major setback after Jim Anderton, the party's leader, left the party in 2002, taking several of the...	-	-	-	17	0.05
Family Rights PP New Zealand Family Rights Protection Party The New Zealand Family Rights Protection Party was a political party in New Zealand. It was primarily based around Pacific Islanders, and claims that the established political parties do not give sufficient consideration to the concerns of Pacific Islanders in New Zealand.The party was approved for...	-	-	-	8	0.03
Libertarianz Libertarianz Libertarianz is a political party in New Zealand that advocates libertarianism, favouring self-government and limiting the power of the government over the individual. Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism is a major influence on the party...	-	-	-	6	0.02
99 MP 99 MP Party The 99 MP Party was a small New Zealand political party that contested the 2005 General Election. It supported a reduction of the number of Members of Parliament from 120 to 99.-History:...	-	-	-	5	0.02
One NZ One New Zealand Party The One New Zealand Party was a small political party in New Zealand. It was partly modeled on the Australian One Nation Party, founded by Pauline Hanson. Its primary focus was on matters such as the Treaty of Waitangi, but its wider platform was broadly paleoconservative or producerist...	-	-	-	3	0.01
Direct Democracy Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand The Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand was a political party in New Zealand that promoted greater participation by the people in the decision-making of government. The party's leader was Kelvyn Alp....	-	-	-	2	0.01
Republic of NZ The Republic of New Zealand Party The Republic of New Zealand Party was a political party in New Zealand. The party's registration was cancelled at its own request in 2009...	-	-	-	2	0.01
informal votes		266		125
total valid votes		30,502		30,972
National gain from Labour New Zealand National Party The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties.-Policies:...	Majority	1219

sourced from electionresults.govt.nz

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