Onehunga is a former 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...

, in the city of Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

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Population centres

The electorate is urban, and comprises a number of suburbs in the southern part of Auckland.

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History

The electorate existed in the 19th century from 1861 to 1871 as Town of Onehunga, and then from 1871 to 1881 as Onehunga. For the whole period the seat was held by George Maurice O'Rorke

Maurice O'Rorke

Sir George Maurice O’Rorke was a New Zealand politician, representing the Auckland seat of Onehunga, and later Manukau, and was Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was a committed provincialist and was the eighth Superintendent of the Auckland Province...

, who became Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1879.

Onehunga was recreated in 1938, and lasted to 1996. With the introduction of MMP

Mixed member proportional representation

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 in 1996, Onehunga and Panmure

Panmure (New Zealand electorate)

Panmure is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate in the southern suburbs of the city of Auckland, from 1984 to 1996.-History:It was a safe Labour seat, held by Bob Tizard and then by his daughter Judith Tizard when he retired. When it was abolished in 1996, Judith Tizard transferred to...

 were combined into the new electorate of Maungakiekie

Maungakiekie (New Zealand electorate)

Maungakiekie is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Maungakiekie is Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga of the National Party...

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Except for 1990-93, Onehunga was held by Labour in the twentieth century.

Election results

Key

Election	Winner
		George O'Rorke Maurice O'Rorke Sir George Maurice O’Rorke was a New Zealand politician, representing the Auckland seat of Onehunga, and later Manukau, and was Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was a committed provincialist and was the eighth Superintendent of the Auckland Province...
		Arthur Osborne
		Hugh Watt Hugh Watt Hugh Watt was a Labour member of Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 – 1974. He was briefly the Acting Prime Minister of New Zealand between 1 September 1974 – 6 September 1974 following the death of Norman Kirk....
		Frank Rogers Frank Lewis Rogers Frank Lewis Rogers was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He was the Member of Parliament for Onehunga from 1975, replacing Hugh Watt. When he died in 1980, Fred Gerbic was elected to replace him in the ensuing by-election....
		Fred Gerbic Fred Gerbic Frederick "Fred" Miroslav Gerbic, MBE was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.-Member of Parliament:He was elected in the ensuing by-election to replace Frank Rogers in the seat of Onehunga when Rogers died in 1980. He retired in 1990, when he was defeated by National's Graham...
		Grahame Thorne Grahame Thorne Grahame Stuart Thorne in Auckland) is a former All Black rugby player, rugby union commentator and politician.-All Black:First selected in 1967, he played 39 games for the All Blacks, including 10 test matches....
		Richard Northey Richard Northey Richard John Northey, ONZM is a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1984 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. He currently serves on the Auckland Council, and is a member of the Labour Party.-Member of Parliament:...