Hastings was a parliamentary electorate in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand from 1946 to 1996. The electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament. The Hastings electorate was a typical bellwether electorate, frequently changing between the two main parties.
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 Hastings.[1] The towns of Hastings and Havelock North have always been located within the electorate until the 1987 electoral redistribution, whereas the nearby Fernhill was always included in the adjacent Hawke's Bay electorate.[2][3]
The first representative was Ted Cullen of the Labour Party.[4] At the 1949 election, Cullen was defeated by Sydney Jones of the National Party.[5] After two electoral terms, Jones was in turn defeated by Labour's Ted Keating, who served until his defeat in 1960.[6] Subsequent office holders were Duncan MacIntyre (1960–1972), Richard Mayson (1972–1975), Bob Fenton (1975–1978), David Butcher (1978–1990), Jeff Whittaker (1990–1993), and Rick Barker (1993–1996).[7]
The Hastings electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament:[7]
Key
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rick Barker | 9,000 | 45.02 | ||
National | Cynthia Bowers | 6,429 | 32.16 | ||
Alliance | Pat Weir | 2,689 | 13.45 | ||
NZ First | John Waitere | 932 | 4.66 | ||
Christian Heritage | Rex Jones | 640 | 3.20 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | John Morrison | 128 | 0.64 | ||
Independent | Geoffrey Charters | 104 | 0.52 | -0.60 | |
Natural Law | Martin Ouseley | 66 | 0.33 | ||
Majority | 2,571 | 12.86 | |||
Turnout | 19,988 | 86.19 | +0.01 | ||
Registered electors | 23,188 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Jeff Whittaker | 9,132 | 45.96 | +3.55 | |
Labour | David Butcher | 8,404 | 42.29 | -11.54 | |
Green | Matthew Ball | 1,246 | 6.27 | ||
NewLabour | Greg Maher | 688 | 3.46 | ||
Independent | Geoffrey Charters | 223 | 1.12 | ||
Democrats | Mary Sanders | 176 | 0.88 | -2.87 | |
Majority | 728 | 3.66 | |||
Turnout | 19,869 | 86.18 | -3.46 | ||
Registered electors | 23,055 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Butcher | 10,879 | 53.83 | +2.62 | |
National | Jeff Whittaker | 8,572 | 42.41 | ||
Democrats | Mary Sanders | 758 | 3.75 | ||
Majority | 2,307 | 11.41 | -8.16 | ||
Turnout | 20,209 | 89.64 | -3.54 | ||
Registered electors | 22,544 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Butcher | 11,179 | 51.21 | +5.97 | |
National | Peter Brown | 6,906 | 31.64 | ||
NZ Party | Sara Slavin | 2,803 | 12.84 | ||
Social Credit | John Rabarts | 938 | 4.29 | ||
Majority | 4,273 | 19.57 | +10.74 | ||
Turnout | 21,826 | 93.18 | +1.78 | ||
Registered electors | 23,423 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Butcher | 9,453 | 45.24 | +7.82 | |
National | Hamish Kynoch | 7,608 | 36.41 | ||
Social Credit | Gary Clover | 3,764 | 18.01 | ||
Independent | A J L D Wedekind | 68 | 0.32 | ||
Majority | 1,845 | 8.83 | +7.22 | ||
Turnout | 20,893 | 91.40 | +19.95 | ||
Registered electors | 22,857 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Butcher | 7,748 | 37.42 | ||
National | Bob Fenton | 7,414 | 35.81 | -9.48 | |
Social Credit | Jeremy Dwyer | 5,373 | 25.95 | +17.03 | |
Values | C L Amery | 148 | 0.71 | ||
Independent | R MacGregor | 20 | 0.09 | ||
Majority | 334 | 1.61 | |||
Turnout | 20,703 | 71.45 | -14.07 | ||
Registered electors | 28,972 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Bob Fenton | 9,071 | 45.29 | ||
Labour | Richard Mayson | 8,580 | 42.84 | -7.52 | |
Social Credit | Jeremy Dwyer | 1,788 | 8.92 | ||
Values | Graeme Cook | 587 | 2.93 | ||
Majority | 491 | 2.45 | |||
Turnout | 20,026 | 85.52 | -5.36 | ||
Registered electors | 23,415 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Mayson | 9,117 | 50.36 | +5.74 | |
National | Duncan MacIntyre | 7,969 | 44.02 | -4.66 | |
Social Credit | George Neville Whitcombe | 663 | 3.66 | -3.03 | |
Values | Robin Duff | 304 | 1.67 | ||
New Democratic | Gwendoline Alice Dick | 50 | 0.27 | ||
Majority | 1,148 | 6.34 | |||
Turnout | 18,103 | 90.88 | +0.97 | ||
Registered electors | 19,918 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Duncan MacIntyre | 8,458 | 48.68 | -2.61 | |
Labour | Richard Mayson | 7,752 | 44.62 | ||
Social Credit | George Neville Whitcombe | 1,163 | 6.69 | -3.38 | |
Majority | 706 | 4.06 | -8.59 | ||
Turnout | 17,373 | 89.91 | +1.27 | ||
Registered electors | 19,321 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Duncan MacIntyre | 8,626 | 51.29 | -1.64 | |
Labour | Sonja Davies | 6,497 | 38.63 | ||
Social Credit | George Neville Whitcombe | 1,695 | 10.07 | ||
Majority | 2,129 | 12.65 | +0.85 | ||
Turnout | 16,818 | 88.64 | -3.87 | ||
Registered electors | 18,973 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Duncan MacIntyre | 8,719 | 52.93 | +5.14 | |
Labour | Ted Keating | 6,775 | 41.14 | -4.86 | |
Social Credit | George Thew | 978 | 5.93 | -1.88 | |
Majority | 1,944 | 11.80 | +10.00 | ||
Turnout | 16,472 | 92.51 | +1.86 | ||
Registered electors | 17,804 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Duncan MacIntyre | 7,965 | 47.79 | ||
Labour | Ted Keating | 7,665 | 46.00 | -5.11 | |
Social Credit | George Thew | 1,302 | 7.81 | +2.93 | |
Majority | 300 | 1.80 | |||
Turnout | 16,662 | 90.65 | -3.04 | ||
Registered electors | 18,379 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Keating | 8,146 | 50.89 | +4.28 | |
National | Arthur Heary Sievewright | 7,076 | 44.21 | ||
Social Credit | George Thew | 782 | 4.88 | -3.53 | |
Majority | 1,070 | 6.68 | +5.03 | ||
Turnout | 16,004 | 93.69 | -0.15 | ||
Registered electors | 17,081 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Keating | 7,087 | 46.61 | ||
National | Sydney Jones | 6,835 | 44.96 | -8.76 | |
Social Credit | George Thew | 1,280 | 8.41 | ||
Majority | 252 | 1.65 | |||
Turnout | 15,202 | 93.84 | +4.56 | ||
Registered electors | 16,199 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Sydney Jones | 8,198 | 53.72 | +0.44 | |
Labour | Henry Edward Beattie | 7,060 | 46.27 | ||
Majority | 1,138 | 7.45 | +0.89 | ||
Turnout | 15,258 | 89.28 | -3.58 | ||
Registered electors | 17,090 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Sydney Jones | 7,965 | 53.28 | ||
Labour | Ted Cullen | 6,983 | 46.72 | -5.00 | |
Majority | 982 | 6.56 | |||
Turnout | 14,948 | 92.86 | -1.75 | ||
Registered electors | 16,097 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Cullen | 7,292 | 51.72 | ||
National | Eric Pryor | 6,809 | 48.28 | ||
Majority | 483 | 3.42 | |||
Turnout | 14,101 | 94.61 | |||
Registered electors | 14,904 |