Coromandel
Single-member general constituency for theNew ZealandHouse of Representatives
Formation	1881, 1972, 1987, 1996
Region	Waikato
Character	Rural
Term	3 years
Member for Coromandel
Scott Simpson[1] since26 November 2011
Party	National
Previous MP	Sandra Goudie (National)
Party vote distribution

Coromandel is a New Zealandelectoral division returning one member to theHouse of Representatives. It is currently represented byScott Simpson, a member of theNational Party.

The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, theHouse of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number ofMāori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Coromandel, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.^[2]

Since the1969 election, the number of electorates in theSouth Island was fixed at 25, with continued faster population growth in theNorth Island leading to an increase in the number of general electorates. There were 84 electorates for the 1969 election,^[3] and the 1972 electoral redistribution saw three additional general seats created for the North Island, bringing the total number of electorates to 87.^[4] Together with increased urbanisation inChristchurch andNelson, the changes proved very disruptive to existing electorates.^[4] In the South Island, three electorates were abolished, and three electorates were newly created.^[5] In the North Island, five electorates were abolished, two electorates were recreated (including Coromandel), and six electorates were newly created.^[6]

The 1987 electoral redistribution took the continued population growth in the North Island into account, and two additional general electorates were created, bringing the total number of electorates to 97. In the South Island, the shift of population to Christchurch had continued.^[7] Overall, three electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated (including Coromandel), and four electorates were abolished. All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes.^[8] These changes came into effect with the1987 election.^[9]

The current Coromandel seat is based around theCoromandel Peninsula, and contains the towns ofCoromandel,Pauanui,Thames,Whitianga, andWhangamatā. To the south of the electorate is theHauraki District which contains the main townships ofPaeroa,Waihi andNgatea. It also extends an arm down into theBay of Plenty, to take the towns ofKatikati andŌmokoroa, with its southern boundary on the edge of theTauranga urban area.^[10]

Following the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, the Representation Commission decided to move the southern boundary of Coromandel away from Tauranga, so that Katikati will be the only large Bay of Plenty town in the seat. In exchange for this, the easternWaikato town ofTe Aroha has been transferred from the newly abolished seat ofPiako. This is the largest change in Coromandel's makeup to date, and the new seat was fought for the first time at the2008 election. In the 2014 boundary review, the electorate would extend southwards to theHunua Ranges. In the 2020 review, the electorate would gainŌmokoroa to relieve greater population growth inBay of Plenty, while transferringTe Aroha toWaikato.

The Coromandel electorate was first created in1881 for the8th session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for three terms until 1890 and was represented byAlfred Cadman.^[11]

The electorate was recreated in 1972 for the37th session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for two terms until 1978 and was represented byLeo Schultz of theNational Party, who had previously represented theHauraki electorate. The Coromandel electorate was abolished again and the area again covered by the Hauraki electorate.

The electorate was once again recreated in 1987 for the42nd session of the New Zealand Parliament. It existed for two terms until 1993 and was represented byGraeme Lee representing the National Party. The Coromandel Peninsula was afterwards covered by the Hauraki electorate, with its southern portion going into theMatakana electorate.

The electorate was again recreated in 1996 for the45th session, which was the first term under theMixed-member proportional representation (MMP) electoral system.

The new MMP Coromandel electorate was won byMurray McLean of the National Party in1996. In1999,Green party co-leaderJeanette Fitzsimons won the electorate, after then Labour Leader (and Prime Minister after the election)Helen Clark openly encouraged Labour supporters to give their constituency vote to Fitzsimons^[12] and their party vote to Labour.^[13] The Green Party believes that this was the first time in the world that a Green MP had won an electorate in thefirst past the post voting system,^[14] and it would be the only instance of a Green MP being elected by a New Zealand electorate until the party wonAuckland Central at the2020 election. The electorate returned to National in the2002 election, withSandra Goudie the representative. Goudie retired at the2011 election.^[15]

Key  Independent  National  Green  Alliance  NZ First

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

2023 general election: Coromandel[16]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YScott Simpson		24,914	53.31	+8.50	20206	42.83	+10.33
	Labour	Beryl Riley		7,900	16.90	-20.50	9223	19.55	-23.66
	Green	Pamela Grealey		4,942	10.57	+3.49	3672	7.78	+2.20
	ACT	Joanna Verberg		2,725	5.83	+2.54	5588	11.84	+2.22
	NZ First	Calleb Ansell		3,145	6.73	-	4895	10.37	+7.37
	NZ Loyal	Ray Cobb		2,315	4.95	-	1580	3.34	-
	Outdoors	Sarai TePou		273	0.58	-0.32	-	-	-
	Opportunities						509	1.07	+0.22
	Te Pāti Māori						362	0.76	+0.52
	NewZeal						270	0.57	-
	Legalise Cannabis						185	0.39	+0.03
	Freedoms NZ						126	0.26	-
	DemocracyNZ						99	0.20	-
	Animal Justice						51	0.10	-
	New Conservative						43	0.09	-1.53
	Leighton Baker Party						32	0.06	-
	Women's Rights						32	0.06	-
	New Nation						19	0.04	-
Informal votes				516			284
Total valid votes				46,730			47,176
Turnout				47,460[17]
	Nationalhold		Majority	17,014	36.06	+28.63

2020 general election: Coromandel[16]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YScott Simpson		21,218	44.81	−10.28	15,471	32.50	−18.73
	Labour	Nathaniel Blomfield		17,713	37.40	+16.55	20,568	43.21	+15.42
	Green	Pamela Grealey		3357	7.08	−5.02	2658	5.58	+0.27
	ACT	David Olsen		1560	3.29	—	4602	9.62	+9.26
	New Conservative	Michael Egleton		955	2.01	—	772	1.62	+1.46
	Advance NZ	Tony Brljevich		855	1.80	—	733	1.54	—
	Outdoors	Steven Hart		424	0.90	—	120	0.25	−0.87
	Opportunities	Rob Hunter		418	0.88	—	401	0.85	−0.86
	Not A Party	Bob Wessex		32	0.07	—
	NZ First						1429	3.00	−9.26
	Legalise Cannabis						171	0.36	+0.04
	Māori Party						116	0.24	+0.01
	ONE						103	0.22	—
	Sustainable NZ						30	0.06	—
	Vision NZ						18	0.04	—
	Social Credit						15	0.03	+0.01
	Heartland						14	0.03	—
	TEA						6	0.01	—
Informal votes				818			369
Total valid votes				47,350			47,596
Turnout				47,715[18]
	Nationalhold		Majority	3,505	7.40	−26.61

2017 general election: Coromandel[19]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YScott Simpson		23,053	55.09	−3.64	21,786	51.23	−2.94
	Labour	Nathaniel Blomfield		8,727	20.85	+9.51	11,820	27.79	+12.08
	Green	Scott Summerfield		5,066	12.10	−4.31	2,259	5.31	−4.51
	NZ First	Anna-Marie Andrews		4,142	9.88	+1.34	5,216	12.26	−0.23
	Ban 1080	Clyde Graf		859	2.05	+0.93	125	0.29	0.00
	Opportunities						728	1.71	—
	ACT						174	0.41	+0.03
	Legalise Cannabis						137	0.32	−0.04
	Māori Party						100	0.23	−0.25
	Conservative						66	0.16	−5.13
	Outdoors						52	1.12	—
	People's Party						30	0.07	—
	United Future						13	0.03	−0.14
	Mana Party						11	0.03	−0.66[a]
	Democrats						8	0.02	−0.03
	Internet						5	0.01	−0.67[b]
Informal votes				477			205
Total valid votes				42,324			42,735
Turnout				42,735
	Nationalhold		Majority	14,236	34.01	−8.28

2014 general election: Coromandel[20]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YScott Simpson		21,934	58.72	+3.67	20,547	54.17	+2.03
	Green	Catherine Delahunty		6,133	16.42	-0.36	3,724	9.82	-1.55
	Labour	Korbinian Poschl		4,236	11.34	-5.94	5,960	15.71	-2.34
	NZ First	Grant Ertel		3,158	8.45	+2.17	4,741	12.50	+1.47
	Conservative	David Walkden		1,133	3.03	+0.50	2,004	5.28	+1.38
	Ban 1080	Mike Downard		420	1.12	—	112	0.30	—
	Māori Party	Hiria Pakinga		176	0.47	—	184	0.49	+0.05
	ACT	David Edward Olsen		161	0.43	+0.43	142	0.37	-1.00
	Internet Mana						259	0.68	+0.43[c]
	Legalise Cannabis						139	0.37	-0.26
	United Future						64	0.17	-0.51
	Democrats						20	0.05	-0.01
	Independent Coalition						17	0.04	—
	Civilian						11	0.03	—
	Focus						7	0.02	—
Informal votes				313			117
Total valid votes				37,664			38,048
	Nationalhold		Majority	15,801	42.30	+4.54

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,697^[22]

2008 general election: Coromandel[23]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YSandra Goudie		22,653	63.05	+10.10	18,855	51.65	+7.49
	Labour	Hugh Kininmonth		8,093	22.52	-1.05	9,487	25.99	-5.72
	Green	James Redwood		4,201	11.69	-3.73	2,773	7.60	+0.14
	ACT	Ray Basett		624	1.74	+1.26	1,605	4.40	+3.42
	Kiwi	Huey Rurehe		360	1.00	—	239	0.65	—
	NZ First						2,312	6.33	-3.74
	United Future						272	0.75	-1.71
	Māori Party						269	0.74	+0.29
	Progressive						217	0.59	-0.39
	Bill and Ben						196	0.54	—
	Legalise Cannabis						141	0.39	+0.10
	Family Party						51	0.14	—
	Alliance						29	0.08	+0.06
	Democrats						16	0.04	-0.02
	Libertarianz						13	0.04	-0.03
	Pacific						11	0.03	—
	Workers Party						11	0.03	—
	RAM						4	0.01	—
	RONZ						3	0.01	-0.01
Informal votes				463			204
Total valid votes				35,931			36,504
	Nationalhold		Majority	14,560	40.52	+11.14

2005 general election: Coromandel[24]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YSandra Goudie		19,064	52.95	+9.39	16,062	44.16	+21.78
	Labour	Max Purnell		8,486	23.57	-2.34	11,535	31.71	-2.68
	Green	Jeanette Fitzsimons		5,554	15.42	-7.46	2,713	7.46	-2.02
	NZ First	John Foote		1,792	4.98	—	3,661	10.07	-6.93
	United Future	Lee Robertson		652	1.81	-1.49	895	2.46	-3.84
	Progressive	Annette Anderson		280	0.78	-0.31	358	0.98	-0.18
	ACT	Ray Bassett		172	0.48	-1.80	322	0.98	-5.26
	Destiny						211	0.58	—
	Māori Party						165	0.45	—
	Legalise Cannabis						104	0.29	-0.12
	Christian Heritage						25	0.07	-0.82
	Democrats						24	0.07	—
	Libertarianz						24	0.07	—
	One NZ						6	0.02	-0.06
	RONZ						9	0.02	—
	99 MP						8	0.02	—
	Family Rights						7	0.02	—
	Alliance						6	0.02	-0.49
	Direct Democracy						2	0.01	—
Informal votes				260			133
Total valid votes				36,007			36,372
	Nationalhold		Majority	10,578	29.38

2002 general election:: Coromandel[25]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Sandra Goudie		14,706	43.56	+4.31	7,663	22.38	-8.75
	Labour	Max Purnell		8,748	25.91	+14.54	11,778	34.39	-1.49
	Green	NJeanette Fitzsimons		7,724	22.88	-17.10	3,232	9.48	+1.83
	United Future	Lee Robertson		1,113	3.30	—	2,159	6.30	+1.88[d]
	ACT	David Olsen		771	2.28	—	2,137	6.24	-0.09
	Progressive	Annette Anderson		367	1.09	—	398	1.16	—
	Christian Heritage	David Parlour		329	0.97	—	306	0.89	-1.59
	NZ First						5,740	17.00	+10.03
	ORNZ						473	1.38	—
	Alliance						175	0.51	-5.98
	Legalise Cannabis						139	0.41	-0.37
	One NZ						27	0.08	-0.02
	Mana Māori						10	0.03	+0.01
	NMP						7	0.02	-0.06
Informal votes				386			111
Total valid votes				33,758			34,244
	Nationalgain fromGreen		Majority	5,958	17.65

1999 general election: Coromandel[26][27]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Green	Jeanette Fitzsimons[e]		13,682	39.98	+39.98	2,640	7.65	+7.65
	National	NMurray McLean		13,432	39.25	+6.34	10,747	31.13	–0.77
	Labour	Margaret Hawkeswood		3,892	11.37	-0.55	12,390	35.88	+14.14
	NZ First	Robyn McDonald		1,237	3.61	-18.61	2,406	6.97	–13.18
	Alliance	Tony Bird		1,217	3.56	-23.22	2,241	6.49	–12.19
	Christian Heritage	David Parlour		760	2.22	+2.22	855	2.45	+2.45
	ACT						2,187	6.33	+1.58
	Christian Democrats						336	0.97	+0.97
	Legalise Cannabis						268	0.78	–0.82
	United NZ						156	0.45	–0.32
	Libertarianz						104	0.30	+0.24
	McGillicuddy Serious						59	0.17	–0.15
	Animals First						39	0.11	+0.11
	One NZ						34	0.10	+0.10
	NMP						27	0.08	+0.08
	Natural Law						11	0.03	–0.15
	Mana Māori						8	0.02	+0.01
	Freedom Movement						6	0.02	+0.02
	Mauri Pacific						6	0.02	+0.02
	South Island						3	0.01	+0.01
	Republican						2	0.006	+0.006
	The People's Choice						2	0.006	+0.006
Informal votes				660			353
Total valid votes				34,880			34,880
	Greengain fromNational		Majority	250	0.73

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