| Taieri | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-member general constituency for theNew ZealandHouse of Representatives | |||||||
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| Formation | 1869, 2020 | ||||||
| Region | Otago | ||||||
| Character | Rural and suburban | ||||||
| Term | 3 years | ||||||
| Member for Taieri | |||||||
.jpg) Ingrid Leary since17 October 2020 | |||||||
| Party | Labour | ||||||
| List MPs | |||||||
| Previous MP | null | ||||||
| Party vote distribution | |||||||
Taieri is a parliamentaryelectorate in theOtago region of New Zealand, initially from 1866 to 1911, and was later recreated during the 2019/20 electoral redistribution ahead of the2020 election.[1][2]
In the 1865 electoral redistribution, theHouse of Representatives focussed its review of electorates toSouth Island electorates only, as theOtago gold rush had caused significant population growth, and a redistribution of the existing population. Fifteen additional South Island electorates were created, including Taieri, and the number of Members of Parliament was increased by 13 to 70.[3]
This electorate was based on the town ofMosgiel.[4]
The seat was recreated for the2020 general election by renaming the electorate ofDunedin South and amending its borders, particularly with a large area around theClutha River andSouth Otago added fromClutha-Southland.[5][2] This is due to a rate of population growth below the South Island average inDunedin that means it can no longer fully support two electorates.[6] The current electorate of Taieri has an area stretching fromSouth Dunedin toBalclutha.[7]
The previous electorate of Dunedin South had been held by theLabour Party since its creation in 1996, and specifically byClare Curran since 2008. However, the new boundaries for Taieri include more rural areas,[8] and Curran announced in 2019 that she would not be seeking reelection in 2020.[9]
The Taieri electorate was first established for the1866 general election for the4th New Zealand Parliament.
Donald Reid was the first representative.[10] He resigned in 1869 and was succeeded byHenry Howorth. Reid was re-elected at the1871 general election, and elected unopposed in the1875 general election that was held on 29 December.[11] Reid resigned once again in 1878,[12] and was succeeded byWilliam Cutten. Reid's son, also calledDonald Reid, represented the electorate 1902–08.[13]
All other members retired at the end of their representation. When the electorate was abolished in 1911,Thomas Mackenzie stood successfully forEgmont.
Taieri has been represented by eightMembers of Parliament:[14]
Key
Independent Liberal Conservative Labour NZ First Green
Members of Parliament elected fromparty lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Taieri electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 election | Mark Patterson | |
| Scott Willis | ||
| 2023 general election: Taieri[15] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour |  YIngrid Leary | 16,579 | 39.39 | -16.84 | 14,507 | 34.13 | -24.79 | ||
| National | Matthew French | 15,136 | 35.96 | +7.33 | 14,206 | 33.42 | +12.32 | ||
| Green | Scott Willis | 3,898 | 9.26 | +4.35 | 4,581 | 10.78 | +5.38 | ||
| NZ First | Mark Patterson | 3,069 | 7.29 | +4.38 | 3,259 | 7.67 | +5.06 | ||
| ACT | Burty Meffan | 1,697 | 4.03 | +1.16 | 3,345 | 7.87 | +0.46 | ||
| NZ Loyal | Fred Roberts | 663 | 1.57 | — | 477 | 1.12 | — | ||
| Independent | Mac Gardner | 286 | 0.68 | — | |||||
| Independent | Changrong Dong | 142 | 0.34 | — | |||||
| Independent | David Webber | 120 | 0.28 | — | |||||
| Opportunities | 929 | 2.19 | +0.93 | ||||||
| Te Pāti Māori | 245 | 0.58 | +0.46 | ||||||
| NewZeal | 207 | 0.49 | +0.05 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 200 | 0.47 | +0.20 | ||||||
| Animal Justice | 75 | 0.18 | — | ||||||
| DemocracyNZ | 66 | 0.15 | — | ||||||
| Freedoms NZ | 57 | 0.13 | — | ||||||
| Women's Rights | 39 | 0.09 | — | ||||||
| New Conservatives | 32 | 0.07 | -1.03 | ||||||
| Leighton Baker Party | 23 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
| New Nation | 11 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
| Informal votes | 498 | 247 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 42,088 | 42,506 | |||||||
| Turnout | 42,506 | — | — | ||||||
| Labourhold | Majority | 1,443 | 3.43 | -24.16 | |||||
| 2020 general election: Taieri[16] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Ingrid Leary | 25,263 | 56.23 | — | 26,608 | 58.92 | — | ||
| National | Liam Kernaghan | 12,865 | 28.63 | — | 9,531 | 21.10 | — | ||
| Green | Scott Willis | 2,207 | 4.91 | — | 2,440 | 5.40 | — | ||
| NZ First | Mark Patterson | 1,309 | 2.91 | — | 1,179 | 2.61 | — | ||
| ACT | Robert Andrews | 1,291 | 2.87 | — | 3,302 | 7.31 | — | ||
| New Conservative | Ally Kelleher | 472 | 1.05 | — | 501 | 1.10 | — | ||
| Advance NZ | Fred Roberts | 256 | 0.56 | — | 236 | 0.52 | — | ||
| ONE | Stan Smith | 201 | 0.44 | — | 105 | 0.23 | — | ||
| Independent | Oliver Lequeux | 130 | 0.28 | — | |||||
| Social Credit | Warren Voight | 107 | 0.23 | — | 45 | 0.09 | — | ||
| Independent | David Webber | 75 | 0.16 | — | |||||
| Opportunities | 571 | 1.26 | — | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 122 | 0.27 | — | ||||||
| Māori Party | 55 | 0.12 | — | ||||||
| Outdoors | 34 | 0.07 | — | ||||||
| Sustainable NZ | 27 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
| Vision NZ | 10 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
| TEA | 6 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
| Heartland | 3 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
| Informal votes | 746 | 382 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 44,922 | 45,157 | |||||||
| Turnout | 45,157 | ||||||||
| Labourwin new seat | Majority | 12,398 | 27.59 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Walter Carncross | 1,927 | 56.78 | −2.17 | |
| Conservative | Alexander Campbell Begg[18] | 1,467 | 43.22 | ||
| Majority | 460 | 13.55 | −4.34 | ||
| Turnout | 3,394 | 75.07 | +1.22 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,521 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Walter Carncross | 548 | 38.87 | ||
| Independent | William Snow | 424 | 30.07 | ||
| Independent | William Barron | 320 | 22.70 | ||
| Independent | Arthur John Burns | 118 | 8.37 | ||
| Majority | 124 | 8.79 | |||
| Turnout | 1,410 | 69.73 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,022 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Cutten | 234 | 33.86 | ||
| Independent | William Snow | 232 | 33.57 | ||
| Independent | Mr Barron | 225 | 32.56 | ||
| Majority | 2 | 0.29 | |||
| Turnout | 691 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Henry Howorth | 70 | 32.56 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Culling | 57 | 26.51 | ||
| Independent | William Murray[25] | 53 | 24.65 | ||
| Independent | John Sibbald | 24 | 11.16 | ||
| Independent | Alexander Rennie | 11 | 5.12 | ||
| Independent | James McIndoe | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turnout | 215 | ||||
| Majority | 13 | 6.05 | |||
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