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<span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>2017 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2017_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2014_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2014_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>2014 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2014_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2011_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2011_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>2011 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2011_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>2008 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2005_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2005_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>2005 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2005_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2002_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2002_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>2002 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2002_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1999_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1999_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span>1999 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1999_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1996_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1996_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.10</span> <span>1996 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1996_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1993_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1993_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.11</span> <span>1993 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1993_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1990_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1990_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.12</span> <span>1990 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1990_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1987_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1987_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.13</span> <span>1987 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1987_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1984_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1984_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.14</span> <span>1984 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1984_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1981_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1981_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.15</span> <span>1981 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1981_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1978_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1978_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.16</span> <span>1978 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1978_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1976_by-election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1976_by-election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.17</span> <span>1976 by-election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1976_by-election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1975_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1975_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.18</span> <span>1975 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1975_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1972_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1972_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.19</span> <span>1972 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1972_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1969_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1969_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.20</span> <span>1969 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1969_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1966_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1966_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.21</span> <span>1966 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1966_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1963_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1963_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.22</span> <span>1963 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1963_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1960_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1960_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.23</span> <span>1960 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1960_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1957_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1957_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.24</span> <span>1957 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1957_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1954_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1954_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.25</span> <span>1954 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1954_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1951_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1951_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.26</span> <span>1951 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1951_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1949_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1949_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.27</span> <span>1949 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1949_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1946_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1946_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.28</span> <span>1946 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1946_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1943_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1943_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.29</span> <span>1943 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1943_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1938_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1938_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.30</span> <span>1938 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1938_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1935_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1935_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.31</span> <span>1935 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1935_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1931_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1931_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.32</span> <span>1931 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1931_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1928_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1928_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.33</span> <span>1928 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1928_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1925_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1925_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.34</span> <span>1925 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1925_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1922_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1922_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.35</span> <span>1922 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1922_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1919_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1919_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.36</span> <span>1919 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1919_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1914_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1914_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.37</span> <span>1914 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1914_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1911_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1911_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.38</span> <span>1911 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1911_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1908_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1908_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.39</span> <span>1908 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1908_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1905_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1905_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.40</span> <span>1905 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1905_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1902_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1902_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.41</span> <span>1902 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1902_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1899_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1899_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.42</span> <span>1899 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1899_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1890_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1890_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.43</span> <span>1890 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1890_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1889_by-election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1889_by-election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.44</span> <span>1889 by-election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1889_by-election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1881_by-election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"City of Nelson" redirects here. For the city, see <a href="/wiki/Nelson,_New_Zealand" title="Nelson, New Zealand">Nelson, New Zealand</a>. For the "city" district, see <a href="/wiki/Nelson_City_Council" title="Nelson City Council">Nelson City Council</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none"> Electoral district in Nelson, New Zealand</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Nelson</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category" style="font-weight: bold;">Single-member constituency<br />for the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives" title="New Zealand House of Representatives">New Zealand House of Representatives</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nelson_electorate,_2014.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Outline map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Nelson_electorate%2C_2014.svg/120px-Nelson_electorate%2C_2014.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Nelson_electorate%2C_2014.svg/180px-Nelson_electorate%2C_2014.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Nelson_electorate%2C_2014.svg/240px-Nelson_electorate%2C_2014.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="665" data-file-height="800" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Location of Nelson within <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson Region">Nelson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tasman_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasman Region">Tasman</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson Region">Nelson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tasman_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasman Region">Tasman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">525.68 km<sup>2</sup> (202.97 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #efefef;">Current constituency</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created</th><td class="infobox-data">1853</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current MP</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Boyack" title="Rachel Boyack">Rachel Boyack</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nelson</b> is a New Zealand parliamentary <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_electorates" title="New Zealand electorates">electorate</a>, returning one Member of Parliament to the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives" title="New Zealand House of Representatives">House of Representatives of New Zealand</a>. From 1853 to 1860, the electorate was called <b>Town of Nelson</b>. From 1860 to 1881, it was <b>City of Nelson</b>. The electorate is the only one that has continuously existed since the <a href="/wiki/1st_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="1st New Zealand Parliament">1st Parliament in 1853</a>. </p><p>The current MP for Nelson is <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Boyack" title="Rachel Boyack">Rachel Boyack</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour Party</a> after defeating long time incumbent <a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National Party</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2020_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2020 New Zealand general election">2020 general election</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population_centres">Population centres</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Population centres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson is based around the city of <a href="/wiki/Nelson,_New_Zealand" title="Nelson, New Zealand">Nelson</a>, with the town of <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond, New Zealand">Richmond</a> and the smaller community of <a href="/wiki/Hope,_New_Zealand" title="Hope, New Zealand">Hope</a> drafted in to bring the electorate up to the required population quota. </p><p>A significant adjustment to the electorate's boundaries was carried out ahead of the change to <a href="/wiki/Mixed-member_proportional_representation" title="Mixed-member proportional representation">mixed-member proportional</a> (MMP) voting in 1996; the decrease in South Island electorates from 25 to 16 lead to the abolition of one western South Island electorate; <a href="/wiki/Tasman_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tasman (New Zealand electorate)">Tasman</a> was split between <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="West Coast (New Zealand electorate)">West Coast</a> and the then (geographically) much smaller Nelson electorate. </p><p>The Representation Commission adjusted the boundaries in the 2007 review, which first applied at the <a href="/wiki/2008_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2008 New Zealand general election">2008 election</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the electorate was not changed in the 2013/14 review.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Brightwater,_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Brightwater, New Zealand">Brightwater</a> was moved to <a href="/wiki/West_Coast-Tasman" title="West Coast-Tasman">West Coast-Tasman</a> at the 2020 redistribution.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An electorate based around Nelson has been contested at every election since the <a href="/wiki/1st_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="1st New Zealand Parliament">first Parliament</a> in <a href="/wiki/1853_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1853 New Zealand general election">1853</a>. Two of the original 24 electorates from the <a href="/wiki/1st_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="1st New Zealand Parliament">1st Parliament</a> still exist (<a href="/wiki/New_Plymouth_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate)">New Plymouth</a> is the other one), but Nelson is the only original electorate that has existed continuously.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The electorate was initially known as <b>Town of Nelson</b>. From 1866 to 1881, it was called <b>City of Nelson</b>. Since 1881, it has been known as simply <b>Nelson</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950161_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950161-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1853 to 1881, Nelson was a two-member electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950161_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950161-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/James_Mackay_(New_Zealand_politician,_born_1804)" title="James Mackay (New Zealand politician, born 1804)">James Mackay</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Travers_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="William Travers (New Zealand politician)">William Travers</a> were the first two representatives elected in 1853. Travers and <a href="/wiki/William_Cautley" title="William Cautley">William Cautley</a> (MP for <a href="/wiki/Waimea_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waimea (New Zealand electorate)">Waimea</a>) both resigned on 26 May 1854. Travers subsequently contested the seat that Cautley had vacated, being elected in the <a href="/wiki/1854_Waimea_by-election" title="1854 Waimea by-election">21 June 1854 Waimea by-election</a>. <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Stephens_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Samuel Stephens (New Zealand politician)">Samuel Stephens</a>, who succeeded Travers in Nelson, died before the end of the first term, but the seat remained vacant. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Domett" title="Alfred Domett">Alfred Domett</a> retired from politics at the end of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="3rd New Zealand Parliament">3rd Parliament</a>. <a href="/wiki/Edward_Stafford_(politician)" title="Edward Stafford (politician)">Edward Stafford</a> resigned in 1868 during the term of the <a href="/wiki/4th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="4th New Zealand Parliament">4th Parliament</a>. <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Edwards_(politician)" title="Nathaniel Edwards (politician)">Nathaniel Edwards</a> won the resulting by-election. <a href="/wiki/Martin_Lightband" title="Martin Lightband">Martin Lightband</a> resigned after a year in Parliament in 1872 and was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/David_Luckie" title="David Luckie">David Luckie</a>. </p><p>Nelson became a single member electorate in 1881. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Levestam" title="Henry Levestam">Henry Levestam</a>, who was first elected in an <a href="/wiki/1881_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1881 City of Nelson by-election">1881 by-election</a> to replace Adams was confirmed by the voters at the next three general elections (1881, 1884 and 1887), but he died in office on 11 February 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950120_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950120-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Harkness" title="Joseph Harkness">Joseph Harkness</a> won the resulting <a href="/wiki/1889_Nelson_by-election" title="1889 Nelson by-election">1889 by-election</a> and was confirmed in the <a href="/wiki/1890_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1890 New Zealand general election">1890 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950112_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950112-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1893 and was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/John_Graham_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Graham (New Zealand politician)">John Graham</a>, who with the <a href="/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1893 New Zealand general election">1893 election</a> started a representation of the electorate that would last until his retirement in 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950109_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950109-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> an <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> Member of Parliament succeeded John Graham in the <a href="/wiki/1911_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1911 New Zealand general election">1911 election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield195094_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield195094-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but he was defeated at the next <a href="/wiki/1914_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1914 New Zealand general election">election in 1914</a> by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Field_(politician)" title="Thomas Field (politician)">Thomas Field</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950105_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950105-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the subsequent election in <a href="/wiki/1919_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1919 New Zealand general election">1919</a>, Atmore defeated Field and represented the electorate until his death on 21 August 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield195094_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield195094-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Atmore's death did not cause a by-election, as the <a href="/wiki/1946_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1946 New Zealand general election">1946 election</a> was held in November of that year. The contest was won by <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Neale" title="Edgar Neale">Edgar Neale</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950129_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950129-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He held the electorate until 1957, when he retired. </p><p>Neale was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Stan_Whitehead" title="Stan Whitehead">Stan Whitehead</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour Party</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1957_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1957 New Zealand general election">1957 election</a>. This started Labour's dominance in the electorate, which was to last for four decades. Whitehead died on 9 January 1976 in the office and this caused the <a href="/wiki/1976_Nelson_by-election" title="1976 Nelson by-election">1976 by-election</a>, which was won by Labour's <a href="/wiki/Mel_Courtney" title="Mel Courtney">Mel Courtney</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/1981_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1981 New Zealand general election">1981 election</a>, Courtney stood as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> against Labour's <a href="/wiki/Philip_Woollaston" title="Philip Woollaston">Philip Woollaston</a>, with the latter the successful candidate. Woollaston retired in 1990 and was succeeded by Labour's <a href="/wiki/John_Blincoe" title="John Blincoe">John Blincoe</a>. When the electorate was enlarged for the <a href="/wiki/1996_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1996 New Zealand general election">1996 election</a>, it absorbed most of the former seat of <a href="/wiki/Tasman_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tasman (New Zealand electorate)">Tasman</a>, held by National's <a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a>. Smith defeated Blincoe and held the seat until the 2020 election, when Labour's Rachel Boyack won the seat. </p><p>Despite a National Party candidate being elected for Nelson between 1996 and 2020, Labour has won the party vote in Nelson in all but three elections during the period (the three elections of the <a href="/wiki/Fifth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Fifth National Government of New Zealand">Fifth National Government</a>). Nelson is also an electorate in which the <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green Party</a> performs better locally than the party does nationally. Combined, votes at the 2017 election for the Green Party candidate Matt Lawrey and Labour Party candidate Rachel Boyack would have been sufficient to unseat the incumbent Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Key</b> </p><p><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#DCDCDC"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#9999CC"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#FFDF00"> </span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#00BB00"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#00529F"> </span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#D82A20"> </span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#098137"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green</a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="multi-member_electorate">multi-member electorate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: multi-member electorate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="100">Election </th> <th colspan="4">Winners </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1853_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1853 New Zealand general election">1853 election</a> </td> <td width="5" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td width="170" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Mackay_(New_Zealand_politician,_born_1804)" title="James Mackay (New Zealand politician, born 1804)">James Mackay</a> </td> <td width="5" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td width="170"><a href="/wiki/William_Travers_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="William Travers (New Zealand politician)">William Travers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1854_Town_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1854 Town of Nelson by-election">1854 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Stephens_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Samuel Stephens (New Zealand politician)">Samuel Stephens</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1855_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1855 New Zealand general election">1855 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Domett" title="Alfred Domett">Alfred Domett</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stafford_(politician)" title="Edward Stafford (politician)">Edward Stafford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1860%E2%80%931861_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1860–1861 New Zealand general election">1860 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1866_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1866 New Zealand general election">1866 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Curtis" title="Oswald Curtis">Oswald Curtis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1868_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1868 City of Nelson by-election">1868 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Edwards_(politician)" title="Nathaniel Edwards (politician)">Nathaniel Edwards</a><sup id="cite_ref-NZETC_Edwards_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZETC_Edwards-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1871_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1871 New Zealand general election">1871 election</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Lightband" title="Martin Lightband">Martin Lightband</a><sup id="cite_ref-NZETC_Lightband_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZETC_Lightband-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1872_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1872 City of Nelson by-election">1872 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Luckie" title="David Luckie">David Mitchell Luckie</a><sup id="cite_ref-NZETC_Luckie_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZETC_Luckie-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1875%E2%80%931876_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1875–1876 New Zealand general election">1875 election</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Sharp_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Sharp (New Zealand politician)">John Sharp</a><sup id="cite_ref-NZETC_Sharp_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZETC_Sharp-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1879_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1879 City of Nelson by-election">1879 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Acton_Adams" title="Acton Adams">Acton Adams</a><sup id="cite_ref-NZETC_Acton-Adams_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZETC_Acton-Adams-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1879_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1879 New Zealand general election">1879 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pitt" title="Albert Pitt">Albert Pitt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1881_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1881 City of Nelson by-election">1881 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Levestam" title="Henry Levestam">Henry Levestam</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="single-member_electorate">single-member electorate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: single-member electorate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="100">Election </th> <th width="175" colspan="2">Winner </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1881_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1881 New Zealand general election">1881 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" width="5" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Levestam" title="Henry Levestam">Henry Levestam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1884_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1884 New Zealand general election">1884 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1887_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1887 New Zealand general election">1887 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1889_Nelson_by-election" title="1889 Nelson by-election">1889 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#9999CC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Harkness" title="Joseph Harkness">Joseph Harkness</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1890_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1890 New Zealand general election">1890 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1893 New Zealand general election">1893 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#FFDF00"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/John_Graham_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Graham (New Zealand politician)">John Graham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1896_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1896 New Zealand general election">1896 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1899_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1899 New Zealand general election">1899 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1902_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1902 New Zealand general election">1902 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1905_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1905 New Zealand general election">1905 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1908_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1908 New Zealand general election">1908 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1911_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1911 New Zealand general election">1911 election</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1914 New Zealand general election">1914 election</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#00BB00"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Field_(politician)" title="Thomas Field (politician)">Thomas Field</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1919_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1919 New Zealand general election">1919 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="8" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="8">Harry Atmore </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1922_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1922 New Zealand general election">1922 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1925_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1925 New Zealand general election">1925 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1928_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1928 New Zealand general election">1928 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1931_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1931 New Zealand general election">1931 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1935_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1935 New Zealand general election">1935 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1938_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1938 New Zealand general election">1938 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1943_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1943 New Zealand general election">1943 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1946_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1946 New Zealand general election">1946 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#00529F"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Neale" title="Edgar Neale">Edgar Neale</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1949_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1949 New Zealand general election">1949 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1951_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1951 New Zealand general election">1951 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1954_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1954 New Zealand general election">1954 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1957_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1957 New Zealand general election">1957 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="7" bgcolor="#D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Whitehead" title="Stan Whitehead">Stan Whitehead</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1960_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1960 New Zealand general election">1960 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1963_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1963 New Zealand general election">1963 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1966 New Zealand general election">1966 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1969_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1969 New Zealand general election">1969 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1972 New Zealand general election">1972 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1975_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1975 New Zealand general election">1975 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1976_Nelson_by-election" title="1976 Nelson by-election">1976 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Courtney" title="Mel Courtney">Mel Courtney</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1978_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1978 New Zealand general election">1978 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1981_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1981 New Zealand general election">1981 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Woollaston" title="Philip Woollaston">Philip Woollaston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1984 New Zealand general election">1984 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1987 New Zealand general election">1987 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1990 New Zealand general election">1990 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Blincoe" title="John Blincoe">John Blincoe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1993_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1993 New Zealand general election">1993 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1996 New Zealand general election">1996 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="8" bgcolor="#00529F"> </td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1999 New Zealand general election">1999 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2002 New Zealand general election">2002 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2005 New Zealand general election">2005 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2008 New Zealand general election">2008 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2011 New Zealand general election">2011 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2014 New Zealand general election">2014 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2017 New Zealand general election">2017 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2020 New Zealand general election">2020 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Boyack" title="Rachel Boyack">Rachel Boyack</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2023 New Zealand general election">2023 election</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_MPs">List MPs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List MPs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Nelson electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="100">Election </th> <th width="175" colspan="2">Winner </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2002 New Zealand general election">2002 election</a> </td> <td width="5" bgcolor="#098137"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ward_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)">Mike Ward</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2008 New Zealand general election">2008 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Maryan_Street" title="Maryan Street">Maryan Street</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2011 New Zealand general election">2011 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2020_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2020 New Zealand general election">2020 election</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FDE401"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Baillie_(politician)" title="Chris Baillie (politician)">Chris Baillie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00529F"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a><sup id="cite_ref-Smith_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023_election">2023 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2023 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/2023_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2023 New Zealand general election">2023 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-2023election_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023election-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%;"> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Notes: </th> <th colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"> <p><span style="background-color:#CFF">Blue background</span> denotes the winner of the electorate vote. <br /><span style="background-color:#FDD">Pink background</span> denotes a candidate elected from their party list. <br /><span style="background-color:#F7E98E">Yellow background</span> denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. <br />A <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> or <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> denotes status of any <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>, win or lose respectively. </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 160px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 70px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th> <th style="width: 70px">Party votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#CFF"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Boyack" title="Rachel Boyack">Rachel Boyack</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,541 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.11 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–6.98 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,520 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.14 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–24.50 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Blair_Cameron" title="Blair Cameron">Blair Cameron</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,515 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.05 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.14 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,856 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.25 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+11.68 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #098137; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Jace Hobbs </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,791 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.54 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.98 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,154 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.31 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDE401; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Baillie_(politician)" title="Chris Baillie (politician)">Chris Baillie</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,692 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.31 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.35 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,428 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.31 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.16 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDB813; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Loyal" title="New Zealand Loyal">NZ Loyal</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Peter Vaughan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,316 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.08 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">642 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.50 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #822472; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Progressive Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Progressive Aotearoa</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Bruce Dyer </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">169 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.40 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.29 </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#000000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">NZ First</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">2,612 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">6.10 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+4.22 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#32DAC3; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/The_Opportunities_Party" title="The Opportunities Party">Opportunities</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,058 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">2.50 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.77 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#B2001A; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Te_P%C4%81ti_M%C4%81ori" title="Te Pāti Māori">Te Pāti Māori</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">343 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.80 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.60 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#28CEDC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/NewZeal" title="NewZeal">NewZeal</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">290 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.68 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#95278A; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Freedoms_New_Zealand" title="Freedoms New Zealand">Freedoms NZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">263 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.61 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC33; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Aotearoa_Legalise_Cannabis_Party" title="Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">187 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.44 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.12 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#30B6C1; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/DemocracyNZ" title="DemocracyNZ">DemocracyNZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">100 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.23 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#00AEEF; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Conservatives_Party" title="New Conservatives Party">New Conservatives</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">82 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.20 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–1.34 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#5C558C; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Animal_Justice_Party_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand">Animal Justice</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">75 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.18 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#9c27b0; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Rights_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's Rights Party">Women's Rights</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">50 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.12 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#26A805; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Leighton_Baker_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Leighton Baker Party">Leighton Baker Party</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">31 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.07 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#4646b2; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Nation_Party" title="New Nation Party">New Nation</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">15 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">646 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">254 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Total valid votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42,670 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42,960 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20"> </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>Majority</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">26 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.06 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–10.12 </td> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_election">2020 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2020 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/2020_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2020 New Zealand general election">2020 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-2020election_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020election-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%;"> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Notes: </th> <th colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"> <p><span style="background-color:#CFF">Blue background</span> denotes the winner of the electorate vote. <br /><span style="background-color:#FDD">Pink background</span> denotes a candidate elected from their party list. <br /><span style="background-color:#F7E98E">Yellow background</span> denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. <br />A <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> or <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> denotes status of any <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>, win or lose respectively. </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 160px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 70px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th> <th style="width: 70px">Party votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Boyack" title="Rachel Boyack">Rachel Boyack</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,376 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.09 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+17.82 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,943 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53.64 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+12.08 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#FDD"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#FDD"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,851 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.91 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.78 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,185 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.57 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–18.74 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #098137; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Aaron Stallard </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,046 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.60 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–19.10 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,028 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.02 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.51 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDE401; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#FDD"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#FDD"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Baillie_(politician)" title="Chris Baillie (politician)">Chris Baillie</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,320 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.96 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.59 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,639 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.15 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.82 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #32DAC3; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/The_Opportunities_Party" title="The Opportunities Party">Opportunities</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Matthew Pottinger </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">751 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.68 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">775 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.73 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.54 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #008000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Outdoors_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Outdoors Party">Outdoors</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sue_Grey_(lawyer)" title="Sue Grey (lawyer)">Sue Grey</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">679 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.52 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.73 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">173 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.38 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.24 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #1987D1; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Advance_New_Zealand" title="Advance New Zealand">Advance NZ</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Ben Harris </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">393 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.88 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">480 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.07 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00AEEF; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Conservative_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Conservative Party (New Zealand)">New Conservative</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Simon Gutschlag </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">317 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.71 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.11 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">690 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.54 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.03 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #F9D11A; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/ONE_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="ONE Party">ONE</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Deon Claassens </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">111 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.24 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">180 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.40 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #822472; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Progressive Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Progressive Aotearoa</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Bruce Dyer </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.11 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#000000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">NZ First</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">841 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1.88 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–4.63 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC33; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Aotearoa_Legalise_Cannabis_Party" title="Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">144 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.32 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.08 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#095B7E; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Vision_NZ" title="Vision NZ">Vision NZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">130 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.29 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#B2001A; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Māori Party">Māori Party</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">90 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.20 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–0.02 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#CBE800; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">33 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.07 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.03 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#008080; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Sustainable_New_Zealand_Party" title="Sustainable New Zealand Party">Sustainable NZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">17 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#5A276C; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Tea Party New Zealand">TEA</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">9 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#185533; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Heartland_New_Zealand_Party" title="Heartland New Zealand Party">Heartland</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">554 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">276 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Total valid votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44,448 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44,635 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44,635 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20"> </th> <td colspan="2" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>Majority</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,525 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.18 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.23 </td> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017_election">2017 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2017 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/2017_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2017 New Zealand general election">2017 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-2017election_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2017election-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%;"> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Notes: </th> <th colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"> <p><span style="background-color:#CFF">Blue background</span> denotes the winner of the electorate vote. <br /><span style="background-color:#FDD">Pink background</span> denotes a candidate elected from their party list. <br /><span style="background-color:#F7E98E">Yellow background</span> denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. <br />A <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> or <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> denotes status of any <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>, win or lose respectively. </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 160px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 70px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th> <th style="width: 70px">Party votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#CFF"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,735 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.69 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−12.13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,374 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.31 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.97 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Boyack" title="Rachel Boyack">Rachel Boyack</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,452 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.27 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.46 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,311 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.56 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+16.93 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #098137; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Matt Lawrey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,746 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.70 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+14.59 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,130 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.51 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.59 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #000000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">NZ First</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Susan Sara </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,429 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.47 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,712 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.51 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.13 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #008000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Outdoors_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Outdoors Party">Outdoors</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">David Haynes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">323 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.79 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.14 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00AEEF; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Simon Gutschlag </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">246 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.60 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.37 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">241 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.51 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.98 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDE401; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Paul Hufflett </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">152 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.37 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.14 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">137 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.07 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #F7A722; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Money_Free_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Money Free Party">Money Free</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Richard Osmaston </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.12 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.34 </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#32DAC3; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/The_Opportunities_Party" title="The Opportunities Party">Opportunities</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,360 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">3.27 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC33; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Aotearoa_Legalise_Cannabis_Party" title="Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">99 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.24 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">−0.29 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#F5621E; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Ban_1080_Party" title="Ban 1080 Party">Ban 1080</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">97 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.23 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">−0.78 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#B2001A; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Māori Party">Māori Party</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">92 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.22 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">−0.11 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#501557; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/United_Future" title="United Future">United Future</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">23 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.06 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">−0.19 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#339966; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Democratic_Party_for_Social_Credit" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit">Democrats</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">15 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">−0.08 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#22316C; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_People%27s_Party" title="New Zealand People's Party">People's Party</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">14 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#7C0808; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Mana_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Mana Party">Mana Party</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">9 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">−0.62<sup id="cite_ref-Mana_Party_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mana_Party-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#662C92; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Internet_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Internet Party (New Zealand)">Internet</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">−0.63<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_Party_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_Party-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">390 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">151 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Total valid votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41,131 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41,651 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41,802 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F"> </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>Majority</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,283 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.41 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−9.67 </td> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014_election">2014 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2014 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/2014_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2014 New Zealand general election">2014 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%;"> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Notes: </th> <th colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"> <p><span style="background-color:#CFF">Blue background</span> denotes the winner of the electorate vote. <br /><span style="background-color:#FDD">Pink background</span> denotes a candidate elected from their party list. <br /><span style="background-color:#F7E98E">Yellow background</span> denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. <br />A <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> or <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> denotes status of any <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>, win or lose respectively. </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 160px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 70px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th> <th style="width: 70px">Party votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#CFF"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,000 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52.82 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.32 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,904 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.28 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.13 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Maryan_Street" title="Maryan Street">Maryan Street</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,395 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.73 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.11 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,401 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.63 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.70 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #098137; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Colin Robertson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,449 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.11 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.37 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,381 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.10 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.95 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00AEEF; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">John Green </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,125 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.97 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.23 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,094 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.49 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.78 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDE401; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Paul Hufflett </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">193 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.51 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.02 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">151 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.40 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.33 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #F7A722; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Money_Free_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Money Free Party">Money Free</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Richard Osmaston </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">175 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.46 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.46 </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #339966; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Democratic_Party_for_Social_Credit" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit">Democrats</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Adrian Bayly </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">138 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.36 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.36 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.12 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.02 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#000000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">NZ First</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">2,918 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7.64 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+2.22 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#F5621E; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Ban_1080_Party" title="Ban 1080 Party">Ban 1080</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">386 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+1.01 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#7F0000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Internet_Party_and_Mana_Movement" title="Internet Party and Mana Movement">Internet Mana</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">317 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.83 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.64<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_Mana_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_Mana-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC33; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Aotearoa_Legalise_Cannabis_Party" title="Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">202 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.53 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.02 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#B2001A; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Māori Party">Māori Party</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">125 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.33 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">−0.13 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#501557; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/United_Future" title="United Future">United Future</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">95 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.25 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">−0.74 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#444444; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/The_Civilian_Party" title="The Civilian Party">Civilian</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">12 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.03 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#349E9F; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/NZ_Independent_Coalition" title="NZ Independent Coalition">Independent Coalition</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">11 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.03 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#2690C4; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Focus_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Focus New Zealand">Focus</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.02 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">392 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">124 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Total valid votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,867 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38,174 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38,174 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">79.76 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.43 </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F"> </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>Majority</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,605 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">20.08 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.44 </td> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011_election">2011 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2011 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/2011_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2011 New Zealand general election">2011 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%;"> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Notes: </th> <th colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"> <p><span style="background-color:#CFF">Blue background</span> denotes the winner of the electorate vote. <br /><span style="background-color:#FDD">Pink background</span> denotes a candidate elected from their party list. <br /><span style="background-color:#F7E98E">Yellow background</span> denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. <br />A <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> or <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> denotes status of any <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>, win or lose respectively. </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 160px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 70px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th> <th style="width: 70px">Party votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#CFF"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,360 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53.14 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.99 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,016 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.41 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.96 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#FDD"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#FDD"><a href="/wiki/Maryan_Street" title="Maryan Street">Maryan Street</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,272 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.62 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.87 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,639 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–10.46 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #098137; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Aaryn Barlow </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,276 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.48 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.21 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,660 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.05 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.61 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #000000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">NZ First</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Kevin Gardener </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">669 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.94 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.94 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,913 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.42 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.38 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00AEEF; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Oliver Vitali </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">601 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.74 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.74 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">954 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.71 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.71 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #501557; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/United_Future" title="United Future">United Future</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Doug Stevens </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">204 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.59 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.21 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">348 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.99 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.08 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDE401; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Paul Charles Hufflett </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">171 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.49 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.36 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">259 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.73 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.75 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC33; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Aotearoa_Legalise_Cannabis_Party" title="Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">180 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.51 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.11 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#B2001A; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Māori Party">Māori Party</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">161 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.46 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–0.05 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#770808; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Mana_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mana Party (New Zealand)">Mana</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">66 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.19 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.19 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#339966; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Democratic Party">Democrats</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">37 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.10 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.04 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#09296B; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Libertarianz" title="Libertarianz">Libertarianz</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">20 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.06 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.02 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC66; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_(New_Zealand_political_party)" title="Alliance (New Zealand political party)">Alliance</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">14 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–0.08 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">692 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">250 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Total valid votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34,553 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35,267 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F"> </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>Majority</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,088 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">20.52 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–3.13 </td> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Electorate</b> (as at 26 November 2011): 46,817<sup id="cite_ref-enrolment_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enrolment-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_election">2008 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2008 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/2008_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2008 New Zealand general election">2008 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%;"> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Notes: </th> <th colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"> <p><span style="background-color:#CFF">Blue background</span> denotes the winner of the electorate vote. <br /><span style="background-color:#FDD">Pink background</span> denotes a candidate elected from their party list. <br /><span style="background-color:#F7E98E">Yellow background</span> denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. <br />A <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> or <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> denotes status of any <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>, win or lose respectively. </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 160px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 70px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th> <th style="width: 70px">Party votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#CFF"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,471 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57.13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.41 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,378 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.46 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.45 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#FDD"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#FDD"><a href="/wiki/Maryan_Street" title="Maryan Street">Maryan Street</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,000 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.49 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.84 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,689 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.79 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–5.17 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #098137; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Diana Mellor </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,605 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.27 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–4.45 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,417 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.43 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.69 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #363096; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/The_Kiwi_Party" title="The Kiwi Party">Kiwi</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Robin Westley </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">312 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.87 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">256 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.71 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDE401; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Paul Hufflett </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">306 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.85 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.45 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">900 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.48 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.43 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #501557; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/United_Future" title="United Future">United Future</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Kelvin Deal </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">138 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.39 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.17 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">387 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.07 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.43 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#000000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">NZ First</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,104 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">3.05 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–1.28 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#9E9E9E; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Progressive_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Progressive Party">Progressive</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">282 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.78 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–0.35 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#186E23; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Bill_and_Ben_Party" title="Bill and Ben Party">Bill and Ben</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">209 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.58 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#B2001A; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Māori Party">Māori Party</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">184 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.51 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.27 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFEB33; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/The_Family_Party" title="The Family Party">Family Party</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">160 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.44 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC33; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Aotearoa_Legalise_Cannabis_Party" title="Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">144 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.40 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.12 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC66; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_(New_Zealand_political_party)" title="Alliance (New Zealand political party)">Alliance</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">42 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.12 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.03 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#339966; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Democratic Party">Democrats</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">24 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.07 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">±0.00 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF0066; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_New_Zealand" title="Workers Party of New Zealand">Workers Party</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">13 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#09296B; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Libertarianz" title="Libertarianz">Libertarianz</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">12 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+0.01 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#531E8A; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Pacific_Party" title="New Zealand Pacific Party">Pacific</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">11 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#84C6C6; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/The_Republic_of_New_Zealand_Party" title="The Republic of New Zealand Party">RONZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">±0.00 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#467CFA; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Residents_Action_Movement" title="Residents Action Movement">RAM</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">241 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">115 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Total valid votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35,832 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36,220 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36,548 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.77 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.00 </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F"> </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>Majority</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,471 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">23.64 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–4.43 </td> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005_election">2005 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2005 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/2005_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2005 New Zealand general election">2005 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-histprof_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-histprof-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%;"> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Notes: </th> <th colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"> <p><span style="background-color:#CFF">Blue background</span> denotes the winner of the electorate vote. <br /><span style="background-color:#FDD">Pink background</span> denotes a candidate elected from their party list. <br /><span style="background-color:#F7E98E">Yellow background</span> denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. <br />A <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> or <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> denotes status of any <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>, win or lose respectively. </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 160px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 70px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th> <th style="width: 70px">Party votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#CFF"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,299 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55.72 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.45 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,619 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.01 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+17.68 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Jen McCutcheon </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,073 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.65 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–6.94 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,809 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.96 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.96 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #098137; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ward_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)">Mike Ward</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,269 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.72 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.51 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,848 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.74 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.18 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #501557; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/United_Future" title="United Future">United Future</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Dennis Wells </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">568 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.56 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.72 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,289 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.50 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.18 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFF00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Destiny_New_Zealand" title="Destiny New Zealand">Destiny</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Jason Thomson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">383 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.05 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">361 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.98 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #9E9E9E; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Progressive_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Progressive Party">Progressive</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Jacqueline McAlpine </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">252 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.69 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.06 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">417 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.18 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #878FB8; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Heritage_Party_of_New_Zealand" title="Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand">Christian Heritage</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Nick Barber </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">209 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.57 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">141 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.38 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.48 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #B2001A; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Māori Party">Māori Party</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Anne Fitzsimon </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">165 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.45 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">89 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.24 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDE401; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Mike Heine </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">144 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.40 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">388 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.05 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.94 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #F28317; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Direct_Democracy_Party_of_New_Zealand" title="Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand">Direct Democracy</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Rex Newey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.18 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.14 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#000000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">NZ First</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,593 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">4.33 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–2.04 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC33; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Aotearoa_Legalise_Cannabis_Party" title="Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">104 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.28 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–0.29 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC66; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_(New_Zealand_political_party)" title="Alliance (New Zealand political party)">Alliance</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">33 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.09 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–1.09 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#339966; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Democratic Party">Democrats</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">24 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.07 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#800080; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/One_New_Zealand_Party" title="One New Zealand Party">One NZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">11 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–0.06 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#09296B; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Libertarianz" title="Libertarianz">Libertarianz</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">9 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#65FFF0; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Family_Rights_Protection_Party" title="New Zealand Family Rights Protection Party">Family Rights</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC0CB; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/99_MP_Party" title="99 MP Party">99 MP</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#84C6C6; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/The_Republic_of_New_Zealand_Party" title="The Republic of New Zealand Party">RONZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">±0.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">260 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">113 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Total valid votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36,429 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36,802 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,052 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">82.77 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.19 </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F"> </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>Majority</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,226 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">28.07 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+15.39 </td> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002_election">2002 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2002 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/2002_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2002 New Zealand general election">2002 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-histprof_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-histprof-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%;"> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Notes: </th> <th colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"> <p><span style="background-color:#CFF">Blue background</span> denotes the winner of the electorate vote. <br /><span style="background-color:#FDD">Pink background</span> denotes a candidate elected from their party list. <br /><span style="background-color:#F7E98E">Yellow background</span> denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. <br />A <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> or <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> denotes status of any <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>, win or lose respectively. </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 160px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 70px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th> <th style="width: 70px">Party votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#CFF"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,779 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.27 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.49 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,517 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–7.70 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">John Kennedy </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,547 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.59 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.83 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,149 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.92 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.30 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #098137; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#FDD"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#FDD"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ward_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)">Mike Ward</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,084 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.23 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.10 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,008 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.92 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.78 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #501557; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/United_Future" title="United Future">United Future</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Dennis Wells </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">762 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.28 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,254 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.68 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.68<sup>a</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #878FB8; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Heritage_Party_of_New_Zealand" title="Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand">Christian Heritage</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Nick Barber </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">635 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.90 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.20 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">628 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.86 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.80 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #33CC66; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_(New_Zealand_political_party)" title="Alliance (New Zealand political party)">Alliance</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Mary O'Connor </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">364 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.09 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–6.13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">398 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.18 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–7.74 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #9E9E9E; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Progressive_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Progressive Party">Progressive</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Adrian Bayly </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">211 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.63 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">441 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.31 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#000000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">NZ First</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">2,147 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">6.37 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+4.27 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#666666; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Outdoor_Recreation_New_Zealand" title="Outdoor Recreation New Zealand">ORNZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,602 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">4.75 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#FDE401; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,346 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">3.99 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–1.52 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC33; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Aotearoa_Legalise_Cannabis_Party" title="Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">193 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.57 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–0.13 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#800080; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/One_New_Zealand_Party" title="One New Zealand Party">One NZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">30 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.09 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–0.01 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFFFC0; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/NMP_(political_party)" title="NMP (political party)">NMP</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">–0.08 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#84C6C6; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/The_Republic_of_New_Zealand_Party" title="The Republic of New Zealand Party">RONZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#964B00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Mana_M%C4%81ori_Movement" title="Mana Māori Movement">Mana Māori</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">±0.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">286 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">115 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Total valid votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33,382 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33,721 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33,923 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">79.58 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F"> </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>Majority</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,232 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12.68 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.35 </td> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <dl><dd><dl><dd><sup>a</sup> United Future swing is compared to the 1999 results of United NZ and Future NZ, who merged in 2000.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1999_election">1999 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 1999 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/1999_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1999 New Zealand general election">1999 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%;"> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Notes: </th> <th colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"> <p><span style="background-color:#CFF">Blue background</span> denotes the winner of the electorate vote. <br /><span style="background-color:#FDD">Pink background</span> denotes a candidate elected from their party list. <br /><span style="background-color:#F7E98E">Yellow background</span> denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. <br />A <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> or <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> denotes status of any <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>, win or lose respectively. </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 160px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 70px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th> <th style="width: 70px">Party votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#CFF"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,542 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.78 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,419 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.03 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Simon Fraser </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,021 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.76 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,154 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.62 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #098137; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ward_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)">Mike Ward</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,516 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,835 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.14 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #33CC66; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_(New_Zealand_political_party)" title="Alliance (New Zealand political party)">Alliance</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Mary O'Connor </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,505 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,108 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.92 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #878FB8; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Heritage_Party_of_New_Zealand" title="Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand">Christian Heritage</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Nick Barber </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,077 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.10 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,624 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.66 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDE401; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Philip Gully </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">461 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,920 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.51 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #000000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">NZ First</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Trevor Squires </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">296 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.85 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">732 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.10 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/McGillicuddy_Serious_Party" title="McGillicuddy Serious Party">McGillicuddy Serious</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Tim Owens </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">223 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.64 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">95 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.27 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFC0; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/NMP_(political_party)" title="NMP (political party)">NMP</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Suzanne Johnston </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.18 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.09 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC33; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Aotearoa_Legalise_Cannabis_Party" title="Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">278 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.80 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#800080; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Future_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Future New Zealand">Christian Democrats</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">216 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.62 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#663377; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/United_New_Zealand" title="United New Zealand">United NZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">131 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.38 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#09296B; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Libertarianz" title="Libertarianz">Libertarianz</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">114 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.33 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#009900; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/NZ_South_Island_Party" title="NZ South Island Party">South Island</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">67 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.19 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFFF00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Animals_First" title="Animals First">Animals First</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">51 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.15 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#800080; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/One_New_Zealand_Party" title="One New Zealand Party">One NZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">34 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.10 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#ffe4e1; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">14 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#964B00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Mana_M%C4%81ori_Movement" title="Mana Māori Movement">Mana Māori</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: ; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Choice_Party" title="People's Choice Party">People's Choice</a> </td> <td colspan="5"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: ; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Freedom Movement </td> <td colspan="5"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#003153; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Mauri_Pacific" title="Mauri Pacific">Mauri Pacific</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF0000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Republican_Party_(1995)" title="New Zealand Republican Party (1995)">Republican</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">485 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">345 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Total valid votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34,705 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34,845 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F"> </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>Majority</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,521 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1996_election">1996 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 1996 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/1996_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1996 New Zealand general election">1996 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1996_successful_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1996_successful-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1996_unsuccessful_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1996_unsuccessful-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%;"> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Notes: </th> <th colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"> <p><span style="background-color:#CFF">Blue background</span> denotes the winner of the electorate vote. <br /><span style="background-color:#FDD">Pink background</span> denotes a candidate elected from their party list. <br /><span style="background-color:#F7E98E">Yellow background</span> denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. <br />A <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> or <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> denotes status of any <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>, win or lose respectively. </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 160px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 70px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th> <th style="width: 70px">Party votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 55px">±% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn" style="background-color:#CFF"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,481 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59.22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,652 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.78 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Blincoe" title="John Blincoe">John Blincoe</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,057 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.30 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,012 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.82 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #33CC66; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_(New_Zealand_political_party)" title="Alliance (New Zealand political party)">Alliance</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ward_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)">Mike Ward</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,171 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.17 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,220 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.20 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #000000; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">NZ First</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Bernard Downey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,510 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.37 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,417 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.88 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #878FB8; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Coalition_(New_Zealand)" title="Christian Coalition (New Zealand)">Christian Coalition</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Nick Barber </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">749 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.17 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,206 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.38 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/McGillicuddy_Serious_Party" title="McGillicuddy Serious Party">McGillicuddy Serious</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Tim Owens </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">279 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.81 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">187 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.54 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDE401; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Merv Randle </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">251 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.73 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,900 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.49 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #333366; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural Law Party of New Zealand">Natural Law</a> </td> <td colspan="2" class="fn">Michelle McGregor </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">86 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.25 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.17 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#33CC33; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Aotearoa_Legalise_Cannabis_Party" title="Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">464 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1.34 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#663377; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/United_New_Zealand" title="United New Zealand">United NZ</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">230 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.66 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#339999; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Green_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Progressive Green Party (New Zealand)">Progressive Green</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">94 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.27 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFFF00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Animals_First" title="Animals First">Animals First</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">62 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.18 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#74B249; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Green_Society" title="Green Society">Green Society</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">26 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.08 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #3F9; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Asia_Pacific_United_Party" title="Asia Pacific United Party">Asia Pacific United</a> </td> <td colspan="5"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.06 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#787878; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Superannuitants_and_Youth_Action" class="mw-redirect" title="Superannuitants and Youth Action">Superannuitants & Youth</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">14 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#09296B; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Libertarianz" title="Libertarianz">Libertarianz</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">13 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #ADC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Advance_New_Zealand_(1995)" title="Advance New Zealand (1995)">Advance New Zealand</a> </td> <td colspan="5"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.02 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#0D0DFC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Conservative_Party" title="New Zealand Conservative Party">Conservatives</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#964B00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org"><a href="/wiki/Mana_M%C4%81ori_Movement" title="Mana Māori Movement">Mana Māori</a> </td> <td colspan="5">  </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">0.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #F93; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_Minority_Party_of_New_Zealand" title="Ethnic Minority Party of New Zealand">Ethnic Minority Party</a> </td> <td colspan="5"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.01 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #C96; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Te_Tawharau" title="Te Tawharau">Te Tawharau</a> </td> <td colspan="5"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.00 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">165 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">147 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Total valid votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34,584 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34,602 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #00529F"> </th> <td colspan="2" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>Majority</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,424 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.92 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1993_election">1993 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 1993 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1993_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1993 New Zealand general election">1993 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Blincoe" title="John Blincoe">John Blincoe</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,779 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>33.14 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–11.06 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">Margaret Emerre </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,772 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.56 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #33CC66; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_(New_Zealand_political_party)" title="Alliance (New Zealand political party)">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ward_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)">Mike Ward</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,543 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.15 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.37 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #000000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">NZ First</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bernard Downey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,039 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.92 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #878FB8; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Heritage_Party_of_New_Zealand" title="Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand">Christian Heritage</a> </td> <td class="fn">Nick Barber </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">746 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.81 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #333366; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural Law Party of New Zealand">Natural Law</a> </td> <td class="fn">V Ward-Brown </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">131 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.49 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,007 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.57 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.50 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,010 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">83.10 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.12 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">26,486 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990_election">1990 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 1990 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1990_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1990 New Zealand general election">1990 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Blincoe" title="John Blincoe">John Blincoe</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,142 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>44.20 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">L Baigent </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,506 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.12 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #098137; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ward_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)">Mike Ward</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,816 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.78 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.40 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FF4040; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/NewLabour_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="NewLabour Party (New Zealand)">NewLabour</a> </td> <td class="fn">I Hatton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">851 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.11 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit-NZ" title="Social Credit-NZ">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">K S Taylor </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">152 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.73 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #339966; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Democratic_Party_for_Social_Credit" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit">Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">J E Collin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">124 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.59 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.41 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/McGillicuddy_Serious_Party" title="McGillicuddy Serious Party">McGillicuddy Serious</a> </td> <td class="fn">M D Kingi </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">90 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.43 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">636 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.07 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,681 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">84.22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–4.05 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">24,554 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1987_election">1987 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 1987 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1987_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1987 New Zealand general election">1987 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988286_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988286-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Philip_Woollaston" title="Philip Woollaston">Philip Woollaston</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,975 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.88 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+10.16 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bob Straight </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,508 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.45 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+18.59 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Nick Barber </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,227 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.93 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #4BB805; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Values_Party" title="Values Party">Values</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ward_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)">Mike Ward</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">494 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.38 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.37 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #339966; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Democratic_Party_for_Social_Credit" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit">Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jack Collin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">415 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.00 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.53 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">M Hackman </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.33 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,467 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.42 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.36 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,688 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">88.27 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–4.55 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">23,436 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1984_election">1984 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 1984 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1984_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1984 New Zealand general election">1984 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988286_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988286-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Philip_Woollaston" title="Philip Woollaston">Philip Woollaston</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>10,288 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.72 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+7.31 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Courtney" title="Mel Courtney">Mel Courtney</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,610 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.66 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–6.31 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bob Straight </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,773 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.86 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #43A2FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Party" title="New Zealand Party">NZ Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Inga Jimenez </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,348 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.25 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jack Collin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">318 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.47 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #4BB805; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Values_Party" title="Values Party">Values</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ward_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)">Mike Ward</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">219 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.01 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.45 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,678 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.06 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+13.62 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,556 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">92.82 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.79 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">23,222 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1981_election">1981 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 1981 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1981_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1981 New Zealand general election">1981 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988286_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988286-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Philip_Woollaston" title="Philip Woollaston">Philip Woollaston</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,198 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>40.41 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Courtney" title="Mel Courtney">Mel Courtney</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,500 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.97 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–13.49 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gaire Thompson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,749 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.55 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">Neville McLean </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,545 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.61 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #4BB805; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Values_Party" title="Values Party">Values</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ward_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)">Mike Ward</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">297 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.46 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">698 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.44 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,289 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">91.03 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+14.47 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">22,288 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1978_election">1978 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 1978 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1978_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1978 New Zealand general election">1978 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988286_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988286-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Mel_Courtney" title="Mel Courtney">Mel Courtney</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,605 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.46 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+2.28 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Malone_(mayor)" title="Peter Malone (mayor)">Peter Malone</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,366 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.70 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.87 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">D C Massey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,506 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.91 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #4BB805; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Values_Party" title="Values Party">Values</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ann Lawn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">556 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.92 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,239 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.76 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.15 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,033 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.56 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.47 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">24,860 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1976_by-election">1976 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 1976 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1976_Nelson_by-election" title="1976 Nelson by-election">1976 Nelson by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988286_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988286-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Mel_Courtney" title="Mel Courtney">Mel Courtney</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,418 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.18 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Malone_(mayor)" title="Peter Malone (mayor)">Peter Malone</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,913 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.57 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #4BB805; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Values_Party" title="Values Party">Values</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gwen Struik </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,583 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.06 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.43 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rudolph Muller </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">452 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.58 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00008B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_British_Conservative_Party" title="Imperial British Conservative Party">Imperial British Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Coronita Weallens </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.21 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">66 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.37 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,505 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.61 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,470 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">79.03 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–6.91 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">22,105 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1975_election">1975 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 1975 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1975_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1975 New Zealand general election">1975 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988286_39-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988286-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Stan_Whitehead" title="Stan Whitehead">Stan Whitehead</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,705 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.95 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–3.03 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ian McWhannell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,612 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.05 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.87 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #4BB805; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Values_Party" title="Values Party">Values</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gwen Struik </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,231 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.63 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">Colin Nicholls </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">992 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.35 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,093 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.89 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–5.90 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,540 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">85.94 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.40 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">21,571 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1972_election">1972 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 1972 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1972_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1972 New Zealand general election">1972 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988286_39-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988286-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Stan_Whitehead" title="Stan Whitehead">Stan Whitehead</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,189 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.98 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+2.35 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ian McWhannell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,256 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.18 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #4BB805; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Values_Party" title="Values Party">Values</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alan Stanton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">736 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.49 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">Archie Mahan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">715 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.36 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #B8860B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="New Democratic Party (New Zealand)">New Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Brien_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John O'Brien (New Zealand politician)">John O'Brien</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">487 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.97 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,933 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.79 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–4.07 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,383 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">89.34 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.28 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">18,337 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1969_election">1969 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 1969 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1969_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1969 New Zealand general election">1969 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988285_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988285-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Stan_Whitehead" title="Stan Whitehead">Stan Whitehead</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,693 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.63 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.23 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Roy_McLennan" title="Roy McLennan">Roy McLennan</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,445 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.90 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">Keith Martin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,013 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.46 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,248 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.72 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–4.48 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,151 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">89.26 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.83 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">18,094 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1966_election">1966 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: 1966 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1966_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1966 New Zealand general election">1966 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988285_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988285-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Stan_Whitehead" title="Stan Whitehead">Stan Whitehead</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,777 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.40 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–7.04 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">Edwin Slack </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,732 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.20 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">Colin Nicholls </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,250 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.39 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–10.04 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,045 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.20 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–4.03 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,759 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">87.43 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.61 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">19,167 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1963_election">1963 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: 1963 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1963_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1963 New Zealand general election">1963 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988285_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988285-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Stan_Whitehead" title="Stan Whitehead">Stan Whitehead</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,590 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.44 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.80 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Malone_(mayor)" title="Peter Malone (mayor)">Peter Malone</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,980 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.20 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">Colin Nicholls </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,503 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.35 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,610 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.23 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.52 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,073 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">90.04 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.91 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">17,849 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960_election">1960 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: 1960 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1960_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1960 New Zealand general election">1960 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988285_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988285-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Stan_Whitehead" title="Stan Whitehead">Stan Whitehead</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,519 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.64 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.63 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">Colin Wilson Martin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,752 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.93 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.86 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">Archie Mahan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,223 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.41 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,767 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.71 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.50 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,494 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">92.95 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.30 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">17,745 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1957_election">1957 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: 1957 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1957_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1957 New Zealand general election">1957 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988285_40-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988285-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Stan_Whitehead" title="Stan Whitehead">Stan Whitehead</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,592 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.01 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+6.97 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">Colin Wilson Martin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,083 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.79 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">C Toomer </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,138 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.19 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">509 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.21 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,813 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">94.25 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.42 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">16,777 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1954_election">1954 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: 1954 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1954_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1954 New Zealand general election">1954 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988285_40-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988285-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#00529F; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Neale" title="Edgar Neale">Edgar Neale</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,058 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>45.67 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–13.16 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Whitehead" title="Stan Whitehead">Stan Whitehead</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,341 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.04 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.13 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #CBE800; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Social Credit Party (New Zealand)">Social Credit</a> </td> <td class="fn">K S Taylor </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,055 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.29 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">717 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.63 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–13.04 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,454 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">92.83 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.12 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">16,646 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1951_election">1951 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: 1951 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1951_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1951 New Zealand general election">1951 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988285_40-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988285-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#00529F; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Neale" title="Edgar Neale">Edgar Neale</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,425 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.83 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.40 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Whitehead" title="Stan Whitehead">Stan Whitehead</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,594 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.17 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,831 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.67 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.80 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,019 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">89.71 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–5.25 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">17,856 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1949_election">1949 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: 1949 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1949_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1949 New Zealand general election">1949 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988285_40-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988285-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#00529F; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Neale" title="Edgar Neale">Edgar Neale</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,420 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>54.43 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+2.34 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Reynell Conrad Arthur Marshall </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,047 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.57 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,373 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.87 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.68 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,467 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">94.96 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.34 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">16,287 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1946_election">1946 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: 1946 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1946_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1946 New Zealand general election">1946 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988285_40-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988285-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#00529F; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Neale" title="Edgar Neale">Edgar Neale</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,265 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.09 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–2.34 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Cyril Harold Goodman </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,680 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.91 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">585 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.19 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,945 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">93.62 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.28 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">14,894 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1943_election">1943 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: 1943 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1943_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1943 New Zealand general election">1943 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,051 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.46 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–3.25 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">Frederick William Huggins </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,860 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.87 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">79 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.65 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.25 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">191 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.59 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–6.22 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,990 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">95.90 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.18 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">12,502 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1938_election">1938 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: 1938 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1938_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1938 New Zealand general election">1938 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,092 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.71 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–8.72 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Robert Kerr </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,206 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.89 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">46 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.21 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">886 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.81 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–17.06 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,344 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">94.72 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.81 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">11,976 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1935_election">1935 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: 1935 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1935_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1935 New Zealand general election">1935 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-1935_election_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1935_election-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,552 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.43 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+11.90 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00BB00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform</a> </td> <td class="fn">Herbert Everett </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,942 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.56 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–11.91 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">65 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.61 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.03 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,610 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.87 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+23.81 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,494 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">92.91 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.33 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">11,294 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1931_election">1931 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: 1931 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1931_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1931 New Zealand general election">1931 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-1931_election_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1931_election-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,749 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.53 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–12.44 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00BB00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform</a> </td> <td class="fn">Herbert Everett<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,649 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.47 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">100 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.06 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–24.89 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">55 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.58 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.91 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,453 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">89.18 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.09 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">10,600 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1928_election">1928 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: 1928 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1928_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1928 New Zealand general election">1928 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-1928_election_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1928_election-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,603 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.98 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.65 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00BB00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform</a> </td> <td class="fn">Frederick William Oscar Smith </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,294 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.02 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,309 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.95 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.08 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">135 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.49 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,032 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">89.09 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.56 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">10,138 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1925_election">1925 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: 1925 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1925_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1925 New Zealand general election">1925 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-1925_election_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1925_election-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,721 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.33 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–4.24 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00BB00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform</a> </td> <td class="fn">Albert Gilbert </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,372 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.31 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–7.09 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Brindle_(politician)" title="Tom Brindle (politician)">Tom Brindle</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,000 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.36 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,349 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.03 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.86 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,093 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">85.53 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–7.28 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">9,462 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1922_election">1922 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: 1922 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1922_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1922 New Zealand general election">1922 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,174 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.57 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+23.36 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00BB00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform</a> </td> <td class="fn">Albert Gilbert </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,010 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.40 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">85 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.50 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,164 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.17 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+20.31 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,269 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">92.81 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.89 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">8,909 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1919_election">1919 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: 1919 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1919_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1919 New Zealand general election">1919 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-Year-Book_1920_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Year-Book_1920-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,412 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>39.21 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–10.12 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00BB00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Field_(politician)" title="Thomas Field (politician)">Thomas Field</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,902 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.35 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–17.31 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D82A20; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">John George Price </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,079 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.40 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">46 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.52 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.59 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">510 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.86 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,476 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">85.92 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.49 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">8,701 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1914_election">1914 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: 1914 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1914_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1914 New Zealand general election">1914 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-General_Election,_1914_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-General_Election,_1914-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#00BB00; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Field_(politician)" title="Thomas Field (politician)">Thomas Field</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,406 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.66 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,316 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–13.58 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">75 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.11 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.86 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">90 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,722 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">86.41 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.30 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7,779 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1911_election">1911 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: 1911 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1911_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1911 New Zealand general election">1911 general election</a>: Nelson, <a href="/wiki/Second_Ballot_Act_1908" title="Second Ballot Act 1908">first ballot</a><sup id="cite_ref-1911_election_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1911_election-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,865 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.44 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–2.35 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFFFAA; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Moffatt" title="Walter Moffatt">Walter Moffatt</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,371 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.70 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">George McMahon </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">800 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.24 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999CC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">William Spencer Hampson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">570 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.44 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999CC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">George Bishop </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">379 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.27 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">53 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.87 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.70 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,494 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.74 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,038 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.19 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.13 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="6"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Ballot_Act_1908" title="Second Ballot Act 1908">Second ballot</a> result</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,655 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.91 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+15.47 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFFFAA; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Moffatt" title="Walter Moffatt">Walter Moffatt</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,139 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.82 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+14.12 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.25 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.62 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,516 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.09 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.35 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,809 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">78.11 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.08 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1908_election">1908 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: 1908 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1908_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1908 New Zealand general election">1908 general election</a>: Nelson, <a href="/wiki/Second_Ballot_Act_1908" title="Second Ballot Act 1908">first ballot</a><sup id="cite_ref-1908_election_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1908_election-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFDF00; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Graham_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Graham (New Zealand politician)">John Graham</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,906 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.53 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–1.05 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,712 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.29 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–4.50 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFFFAA; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Moffatt" title="Walter Moffatt">Walter Moffatt</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">316 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.27 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">53 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.88 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.47 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">194 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.24 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.73 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,987 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.77 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.93 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="6"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Ballot_Act_1908" title="Second Ballot Act 1908">Second ballot</a> result</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFDF00; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Graham_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Graham (New Zealand politician)">John Graham</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,896 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.03 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.50 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,882 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.79 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.50 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.17 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.30 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.24 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.00 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,788 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">79.06 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.71 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1905_election">1905 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: 1905 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1905_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1905 New Zealand general election">1905 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-1905_election_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1905_election-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFDF00; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Graham_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Graham (New Zealand politician)">John Graham</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,787 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.58 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–0.44 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,758 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.06 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+11.18 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">76 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.35 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.51 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–11.62 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,621 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">88.70 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.58 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">6,337 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1902_election">1902 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: 1902 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1902_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1902 New Zealand general election">1902 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-1902_election_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1902_election-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFDF00; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Graham_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Graham (New Zealand politician)">John Graham</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,156 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.02 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+6.41 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Atmore" title="Harry Atmore">Harry Atmore</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,633 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.88 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFFFAA; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Piper" title="Jesse Piper">Jesse Piper</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">521 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.08 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">523 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.72 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,310 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">78.12 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–6.10 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">5,517 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1899_election">1899 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: 1899 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1899_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1899 New Zealand general election">1899 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFDF00; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Graham_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Graham (New Zealand politician)">John Graham</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,551 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.43 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.89 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999CC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Hursthouse" title="Richmond Hursthouse">Richmond Hursthouse</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,970 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43.57 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">581 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.85 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.77 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,521 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">84.22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.15 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">5,368 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1890_election">1890 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: 1890 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1890_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1890 New Zealand general election">1890 general election</a>: Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-General_Election,_1890_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-General_Election,_1890-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#9999CC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Harkness" title="Joseph Harkness">Joseph Harkness</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>672 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.22 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Kerr_(Nelson_politician)" title="John Kerr (Nelson politician)">John Kerr</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">657 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.17 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFDF00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Francis William Flowerday </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">94 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.60 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.05 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,423 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.71 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,831 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1889_by-election">1889 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: 1889 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1889_Nelson_by-election" title="1889 Nelson by-election">1889 Nelson by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Harkness" title="Joseph Harkness">Joseph Harkness</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>659 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.86 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Sharp_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Sharp (New Zealand politician)">John Sharp</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">480 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.14 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">179 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.72 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1139 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1881_by-election">1881 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: 1881 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1881_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1881 City of Nelson by-election">1881 City of Nelson by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Levestam" title="Henry Levestam">Henry Levestam</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>438 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.83 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Crowe_Richmond" title="James Crowe Richmond">James Crowe Richmond</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">407 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.17 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">845 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.67 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1879_by-election">1879 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: 1879 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1879_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1879 City of Nelson by-election">1879 City of Nelson by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Acton_Adams" title="Acton Adams">Acton Adams</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>369 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pitt" title="Albert Pitt">Albert Pitt</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">252 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.7 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">119 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1872_by-election">1872 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: 1872 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1872_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1872 City of Nelson by-election">1872 City of Nelson by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/David_Luckie" title="David Luckie">David Luckie</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>307 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.17 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Crowe_Richmond" title="James Crowe Richmond">James Crowe Richmond</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">156 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.05 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Saunders" title="Alfred Saunders">Alfred Saunders</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">74 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.78 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">537 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">151 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.12 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1868_by-election">1868 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: 1868 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1868_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1868 City of Nelson by-election">1868 City of Nelson by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Edwards_(politician)" title="Nathaniel Edwards (politician)">Nathaniel Edwards</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>302 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.53 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Shephard" title="Joseph Shephard">Joseph Shephard</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">214 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.47 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">516 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">88 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.05 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Table_footnotes">Table footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Table footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Smith-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Smith_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Smith resigned from Parliament on 10 June 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mana_Party-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mana_Party_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Internet_Party-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Internet_Party_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Internet_Mana-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Internet_Mana_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for <a href="/wiki/Mana_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mana Party (New Zealand)">Mana</a> in 2011; it shared a party list with <a href="/wiki/Internet_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Internet Party (New Zealand)">Internet</a> in the 2014 election.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190123193826/https://www.elections.org.nz/sites/default/files/2007%20Representation%20Commission%20Report.pdf"><i>Report of the Representation Commission 2007</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 9. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-477-10414-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-477-10414-2"><bdi>978-0-477-10414-2</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elections.org.nz/sites/default/files/2007%20Representation%20Commission%20Report.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 23 January 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 September</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Report+of+the+Representation+Commission+2007&rft.pages=9&rft.pub=Representation+Commission&rft.date=2007-09-14&rft.isbn=978-0-477-10414-2&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elections.org.nz%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2007%2520Representation%2520Commission%2520Report.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANelson+%28New+Zealand+electorate%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075102/http://www.elections.org.nz/sites/default/files/bulk-upload/documents/report_of_the_representation_commission_2014.pdf"><i>Report of the Representation Commission 2014</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 10. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-477-10414-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-477-10414-2"><bdi>978-0-477-10414-2</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elections.org.nz/sites/default/files/bulk-upload/documents/report_of_the_representation_commission_2014.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 6 October 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Political Science</i>. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-475-11200-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-475-11200-8"><bdi>0-475-11200-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Zealand+Parliamentary+Election+Results+1946%E2%80%931987%3A+Occasional+Publications+No+1%2C+Department+of+Political+Science&rft.place=Wellington&rft.pub=Victoria+University+of+Wellington&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-475-11200-8&rft.aulast=Norton&rft.aufirst=Clifford&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANelson+%28New+Zealand+electorate%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScholefield1950" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Scholefield" title="Guy Scholefield">Scholefield, Guy</a> (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. <i>New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949</i> (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Zealand+Parliamentary+Record%2C+1840%E2%80%931949&rft.place=Wellington&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Govt.+Printer&rft.date=1950&rft.aulast=Scholefield&rft.aufirst=Guy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANelson+%28New+Zealand+electorate%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilson1985" class="citation book cs1">Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. <i>New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984</i> (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/154283103">154283103</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Zealand+Parliamentary+Record%2C+1840%E2%80%931984&rft.place=Wellington&rft.edition=4th&rft.pub=V.R.+Ward%2C+Govt.+Printer&rft.date=1985&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F154283103&rft.aulast=Wilson&rft.aufirst=James+Oakley&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANelson+%28New+Zealand+electorate%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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