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Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.</div></div><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Former electorate in Taranaki, New Zealand</div> <p> <b>Patea</b> is a former <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_electorates" title="New Zealand electorates">New Zealand electorate</a> in south <a href="/wiki/Taranaki" title="Taranaki">Taranaki</a>. It existed from 1893 to 1963. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population_centres">Population centres</h2></div> <p>In the 1892 electoral redistribution, the population shift to the <a href="/wiki/North_Island" title="North Island">North Island</a> required the transfer of one seat from the <a href="/wiki/South_Island" title="South Island">South Island</a> to the north. The resulting ripple effect saw every electorate established in 1890 have its boundaries altered, and eight electorates were established for the first time, including Patea.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198959f_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198959f-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The electorate was based in the town of <a href="/wiki/Patea" title="Patea">Patea</a>, which used to have freezing-works for the preparation of meat for export until 1982. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>This rural seat was first established for the <a href="/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1893 New Zealand general election">1893 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950162_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950162-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_Hutchison_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="George Hutchison (New Zealand politician)">George Hutchison</a> was the first elected representative. He resigned in June 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925104_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925104-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Haselden" title="Frederick Haselden">Frederick Haselden</a> won the 1 August <a href="/wiki/1901_Patea_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1901 Patea by-election">1901 by-election</a>, but the seat was declared vacant<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925100_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925100-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985270_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985270-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Walter_Symes" title="Walter Symes">Walter Symes</a> then held the electorate, from <a href="/wiki/1902_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1902 New Zealand general election">1902</a> to the dissolution of Parliament in 1908.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925137_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925137-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1908_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1908 New Zealand general election">1908 election</a> was won by <a href="/wiki/George_Pearce_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="George Pearce (New Zealand politician)">George Pearce</a>. He held the electorate for three terms, until the dissolution of Parliament in 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925125_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925125-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Powdrell" title="Walter Powdrell">Walter Powdrell</a> from <a href="/wiki/1919_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1919 New Zealand general election">1919</a>, who died partway through the term on 9 March 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925126_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925126-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Dixon" title="Edwin Dixon">Edwin Dixon</a> won the <a href="/wiki/1921_Patea_by-election" title="1921 Patea by-election">1921 by-election</a> and held the electorate for the remainder of the term until 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985103_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985103-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/James_Randall_Corrigan" title="James Randall Corrigan">James Randall Corrigan</a> succeeded Dixon in <a href="/wiki/1922_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1922 New Zealand general election">1922</a> and he held the electorate for one term until 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950101_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950101-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was followed by <a href="/wiki/Harold_Dickie" title="Harold Dickie">Harold Dickie</a> from <a href="/wiki/1925_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1925 New Zealand general election">1925</a> to 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950162_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950162-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/William_Sheat" title="William Sheat">William Sheat</a> won the <a href="/wiki/1943_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1943 New Zealand general election">1943 election</a> plus the three subsequent elections. In 1954, Sheat failed to gain reselection after boundary changes as a National Party candidate. On 14 May of that year, he promptly resigned his seat and won it back in the 31 July <a href="/wiki/1954_Patea_by-election" title="1954 Patea by-election">1954 by-election</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a>, but subsequently did not stand in the <a href="/wiki/1954_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1954 New Zealand general election">1954 general election</a>. </p><p>The candidate chosen instead of Sheat, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Jack" title="Roy Jack">Roy Jack</a>, was successful in 1954. He held the electorate until 1963, when it was abolished and replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Waimarino_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waimarino (New Zealand electorate)">Waimarino electorate</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h3></div> <p><b>Key</b> <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:#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:#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:#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> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="110">Election </th> <th width="175" colspan="2">Winner </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1893 New Zealand general election">1893 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:5px;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/George_Hutchison_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="George Hutchison (New Zealand politician)">George Hutchison</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><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/July_1901_Patea_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="July 1901 Patea by-election">July 1901 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Haselden" title="Frederick Haselden">Frederick Haselden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/November_1901_Patea_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="November 1901 Patea by-election">November 1901 by-election</a></i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1902_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1902 New Zealand general election">1902 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFDF00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Symes" title="Walter Symes">Walter Symes</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 rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1908_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1908 New Zealand general election">1908 election</a> </td> <td height="8" style="background-color:#9999CC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/George_Pearce_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="George Pearce (New Zealand politician)">George Pearce</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#00BB00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1911_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1911 New Zealand general election">1911 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1914 New Zealand general election">1914 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1919_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1919 New Zealand general election">1919 election</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BB00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Powdrell" title="Walter Powdrell">Walter Powdrell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1921_Patea_by-election" title="1921 Patea by-election">1921 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BB00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Dixon" title="Edwin Dixon">Edwin Dixon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1922_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1922 New Zealand general election">1922 election</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Randall_Corrigan" title="James Randall Corrigan">James Randall Corrigan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1925_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1925 New Zealand general election">1925 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:#00BB00"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Dickie" title="Harold Dickie">Harold Dickie</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 rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1935_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1935 New Zealand general election">1935 election</a> </td> <td height="5" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:#00BB00"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00529F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </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> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#00529F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/William_Sheat" title="William Sheat">William Sheat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1946_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1946 New Zealand general election">1946 election</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><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><a href="/wiki/1954_Patea_by-election" title="1954 Patea by-election">1954 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1954_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1954 New Zealand general election">1954 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#00529F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Jack" title="Roy Jack">Roy Jack</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1957_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1957 New Zealand general election">1957 election</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 colspan="3" align="center"><small>(Electorate abolished 1963)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1954_election">1954 election</h3></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1954_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1954 New Zealand general election">1954 general election</a>: Patea<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988315_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988315-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<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:#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/Roy_Jack" title="Roy Jack">Roy Jack</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,547 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>45.06 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </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">Benjamin Winchcombe </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,885 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.68 </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">R E Dwason </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,879 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.26 </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">662 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.38 </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">12,311 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">91.00 </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">13,528 </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: #00529F"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</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="1954_by-election">1954 by-election</h3></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1954_Patea_by-election" title="1954 Patea by-election">1954 Patea by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988315_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988315-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1954_by-election_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1954_by-election-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<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/William_Sheat" title="William Sheat">William Sheat</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,648 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.11 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−11.13 </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">Benjamin Winchcombe </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,630 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.87 </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">John Duggan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">305 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.02 </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">18 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.24 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−18.24 </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">7,583 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50.12 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−38.13 </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">15,131 </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: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </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="1951_election">1951 election</h3></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1951_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1951 New Zealand general election">1951 general election</a>: Patea<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988315_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988315-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<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/William_Sheat" title="William Sheat">William Sheat</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,910 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.24 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </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">Frederick William Finer </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,443 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.76 </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">2,467 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.48 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </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">13,353 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">88.25 </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">15,131 </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: #00529F"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</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="1931_election">1931 election</h3></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1931_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1931 New Zealand general election">1931 general election</a>: Patea<sup id="cite_ref-1931_election_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1931_election-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<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/Harold_Dickie" title="Harold Dickie">Harold Dickie</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,976 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.66 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+19.63 </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">W G Simpson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,481 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.34 </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">3,495 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+39.27 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">90 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.05 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.05 </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">8,547 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">84.53 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.74 </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">10,111 </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></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1928_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1928 New Zealand general election">1928 general election</a>: Patea<sup id="cite_ref-1928_election_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1928_election-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<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/Harold_Dickie" title="Harold Dickie">Harold Dickie</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,511 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.03 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #BBFFFF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/United_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="United Party (New Zealand)">United</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Douglas Hislop<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,329 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.97 </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">182 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.06 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">90 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.01 </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">8,930 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">90.27 </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">9,892 </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="1921_by-election">1921 by-election</h3></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1921_Patea_by-election" title="1921 Patea by-election">1921 Patea by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-Patea_by-election_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patea_by-election-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<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/Edwin_Dixon" title="Edwin Dixon">Edwin Dixon</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,620 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.80 </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">William Morrison </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,315 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.23 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−24.37 </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/Lew_McIlvride" title="Lew McIlvride">Lew McIlvride</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">546 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.96 </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">305 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.56 </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">5,481 </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="November_1901_by-election">November 1901 by-election</h3></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/November_1901_Patea_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="November 1901 Patea by-election">November 1901 Patea by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<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/Frederick_Haselden" title="Frederick Haselden">Frederick Haselden</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,890 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.37 </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">John Heslop </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,719 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.63 </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">171 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.74 </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">3,609 </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="July_1901_by-election">July 1901 by-election</h3></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/July_1901_Patea_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="July 1901 Patea by-election">July 1901 Patea by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<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/Frederick_Haselden" title="Frederick Haselden">Frederick Haselden</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>961 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>38.63 </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">John Heslop </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">960 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.59 </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/Arthur_Remington" title="Arthur Remington">Arthur Remington</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">567 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.79 </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 </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> <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">2,488 </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></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1899_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1899 New Zealand general election">1899 general election</a>: Patea<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<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/George_Hutchison_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="George Hutchison (New Zealand politician)">George Hutchison</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,858 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.80 </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/Arthur_Remington" title="Arthur Remington">Arthur Remington</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,729 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.20 </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">129 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.60 </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">3,587 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">74.00 </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">4,847 </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-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></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 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1950162_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScholefield1950">Scholefield 1950</a>, p. 162.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925104-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925104_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScholefield1925">Scholefield 1925</a>, p. 104.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925100-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925100_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScholefield1925">Scholefield 1925</a>, p. 100.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985270-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985270_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilson1985">Wilson 1985</a>, p. 270.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925137-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925137_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScholefield1925">Scholefield 1925</a>, p. 137.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925125-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925125_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScholefield1925">Scholefield 1925</a>, p. 125.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925126-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1925126_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScholefield1925">Scholefield 1925</a>, p. 126.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985103-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985103_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilson1985">Wilson 1985</a>, p. 103.</span> </li> <li 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»</small></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General<br /> electorates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akaroa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Akaroa (New Zealand electorate)">Akaroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albany_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Albany (New Zealand electorate)">Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aoraki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Aoraki (New Zealand electorate)">Aoraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arch_Hill_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Arch Hill (New Zealand electorate)">Arch Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashburton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ashburton (New Zealand electorate)">Ashburton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ashley (New Zealand electorate)">Ashley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Auckland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="City of Auckland (New Zealand electorate)">Auckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_East" title="Auckland East">Auckland East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_North" title="Auckland North">Auckland North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_Suburbs_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Auckland Suburbs (New Zealand electorate)">Auckland Suburbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_West" title="Auckland West">Auckland West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avon_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Avon (New Zealand electorate)">Avon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awarua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Awarua (New Zealand electorate)">Awarua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Islands_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Bay of Islands (New Zealand electorate)">Bay of Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birkenhead_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Birkenhead (New Zealand electorate)">Birkenhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Brooklyn (New Zealand electorate)">Brooklyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Bruce (New Zealand electorate)">Bruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buller_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Buller (New Zealand electorate)">Buller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caversham_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Caversham (New Zealand electorate)">Caversham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalmers_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Chalmers (New Zealand electorate)">Chalmers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheviot_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Cheviot (New Zealand electorate)">Cheviot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Christchurch (New Zealand electorate)">Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_Country" title="Christchurch Country">Christchurch Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Christchurch North (New Zealand electorate)">Christchurch North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_South" title="Christchurch South">Christchurch South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_West" title="Christchurch West">Christchurch West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Auckland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="City of Auckland (New Zealand electorate)">City of Auckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Christchurch (New Zealand electorate)">City of Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Dunedin_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="City of Dunedin (New Zealand electorate)">City of Dunedin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Nelson (New Zealand electorate)">City of Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wellington_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Wellington (New Zealand electorate)">City of Wellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clevedon_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Clevedon (New Zealand electorate)">Clevedon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clive_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Clive (New Zealand electorate)">Clive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clutha_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Clutha (New Zealand electorate)">Clutha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clutha-Southland" title="Clutha-Southland">Clutha-Southland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleridge_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Coleridge (New Zealand electorate)">Coleridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Collingwood (New Zealand electorate)">Collingwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_of_Hawke_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="County of Hawke (New Zealand electorate)">County of Hawke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtenay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Courtenay (New Zealand electorate)">Courtenay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_Central" title="Dunedin Central">Dunedin Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_Country" title="Dunedin Country">Dunedin Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_East" title="Dunedin East">Dunedin East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Dunedin North (New Zealand electorate)">Dunedin North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_South" title="Dunedin South">Dunedin South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_and_Suburbs_North" title="Dunedin and Suburbs North">Dunedin and Suburbs North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_and_Suburbs_South" title="Dunedin and Suburbs South">Dunedin and Suburbs South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_Suburbs" title="Dunedin Suburbs">Dunedin Suburbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_West" title="Dunedin West">Dunedin West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunstan_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Dunstan (New Zealand electorate)">Dunstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Cape_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="East Cape (New Zealand electorate)">East Cape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Bay_of_Plenty_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Bay of Plenty (New Zealand electorate)">Eastern Bay of Plenty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hutt_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Hutt (New Zealand electorate)">Eastern Hutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Eden (New Zealand electorate)">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egmont_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Egmont (New Zealand electorate)">Egmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellesmere_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ellesmere (New Zealand electorate)">Ellesmere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fendalton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Fendalton (New Zealand electorate)">Fendalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Far North (New Zealand electorate)">Far North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foxton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Foxton (New Zealand electorate)">Foxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Franklin (New Zealand electorate)">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_North" title="Franklin North">Franklin North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_South" title="Franklin South">Franklin South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geraldine_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Geraldine (New Zealand electorate)">Geraldine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gisborne_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Gisborne (New Zealand electorate)">Gisborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenfield_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Glenfield (New Zealand electorate)">Glenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Gladstone (New Zealand electorate)">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Grey (New Zealand electorate)">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_and_Bell" title="Grey and Bell">Grey and Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_Lynn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grey Lynn (New Zealand electorate)">Grey Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greymouth_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greymouth (New Zealand electorate)">Greymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_Valley_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Grey Valley (New Zealand electorate)">Grey Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halswell_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Halswell (New Zealand electorate)">Halswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hamilton (New Zealand electorate)">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampden_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hampden (New Zealand electorate)">Hampden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hastings (New Zealand electorate)">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauraki_(New_Zealand_general_electorate)" title="Hauraki (New Zealand general electorate)">Hauraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawera_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hawera (New Zealand electorate)">Hawera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkes_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hawkes Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Hawkes Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathcote_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Heathcote (New Zealand electorate)">Heathcote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helensville_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Helensville (New Zealand electorate)">Helensville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Henderson (New Zealand electorate)">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heretaunga_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Heretaunga (New Zealand electorate)">Heretaunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobson_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hobson (New Zealand electorate)">Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hokitika_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hokitika (New Zealand electorate)">Hokitika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hokonui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hokonui (New Zealand electorate)">Hokonui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horowhenua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Horowhenua (New Zealand electorate)">Horowhenua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howick_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Howick (New Zealand electorate)">Howick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hunua (New Zealand electorate)">Hunua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurunui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hurunui (New Zealand electorate)">Hurunui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutt_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hutt (New Zealand electorate)">Hutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inangahua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Inangahua (New Zealand electorate)">Inangahua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Island Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Island Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiapoi_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kaiapoi (New Zealand electorate)">Kaiapoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaimai_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kaimai (New Zealand electorate)">Kaimai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaipara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kaipara (New Zealand electorate)">Kaipara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapiti_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kapiti (New Zealand electorate)">Kapiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karapiro_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Karapiro (New Zealand electorate)">Karapiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karori_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Karori (New Zealand electorate)">Karori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Country_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="King Country (New Zealand electorate)">King Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kumara (New Zealand electorate)">Kumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Lincoln (New Zealand electorate)">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linwood_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Linwood (New Zealand electorate)">Linwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyttelton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Lyttelton (New Zealand electorate)">Lyttelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahia_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mahia (New Zealand electorate)">Mahia</a></li> <li><a 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