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style="display:none">Former Māori electorate in New Zealand</div> <p> <b>Western Maori</b> was one of <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand's</a> four original parliamentary <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_electorates" title="Māori electorates">Māori electorates</a> established in 1868, along with <a href="/wiki/Northern_Maori" title="Northern Maori">Northern Maori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Maori" title="Eastern Maori">Eastern Maori</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Maori" title="Southern Maori">Southern Maori</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1996_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1996 New Zealand general election">1996</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/MMP_in_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="MMP in New Zealand">introduction of MMP</a>, the Maori electorates were updated, and Western Maori was replaced with the <a href="/wiki/Te_Tai_Hau%C4%81uru" title="Te Tai Hauāuru">Te Tai Hauāuru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Te_Puku_O_Te_Whenua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Te Puku O Te Whenua (New Zealand electorate)">Te Puku O Te Whenua</a> electorates. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tribal_areas">Tribal areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Tribal areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Western Maori electorate extended from <a href="/wiki/South_Auckland" title="South Auckland">South Auckland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Waikato" title="Waikato">Waikato</a> to <a href="/wiki/Taranaki" title="Taranaki">Taranaki</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Manawat%C5%AB_District" title="Manawatū District">Manawatu</a>. The seat originally went to <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a>. With <a href="/wiki/Mixed-member_proportional_representation" title="Mixed-member proportional representation">MMP</a> it was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Te_Tai_Hau%C4%81uru" title="Te Tai Hauāuru">Te Tai Hauāuru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Te_Puku_O_Te_Whenua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Te Puku O Te Whenua (New Zealand electorate)">Te Puku O Te Whenua</a> electorates in <a href="/wiki/1996_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1996 New Zealand general election">1996</a>. </p><p>The electorate included the following tribal areas: <a href="/wiki/Tainui" title="Tainui">Tainui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taranaki" title="Taranaki">Taranaki</a> </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=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first member of parliament for Western Maori from <a href="/wiki/First_M%C4%81ori_elections" title="First Māori elections">1868</a> was <a href="/wiki/Mete_K%C4%ABngi_Paetahi" title="Mete Kīngi Paetahi">Mete Kīngi Paetahi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985225_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985225-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the nomination meeting in <a href="/wiki/Whanganui" title="Whanganui">Wanganui</a>, held at the Courthouse, Paetahi was the only candidate proposed.<sup id="cite_ref-1868_Western_Maori_election_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1868_Western_Maori_election-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was thus elected unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson200313_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson200313-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He represented the electorate of Western Maori from 1868 to 1870. He contested the electorate again at the <a href="/wiki/1871_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1871 New Zealand general election">1871 general election</a>, but of the three candidates, he came last. He was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Wiremu_Parata" title="Wiremu Parata">Wiremu Parata</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Te_Keepa_Te_Rangihiwinui" title="Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui">Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui</a> in second place.<sup id="cite_ref-Result_of_the_Maori_Election_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Result_of_the_Maori_Election-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1879_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1879 New Zealand general election">1879 election</a> there was some doubt about the validity of the election result, and a law was passed to confirm the result in Western Maori and two other electorates.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the 1890s to the 1930s the seat was held by various <a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform Party</a> MPs. In <a href="/wiki/1935_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1935 New Zealand general election">1935</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toko_Ratana" title="Toko Ratana">Toko Ratana</a> the eldest son of the founder of the Ratana Church won the seat and became the second <a href="/wiki/Ratana" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratana">Ratana</a> MP; he became a Labour MP following the Labour-Ratana pact. From this point until the abolition of the seat prior to the 1996 election the seat was held by <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> MPs. </p><p>Toko Ratana died in 1944 and was succeeded by his younger brother, <a href="/wiki/Matiu_R%C4%81tana" title="Matiu Rātana">Matiu Rātana</a>. He died in 1949 shortly before the 1949 general election. His wife <a href="/wiki/Iriaka_R%C4%81tana" title="Iriaka Rātana">Iriaka Rātana</a> stood in his stead, despite significant opposition from those supporting traditional leadership roles, with <a href="/wiki/Te_Puea_Herangi" class="mw-redirect" title="Te Puea Herangi">Te Puea Herangi</a> speaking out against her claim to "captain the <a href="/wiki/Tainui" title="Tainui">Tainui</a> canoe". Only the strong backing of the Rātana church and her threat to stand as a Rātana Independent secured her the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour Party</a> nomination. She became the first woman Maori MP, getting a similar majority (6317) to her husband in 1946 (his majority then was 6491), but no less than seven independent candidates (and one Kauhananui candidate, K Nutana) stood against her; they got 116 to 326 votes each.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Candidates for the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National Party</a> (who usually came second) included <a href="/wiki/Hoeroa_Marumaru" title="Hoeroa Marumaru">Hoeroa Marumaru</a> (1946, 1949 & 1951) and <a href="/wiki/Pei_Te_Hurinui_Jones" title="Pei Te Hurinui Jones">Pei Te Hurinui Jones</a> (1957, 1960 and 1963; also earlier). </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=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Western Maori was represented by 15 <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">Members of Parliament</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985276_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985276-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><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:#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:#A52A2A"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Ratana" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratana">Ratana</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> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td width="115"><b>Election</b> </td> <td width="175" colspan="2"><b>Winner</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small><a href="/wiki/First_M%C4%81ori_elections" title="First Māori elections">1868 Māori election</a></small> </td> <td width="5" rowspan="1" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Mete_K%C4%ABngi_Paetahi" title="Mete Kīngi Paetahi">Mete Kīngi Paetahi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1871_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1871 New Zealand general election">1871 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Wiremu_Parata" title="Wiremu Parata">Wiremu Parata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1875%E2%80%931876_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1875–1876 New Zealand general election">1876 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Hoani_Nahe" title="Hoani Nahe">Hoani Nahe</a> </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/Wiremu_Te_Wheoro" title="Wiremu Te Wheoro">Wiremu Te Wheoro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1881_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1881 New Zealand general election">1881 election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1884_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1884 New Zealand general election">1884 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Te_Puke_Te_Ao" title="Te Puke Te Ao">Te Puke Te Ao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:87%;"><i><a href="/wiki/1886_Western_Maori_by-election" title="1886 Western Maori by-election">1886 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Hoani_Taipua" title="Hoani Taipua">Hoani Taipua</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><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="1" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Ropata_Te_Ao" title="Ropata Te Ao">Ropata Te Ao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1896_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1896 New Zealand general election">1896 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</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 height="36" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1908_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1908 New Zealand general election">1908 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" bgcolor="#00BB00"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1911_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1911 New Zealand general election">1911 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ui_P%C5%8Dmare" title="Māui Pōmare">Māui Pōmare</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1914 New Zealand general election">1914 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#00BB00"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1919_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1919 New Zealand general election">1919 election</a> </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><span style="font-size:87%;"><i><a href="/wiki/1930_Western_Maori_by-election" title="1930 Western Maori by-election">1930 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BB00"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Taite_Te_Tomo" title="Taite Te Tomo">Taite Te Tomo</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> <td rowspan="1" bgcolor="#A52A2A"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Toko_Ratana" title="Toko Ratana">Toko Ratana</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1938_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1938 New Zealand general election">1938 election</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D82A20"> </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><span style="font-size:87%;"><i><a href="/wiki/1945_Western_Maori_by-election" title="1945 Western Maori by-election">1945 by-election</a></i></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matiu_Ratana" class="mw-redirect" title="Matiu Ratana">Matiu Ratana</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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> <td rowspan="7" bgcolor="#D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Iriaka_R%C4%81tana" title="Iriaka Rātana">Iriaka Rātana</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></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> <td rowspan="9" bgcolor="#D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Koro_W%C4%93tere" title="Koro Wētere">Koro Wētere</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><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></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></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1993_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1993 New Zealand general election">1993 election</a> </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=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Note that the affiliation of many early candidates is not known. There is contradictory information about the affiliation of <a href="/wiki/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</a>. In Wilson's <i>New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984</i>, the authoritative work covering parliamentary history, Kaihau is listed as a <a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform Party</a> supporter from the party's inception in 1908.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985209_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985209-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kaihau does, however, appear on a poster of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal Party</a> in 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Zealand_Herald" title="The New Zealand Herald">The New Zealand Herald</a></i>, in its <a href="/wiki/1905_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1905 New Zealand general election">1905 election</a> reporting, also lists him as a government supporter, i.e. a Liberal.<sup id="cite_ref-1905_affiliations_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1905_affiliations-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another example of contradictory reporting is for the <a href="/wiki/1911_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1911 New Zealand general election">1911 election</a>. Three newspapers, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Marlborough_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="The Marlborough Express">The Marlborough Express</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Zealand_Herald" title="The New Zealand Herald">The New Zealand Herald</a></i>, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Auckland_Star" title="Auckland Star">Auckland Star</a></i> reported political affiliations. Two papers have <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ui_P%C5%8Dmare" title="Māui Pōmare">Māui Pōmare</a> as an independent, whilst the third has him as a <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party_(1910)" title="New Zealand Labour Party (1910)">Labour</a> supporter. <a href="/wiki/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</a> is given three different affiliations: independent, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a>, and Reform. <a href="/wiki/Pepene_Eketone" title="Pepene Eketone">Pepene Eketone</a> is categorised as Labour by two of the papers, whilst the third has him as a Liberal supporter. The <i>Auckland Star</i> lists another Labour supporter, but the name is a composite of first and last names of two of the candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1868_election">1868 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1868 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/First_M%C4%81ori_elections" title="First Māori elections">1868 Māori election</a>: Western Maori </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:#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/Mete_K%C4%ABngi_Paetahi" title="Mete Kīngi Paetahi">Mete Kīngi Paetahi</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>Unopposed </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1871_election">1871 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1871 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1871_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1871 New Zealand general election">1871 general election</a>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-Result_of_the_Maori_Election_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Result_of_the_Maori_Election-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<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/Wiremu_Parata" title="Wiremu Parata">Wiremu Parata</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>258 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>43.07 </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/Te_Keepa_Te_Rangihiwinui" title="Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui">Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">186 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.05 </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/Mete_K%C4%ABngi_Paetahi" title="Mete Kīngi Paetahi">Mete Kīngi Paetahi</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">155 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.88 </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">72 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.02 </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">599 </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="1876_election">1876 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1876 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1875%E2%80%931876_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1875–1876 New Zealand general election">1876 general election</a>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-1876_election_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1876_election-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<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/Hoani_Nahe" title="Hoani Nahe">Hoani Nahe</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>671 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.24 </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/Te_Keepa_Te_Rangihiwinui" title="Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui">Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">490 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.77 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.72 </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/Wiremu_Parata" title="Wiremu Parata">Wiremu Parata</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">290 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.99 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−23.09 </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">181 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.47 </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" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,451 </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="1879_election">1879 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1879 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1879_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1879 New Zealand general election">1879 general election</a>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DNZB_Te_Wheoro_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DNZB_Te_Wheoro-19"><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/Wiremu_Te_Wheoro" title="Wiremu Te Wheoro">Wiremu Te Wheoro</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,053 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.48 </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/Hoani_Taipua" title="Hoani Taipua">Hoani Taipua</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">441 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.52 </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">612 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.96 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+31.05 </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">1,494 </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_election">1881 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1881 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1881_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1881 New Zealand general election">1881 general election</a>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<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/Wiremu_Te_Wheoro" title="Wiremu Te Wheoro">Wiremu Te Wheoro</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>991 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>69.20 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−1.28 </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/H%C4%81miora_Mangak%C4%81hia" title="Hāmiora Mangakāhia">Hāmiora Mangakāhia</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">223 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.57 </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: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mita Karaka </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">143 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.99 </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">William Hughes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.24 </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">768 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53.63 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+12.67 </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">1,432 </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="1884_election">1884 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1884 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1884_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1884 New Zealand general election">1884 general election</a>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-1884_election_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1884_election-22"><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/Te_Puke_Te_Ao" title="Te Puke Te Ao">Te Puke Te Ao</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>356 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>25.21 </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/Te_Keepa_Te_Rangihiwinui" title="Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui">Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">284 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.11 </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: #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/Wiremu_Te_Wheoro" title="Wiremu Te Wheoro">Wiremu Te Wheoro</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">155 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.98 </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/Wetere_Te_Rerenga" title="Wetere Te Rerenga">Wetere Te Rerenga</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">141 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.99 </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/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">137 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.70 </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: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mita Karaka </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">136 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.63 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.35 </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/H%C4%81miora_Mangak%C4%81hia" title="Hāmiora Mangakāhia">Hāmiora Mangakāhia</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">125 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.85 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.72 </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/Sydney_Taiwhanga" title="Sydney Taiwhanga">Sydney Taiwhanga</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">78 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.52 </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">72 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.10 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−48.53 </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">1,412 </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="1886_by-election">1886 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1886 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1886_Western_Maori_by-election" title="1886 Western Maori by-election">1886 Western Maori by-election</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>1886 Western Maori by-election<sup id="cite_ref-1886_results_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1886_results-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<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/Hoani_Taipua" title="Hoani Taipua">Hoani Taipua</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,258 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.67 </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/Wiremu_Te_Wheoro" title="Wiremu Te Wheoro">Wiremu Te Wheoro</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">519 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.38 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+12.40 </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/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">225 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.14 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.43 </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/Sydney_Taiwhanga" title="Sydney Taiwhanga">Sydney Taiwhanga</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">148 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.67 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.14 </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/Ngawaka_Taurua" title="Ngawaka Taurua">Ngawaka Taurua</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.15 </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">739 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.29 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+28.19 </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">2,220 </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="1887_election">1887 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 1887 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1887_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1887 New Zealand general election">1887 general election</a>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<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/Hoani_Taipua" title="Hoani Taipua">Hoani Taipua</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,691 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.68 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−2.98 </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/Wiremu_Te_Wheoro" title="Wiremu Te Wheoro">Wiremu Te Wheoro</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,067 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.87 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.49 </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/Pepene_Eketone" title="Pepene Eketone">Pepene Eketone</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">198 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.29 </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/John_Ormsby_(negotiator)" title="John Ormsby (negotiator)">John Ormsby</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">153 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.86 </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: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Takarangi Mete Kingi </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.30 </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">624 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.81 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−13.48 </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">3,150 </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=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=13" 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>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<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/Hoani_Taipua" title="Hoani Taipua">Hoani Taipua</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pepene_Eketone" title="Pepene Eketone">Pepene Eketone</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Kipa Te Whatanui<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Te Kahui Kararahe </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Tatana Te Whataupoko </td> <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">Majority </th> <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"> </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">1,916<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989133_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989133-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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="1893_election">1893 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 1893 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1893 New Zealand general election">1893 general election</a>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-1893_election_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1893_election-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<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/Ropata_Te_Ao" title="Ropata Te Ao">Ropata Te Ao</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>817 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>42.64 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pepene_Eketone" title="Pepene Eketone">Pepene Eketone</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">727 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">37.94 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Te Wirihana Hunia </td> <td style="text-align:right;">365 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.05 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Ngarangi Katitia </td> <td style="text-align:right;">334 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.43 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Reha Aperahama </td> <td style="text-align:right;">274 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14.30 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Eruera Whakaahu </td> <td style="text-align:right;">224 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.69 </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">90 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.70 </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">1,916 </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="1896_election">1896 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 1896 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1896_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1896 New Zealand general election">1896 general election</a>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-1896_Western_Maori_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1896_Western_Maori-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<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:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,605 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">26.70 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </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/Ropata_Te_Ao" title="Ropata Te Ao">Ropata Te Ao</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">874 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.54 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−28.10 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Te_Keepa_Te_Rangihiwinui" title="Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui">Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">854 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14.20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Ngarangi Katitia </td> <td style="text-align:right;">655 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.89 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−6.54 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Ormsby_(negotiator)" title="John Ormsby (negotiator)">John Ormsby</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">575 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9.56 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Te Aohau Nikitini </td> <td style="text-align:right;">431 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.17 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pepene_Eketone" title="Pepene Eketone">Pepene Eketone</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">351 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.84 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−32.11 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Wiremu Ngapaki </td> <td style="text-align:right;">261 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.34 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Reha Aperahama </td> <td style="text-align:right;">186 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.09 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−11.21 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Te Remana Nutana </td> <td style="text-align:right;">158 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.63 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Te Wirihana Hunia </td> <td style="text-align:right;">37 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.62 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−18.43 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Hohepa Horomona </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.13 </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">731 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.16 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.46 </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">6,012<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=16" 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>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<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:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,685 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">52.69 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+25.99 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tureiti_Te_Heuheu_Tukino_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V">Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">873 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Te Aohau Nikitini </td> <td style="text-align:right;">581 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.23 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Waata Hipango </td> <td style="text-align:right;">440 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.63 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Hone Patene </td> <td style="text-align:right;">199 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.91 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Takarangi Mete Kingi </td> <td style="text-align:right;">173 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.39 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Wiremu Ngapaki </td> <td style="text-align:right;">145 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.85 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.50 </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">1,812 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.56 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+23.40 </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">5,096 </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=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=17" 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>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-General_election,_1902_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-General_election,_1902-37"><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"><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:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,324 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">53.05 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.36 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Ngarangi Katitia </td> <td style="text-align:right;">954 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15.23 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tureiti_Te_Heuheu_Tukino_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V">Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">840 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13.41 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.73 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Eruera te Kahu </td> <td style="text-align:right;">673 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.74 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Te One Teehi </td> <td style="text-align:right;">399 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.37 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Te Weraro Kingi </td> <td style="text-align:right;">76 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.21 </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">2,370 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.82 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.27 </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">6,266 </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="1905_election">1905 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=18" 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>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-General_election,_1905_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-General_election,_1905-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1905_affiliations_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1905_affiliations-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<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:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,026 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">50.14 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−2.91 </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/Tureiti_Te_Heuheu_Tukino_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V">Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,338 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.17 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.76 </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">Eruera te Kahu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">991 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.42 </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">Pitiera Taipua </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">394 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.53 </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">Te Weraro Kingi </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">162 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.68 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.47 </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">Hare Teimana </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">124 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.05 </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">1,688 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.97 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.85 </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">6,035 </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="1908_election">1908 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=19" 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>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-1908_election_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1908_election-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:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,375 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">32.65 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−17.49 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pepene_Eketone" title="Pepene Eketone">Pepene Eketone</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,618 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">22.24 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tureiti_Te_Heuheu_Tukino_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V">Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,375 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18.90 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.27 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Hema Te Ao </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,178 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16.19 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Eruera te Kahu </td> <td style="text-align:right;">728 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−6.41 </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">757 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.41 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−17.56 </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">7,274 </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=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=20" 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>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-1911_election_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1911_election-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:#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/M%C4%81ui_P%C5%8Dmare" title="Māui Pōmare">Māui Pōmare</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,464 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>35.24 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,899 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">27.16 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−5.49 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pepene_Eketone" title="Pepene Eketone">Pepene Eketone</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,470 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">21.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.22 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Tarapipipi Taingakawa </td> <td style="text-align:right;">581 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.31 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Ngarangi Katitia </td> <td style="text-align:right;">560 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Pomare Hetaraka </td> <td style="text-align:right;">19 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.27 </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">565 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.08 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.33 </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">6,993 </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=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=21" 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>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-1914_election_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1914_election-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:#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/M%C4%81ui_P%C5%8Dmare" title="Māui Pōmare">Māui Pōmare</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,416 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.29 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+15.05 </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">Hema Ropata te Ao<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,309 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.27 </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"><a href="/wiki/Pepene_Eketone" title="Pepene Eketone">Pepene Eketone</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,074 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.81 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.21 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFA500; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal%E2%80%93Labour_(New_Zealand)" title="Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)">Liberal–Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rangi_Mawhete" title="Rangi Mawhete">Rangi Mawhete</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">703 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.35 </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">Hori Tiro Paora </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">166 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.44 </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: #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">Tuwhakaririka Patena<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">125 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.84 </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">2,107 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.02 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+22.94 </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">6,793 </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="1930_by-election">1930 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 1930 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1930_Western_Maori_by-election" title="1930 Western Maori by-election">1930 Western Maori by-election</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1930_Western_Maori_by-election" title="1930 Western Maori by-election">1930 Western Maori by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><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:#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/Taite_Te_Tomo" title="Taite Te Tomo">Taite Te Tomo</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,921 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.29 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #A52A2A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ratana" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratana">Ratana</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Toko_Ratana" title="Toko Ratana">Toko Ratana</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,101 </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 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/Pei_Te_Hurinui_Jones" title="Pei Te Hurinui Jones">Pei Te Hurinui Jones</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">336 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.57 </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">820 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.14 </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">7,358 </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=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=23" 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>: Western Maori<sup id="cite_ref-1931_election_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1931_election-45"><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:#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/Taite_Te_Tomo" title="Taite Te Tomo">Taite Te Tomo</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,172 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.54 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #A52A2A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ratana" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratana">Ratana</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Toko_Ratana" title="Toko Ratana">Toko Ratana</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,736 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.11 </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: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rima Wakarua </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">394 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.06 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pepene_Eketone" title="Pepene Eketone">Pepene Eketone</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">293 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.76 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"> </td> <td class="fn">Hane Henare Piahana </td> <td style="text-align:right;">103 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.32 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </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">Timi Takirihi (James Douglas) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">95 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.22 </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">1,436 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.43 </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">7,793 </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="1945_by-election">1945 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 1945 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1945_Western_Maori_by-election" title="1945 Western Maori by-election">1945 Western Maori by-election</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1945_Western_Maori_by-election" title="1945 Western Maori by-election">1945 Western Maori by-election</a> </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/Matiu_Ratana" class="mw-redirect" title="Matiu Ratana">Matiu Ratana</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,697 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.63 </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/Pei_Te_Hurinui_Jones" title="Pei Te Hurinui Jones">Pei Te Hurinui Jones</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,908 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.20 </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: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Winiata Piahana </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">452 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.16 </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">Takumaru Roetana Tupaea </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">371 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.24 </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: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rehe Parene Rewi Maniapoto Amohanga </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">111 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.27 </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">Pepiriri Reweti </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">108 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.23 </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: #FFBBBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Labour">Independent Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kaponga Erueti </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">93 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.06 </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">Reha Kau Hou </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.47 </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">1,789 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.16 </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;">554 </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">9,335 </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><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Notes"><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-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Matiu_Ratana" class="mw-redirect" title="Matiu Ratana">Matiu Ratana</a> died on 7 October 1949, shortly before the <a href="/wiki/1949_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1949 New Zealand general election">1949 election</a>. His wife stood for election instead.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Final results were not reported in contemporary media</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rankings from the third place down are based on preliminary results only</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The source says 6,022, but the votes add up to 6,012. Whilst the source states the count was final, McRobie states the number of votes cast as 6,072.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989133_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989133-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Some sources have Hema Ropata te Ao as an Independent</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Some sources have Tuwhakaririka Patena as an Independent</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Maori&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><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-FOOTNOTEWilson1985225-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985225_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilson1985">Wilson 1985</a>, p. 225.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1868_Western_Maori_election-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1868_Western_Maori_election_2-0">^</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 news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WI18680418.2.19">"Latest News from Wanganui"</a>. <i>Wellington Independent</i>. 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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 href="/wiki/Manawatu_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Manawatu (New Zealand electorate)">Manawatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuherikia_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Manuherikia (New Zealand electorate)">Manuherikia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manukau_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Manukau (New Zealand electorate)">Manukau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manukau_East_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manukau East (New Zealand electorate)">Manukau East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maramarua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Maramarua (New Zealand electorate)">Maramarua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Marlborough (New Zealand electorate)">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsden_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Marsden (New Zealand electorate)">Marsden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masterton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Masterton (New Zealand electorate)">Masterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matakana_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Matakana (New Zealand electorate)">Matakana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matamata_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Matamata (New Zealand electorate)">Matamata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mataura_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mataura (New Zealand electorate)">Mataura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Canterbury_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mid-Canterbury (New Zealand electorate)">Mid-Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miramar_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Miramar (New Zealand electorate)">Miramar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moeraki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Moeraki (New Zealand electorate)">Moeraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongonui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mongonui (New Zealand electorate)">Mongonui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongonui_and_Bay_of_Islands_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mongonui and Bay of Islands (New Zealand electorate)">Mongonui and Bay of Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mornington_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mornington (New Zealand electorate)">Mornington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motueka_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Motueka (New Zealand 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