Bay of Plenty (New Zealand electorate)

Bay of Plenty electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election

Bay of Plenty is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current representative is Todd Muller of the National Party, first elected at the 2014 election. He replaced Tony Ryall, also of the National Party, who retired after representing the seat since 1996.^[1]

Population centres

In the 1892 electoral redistribution, population shift to the North Island required the transfer of one seat from the South Island to the north. The resulting ripple effect saw every electorate established in 1890 have its boundaries altered, and eight electorates were established for the first time, including Bay of Plenty.^[2]

The current Bay of Plenty electorate is wrapped around Tauranga city, but does not include the city. It does include Matakana Island.

Prior to the 2007 boundary review, it did not extend to the western side of Tauranga or to Matakana Island. Instead it comprised a section of the central Bay of Plenty coast, from the eastern periphery of the Tauranga urban area to outside the main populated part of Whakatane. It included the towns of Te Puke, Edgecumbe and Papamoa. Rapid population growth around Tauranga has driven considerable boundary change at each review. For the 2008 election, the eastern boundary moved far westwards to the eastern fringe of Te Puke, in the process abandoning sections of the central coast to the Rotorua and East Coast seats.

Bay of Plenty was created for the change to the mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation voting system; it was carved out of parts of the old seats of Kaimai, Tarawera and Eastern Bay of Plenty. Its original incarnation was based mostly around Whakatane and Opotiki districts, with the remaining population coming from Te Puke and parts of greater Tauranga.

History

Bay of Plenty has been a safe seat for National's Tony Ryall, who has been returned easily at every election since the seat's re-establishment in 1996. The upper central North Island is an area where New Zealand First has done well, frequently getting a higher vote share in seats in both the Bay of Plenty region and in the Waikato than it does nationally.

The earlier Bay of Plenty electorate from 1893 to 1978 was held by William Kelly 1893-1896, William Herries 1896-1908, William MacDonald 1908-1920, Kenneth Williams 1920-1935, Gordon Hultquist 1935-1941, Bill Sullivan 1941-1957, Percy Allen 1957-1975 and Duncan MacIntyre 1975-1978. Williams had the distinction of being returned unopposed in three general elections, 1922, 1925 and 1931;^[3] in 1928 he was opposed by Alexander Moncur for Labour.

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Key

¹ Died in office
² Died of illness while on military service
³ Resigned during term

List MPs

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

  NZ First  

Election results

2014 election

2011 election

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 46,546^[8]

2008 election

General election, 2008: Bay of Plenty[9]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Tony Ryall		23,402	64.88	+6.65	21,526	58.70	+9.57
	Labour	Carol Devoy-Heena		5,798	16.07	-4.38	7,404	20.19	-7.89
	NZ First	Peter Brown		4,087	11.33	-2.30	3,030	8.26	-3.79
	Kiwi	Tony Christiansen		2,258	6.26	-	734	2.00	-
	ACT	Francis Denz		346	0.96	-	1,067	2.91	+2.00
	United Future	Brian Carter		180	0.50	-1.47	258	0.70	-3.19
	Green						1,787	4.87	+1.55
	Māori						258	0.70	+0.08
	Progressive						175	0.48	-0.39
	Bill and Ben						144	0.39	-
	Legalise Cannabis						135	0.37	+0.20
	Family Party						60	0.16	-
	Libertarianz						25	0.07	+0.04
	Alliance						21	0.06	+0.05
	Democrats						18	0.05	+0.01
	Pacific						17	0.05	-
	RAM						9	0.02	-
	RONZ						3	0.01	-0.00
	Workers Party						3	0.01	-
Informal votes				325			118
Total Valid votes				36,071			36,674
	National hold		Majority	17,604	48.80	+11.03

2005 election

General election, 2005: Bay of Plenty[10]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Tony Ryall		20,941	57.82		17,934	48.95
	Labour	Pauline Scott		7,357	20.31		10,252	27.98
	NZ First	Peter Brown		4,903	13.54		4,399	12.01
	Green	Ian Stephens		1,181	3.26		1,213	3.31
	United Future	Jeff Leigh		707	1.95		1,421	3.88
	Destiny	Roberta Maxwell		317	0.88		279	0.76
	Māori	Te Orohi Paul		314	0.87		226	0.62
	Progressive	Ronnie Stewart-Ward		217	0.60	-	316	0.86
	Direct Democracy	Mike Robertson		27	0.07		10	0.03
	ACT						332	0.91
	Legalise Cannabis						63	0.17
	Christian Heritage						20	0.05
	Democrats						13	0.04
	Libertarianz						12	0.03
	Family Rights						6	0.02
	RONZ						4	0.0
	99 MP						3	0.01
	Alliance						3	0.01
	One NZ						2	0.01
Informal votes				129			255
Total Valid votes				36,219			36,637
	National hold		Majority	13,584	37.51

2002 election

General election, 2002: Bay of Plenty[11]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Tony Ryall		12,975	42.95		7,130	23.29
	NZ First	Peter Brown		7,378	24.42		6,896	22.53
	Labour	Mei Matere Taare		6,494	21.49		9,457	30.89
	United Future	John Cassidy		1,231	4.07		2,506	8.19
	Green	Te Ruruanga Te Keeti		1,098	3.63		1,691	5.52
	Christian Heritage	Richard Holland		416	1.38		350	1.14
	ACT	Graham Douglas Steenson		371	1.23		1,451	4.74
	Progressive	John Neill		249	0.82		239	0.78
	ORNZ						569	1.86
	Christian Heritage						350	1.14
	Alliance						162	0.53
	Legalise Cannabis						122	0.40
	One NZ						15	0.05
	Mana Māori						13	0.04
	NMP						3	0.01
Informal votes				214			86
Total Valid votes				30,212			30,611
	National hold		Majority	5,597	18.53

1999 election

General election, 1999: Bay of Plenty[12][13]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Tony Ryall		15,781	46.00		11,350	32.91
	Labour	Terry Hughes		8,679	25.30		11,342	32.89
	NZ First	Peter Brown		4,185	12.20		3,178	9.22
	Green	Margaret Collins		1,815	5.29		1,847	5.36
	Alliance	John Neill		1,338	3.90		1,769	5.13
	Future NZ	Judy Turner		1,161	3.38		1,210	3.51
	Christian Heritage	Joyce Stevens		659	1.92		795	2.31
	ACT	Lynne Cook		520	1.52		2,138	6.20
	Te Tawharau	Willie Coates		100	0.29
	Natural Law	Meike van Batenburg		70	0.20		28	0.08
	Legalise Cannabis						255	0.74
	United NZ						181	0.52
	Libertarianz						139	0.40
	One NZ						72	0.21
	Mana Māori						57	0.17
	McGillicuddy Serious						50	0.14
	Animals First						41	0.12
	NMP						8	0.02
	Freedom Movement						6	0.02
	People's Choice Party						6	0.02
	Mauri Pacific						5	0.01
	South Island						4	0.01
	Republican						3	0.01
Informal votes				448			272
Total Valid votes				34,308			34,484
	National hold		Majority	7,102

1996 election

1957 by-election

1908 election

1905 election

1902 election

1899 election

1896 election

1893 election

Notes

References

• The General Election, 1908. National Library. 1909. Retrieved 4 December 2014. 
• Bassett, Michael (1982). Three Party Politics in New Zealand 1911–1931. Auckland: Historical Publications. ISBN 0-86870-006-1. 
• McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8. 
• Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Department of Political Science. ISBN 0-475-11200-8. 
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. 

External links

• Holders of Bay of Plenty seat, from 1893 to 1941
• Electorate Profile, current
• Electorate Profile, 2005. Parliamentary Library