Island Bay (New Zealand electorate)

Former electorate in Wellington, New Zealand

Island Bay electorate boundaries between 1993 and 1996.

Island Bay was a former New Zealand electorate, centred on Island Bay in the southern suburbs of Wellington. The electorate was formed in 1946 and dissolved in 1996.

Population centres

The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, eight former electorates were re-established, and 19 electorates were created for the first time, including Island Bay.

History

The electorate was held by five MPs from the Labour Party for the whole of its existence from 1946 to 1996. Robert McKeen was the first representative; he had since the 1922 election represented the Wellington South electorate. McKeen was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1947 to 1950. He retired from Parliament in 1954.

McKeen was succeeded by Arnold Nordmeyer in the 1954 election. Nordmeyer was Minister of Finance in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960, and is remembered for the black budget which contributed to Labour's defeat in 1960. Nordmeyer had moved to the Island Bay electorate when the Brooklyn electorate was abolished.

Gerald O'Brien was deselected by Labour for the electorate in 1978, and ran against the new Labour candidate Frank O'Flynn. O'Flynn was Minister of Defence in the Fourth Labour Government from 1984 to 1987.

Members of Parliament

Key

Labour

Elections	Winner
1946 election		Robert McKeen
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election		Arnold Nordmeyer
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election		Gerald O'Brien
1972 election
1975 election
1978 election		Frank O'Flynn
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election		Elizabeth Tennet
1990 election
1993 election
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Rongotai)

Election results

1993 election

1993 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Tennet	10,110	49.02	+0.87
	National	Chris Shields	4,688	22.73
	Alliance	Vernon Tile	3,809	18.47
	NZ First	Paul Douche	926	4.49	+3.94
	Christian Heritage	Brian Fleming	479	2.32
	McGillicuddy Serious	Samuel Buchanan	451	2.18
	Natural Law	Bruce Brown	158	0.76
Majority			5,422	26.29	+6.92
Turnout			20,621	84.45	+2.59
Registered electors			24,417

1990 election

1990 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Tennet	9,034	48.15	−16.19
	National	Ann Nolan	5,399	28.77
	Green	Gillian Hope	2,343	12.48
	NewLabour	Dallas Moore	1,342	7.15
	McGillicuddy Serious	C H Smith	205	1.09
	Independent	Ian Bartram	125	0.66	−1.47
	People's Party	Warwick Taylor	115	0.61
	Social Credit	Paul Douche	104	0.55
	Independent	R J C Gilberd	37	0.19
Majority			3,635	19.37	−18.45
Turnout			18,761	81.86	−3.23
Registered electors			22,918

1987 election

1987 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Tennet	12,439	64.34
	National	Sandra Clarke	5,126	26.51
	Democrats	E H Low	503	2.60
	Independent	Ian Bartram	413	2.13
	People's Party	Christopher Ellis	408	2.11
	McGillicuddy Serious	Katerina Jane Julian	214	1.10
	NZ Party	G T Parker	121	0.62
	Imperial British Conservative	K J Quinn	109	0.56
Majority			7,313	37.82
Turnout			19,333	85.09	−5.94
Registered electors			22,719

1984 election

1984 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank O'Flynn	10,495	52.95	+0.04
	National	John Kananghinis	4,488	22.64
	NZ Party	Peter Button	4,048	20.42
	Social Credit	Paul Douche	477	2.40
	Values	Bruce Symondson	220	1.11
	Independent	Bill Maung	89	0.44
Majority			6,007	30.31	+8.88
Turnout			19,817	91.03	+3.67
Registered electors			21,768

1981 election

1981 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank O'Flynn	9,723	52.91	+17.51
	National	Doug Catley	5,785	31.48
	Social Credit	Ron England	2,747	14.94
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur	120	0.65	+0.60
Majority			3,938	21.43	+17.91
Turnout			18,375	87.36	+30.56
Registered electors			21,032

1978 election

1978 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank O'Flynn	6,524	35.40
	National	Bill Nathan	5,874	31.88	−8.73
	Independent Labour	Gerald O'Brien	3,632	19.71	−28.63
	Social Credit	Robyn Smith	1,502	8.15
	Values	Raewyn Good	751	4.07
	Independent	J C Bailey	65	0.35
	Socialist Action	Pat Starkey	33	0.17
	Tory	Tony Catford	21	0.11
	Independent National	Frank Moncur	12	0.06	−0.09
	Independent	Robert Williamson	11	0.05
Majority			650	3.52
Turnout			18,425	56.80	−19.85
Registered electors			32,433

1975 election

1975 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald O'Brien	7,964	48.34	−7.13
	National	Bill Nathan	6,690	40.61
	Values	Peter Rutherford	1,065	4.46
	Social Credit	Tom McLean	675	4.09
	Socialist Action	Kay Goodger	44	0.26
	Feminist	Ron Megget	29	0.17
	Independent National	Frank Moncur	26	0.15	−0.14
Majority			1,274	7.73	−15.48
Turnout			16,473	76.65	−11.98
Registered electors			21,489

1972 election

1972 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald O'Brien	8,352	55.47	+5.08
	National	Bruce Farland	4,857	32.25
	Values	Tony Brunt	1,148	7.62
	Social Credit	Colin Whitmill	559	3.71	−0.61
	New Democratic	Donald McMillan	95	0.63
	Independent National	Frank Moncur	45	0.29
Majority			3,495	23.21	+14.00
Turnout			15,056	88.63	+4.14
Registered electors			16,986

1969 election

1969 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald O'Brien	7,374	50.39
	National	Fairlie Curry	6,026	41.18
	Social Credit	Colin Whitmill	633	4.32
	Independent	Fay Lambert	598	4.08
Majority			1,348	9.21
Turnout			14,631	84.49	−5.60
Registered electors			17,316

1966 election

1966 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Nordmeyer	7,267	53.71	−1.25
	National	Saul Goldsmith	4,461	32.97
	Social Credit	K A Marshall	1,487	10.99
	Democratic	John Albert Cameron	174	1.28	−3.38
	Communist	Ron Smith	139	1.02	−0.05
Majority			2,806	20.74	+5.07
Turnout			13,528	78.89	−8.54
Registered electors			17,147

1963 election

1963 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Nordmeyer	8,372	54.96	+1.70
	National	Fairlie Curry	5,984	39.28	−1.19
	Social Credit	John Albert Cameron	711	4.66	−0.68
	Communist	Ron Smith	164	1.07	+0.16
Majority			2,388	15.67	+2.88
Turnout			15,231	87.43	+1.47
Registered electors			17,419

1960 election

1960 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Nordmeyer	7,459	53.26	−7.90
	National	Fairlie Curry	5,668	40.47
	Social Credit	John Albert Cameron	748	5.34
	Communist	Ron Smith	128	0.91
Majority			1,791	12.79	−14.69
Turnout			14,003	85.96	−5.24
Registered electors			16,290

1957 election

1957 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Nordmeyer	9,368	61.16	+2.68
	National	Saul Goldsmith	5,159	33.68
	Social Credit	Eric Elliott	683	4.45
	Communist	Ray Nunes	105	0.68
Majority			4,209	27.48	+1.46
Turnout			15,315	91.20	+3.91
Registered electors			16,792

1954 election

1954 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Nordmeyer	8,594	58.48
	National	John Maurice Whitta	5,159	35.10
	Social Credit	Daniel Gardiner	821	5.58
	Communist	Ron Smith	120	0.81
Majority			3,824	26.02
Turnout			14,694	87.29	−1.37
Registered electors			16,833

1951 election

1951 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert McKeen	6,735	56.64	−4.06
	National	J E Duncan	5,055	42.51
	Communist	Connie Birchfield	99	0.83
Majority			1,680	14.13	−8.79
Turnout			11,889	85.92	−2.82
Registered electors			13,837

1949 election

1949 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert McKeen	7,335	60.70	−3.24
	National	Herbert Edward Childs	4,565	37.78	+4.38
	Communist	Ron Smith	184	1.52
Informal votes			86	0.71
Majority			2,770	22.92	−7.60
Turnout			12,170	88.74	−0.63
Registered electors			13,714

1946 election

1946 general election: Island Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert McKeen	8,290	63.94
	National	Herbert Edward Childs	4,332	33.40
	Communist	Brian Berg	345	2.66
Majority			3,958	30.52
Turnout			12,967	89.37
Registered electors			14,509

Notes

McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
Wilson 1985, p. 265.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 215.
Wilson 1985, p. 250.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 223.
Wilson 1985, p. 88.
Brown, Bruce. "Nordmeyer, Arnold Henry". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
^ Norton 1988, pp. 256.
^ Norton 1988, pp. 255.
The General Election, 1949. National Library. 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
"The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

References

McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.

External links

1975, Mr Nathan the National candidate below a defaced poster (photo)

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