Otahuhu (New Zealand electorate)

Otahuhu is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the southern suburbs of the city of Auckland, from 1938 to 1963, and then from 1972 to 1984.

Population centres

The 1931 New Zealand census had been cancelled due to the Great Depression, so the 1937 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth into account. The increasing population imbalance between the North and South Islands had slowed, and only one electorate seat was transferred from south to north. Five electorates were abolished, one former electorate (Onehunga) was re-established, and four electorates were created for the first time, including Otahuhu.^[1]

For the purposes of the country quota, the 1936 census had determined that some 30% of the population lived in urban areas, and the balance in rural areas.^[2] Since the 1969 election, the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, with continued faster population growth in the North Island leading to an increase in the number of general electorates. There were 84 electorates for the 1969 election,^[3] and the 1972 electoral redistribution saw three additional general seats created for the North Island, bringing the total number of electorates to 87.^[4] Together with increased urbanisation in Christchurch and Nelson, the changes proved very disruptive to existing electorates. ^[4] In the South Island, three electorates were abolished, and three electorates were newly created.^[5] In the North Island, five electorates were abolished, two electorates were recreated (including Otahuhu), and six electorates were newly created.^[6]

The Otahuhu electorate was located in the south of Auckland. Settlements that fell into the initial Otahuhu electorate were Howick, Papatoetoe, Māngere, Manurewa, and Brookby.^[7]

History

The first representative, elected in 1938, was Charles Robert Petrie. In the previous parliamentary term, Petrie had represented the Hauraki electorate, which then had covered the South Auckland suburbs.^[8]^[9] Petrie retired in 1949.^[8]

In the 1963 general election the seat was abolished and Bob Tizard stood in Pakuranga, so only represented Otahuhu from 16 March (after a by-election due to the death of James Deas) to 29 October 1963. He later returned to the seat when it was reconstituted. When it was abolished in 1984, he stood in Panmure.

Members of Parliament

Key

Labour National

Election	Winner
1938 election		Charles Robert Petrie
1943 election
1946 election
1949 election		Leon Götz
1951 election		Leon Götz
1954 election		James Deas
1957 election
1960 election
1963 by-election		Bob Tizard
(Electorate abolished 1963–1972; see Pakuranga)
1972 election		Bob Tizard (2nd period)
1975 election
1978 election
1981 election
(Electorate abolished in 1984; see Panmure)

Election results

1981 election

1981 general election: Otahuhu^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Tizard	8,803	56.12	−0.98
	National	Stuart McDowell	3,639	23.20
	Social Credit	Ken Harris	3,189	20.33
	Socialist Unity	Ella Ayo	54	0.34	+0.20
Majority			5,164	32.92	−2.35
Turnout			15,685	82.77	+25.17
Registered electors			18,950

1978 election

1978 general election: Otahuhu^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Tizard	8,896	57.10	+1.30
	National	Ray Ah Chee	4,134	26.53
	Social Credit	Ken Harris	2,288	14.68
	Values	I M Johnson	236	1.51
	Socialist Unity	Ella Ayo	23	0.14
Majority			4,762	30.57	−6.68
Turnout			15,577	57.60	−19.10
Registered electors			27,041

1975 election

1975 general election: Otahuhu^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Tizard	8,838	55.80	−12.55
	National	Lois Morris	5,053	31.90
	Social Credit	Patrick Ford	1,020	6.44
	Values	Peter Johnston	879	5.54
	Socialist Unity	Barbara Miller	26	0.16
	Independent	Joseph Erwin Moosman	22	0.13	−0.25
Majority			3,785	23.89	−20.35
Turnout			15,838	76.70	−10.43
Registered electors			20,648

1972 election

1972 general election: Otahuhu^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Tizard	9,891	68.35
	National	D C Brooker	3,488	24.10
	Social Credit	E R James	935	6.46
	New Democratic	Catherine Mary Langstone	101	0.69
	Independent	Joseph Erwin Moosman	56	0.38
Majority			6,403	44.24
Turnout			14,471	87.13
Registered electors			16,608

1963 by-election

1963 Otahuhu by-election^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Tizard	6,108	63.07
	National	Thomas Tucker	3,450	35.64	−3.69
	Communist	Stan Hieatt	125	1.29	+0.60
Majority			2,658	27.45
Turnout			9,683	51.10	−39.89
Registered electors			18,947
	Labour hold		Swing

1960 election

1960 general election: Otahuhu^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Deas	9,247	56.19	−2.82
	National	Thomas Tucker	6,473	39.33
	Social Credit	Allan Donovan	622	3.77
	Communist	Stan Hieatt	114	0.69
Majority			2,774	16.85	−5.90
Turnout			16,456	90.99	−3.74
Registered electors			18,084

1957 election

1957 general election: Otahuhu^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Deas	8,927	59.01	+7.15
	National	Clive Haszard	5,485	36.26
	Social Credit	Frederick Coles Jordan	714	4.72	−0.84
Majority			3,442	22.75	+11.28
Turnout			15,126	94.73	+1.63
Registered electors			15,966

1954 election

1954 general election: Otahuhu^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Deas	8,162	51.86	+8.04
	National	Leonard Bradley	6,356	40.38
	Social Credit	Frederick Coles Jordan	875	5.56
	Independent	Rita Violet Fulljames	344	2.18
Majority			1,806	11.47
Turnout			15,737	93.10	+1.39
Registered electors			16,902

1951 election

1951 general election: Otahuhu^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Leon Götz	9,668	56.18	+2.13
	Labour	James Deas	7,540	43.82
Majority			2,128	12.36	+4.26
Turnout			17,208	91.71	−3.82
Registered electors			18,762

1949 election

1949 general election: Otahuhu^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Leon Götz	8,493	54.05
	Labour	Alex Dixon	7,218	45.95
Majority			1,275	8.10
Turnout			15,711	95.53	+1.35
Registered electors			16,445

1946 election

1946 general election: Otahuhu^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Robert Petrie	6,957	50.81	+3.89
	National	Albert Murdoch	6,737	49.19
Majority			220	1.60	−1.88
Turnout			13,694	94.18	+5.24
Registered electors			14,539

1943 election

1943 general election: Otahuhu^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Robert Petrie	6,251	46.92	−11.95
	National	Gordon Hamilton	5,787	43.43
	Democratic Labour	Clare Jowsey	811	6.08
	Real Democracy	Cyril James Mahon	345	2.58
Informal votes			128	0.96	+0.66
Majority			464	3.48	−15.53
Turnout			13,322	88.94	−4.82
Registered electors			14,977

1938 election

1938 general election: Otahuhu^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Robert Petrie	7,020	58.87
	National	Kenneth Tennent	4,753	39.86
Informal votes			36	0.30
Majority			2,267	19.01
Turnout			11,924	93.76
Registered electors			12,717

Notes

^ McRobie 1989, pp. 87–92.
^ McRobie 1989, p. 91.
^ McRobie 1989, p. 111.
^ ^a ^b McRobie 1989, p. 115.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 112, 116.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 111, 115.
^ McRobie 1989, p. 90.
^ ^a ^b Wilson 1985, p. 226.
^ McRobie 1989, p. 86.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Norton 1988, p. 301.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Norton 1988, p. 300.
^ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
^ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
^ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
^ "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. 80, no. 24713. 13 October 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

References

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.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198987–92-1] McRobie 1989, pp. 87–92.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198991-2] McRobie 1989, p. 91.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989111-3] McRobie 1989, p. 111.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989115-4] McRobie 1989, p. 115.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989112,_116-5] McRobie 1989, pp. 112, 116.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989111,_115-6] McRobie 1989, pp. 111, 115.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198990-7] McRobie 1989, p. 90.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985226-8] Wilson 1985, p. 226.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198986-9] McRobie 1989, p. 86.

[FOOTNOTENorton1988301-10] Norton 1988, p. 301.

[FOOTNOTENorton1988300-11] Norton 1988, p. 300.

[12] "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

[13] "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

[14] "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[15] "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. 80, no. 24713. 13 October 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

[16] "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

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