East Cape (New Zealand electorate)
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East Cape is a former New Zealand
Parliamentary electorate
, from 1978 to 1993.
. The seat was carved from the Bay of Plenty Electorate following a major redistribution. Originally it spanned from Whakatane in the north to the Gisborne suburb of Kaiti. Subsequent boundary changes drew the electorate further from Gisborne City and included Kawerau.
The seat was first won by Duncan MacIntyre of the National Party in 1978, who was previously MP for Bay of Plenty (1975-78). When he retired in 1984, the seat was won by Labour's Anne Collins with a majority of around 800 votes. Collins held the seat at the subsequent election by less than 240 votes.
Tony Ryall from the National Party won the seat in the 1990 general election landslide to the National Party.
In 1993
, most of the electorate was included in the Eastern Bay of Plenty electorate, with the portion from Hicks Bay to south of Tokomaru Bay included in the Mahia electorate.
New Zealand
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Parliamentary electorate
New Zealand electorates
An electorate is a voting district for elections to the Parliament of New Zealand. In informal discussion, electorates are often called seats. The most formal description, electoral district, is rarely seen outside of electoral legislation. Before 1996, all Members of Parliament were directly...
, from 1978 to 1993.
History
The East Cape electorate was created in 1978New Zealand general election, 1978
The 1978 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to elect the 39th New Zealand Parliament. It saw the governing National Party, led by Robert Muldoon, retain office, although the opposition Labour Party managed to win the largest share of the vote...
. The seat was carved from the Bay of Plenty Electorate following a major redistribution. Originally it spanned from Whakatane in the north to the Gisborne suburb of Kaiti. Subsequent boundary changes drew the electorate further from Gisborne City and included Kawerau.
The seat was first won by Duncan MacIntyre of the National Party in 1978, who was previously MP for Bay of Plenty (1975-78). When he retired in 1984, the seat was won by Labour's Anne Collins with a majority of around 800 votes. Collins held the seat at the subsequent election by less than 240 votes.
Tony Ryall from the National Party won the seat in the 1990 general election landslide to the National Party.
In 1993
New Zealand general election, 1993
The 1993 New Zealand general election was held on 6 November 1993 to determine the composition of the 44th New Zealand Parliament. It saw the governing National Party, led by Jim Bolger, win a second term in office, despite a major swing back towards the Labour Party. The new Alliance and New...
, most of the electorate was included in the Eastern Bay of Plenty electorate, with the portion from Hicks Bay to south of Tokomaru Bay included in the Mahia electorate.
Election results
Key| Election | Winner | |
| Duncan MacIntyre | ||
| Anne Fraser Anne Fraser Lowson Anne Fraser née Collins was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.-Parliamentary career:She represented the electorate of East Cape in Parliament from 1984 to 1990. She retired from Parliament in 1990... |
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| Tony Ryall Tony Ryall Anthony Boyd Williams "Tony" Ryall is New Zealand politician. He has represented voters and the National Party in the New Zealand Parliament since 1990. Since November 2008 he has served as a cabinet minister, holding the posts of Minister of Health and Minister of State Services... |
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