- Mount Albert (New Zealand electorate)
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Mount Albert shown as part of Auckland
Mount Albert is a Parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It has been represented by David Shearer since a by-election on 13 June 2009. It was represented by Helen Clark from the 1981 general election until her resignation from Parliament on 17 April 2009. It has elected only Labour Party MPs since it was first contested at the 1946 election.
Mount Albert covers a segment of western Auckland City, based around the suburb of Mount Albert and stretching from Kingsland on the eastern periphery of the central city down to Sandringham and extending as far as Avondale on the seat's western edge. Changes brought about by an electoral redistribution after the 2006 census saw a swap of suburbs with neighbouring Auckland Central – Newton on the city fringe being returned to Auckland Central, having been moved out in 1999, and Point Chevalier being drafted in.
The present incarnation of Mount Albert dates to 1999, when the creation of the Mount Roskill seat necessitated removing the suburbs clustered around the north side of Manukau Harbour from the Owairaka electorate. The name Mount Albert had been out of use for only three years – before Owairaka was drawn up ahead of the change to Mixed Member Proportional voting in 1996, the Mount Albert electorate had been part of the New Zealand electoral landscape for fifty years.
Mount Albert is notable for being contested by two Prime Ministers. Helen Clark was MP from 1981 until 2009, when she resigned to become head of the United Nations Development Program,[1] and was Prime Minister from 1999 to 2008. Sir Robert Muldoon of the National Party, Prime Minister from 1975 to 1984, first stood for Parliament in Mount Albert in 1954, to try to claim the seat from Labour. No National Party candidate has managed to do what Sir Robert could not – Mount Albert's inner-suburb, working-class composition makes it one of the Labour Party's safest seats.
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Members of Parliament
Name Party Elected Left Office Reason Arthur Shapton Richards Labour 1946 1947 Died Warren Freer Labour 1947 by-election, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1978 1981 Retired Helen Clark Labour 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993 1996 Electorate abolished; contested Owairaka instead Helen Clark Labour 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008 17 April 2009 Resigned David Shearer Labour 2009 byelection Incumbent Election results
2009 by-election
Main article: Mount Albert by-election, 2009Mount Albert by-election, 2009 Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the by-election.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election.
Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election.
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denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour David Shearer 13,260 63.49 +4.20 National Melissa Leea 3,542 16.96 -11.88 Green Russel Normana 2,567 12.29 +6.35 ACT John Boscawena 968 4.63 +0.54 Bill and Ben Ben Boyce 158 0.76 Legalise Cannabis Dakta Green 92 0.44 Kiwi Simonne Dyer 91 0.44 United Future Judy Turner 89 0.43 Libertarianz Julian Pistorius 39 0.19 Independent Jim Bagnell 24 0.11 Independent Ari Baker 15 0.07 Human Rights Anthony Van den Heuvel 13 0.06 People Before Profit Malcom France 13 0.06 Independent Jackson James Wood 9 0.04 People's Choice Rusty Kane 5 0.02 Informal votes 58 Total Valid votes 20,885 Labour hold Majority 9,718 46.40 +4.02
a Three candidates were list MPs elected at the 2008 election.2008 election
General Election 2008: Mount Albert[2] 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 or denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±% Labour Helen Elizabeth Clark20,157 59.29 -7.26 14,894 42.60 -11.73 National Ravi Musuku 9,806 28.84 +9.21 12,468 35.66 +9.31 Green Jon Carapiet 2,019 5.94 +1.22 3,846 11.00 +1.73 ACT Kathleen McCabe 1,392 4.09 +1.72 1,227 3.51 +1.49 Kiwi Christian Dawson 249 0.73 157 0.45 Pacific Milo Siilata 234 0.69 273 0.78 Human Rights Anthony van Den Heuvel 87 0.26 RONZ Dave Llewell 53 0.16 +0.16 16 0.05 +0.03 NZ First 936 2.68 -0.70 Māori 273 0.78 -0.26 Progressive 244 0.70 United Future 232 0.66 Bill and Ben 132 0.38 Legalise Cannabis 101 0.29 Family Party 92 0.26 Alliance 19 0.05 RAM 19 0.05 Libertarianz 16 0.05 Workers Party 11 0.03 Democrats 7 0.02 Informal votes 410 256 Total Valid votes 33,997 34,963 Labour hold Majority 10,351 2005 election
General Election 2005: Mount Albert[3] 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 or denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±% Labour Helen Clark20,918 66.55 -3.03 17,501 54.33 National Ravi Musuku 6,169 19.63 8,488 26.35 Green Jon Carapiet 1,485 4.72 2,985 9.27 NZ First Julian Batchelor 746 2.37 1,089 3.38 ACT David Seymour 746 2.37 651 2.02 United Future Tony Gordon 529 1.68 649 2.01 Progressive Jenny Wilson 407 1.29 525 1.59 Destiny Anne Williamson 337 1.07 157 0.49 Independent James Bagnall 83 0.26 Anti-Capitalist Daphna Whitmore 79 0.25 -0.16 Independent Anthony Ravlich 47 0.15 Direct Democracy Howard Ponga 30 0.10 10 0.03 Independent Erik Taylor 29 0.09 Māori 168 0.52 Legalise Cannabis 43 0.13 Christian Heritage 40 0.12 Alliance 22 0.07 Family Rights 20 0.06 Libertarianz 19 0.06 RONZ 8 0.02 99 MP 6 0.02 Democrats 3 0.01 One NZ 0 0.00 Informal votes 316 130 Total Valid votes 31,747 32,342 Labour hold Majority 14,749 References
- ^ "Helen Clark unanimously confirmed as new head of UNDP" (Press release). United Nations Development Program. 2009-03-31. http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/2009/march/helen-clark-unanimously-confirmed-as-new-head-of-undp-new-york-.en. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ 2008 election results
- ^ 2005 election results
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