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Dunedin South

Dunedin South is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It first existed from 1881 to 1890, and subsequently from 1905 to 1946. In 1996, the electorate was re-established for the introduction of MMP, before being abolished in 2020.

Dunedin South electorate boundaries used since the 2008 election

Population centres edit

The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Dunedin South, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.[1]

As the name suggests, the electorate was based on the southern suburbs of Dunedin. It stretched out westwards to take in towns on the Taieri Plains such as Mosgiel, Green Island and Fairfield. The Otago Peninsula was also in the electorate.

The most recent Dunedin South electorate was created in 1996 as one of the original 65 MMP electorates, as a merger between St Kilda and a large part of Dunedin West. Until the 2008 election, it was enlarged at every electoral boundary review, but in the 2013 review, its boundaries were kept.[2] Middlemarch was first included in the electorate for the 2008 election; other localities include:

The electorate was abolished at the 2019/20 electoral redistribution, with the majority of the electorate being included in a recreated Taieri, although the Otago Peninsula was incorporated into the Dunedin electorate.

History edit

The electorate was first established for the 1881 election and abolished after three parliamentary terms in 1890, when several Dunedin electorates were amalgamated to form the City of Dunedin electorate.[3] During the nine years of its first existence, the electorate was represented by two MPs, Henry Fish (1881–1884 and 1887–1890)[4] and James Gore (1884–1887).[5]

Dunedin South was re-established after the abolition of the City of Dunedin electorate for the 1905 election.[3] The first representative was James Arnold, who was an independent liberal and who served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1908, when he successfully contested Dunedin Central.[6]

Thomas Sidey of the Liberal Party who had since a Caversham by election represented Caversham won the 1908 election for Dunedin South. He represented the electorate for six parliamentary terms until 1928.[7] In 1919, Tom Paul nearly won the seat for Labour, losing by only 84 votes.

Sidey was succeeded by William Taverner of the United Party in the 1928 election.[8] At the next election in 1931, the electorate was won by Fred Jones of the Labour Party. Jones held the electorate until 1946, when it was abolished, and successfully stood in St Kilda that year.[9]

The electorate was re-established for the 1996 election and won by Michael Cullen, who later became Finance minister. Cullen had previously represented St Kilda (1981–1996). At the next election in 1999, Cullen stood as a list candidate only and was succeeded by David Benson-Pope as the electorate MP. After three parliamentary terms, Benson-Pope was not selected by the Labour Party as their candidate, but Clare Curran was chosen instead. Curran has represented the electorate since the 2008 election.

The city of Dunedin is a New Zealand Labour Party stronghold; The last National MP elected from a Dunedin constituency was Richard Walls in 1975. However, in 2011, National Party candidate, Jo Hayes, reduced the incumbent, Clare Curran's majority from 6449 in 2008[10] to 4175,[11] and National gained a plurality of the party vote in Dunedin South by 1837 votes.[11] The winning of the party vote was unprecedented in Dunedin South, which was seen, pre 2011, as a Labour Party stronghold. However the predecessor seat of St Kilda was represented by Jim Barnes of the National Party between 1951 and 1957.[12] In the 2014 election, Curran was successful against National's Hamish Walker.[13]

In mid April 2020, it was announced that Dunedin South would be reconstituted as the Taieri electorate. The Otago peninsula was transferred to the Dunedin electorate while the new Taieri electorate would include South Dunedin and South Otago, with the latter being transferred from the former Clutha-Southland electorate.[14]

Members of Parliament edit

Key   Independent   Liberal–Labour   Liberal   United   Labour   National

List MPs edit

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

Election Winner
2014 Jo Hayes1

1Hayes was elected from the party list in January 2014 following the resignation of Katrina Shanks.

Election results edit

2017 election edit

2017 general election: Dunedin South[15]
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour  Y Clare Curran 21,404 54.11 +5.55 19,183 48.13 +15.00
National Matt Gregory 12,687 32.08 −6.18 14,164 35.53 −4.17
Green Shane Gallagher 2,002 5.06 −2.45 2,362 5.92 −6.32
NZ First Kerry Maria Rushton 1,591 4.02 2,625 6.58 −2.49
Opportunities Lindsay Smith 1,067 2.70 967 2.42
Legalise Cannabis Adrian McDermott 332 1.59 90 0.23 −0.22
ACT Daniel Doughty 128 0.32 116 0.29 −0.04
Māori Party   83 0.21 −0.04
Conservative   54 0.14 −2.78
Ban 1080   39 0.10 −0.10
United Future   26 0.07 −0.10
Outdoors   20 0.05
People's Party   20 0.05
Mana Party   6 0.02
Internet   5 0.01
Democrats   4 0.01 −0.20
Informal votes 343 103
Total Valid votes 39,554 39,867
Labour hold Majority 8,717 22.03 +11.73

2014 election edit

2014 general election: Dunedin South[16]
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour  Y Clare Curran 18,182 48.56 −0.33 12,518 33.13 −1.84
National Hamish Walker 14,324 38.26 +1.49 15,003 39.70 −0.48
Green Shane Gallagher 2,813 7.51 −1.77 4,626 12.24 −1.37
Conservative Cindy Kerr 727 1.94 +1.94 1,104 2.92 +1.44
Legalise Cannabis Julian Crawford 453 1.21 +1.21 171 0.45 ±0.00
Democrats Warren Voight 234 0.62 −0.07 80 0.21 −0.15
Internet Andrew Lepine 177 0.47 +0.47
ACT Colin Nicholls 143 0.38 −0.24 125 0.33 −0.27
NZ First   3,429 9.07 +1.92
Internet Mana   307 0.81 +0.63[a]
Māori Party   95 0.25 −0.05
Ban 1080   77 0.20 +0.20
United Future   63 0.17 −0.36
Civilian   18 0.05 +0.05
Focus   7 0.02 +0.02
Independent Coalition   5 0.01 +0.01
Informal votes 389 161
Total Valid votes 37,442 37,789
Turnout 37,831 81.60 +4.60
Labour hold Majority 3,858 10.30 −1.82

2011 election edit

2011 general election: Dunedin South[11]
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour  Y Clare Curran 16,844 48.89 -3.40 12,326 34.97 -11.76
National Jo Hayes 12,669 36.77 +2.05 14,163 40.18 +5.97
Green Shane Gallagher 3,197 9.28 +2.44 4,798 13.61 +5.64
NZ First Randall Ratana 979 2.84 +2.84 2,522 7.15 +2.59
Democrats Warren Voight 238 0.69 +0.22 126 0.36 +0.18
ACT Kimberly Hannah 215 0.62 -0.81 210 0.60 -1.51
Restore All Things in Christ Robert Wansink 167 0.48 +0.18
Alliance Kay Murray 142 0.41 -0.13 58 0.16 -0.03
Conservative   520 1.48 +1.48
United Future   186 0.53 -0.21
Legalise Cannabis   157 0.45 +0.06
Māori Party   107 0.30 -0.13
Mana   62 0.18 +0.18
Libertarianz   16 0.05 +0.01
Informal votes 830 318
Total Valid votes 34,451 35,569
Labour hold Majority 4,175 12.12 -5.45

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,818[17]

2008 election edit

2008 general election: Dunedin South[10]
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Clare Curran 19,199 52.29 -4.71 17,408 46.73 -10.40
National Conway Powell 12,750 34.73 +8.00 12,742 34.20 +6.99
Green Shane Gallagher 2,511 6.84 +0.58 2,971 7.98 +2.57
ACT Colin Nicholls 528 1.44 +0.79 785 2.11 +1.36
Progressive J M McAlpine 498 1.36 -0.56 461 1.24 -0.17
United Future Pauline Moffat 264 0.72 -1.78 276 0.74 -1.73
Kiwi Philip Wescombe 261 0.71 144 0.39
Independent David Bernhardt 222 0.60
Alliance Kay Murray 199 0.54 +0.00 72 0.19 +0.05
Democrats Dawn McIntosh 172 0.47 66 0.18 +0.09
Restore All Things in Christ Robert Wansink 113 0.31 +0.05
NZ First   1,700 4.56 +0.18
Bill and Ben   209 0.56
Māori Party   160 0.43 0.21
Legalise Cannabis   144 0.39 +0.13
Family Party   58 0.16
Pacific   17 0.05
Libertarianz   15 0.04 +0.02
Workers Party   14 0.04
RONZ   7 0.02 +0.01
RAM   3 0.01
Informal votes 484 183
Total Valid votes 36,717 37,252
Labour hold Majority 6,449 17.56 -12.71

2005 election edit

2005 general election: Dunedin South[18]
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour  Y David Benson-Pope 20,033 57.00 20,348 57.13
National Conway Powell 9,393 26.73 9,692 27.21
Green Peter Thomlinson 2,200 6.26 1,926 5.41
NZ First Alan Heward 1,145 3.26 1,563 4.39
United Future Pauline Moffat 795 2.26 879 2.47
Progressive Martin Vaughan 672 1.91 500 1.40
Destiny Brent Daglish 400 1.14 128 0.36
ACT Alan Wilden 228 0.65 266 0.75
Alliance Chris Ford 189 0.54 52 0.15
Restore All Things in Christ Robert Wansink 91 0.26
Legalise Cannabis   90 0.25
Māori Party   77 0.22
Christian Heritage   35 0.10
Democrats   30 0.08
Direct Democracy   8 0.12
Libertarianz   8 0.02
One NZ   6 0.02
99 MP   4 0.01
Family Rights   4 0.01
RONZ   3 0.01
Informal votes 398 127
Total Valid votes 35,146 35,619
Labour hold Majority 10,640 30.30

2002 election edit

2002 general election: Dunedin South
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour  Y David Benson-Pope 20,398 63.31 +12.41 18,311 55.89 +5.37
National Paul Foster-Bell 5,674 17.61 5,004 15.27 -7.50
Green Fliss Butcher 2,023 6.28 2,036 6.21 +2.19
United Future Jesse O'Brien 1,338 4.15 1,923 5.87
ACT Matthew Cain Dwyer 859 2.67 1,144 3.49 +0.06
Progressive Russell Edwards 750 2.33 765 2.23
Alliance Justin Wilson 601 1.87 564 1.72 -9.98
Christian Heritage Graham Bruce Aldridge 576 1.79 356 1.09 -0.87
NZ First   2,016 6.15 +4.03
ORNZ   415 1.27
Legalise Cannabis   213 0.65 -0.34
One NZ   9 0.03
Mana Māori   8 0.02 0.00
NMP   1 0.00 -0.02
Informal votes 521 97
Total Valid votes 32,219 32,765
Labour hold Majority 14,724 45.70 +15.81

1999 election edit

1999 general election: Dunedin South[19][20]
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour David Benson-Pope 18,065 50.90 18,099 50.52 +10.28
National Russel Keast 7,457 21.01 8,158 22.77 -3.32
Alliance Mark Ryan 4,825 4,192 11.70 -2.36
Green Sonata McLeod 1,424 4.01 1,440 4.02
NZ First Jenny Bloxham 999 2.82 758 2.12 -6.15
South Island Margaret McCarrigan 912 2.57 413 1.15
Christian Heritage John Streekstra 734 2.07 704 1.96
ACT Willie Martin 575 1.62 1,228 3.43 +0.89
Independent Hendrik Kock 497 1.40
Legalise Cannabis   356 0.99 -0.90
Christian Democrats   178 0.50
United NZ   149 0.42 -2.24
Libertarianz   48 0.13 +0.12
McGillicuddy Serious   31 0.09 -0.10
Animals First   30 0.08 -0.09
One NZ   13 0.04
Mana Māori   8 0.02 -0.01
NMP   8 0.02
Republican   4 0.01
The People's Choice   4 0.01
Natural Law   3 0.01
Mauri Pacific   2 0.01
Freedom Movement   1 0.00
Informal votes 697 358
Total Valid votes 35,488 35,827
Labour hold Majority 10,608 29.89 +17.77

1996 election edit

1996 general election: Dunedin South[21][22][23]
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Michael Cullen 12,829 36.37 14,253 40.24
Alliance Leah McBey 8,553 24.25 4,979 14.06
National Malcolm MacPherson 5,859 16.61 9,241 26.09
United NZ Clive Matthewson 5,058 14.34 942 2.66
NZ First Noeline McGlynn 1,782 5.05 2,929 8.27
ACT Roland Henderson 505 1.43 901 2.54
Independent Alan William McDonald 410 1.16
Progressive Green David Beatty 215 0.61 107 0.30
Natural Law Inga Schader 58 0.16 26 0.07
Christian Coalition   1,150 3.25
Legalise Cannabis   668 1.89
McGillicuddy Serious   69 0.19
Animals First   60 0.17
Advance New Zealand 37 0.10
Green Society   19 0.05
Superannuitants & Youth   12 0.03
Mana Māori   9 0.03
Conservatives   8 0.02
Ethnic Minority Party 6 0.02
Libertarianz   4 0.01
Asia Pacific United 2 0.01
Te Tawharau 0 0.00
Informal votes 269 116
Total Valid votes 35,269 35,422
Labour win new seat Majority 4,276 12.12

1943 election edit

1943 general election: Dunedin South[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Jones 8,032 58.65 -6.80
National David Murdoch 4,971 36.30
Democratic Labour George Claridge 586 4.27
Informal votes 104 0.75 +0.25
Majority 3,061 22.35 -9.07
Turnout 13,693 92.14 -1.50
Registered electors 14,861

1938 election edit

1938 general election: Dunedin South[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Jones 8,987 65.45 +1.44
National Ernest Aderman 4,673 34.03
Informal votes 69 0.50 +0.12
Majority 4,314 31.42 +3.40
Turnout 13,729 93.36 +1.50
Registered electors 14,705

1935 election edit

1935 general election: Dunedin South[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Jones 7,715 64.01 +6.58
United Stuart Sidey 4,337 35.98
Informal votes 46 0.38 +0.14
Majority 3,378 28.02 -3.89
Turnout 12,052 91.86 +3.08
Registered electors 13,119

1931 election edit

1931 general election: Dunedin South[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Jones 6,559 57.43
United William Taverner[nb 1] 2,915 25.52 -14.69
Reform Donald Cameron 1,947 17.05
Majority 3,644 31.91
Informal votes 28 0.24 -0.78
Turnout 11,449 88.78 -2.43
Registered electors 12,896

Table footnotes:

  1. ^ William Taverner was the official candidate for the United–Reform Coalition

1928 election edit

1928 general election: Dunedin South[29][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United William Taverner 4,462 40.21
Labour Robert William Hall 4,429 39.92
Reform Charles Todd 2,205 19.87
Majority 33 0.30
Informal votes 115 1.03
Turnout 11,211 91.21
Registered electors 12,291

Table footnotes edit

  1. ^ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

Notes edit

  1. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 43–48.
  2. ^ (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b Scholefield 1950, pp. 156–157.
  4. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 106.
  5. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 109.
  6. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 93.
  7. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 139.
  8. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 142.
  9. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 117.
  10. ^ a b . Chief Electoral Office. 22 November 2008. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  11. ^ a b c "Official Count Results – Dunedin South". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  12. ^ Eunson, Keith. "Barnes, James George". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Agony and ecstasy for Dunedin party faithful". Otago Daily Times. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  14. ^ Whyte, Anna (17 April 2020). . 1 News. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Official Count Results – Dunedin South (2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  16. ^ Electoral Commission (22 January 2016). "Official Count Results – Dunedin South". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  17. ^ . Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  18. ^ "Official Count Results – Dunedin South". Electoral Commission. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  19. ^ "Official Count Results (1999) – Electoral Votes for registered parties by electorate". NZ Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Official Count Results (1999) – Candidate Vote Details". NZ Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  21. ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Dunedin South, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  22. ^ (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  23. ^ (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  24. ^ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  25. ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  26. ^ The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  27. ^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  28. ^ "Prospects in Otago". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXVIII, no. 21037. 23 November 1931. p. 11. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  29. ^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  30. ^ "The election : nomination day". Evening Star. No. 20009. 29 October 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

References edit

  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
  • Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
  • 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 edit

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For the Dunedin suburb see South Dunedin Dunedin South is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate It first existed from 1881 to 1890 and subsequently from 1905 to 1946 In 1996 the electorate was re established for the introduction of MMP before being abolished in 2020 Dunedin South electorate boundaries used since the 2008 election Contents 1 Population centres 2 History 2 1 Members of Parliament 2 2 List MPs 3 Election results 3 1 2017 election 3 2 2014 election 3 3 2011 election 3 4 2008 election 3 5 2005 election 3 6 2002 election 3 7 1999 election 3 8 1996 election 3 9 1943 election 3 10 1938 election 3 11 1935 election 3 12 1931 election 3 13 1928 election 4 Table footnotes 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksPopulation centres editThe previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875 1876 election In the six years since New Zealand s European population had increased by 65 In the 1881 electoral redistribution the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 up from 84 since the 1875 76 election The number of Maori electorates was held at four The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative which led to 35 new electorates being formed including Dunedin South and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries 1 As the name suggests the electorate was based on the southern suburbs of Dunedin It stretched out westwards to take in towns on the Taieri Plains such as Mosgiel Green Island and Fairfield The Otago Peninsula was also in the electorate The most recent Dunedin South electorate was created in 1996 as one of the original 65 MMP electorates as a merger between St Kilda and a large part of Dunedin West Until the 2008 election it was enlarged at every electoral boundary review but in the 2013 review its boundaries were kept 2 Middlemarch was first included in the electorate for the 2008 election other localities include Southern Dunedin 48 000 Mosgiel 13 000 Outram 642 The electorate was abolished at the 2019 20 electoral redistribution with the majority of the electorate being included in a recreated Taieri although the Otago Peninsula was incorporated into the Dunedin electorate History editThe electorate was first established for the 1881 election and abolished after three parliamentary terms in 1890 when several Dunedin electorates were amalgamated to form the City of Dunedin electorate 3 During the nine years of its first existence the electorate was represented by two MPs Henry Fish 1881 1884 and 1887 1890 4 and James Gore 1884 1887 5 Dunedin South was re established after the abolition of the City of Dunedin electorate for the 1905 election 3 The first representative was James Arnold who was an independent liberal and who served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1908 when he successfully contested Dunedin Central 6 Thomas Sidey of the Liberal Party who had since a Caversham by election represented Caversham won the 1908 election for Dunedin South He represented the electorate for six parliamentary terms until 1928 7 In 1919 Tom Paul nearly won the seat for Labour losing by only 84 votes Sidey was succeeded by William Taverner of the United Party in the 1928 election 8 At the next election in 1931 the electorate was won by Fred Jones of the Labour Party Jones held the electorate until 1946 when it was abolished and successfully stood in St Kilda that year 9 The electorate was re established for the 1996 election and won by Michael Cullen who later became Finance minister Cullen had previously represented St Kilda 1981 1996 At the next election in 1999 Cullen stood as a list candidate only and was succeeded by David Benson Pope as the electorate MP After three parliamentary terms Benson Pope was not selected by the Labour Party as their candidate but Clare Curran was chosen instead Curran has represented the electorate since the 2008 election The city of Dunedin is a New Zealand Labour Party stronghold The last National MP elected from a Dunedin constituency was Richard Walls in 1975 However in 2011 National Party candidate Jo Hayes reduced the incumbent Clare Curran s majority from 6449 in 2008 10 to 4175 11 and National gained a plurality of the party vote in Dunedin South by 1837 votes 11 The winning of the party vote was unprecedented in Dunedin South which was seen pre 2011 as a Labour Party stronghold However the predecessor seat of St Kilda was represented by Jim Barnes of the National Party between 1951 and 1957 12 In the 2014 election Curran was successful against National s Hamish Walker 13 In mid April 2020 it was announced that Dunedin South would be reconstituted as the Taieri electorate The Otago peninsula was transferred to the Dunedin electorate while the new Taieri electorate would include South Dunedin and South Otago with the latter being transferred from the former Clutha Southland electorate 14 Members of Parliament edit Key Independent Liberal Labour Liberal United Labour National Election Winner1881 election Henry Fish1884 election James Gore1887 election Henry Smith Fish Electorate abolished 1890 1905 see City of Dunedin 1905 election James Arnold1908 election Thomas Sidey1911 election1914 election1919 election1922 election1925 election1928 election William Taverner1931 election Fred Jones1935 election1938 election1943 election Electorate abolished 1946 1996 see Central Otago Mornington and St Kilda 1996 election Michael Cullen1999 election David Benson Pope2002 election2005 election2008 election Clare Curran2011 election2014 election2017 election Electorate abolished in 2020 see Taieri List MPs edit Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Dunedin South electorate Unless otherwise stated all MPs terms began and ended at general elections Election Winner2014 Jo Hayes11Hayes was elected from the party list in January 2014 following the resignation of Katrina Shanks Election results edit2017 election edit 2017 general election Dunedin South 15 Notes Blue 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 or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes Labour nbsp Y Clare Curran 21 404 54 11 5 55 19 183 48 13 15 00National Matt Gregory 12 687 32 08 6 18 14 164 35 53 4 17Green Shane Gallagher 2 002 5 06 2 45 2 362 5 92 6 32NZ First Kerry Maria Rushton 1 591 4 02 2 625 6 58 2 49Opportunities Lindsay Smith 1 067 2 70 967 2 42 Legalise Cannabis Adrian McDermott 332 1 59 90 0 23 0 22ACT Daniel Doughty 128 0 32 116 0 29 0 04Maori Party 83 0 21 0 04Conservative 54 0 14 2 78Ban 1080 39 0 10 0 10United Future 26 0 07 0 10Outdoors 20 0 05 People s Party 20 0 05 Mana Party 6 0 02 Internet 5 0 01 Democrats 4 0 01 0 20Informal votes 343 103Total Valid votes 39 554 39 867Labour hold Majority 8 717 22 03 11 732014 election edit 2014 general election Dunedin South 16 Notes Blue 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 or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes Labour nbsp Y Clare Curran 18 182 48 56 0 33 12 518 33 13 1 84National Hamish Walker 14 324 38 26 1 49 15 003 39 70 0 48Green Shane Gallagher 2 813 7 51 1 77 4 626 12 24 1 37Conservative Cindy Kerr 727 1 94 1 94 1 104 2 92 1 44Legalise Cannabis Julian Crawford 453 1 21 1 21 171 0 45 0 00Democrats Warren Voight 234 0 62 0 07 80 0 21 0 15Internet Andrew Lepine 177 0 47 0 47ACT Colin Nicholls 143 0 38 0 24 125 0 33 0 27NZ First 3 429 9 07 1 92Internet Mana 307 0 81 0 63 a Maori Party 95 0 25 0 05Ban 1080 77 0 20 0 20United Future 63 0 17 0 36Civilian 18 0 05 0 05Focus 7 0 02 0 02Independent Coalition 5 0 01 0 01Informal votes 389 161Total Valid votes 37 442 37 789Turnout 37 831 81 60 4 60Labour hold Majority 3 858 10 30 1 822011 election edit 2011 general election Dunedin South 11 Notes Blue 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 or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes Labour nbsp Y Clare Curran 16 844 48 89 3 40 12 326 34 97 11 76National Jo Hayes 12 669 36 77 2 05 14 163 40 18 5 97Green Shane Gallagher 3 197 9 28 2 44 4 798 13 61 5 64NZ First Randall Ratana 979 2 84 2 84 2 522 7 15 2 59Democrats Warren Voight 238 0 69 0 22 126 0 36 0 18ACT Kimberly Hannah 215 0 62 0 81 210 0 60 1 51Restore All Things in Christ Robert Wansink 167 0 48 0 18Alliance Kay Murray 142 0 41 0 13 58 0 16 0 03Conservative 520 1 48 1 48United Future 186 0 53 0 21Legalise Cannabis 157 0 45 0 06Maori Party 107 0 30 0 13Mana 62 0 18 0 18Libertarianz 16 0 05 0 01Informal votes 830 318Total Valid votes 34 451 35 569Labour hold Majority 4 175 12 12 5 45Electorate as at 26 November 2011 45 818 17 2008 election edit 2008 general election Dunedin South 10 Notes Blue 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 or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes Labour Clare Curran 19 199 52 29 4 71 17 408 46 73 10 40National Conway Powell 12 750 34 73 8 00 12 742 34 20 6 99Green Shane Gallagher 2 511 6 84 0 58 2 971 7 98 2 57ACT Colin Nicholls 528 1 44 0 79 785 2 11 1 36Progressive J M McAlpine 498 1 36 0 56 461 1 24 0 17United Future Pauline Moffat 264 0 72 1 78 276 0 74 1 73Kiwi Philip Wescombe 261 0 71 144 0 39 Independent David Bernhardt 222 0 60 Alliance Kay Murray 199 0 54 0 00 72 0 19 0 05Democrats Dawn McIntosh 172 0 47 66 0 18 0 09Restore All Things in Christ Robert Wansink 113 0 31 0 05NZ First 1 700 4 56 0 18Bill and Ben 209 0 56 Maori Party 160 0 43 0 21Legalise Cannabis 144 0 39 0 13Family Party 58 0 16 Pacific 17 0 05 Libertarianz 15 0 04 0 02Workers Party 14 0 04 RONZ 7 0 02 0 01RAM 3 0 01 Informal votes 484 183Total Valid votes 36 717 37 252Labour hold Majority 6 449 17 56 12 712005 election edit 2005 general election Dunedin South 18 Notes Blue 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 or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes Labour nbsp Y David Benson Pope 20 033 57 00 20 348 57 13National Conway Powell 9 393 26 73 9 692 27 21Green Peter Thomlinson 2 200 6 26 1 926 5 41NZ First Alan Heward 1 145 3 26 1 563 4 39United Future Pauline Moffat 795 2 26 879 2 47Progressive Martin Vaughan 672 1 91 500 1 40Destiny Brent Daglish 400 1 14 128 0 36ACT Alan Wilden 228 0 65 266 0 75Alliance Chris Ford 189 0 54 52 0 15Restore All Things in Christ Robert Wansink 91 0 26Legalise Cannabis 90 0 25Maori Party 77 0 22Christian Heritage 35 0 10Democrats 30 0 08Direct Democracy 8 0 12Libertarianz 8 0 02One NZ 6 0 0299 MP 4 0 01Family Rights 4 0 01RONZ 3 0 01Informal votes 398 127Total Valid votes 35 146 35 619Labour hold Majority 10 640 30 302002 election edit 2002 general election Dunedin SouthNotes Blue 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 or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes Labour nbsp Y David Benson Pope 20 398 63 31 12 41 18 311 55 89 5 37National Paul Foster Bell 5 674 17 61 5 004 15 27 7 50Green Fliss Butcher 2 023 6 28 2 036 6 21 2 19United Future Jesse O Brien 1 338 4 15 1 923 5 87ACT Matthew Cain Dwyer 859 2 67 1 144 3 49 0 06Progressive Russell Edwards 750 2 33 765 2 23Alliance Justin Wilson 601 1 87 564 1 72 9 98Christian Heritage Graham Bruce Aldridge 576 1 79 356 1 09 0 87NZ First 2 016 6 15 4 03ORNZ 415 1 27Legalise Cannabis 213 0 65 0 34One NZ 9 0 03Mana Maori 8 0 02 0 00NMP 1 0 00 0 02Informal votes 521 97Total Valid votes 32 219 32 765Labour hold Majority 14 724 45 70 15 811999 election edit 1999 general election Dunedin South 19 20 Notes Blue 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 or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes Labour David Benson Pope 18 065 50 90 18 099 50 52 10 28National Russel Keast 7 457 21 01 8 158 22 77 3 32Alliance Mark Ryan 4 825 4 192 11 70 2 36Green Sonata McLeod 1 424 4 01 1 440 4 02NZ First Jenny Bloxham 999 2 82 758 2 12 6 15South Island Margaret McCarrigan 912 2 57 413 1 15Christian Heritage John Streekstra 734 2 07 704 1 96ACT Willie Martin 575 1 62 1 228 3 43 0 89Independent Hendrik Kock 497 1 40Legalise Cannabis 356 0 99 0 90Christian Democrats 178 0 50United NZ 149 0 42 2 24Libertarianz 48 0 13 0 12McGillicuddy Serious 31 0 09 0 10Animals First 30 0 08 0 09One NZ 13 0 04Mana Maori 8 0 02 0 01NMP 8 0 02Republican 4 0 01The People s Choice 4 0 01Natural Law 3 0 01Mauri Pacific 2 0 01Freedom Movement 1 0 00Informal votes 697 358Total Valid votes 35 488 35 827Labour hold Majority 10 608 29 89 17 771996 election edit 1996 general election Dunedin South 21 22 23 Notes Blue 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 or other incumbent A nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes Labour Michael Cullen 12 829 36 37 14 253 40 24Alliance Leah McBey 8 553 24 25 4 979 14 06National Malcolm MacPherson 5 859 16 61 9 241 26 09United NZ Clive Matthewson 5 058 14 34 942 2 66NZ First Noeline McGlynn 1 782 5 05 2 929 8 27ACT Roland Henderson 505 1 43 901 2 54Independent Alan William McDonald 410 1 16Progressive Green David Beatty 215 0 61 107 0 30Natural Law Inga Schader 58 0 16 26 0 07Christian Coalition 1 150 3 25Legalise Cannabis 668 1 89McGillicuddy Serious 69 0 19Animals First 60 0 17Advance New Zealand 37 0 10Green Society 19 0 05Superannuitants amp Youth 12 0 03Mana Maori 9 0 03Conservatives 8 0 02Ethnic Minority Party 6 0 02Libertarianz 4 0 01Asia Pacific United 2 0 01Te Tawharau 0 0 00Informal votes 269 116Total Valid votes 35 269 35 422Labour win new seat Majority 4 276 12 121943 election edit 1943 general election Dunedin South 24 Party Candidate Votes Labour Fred Jones 8 032 58 65 6 80National David Murdoch 4 971 36 30Democratic Labour George Claridge 586 4 27Informal votes 104 0 75 0 25Majority 3 061 22 35 9 07Turnout 13 693 92 14 1 50Registered electors 14 8611938 election edit 1938 general election Dunedin South 25 Party Candidate Votes Labour Fred Jones 8 987 65 45 1 44National Ernest Aderman 4 673 34 03Informal votes 69 0 50 0 12Majority 4 314 31 42 3 40Turnout 13 729 93 36 1 50Registered electors 14 7051935 election edit 1935 general election Dunedin South 26 Party Candidate Votes Labour Fred Jones 7 715 64 01 6 58United Stuart Sidey 4 337 35 98Informal votes 46 0 38 0 14Majority 3 378 28 02 3 89Turnout 12 052 91 86 3 08Registered electors 13 1191931 election edit 1931 general election Dunedin South 27 28 Party Candidate Votes Labour Fred Jones 6 559 57 43United William Taverner nb 1 2 915 25 52 14 69Reform Donald Cameron 1 947 17 05Majority 3 644 31 91Informal votes 28 0 24 0 78Turnout 11 449 88 78 2 43Registered electors 12 896Table footnotes William Taverner was the official candidate for the United Reform Coalition 1928 election edit 1928 general election Dunedin South 29 30 Party Candidate Votes United William Taverner 4 462 40 21Labour Robert William Hall 4 429 39 92Reform Charles Todd 2 205 19 87Majority 33 0 30Informal votes 115 1 03Turnout 11 211 91 21Registered electors 12 291Table footnotes edit 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011 it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election Notes edit McRobie 1989 pp 43 48 Report of the Representation Commission 2014 PDF Representation Commission 4 April 2014 p 10 ISBN 978 0 477 10414 2 Archived from the original PDF on 6 October 2014 Retrieved 26 September 2014 a b Scholefield 1950 pp 156 157 Scholefield 1950 p 106 Scholefield 1950 p 109 Scholefield 1950 p 93 Scholefield 1950 p 139 Scholefield 1950 p 142 Scholefield 1950 p 117 a b Official Count Results Dunedin South Chief Electoral Office 22 November 2008 Archived from the original on 13 January 2015 Retrieved 27 September 2014 a b c Official Count Results Dunedin South Electoral Commission 10 December 2011 Retrieved 27 September 2014 Eunson Keith Barnes James George Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Ministry for Culture and Heritage Retrieved 27 September 2014 Agony and ecstasy for Dunedin party faithful Otago Daily Times 20 September 2014 Retrieved 27 September 2014 Whyte Anna 17 April 2020 New electorate revealed as raft of boundary changes announced prior to election 2020 1 News Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 3 July 2020 Official Count Results Dunedin South 2017 Electoral Commission 7 October 2017 Retrieved 12 October 2017 Electoral Commission 22 January 2016 Official Count Results Dunedin South Retrieved 22 January 2016 Enrolment statistics Electoral Commission 26 November 2011 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