This article is about the Christchurch Central electorate. For the Christchurch central city suburb, see Christchurch Central City.
Christchurch Central is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the South Island city of Christchurch. The electorate was established for the 1946 election and, until 2011 had always been won by the Labour Party. Since 2008, the incumbent was Brendon Burns but the election night results for the 2011 election resulted in a tie; the special vote results combined with a judicial recount revealed a 47-vote majority for Nicky Wagner, the National list MP based in the electorate. Wagner significantly increased her winning margin in the 2014 election after having declared the electorate "unwinnable" for National earlier in the year following a boundary review. At the 2017 election Wagner lost the seat to Labour's Duncan Webb, who retained it at the 2020 election.
Christchurch Central electorate boundaries for the 2008 and 2011 elections
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 Christchurch Central.[1]
The Christchurch Central electorate was created in 1946.[4]Labour held the seat for the next 65 years, though a high turnout for the Alliance saw Tim Barnett's 1996 majority come in at under a thousand. The incumbent, Brendon Burns, had a majority in the 2008 election of also just under one thousand.[5]
Palmer retired at the 1990 election and was succeeded by Lianne Dalziel. At the 1996 election, i.e. with the advent of MMP, Dalziel did not contest an electorate but stood as a list candidate only. Tim Barnett succeeded her and held the electorate until the 2008 election, when he retired. Brendon Burns succeeded Barnett.
The election night results for the 2011 election resulted in a tie; Burns and Nicky Wagner of the National Party received 10,493 votes each. The outcome of the election thus depended on the special votes.[7] This was the first time a tie result had been achieved since 1928.[8] When the final vote count was announced on 10 December, Wagner was declared the winner with a majority of 45 over Burns, making the result the second-smallest majority after Waitakere. Due to the closeness of the results a judicial recount was held where Wagner's majority increased by 2 votes to 47.[9][10]
When draft electoral boundary changes were released, Wagner declared the electorate "unwinnable" for National. Although she was expected to not contest the 2014 general election, she announced at the end of January 2014 that she would try to defend her seat.[11] Labour chose Tony Milne as their candidate for Christchurch Central.[12] Wagner had a 2,420 majority over Milne.[13] The Labour Party chose Duncan Webb as its candidate for the 2017 general election. He is a prominent lawyer and earthquake claims advocate.[14] Webb narrowly won the seat in 2017, and massively increased his majority at the 2020 election amid that year's Labour landslide.
Members of Parliamentedit
Christchurch Central has been represented by eight MPs. Since its creation in 1946 until the 2011 general election it had been a safe seat for the Labour Party. It was then held by the National Party until the 2017 general election when it swung back to Labour.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
^. Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
^(PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 10. ISBN978-0-477-10414-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
^Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 156.
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^"The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
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Referencesedit
McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN0-477-01384-8.
Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN0-475-11200-8.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
External linksedit
Electorate Profile — 2005 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Parliamentary Library
Electorate Profile — 2008, Parliamentary Library
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This article is about the Christchurch Central electorate For the Christchurch central city suburb see Christchurch Central City Christchurch Central is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the South Island city of Christchurch The electorate was established for the 1946 election and until 2011 had always been won by the Labour Party Since 2008 the incumbent was Brendon Burns but the election night results for the 2011 election resulted in a tie the special vote results combined with a judicial recount revealed a 47 vote majority for Nicky Wagner the National list MP based in the electorate Wagner significantly increased her winning margin in the 2014 election after having declared the electorate unwinnable for National earlier in the year following a boundary review At the 2017 election Wagner lost the seat to Labour s Duncan Webb who retained it at the 2020 election Christchurch CentralSingle member constituencyfor the New Zealand House of RepresentativesLocation of Christchurch Centralwithin CanterburyRegionCanterburyArea31 56 km2 12 19 sq mi Current constituencyCurrent MPDuncan WebbPartyLabour Contents 1 Population centres 2 History 2 1 Members of Parliament 2 2 List MPs 3 Election results 3 1 2023 election 3 2 2020 election 3 3 2017 election 3 4 2014 election 3 5 2011 election 3 6 2008 election 3 7 2005 election 3 8 2002 election 3 9 1999 election 3 10 1996 election 3 11 1993 election 3 12 1990 election 3 13 1987 election 3 14 1984 election 3 15 1981 election 3 16 1979 by election 3 17 1978 election 3 18 1975 election 3 19 1972 election 3 20 1969 election 3 21 1966 election 3 22 1963 election 3 23 1960 election 3 24 1957 election 3 25 1954 election 3 26 1951 election 3 27 1949 election 3 28 1946 election 4 Table footnotes 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksPopulation centres edit nbsp Christchurch Central electorate boundaries for the 2008 and 2011 elections 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 Christchurch Central 1 As the name suggests the electorate covers the Christchurch Central City plus several inner suburbs to the north and east of the central city Since the 2008 election the following suburbs in alphabetical order are at least partially located in the electorate Avonside Central City Edgeware Linwood Mairehau Merivale North Linwood Northcote Papanui Phillipstown Redwood Richmond Shirley St Albans Sydenham and Waltham 2 In the 2013 14 redistribution the electorate lost Mairehau and Shirley to Christchurch East and gained more of Sydenham and Beckenham from Port Hills and more of Redwood from Waimakariri 3 History editThe Christchurch Central electorate was created in 1946 4 Labour held the seat for the next 65 years though a high turnout for the Alliance saw Tim Barnett s 1996 majority come in at under a thousand The incumbent Brendon Burns had a majority in the 2008 election of also just under one thousand 5 The first representative was Robert Macfarlane who had earlier represented the Christchurch South electorate He held Christchurch Central until the 1969 election when he retired He was succeeded by Bruce Barclay who died in office in 1979 This caused the 1979 by election held on 18 August which was won by Geoffrey Palmer Palmer eventually went on to become Prime Minister 6 Palmer retired at the 1990 election and was succeeded by Lianne Dalziel At the 1996 election i e with the advent of MMP Dalziel did not contest an electorate but stood as a list candidate only Tim Barnett succeeded her and held the electorate until the 2008 election when he retired Brendon Burns succeeded Barnett The election night results for the 2011 election resulted in a tie Burns and Nicky Wagner of the National Party received 10 493 votes each The outcome of the election thus depended on the special votes 7 This was the first time a tie result had been achieved since 1928 8 When the final vote count was announced on 10 December Wagner was declared the winner with a majority of 45 over Burns making the result the second smallest majority after Waitakere Due to the closeness of the results a judicial recount was held where Wagner s majority increased by 2 votes to 47 9 10 When draft electoral boundary changes were released Wagner declared the electorate unwinnable for National Although she was expected to not contest the 2014 general election she announced at the end of January 2014 that she would try to defend her seat 11 Labour chose Tony Milne as their candidate for Christchurch Central 12 Wagner had a 2 420 majority over Milne 13 The Labour Party chose Duncan Webb as its candidate for the 2017 general election He is a prominent lawyer and earthquake claims advocate 14 Webb narrowly won the seat in 2017 and massively increased his majority at the 2020 election amid that year s Labour landslide Members of Parliament edit Christchurch Central has been represented by eight MPs Since its creation in 1946 until the 2011 general election it had been a safe seat for the Labour Party It was then held by the National Party until the 2017 general election when it swung back to Labour Key Labour Alliance NZ First National Election Winner 1946 election Robert Macfarlane 1949 election 1951 election 1954 election 1957 election 1960 election 1963 election 1966 election 1969 election Bruce Barclay 1972 election 1975 election 1978 election 1979 by election Geoffrey Palmer 1981 election 1984 election 1987 election 1990 election Lianne Dalziel 1993 election 1996 election Tim Barnett 1999 election 2002 election 2005 election 2008 election Brendon Burns 2011 election Nicky Wagner 2014 election 2017 election Duncan Webb 2020 election 2023 election List MPs edit Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Christchurch Central electorate Election Winner 1996 election Ron Mark Liz Gordon 1999 election 2005 election Nicky Wagner 2008 election 2017 election 2023 election Kahurangi CarterElection results edit2023 election edit 2023 general election Christchurch Central 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 Duncan Webb 15 553 39 68 19 60 11 357 28 49 24 73 National Dale Stephens 13 712 34 98 10 62 12 403 31 11 11 66 Green Kahurangi Carter 5 441 13 88 7 746 19 43 6 74 NZ First Mark Arneil 1 563 3 98 2 63 2 073 5 20 3 08 ACT Matthew Fisken 1 395 3 55 2 646 6 63 0 48 Legalise Cannabis Michael Britnell 680 1 73 0 01 174 0 43 0 20 Animal Justice Sarah Jackson 376 0 95 106 0 26 Opportunities 2 042 5 12 2 93 Te Pati Maori 405 1 01 0 66 New Zealand Loyal 253 0 63 NewZeal 108 0 27 0 04 DemocracyNZ 82 0 20 New Conservative 78 0 19 0 98 Freedoms NZ 71 0 17 Women s Rights 59 0 14 Leighton Baker Party 51 0 12 New Nation 36 0 09 Informal votes 472 166 Total valid votes 39 192 39 856 Turnout 39 856 Labour hold Majority 1 841 4 56 30 36 2020 election edit 2020 general election Christchurch Central 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 Duncan Webb 23 931 59 28 11 81 21 681 53 22 12 65 National Dale Stephens 9 833 24 36 14 91 7 921 19 45 19 49 Green Chrys Horn 2 566 6 36 0 78 5 168 12 69 2 95 ACT Abigail Johnson 1 071 2 65 2 507 6 15 5 72 Legalise Cannabis Michael Britnell 704 1 74 0 88 257 0 63 0 33 NZ First Mark Arneil 544 1 35 1 76 862 2 12 3 09 New Conservative Benjamin Price 430 1 07 478 1 17 0 91 Advance NZ Carole Church 355 0 88 325 0 80 ONE Ken Webb 143 0 35 92 0 23 Independent Hayden Laurie 93 0 23 Opportunities 887 2 19 1 29 Maori Party 142 0 35 0 03 Outdoors 24 0 06 0 01 Sustainable NZ 24 0 06 Vision NZ 22 0 05 Social Credit 20 0 05 0 04 TEA 11 0 03 Heartland 2 0 005 Informal votes 699 312 Total valid votes 40 369 40 735 Turnout 40 735 Labour hold Majority 14 098 34 92 26 72 2017 election edit 2017 general election Christchurch Central 17 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 Duncan Webb 16 631 47 47 8 54 14 541 40 57 14 31 National nbsp N Nicky Wagner 13 760 39 27 6 95 13 956 38 94 5 72 Green Peter Richardson 1 957 5 58 2 85 3 492 9 74 6 08 NZ First Phil Robinson 1 091 3 11 0 64 1 869 5 21 1 98 Opportunities Doug Hill 879 2 50 1 246 3 47 Legalise Cannabis Janine Shufflebotham 304 0 86 108 0 30 0 18 United Future Ian Gaskin 80 0 22 45 0 12 0 05 ACT 155 0 43 0 06 Maori Party 139 0 38 0 08 Conservative 94 0 26 2 85 Outdoors 21 0 05 Ban 1080 21 0 05 0 03 People s Party 16 0 04 Mana Party 11 0 03 1 00 a Internet 8 0 02 1 01 b Democrats 5 0 01 0 08 Informal votes 331 111 Total valid votes 35 033 35 838 Turnout 36 220 81 01 18 2 51 Labour gain from National Majority 2 871 8 20 15 49 2014 election edit 2014 general election Christchurch Central 19 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 National nbsp Y Nicky Wagner 15 346 46 22 1 69 15 301 44 66 0 03 Labour Tony Milne 12 926 38 93 5 43 8 995 26 25 3 15 Green David Moorhouse 2 800 8 43 0 14 5 419 15 82 0 44 NZ First George Abraham 1 245 3 75 3 75 2 462 7 19 2 23 Conservative Michael Cooke 598 1 80 0 18 1 065 3 11 1 37 ACT Toni Severin 122 0 37 0 04 167 0 49 0 29 Maori Party Lenis Davidson 109 0 33 0 33 157 0 46 0 04 Democrats Robin Columbus 57 0 17 0 17 30 0 09 0 06 Internet Mana 353 1 03 0 67 c Legalise Cannabis 165 0 48 0 16 United Future 79 0 23 0 31 Civilian 40 0 12 0 12 Ban 1080 27 0 08 0 08 Independent Coalition 3 0 01 0 01 Focus 1 0 00 0 00 Informal votes 281 108 Total valid votes 33 203 34 264 Turnout 34 480 78 01 6 32 National hold Majority 2 420 7 29 7 12 2011 election edit 2011 general election Christchurch Central 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 National Nicky Wagner 12 064 44 53 3 61 12 506 44 63 7 05 Labour nbsp N Brendon Burns 12 017 44 36 0 52 8 240 29 40 9 96 Green David Moorhouse 2 321 8 57 0 14 4 556 16 26 5 09 Conservative Michael Cooke 439 1 62 1 62 487 1 74 1 74 Independent Luke Chandler 138 0 51 0 51 ACT Toni Severin 110 0 41 1 09 219 0 78 1 93 NZ First 1 391 4 96 1 83 Legalise Cannabis 180 0 64 0 08 United Future 151 0 54 0 18 Maori Party 139 0 50 0 20 Mana 100 0 36 0 36 Alliance 24 0 09 0 04 Libertarianz 22 0 08 0 01 Democrats 9 0 03 0 02 Informal votes 532 237 Total valid votes 27 089 28 024 National gain from Labour Majority 47 0 17 3 08 Electorate as at 26 November 2011 39 419 21 2008 election edit 2008 general election Christchurch Central 22 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 Brendon Burns 14 078 43 83 8 74 12 999 39 36 8 95 National Nicky Wagner 13 143 40 92 11 65 12 409 37 58 7 07 Green Jan McLauchlan 2 708 8 43 1 78 3 688 11 17 1 47 Progressive Somnath Bagchi 598 1 86 1 34 697 2 11 0 25 Legalise Cannabis Michael Britnell 487 1 52 187 0 57 0 20 ACT Toni Severin 482 1 50 0 49 897 2 72 1 66 Kiwi Andrew Beaven 353 1 10 218 0 66 Workers Party Byron Clark d 164 0 51 0 24 33 0 10 Alliance Greg Kleis 103 0 32 41 0 12 0 01 NZ First 1 036 3 14 0 90 United Future 239 0 72 2 32 Maori Party 230 0 70 0 36 Bill and Ben 187 0 57 Family Party 87 0 26 Pacific 31 0 09 Libertarianz 21 0 06 0 04 Democrats 16 0 05 0 00 RONZ 5 0 02 0 00 RAM 2 0 01 Informal votes 306 119 Total valid votes 32 116 33 023 Labour hold Majority 935 2 91 20 38 2005 election edit 2005 general election Christchurch Central 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 nbsp Y Tim Barnett 17 685 52 57 16 652 48 31 National Nicky Wagner 9 849 29 28 10 515 30 51 Green Natalie Cutler Welsh 2 236 6 65 3 342 9 70 Progressive Megan Woods 1 077 3 20 643 1 87 NZ First Kevin Gardener 1 022 3 04 1 391 4 04 United Future John van Buren 761 2 26 1 048 3 04 ACT Shirley Marshall 340 1 01 364 1 06 Destiny Anita Breach 338 1 01 144 0 42 Maori Party Darryl Gregory 188 0 56 116 0 34 Anti Capitalist Alliance Byron Clark 90 0 27 Communist League Annalucia Vermunt 53 0 16 Legalise Cannabis 125 0 36 Alliance 40 0 12 Christian Heritage 37 0 11 Democrats 15 0 04 99 MP 10 0 03 Libertarianz 9 0 03 Direct Democracy 7 0 02 RONZ 5 0 01 Family Rights 4 0 01 One NZ 2 0 01 Informal votes 410 193 Total valid votes 33 639 34 469 Labour hold Majority 7 836 2002 election edit 2002 general election Christchurch Central 24 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 Tim Barnett 17 190 56 2 13 853 43 4 National Nicky Wagner 6 837 22 4 5 338 17 0 Green Matt Morris 1 791 5 9 3 479 11 1 United Future Stephen Russell 1 160 3 8 2 118 6 8 Christian Heritage Vic Pollard 874 2 9 430 1 4 ACT Anthony Watson 762 2 5 1 845 5 9 Progressive Fleur Churton 761 2 5 930 3 0 Alliance Liz Gordon 635 2 1 598 1 9 Legalise Cannabis Jeanette Saxby 469 1 5 327 1 0 Communist League Appu Baskaran 99 0 3 NZ First 2 106 6 7 ORNZ 280 0 9 One NZ 16 0 1 Mana Maori 10 lt 0 1 NMP 3 0 1 Informal votes 516 135 Total valid votes 30 578 31 333 Labour hold Majority 10 353 1999 election edit 1999 general election Christchurch Central 25 26 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 Tim Barnett 17 229 52 80 13 407 National John Stringer 7 825 23 98 8 887 Alliance Liz Gordon 2 690 8 24 3 369 Green Diana Pennell 1 658 5 08 2 421 ACT Katherine Sillars 951 2 91 1 731 Christian Heritage John Bryant 689 2 11 695 NZ First John Ballantyne 641 1 96 880 Christian Democrats Daryl Gregory 481 1 47 423 McGillicuddy Serious Cecil G Murgatroyd 232 0 71 56 Independent David Ball 132 0 40 Communist League Ruth Gray 51 0 16 National Democrats Anton Foljambe 44 0 13 Dominion Workers Clifford Mundy 9 0 03 Legalise Cannabis 584 United NZ 154 Libertarianz 132 South Island 69 Animals First 58 Natural Law 17 Mauri Pacific 7 One NZ 7 Republican 7 Mana Maori 6 NMP 4 Freedom Movement 2 People s Choice Party 2 Informal votes 267 Total valid votes 32 918 Labour hold Majority 9 404 1996 election edit 1996 general election Christchurch Central 27 28 29 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 Tim Barnett 9 689 32 28 9 967 32 79 National Kerry Sullivan 9 036 30 10 9 355 30 77 Alliance Liz Gordon 6 377 21 25 4 372 14 38 NZ First Ron Mark 3 067 10 22 2 434 8 01 ACT Matthew Ball 953 3 18 1 517 4 99 Progressive Greens Gillian Baillie 386 1 29 106 0 35 United NZ Jacinta Grice 224 0 75 226 0 74 Natural Law Raymond Cain 112 0 37 66 0 22 Independent David Christopher Ball 102 0 34 Communist League Patrick Brown 69 0 23 Christian Coalition 1 162 3 82 Legalise Cannabis 931 3 06 McGillicuddy Serious 102 0 34 Animals First 85 0 28 Green Society 19 0 06 Superannuitants amp Youth 16 0 05 Mana Maori 11 0 04 Ethnic Minority Party 10 0 03 Conservatives 8 0 03 Libertarianz 7 0 02 Advance New Zealand 3 0 01 Asia Pacific United 1 0 00 Te Tawharau 1 0 00 Informal votes 476 92 Total valid votes 30 015 30 399 Labour hold Majority 653 2 18 1993 election edit 1993 general election Christchurch Central 30 Party Candidate Votes Labour Lianne Dalziel 9 841 55 21 6 69 National Andrew Rowe 3 652 20 49 Alliance Michael Vercoe 3 501 19 64 Christian Heritage Tony Le Cren 413 2 32 0 06 McGillicuddy Serious Kieran Kelly 240 1 35 Natural Law Glenda Martin 126 0 71 Communist League Carmen Bain 52 0 29 Majority 6 189 34 72 Informal votes 764 4 11 Turnout 18 589 82 61 3 70 Registered electors 22 502 1990 election edit 1990 general election Christchurch Central 31 Party Candidate Votes Labour Lianne Dalziel 8 487 48 52 National Ross Gluer 4 718 26 97 NewLabour Sidonie Bradbury Moore 1 963 11 22 Green Ruth Gardner 1 541 8 81 Christian Heritage Tony Le Cren 396 2 26 Democrats Joe Pounsford 164 0 93 2 27 McGillicuddy Serious Shane Dion Murphy 101 0 57 Social Credit Neville Minchington 94 0 53 Communist League Brigid Rotheram 27 0 15 Majority 3 769 21 54 Turnout 17 491 78 91 3 33 Registered electors 22 163 1987 election edit 1987 general election Christchurch Central 32 Party Candidate Votes Labour Geoffrey Palmer 11 836 65 28 1 92 National Graham Burnett 5 031 27 75 Democrats Joe Pounsford 557 3 07 0 06 Breakfast Party James Daniels 235 1 29 Socialist Action Felicity Brereton 196 1 08 Wizard Party David Hanlon 119 0 65 Values Stephen Symons 85 0 46 NZ Party Lynn Yeoman 70 0 38 Majority 6 805 37 53 2 72 Turnout 18 129 82 24 7 32 Registered electors 22 043 1984 election edit 1984 general election Christchurch Central 32 Party Candidate Votes Labour Geoffrey Palmer 13 394 63 36 0 11 National Tony Willy 4 886 23 11 NZ Party Murray Ludemann 2 072 9 80 Social Credit Joe Pounsford 662 3 13 Independent Suzanne Sadler 123 0 58 Majority 8 508 40 25 0 94 Turnout 21 137 89 56 4 46 Registered electors 23 599 1981 election edit 1981 general election Christchurch Central 32 Party Candidate Votes Labour Geoffrey Palmer 10 793 63 25 0 95 National Ian Wilson 3 765 22 06 Social Credit Peter Admore 2 426 14 21 Independent Warwick Iversen 78 0 45 Majority 7 028 41 19 4 64 Turnout 17 062 85 10 49 10 Registered electors 20 048 1979 by election edit 1979 Christchurch Central by election 32 Party Candidate Votes Labour Geoffrey Palmer 6 149 64 20 3 03 Social Credit Terry Heffernan 1 759 18 37 9 02 National David Duncan 1 634 17 06 8 55 Tory Suzanne Sadler 26 0 27 Economic Euthenics Tubby Hansen 10 0 10 Majority 4 390 45 83 10 27 Turnout 9 578 36 00 Registered electors 26 605 Labour hold Swing 11 58 1978 election edit 1978 general election Christchurch Central 32 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bruce Barclay 10 229 61 17 8 21 National Gwen Clucas 4 282 25 60 Social Credit Robert Gyde 1 564 9 35 Values Robin Duff 616 3 68 Socialist Action Michael William Gourley 30 0 17 Majority 5 947 35 56 17 32 Turnout 16 721 52 32 18 19 Registered electors 31 956 1975 election edit 1975 general election Christchurch Central 32 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bruce Barclay 8 630 52 96 7 96 National Tim Armitage 5 657 34 71 Values Robin Duff 1 415 8 68 Social Credit Alan Easterbrook 555 3 40 Imperial British Conservative Coronita Wealleans 37 0 22 Majority 2 973 18 24 12 94 Turnout 16 294 70 51 14 49 Registered electors 23 107 1972 election edit 1972 general election Christchurch Central 32 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bruce Barclay 9 971 60 92 2 87 National Barbara Beaven 4 868 29 74 Social Credit Ray Thomas 700 4 27 Values Diane Roberts 693 4 23 Socialist Unity Arnold James Cox 68 0 41 New Democratic Cairn George Jensen 66 0 40 Majority 5 103 31 18 8 72 Turnout 16 366 85 00 1 61 Registered electors 19 252 1969 election edit 1969 general election Christchurch Central 33 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bruce Barclay 8 801 58 05 National Colin Knight 5 395 35 58 Social Credit Stan Fitchett 964 6 35 Majority 3 406 22 46 Turnout 15 160 86 61 6 79 Registered electors 17 502 1966 election edit 1966 general election Christchurch Central 33 Party Candidate Votes Labour Robert Macfarlane 6 771 49 32 2 92 National Fred Francis 5 362 39 06 Social Credit Lola Thompson 1 455 10 60 3 11 Communist Jack Locke 138 1 00 0 26 Majority 1 409 10 26 2 98 Turnout 13 726 79 82 4 10 Registered electors 17 196 1963 election edit 1963 general election Christchurch Central 33 Party Candidate Votes Labour Robert Macfarlane 7 552 52 24 1 52 National Dave Patchett 5 637 38 99 Social Credit Lola Thompson 1 084 7 49 Communist Jack Locke 183 1 26 0 21 Majority 1 915 13 24 2 09 Turnout 14 456 83 92 0 69 Registered electors 17 225 1960 election edit 1960 general election Christchurch Central 33 Party Candidate Votes Labour Robert Macfarlane 6 786 53 76 7 01 National Tom Flint 4 851 38 43 Social Credit Walter Green 851 6 74 Communist Jack Locke 133 1 05 0 01 Majority 1 935 15 33 12 90 Turnout 12 621 84 61 4 62 Registered electors 14 916 1957 election edit 1957 general election Christchurch Central 33 Party Candidate Votes Labour Robert Macfarlane 8 763 60 77 6 84 National Colin McLachlan 4 692 32 54 Social Credit William John Campbell 811 5 62 Communist Jack Locke 153 1 06 Majority 4 071 28 23 3 30 Turnout 14 419 89 23 3 15 Registered electors 16 158 1954 election edit 1954 general election Christchurch Central 33 Party Candidate Votes Labour Robert Macfarlane 7 345 53 93 8 79 National Oliver G Moody 3 950 29 00 Social Credit Albert E Willyams 2 185 16 04 Communist Alec Ostler 137 1 00 Majority 3 395 24 93 0 89 Turnout 13 617 86 08 3 61 Registered electors 15 819 1951 election edit 1951 general election Christchurch Central 34 Party Candidate Votes Labour Robert Macfarlane 6 901 62 72 1 81 National Alma Schumacher 4 103 37 28 Majority 2 798 25 42 5 50 Turnout 11 004 82 47 6 90 Registered electors 13 343 1949 election edit 1949 general election Christchurch Central 35 Party Candidate Votes Labour Robert Macfarlane 7 589 64 53 1 96 National Kevin Marlow 3 952 33 60 Communist Alec Ostler 218 1 85 0 56 Majority 3 637 30 92 4 49 Turnout 11 759 89 37 0 40 Registered electors 13 157 1946 election edit 1946 general election Christchurch Central 36 Party Candidate Votes Labour Robert Macfarlane 8 300 66 49 National Alan J Wills 3 880 31 08 Communist Alec Ostler 302 2 41 Majority 4 420 35 41 Turnout 12 482 88 97 Registered electors 14 028Table footnotes edit 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet Mana in 2014 it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet Mana in 2014 it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011 it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election Byron Clark contested the seat in the 2005 election for the same party which was then called the Anti Capitalist Alliance Notes edit McRobie 1989 pp 91 96 Electorate Boundaries Electoral Commission Archived from the original on 8 February 2013 Retrieved 24 November 2011 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 Scholefield Guy 1950 First ed published 1913 New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840 1949 3rd ed Wellington Govt Printer p 156 New Zealand Parliament Brendon Burns MP Geoffrey Palmer Ministry for Culture and Heritage 9 July 2010 Retrieved 19 November 2011 Unprecedented dead heat in ChCh central The Press 26 November 2011 Retrieved 26 November 2011 Nail biting dead heat in Christchurch 27 November 2011 Retrieved 13 August 2013 Election results to declare new Govt The New Zealand Herald 10 December 2011 Retrieved 12 December 2011 Chapman Kate 14 December 2011 Recount confirms Christchurch central seat Stuff Retrieved 21 September 2014 Conway Glenn 30 January 2014 Wagner to defend Chch Central seat The Press Retrieved 8 March 2014 Robinson Shelley 8 March 2014 Tony Milne to run for Chch Central The Press Retrieved 8 March 2014 Mathewson Nicole Stylianou Georgina Fulton Tim 21 September 2014 Election 2014 Canterbury decides The Press Retrieved 21 September 2014 Stylianou Georgina 4 May 2016 Claims advocate to seek election The Press p A7 Retrieved 4 May 2016 Christchurch Central Official Result Electoral Commission Retrieved 9 November 2023 Christchurch Central Official Result Electoral Commission n d Retrieved 9 January 2021 Official Count Results Christchurch Central 2017 Electoral Commission 7 October 2017 Retrieved 12 October 2017 Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate Electoral Commission Retrieved 27 January 2018 Official Count Results Christchurch Central Electoral Commission 10 October 2014 Retrieved 5 May 2016 Christchurch Central results 2011 Enrolment statistics Electoral Commission 11 November 2011 Archived from the original on 10 November 2011 Retrieved 17 November 2011 Official Count Results Christchurch Central 2008 Official Count Results Christchurch Central Electoral Commission 1 October 2005 Retrieved 8 March 2014 2002 election results Official Count Results 1999 Electoral Votes for registered parties by electorate NZ Electoral Commission Archived from the original on 14 January 2015 Retrieved 23 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