Albany was a
New Zealand electorate. It was located in north
Auckland
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, and named after the suburb of
Albany. It existed from 1978 to 1984, and then was reinstated in 1987 before its final abolition in 2002.
Population centres
The 1977 electoral redistribution was the most overtly political since the Representation Commission had been established through an amendment to the ''Representation Act'' in 1886, initiated by
Muldoon's
National Government. As part of the
1976 census, a large number of people failed to fill out an electoral re-registration card, and census staff had not been given the authority to insist on the card being completed. This had little practical effect for people on the general roll, but it transferred
Māori
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to the general roll if the card was not handed in. Together with a northward shift of New Zealand's population, this resulted in five new electorates having to be created in the upper part of the
North Island
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. The electoral redistribution was very disruptive, and 22 electorates were abolished, while 27 electorates were newly created (including Albany) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the .
The Albany electorate was centred on
Albany, which had previously been part of electorate. Its territory extended southwards to include
Greenhithe
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Area
In the past, Greenhithe's waterfront on the estuary of the ri ...
and
Paremoremo (also formerly part of Waitemata), plus a large portion of
Glenfield (formerly split between Waitemata and ). It extended northwards to include
Okura,
Orewa
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, and
Stanmore Bay (which were formerly part of
Rodney electorate). For the , however, the electorate was abolished. Glenfield and Greenhithe were split off to form the electorate, and most of the remainder (including Albany itself) was absorbed into electorate.
The 1987 electoral redistribution took the continued population growth in the North Island into account, and two additional general electorates were created, bringing the total number of electorates to 97. In the South Island, the shift of population to Christchurch had continued. Overall, three electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated (including Albany), and four electorates were abolished. All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes. These changes came into effect with the . The Albany electorate was based around the portion of the former Albany which had been merged into Rodney, plus Greenhithe (which had become part of Glenfield). Glenfield itself remained its own electorate. The new Albany also included
Hobsonville
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Hobsonville Point, formerly the location of the ...
and
Whenuapai
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, taken from , and stretched as far north as
Orewa
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. For the , the electorate expanded to the west slightly, towards
Kumeu, but this was effectively reversed at the . When the transition to
MMP prompted a major redistribution at the , most of the Glenfield seat was merged into Albany, almost bringing the seat back to its original shape in 1978. It lost some ground to the west at the . For the , the seat was abolished once again — its western territories, including Greenhithe and Albany itself, became part of the new electorate, while the remainder was established as the new electorate.
History
Don McKinnon
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of the
National Party was the first representative of the electorate. He served for two terms from 1978, and successfully contested in .
Members of Parliament
Key
Election results
1999 election
1996 election
1993 election
1990 election
1987 election
1981 election
1978 election
Notes
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Historical electorates of New Zealand
1978 establishments in New Zealand
1984 disestablishments in New Zealand
1987 establishments in New Zealand
2002 disestablishments in New Zealand
Politics of the Auckland Region