Ohariu-Belmont was a New Zealand parliamentary

electorate Electorate may refer to: * The people who are eligible to vote in an election, especially their number e.g. the term ''size of (the) electorate'' * The dominion of a Prince-elector in the Holy Roman Empire until 1806 * An electoral district An ...

from 1996 to 2008.

Population centres

The 1996 election was notable for the significant change of electorate boundaries, based on the provisions of the Electoral Act 1993. Because of the introduction of the

mixed-member proportional Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP or MMPR) is a mixed electoral system in which votes cast are considered in local elections and also to determine overall party vote tallies, which are used to allocate additional members to produce ...

(MMP) electoral system, the number of electorates had to be reduced, leading to significant changes. More than half of the electorates contested in 1996 were newly constituted, and most of the remainder had seen significant boundary changes. In total, 73 electorates were abolished, 29 electorates were newly created (including Ohariu-Belmont), and 10 electorates were recreated, giving a net loss of 34 electorates. The electorate covered the northern suburbs of the city of

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, i.e. Ngaio, Tawa,

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and Johnsonville, and also the adjacent suburb of Belmont in the Western

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History

The electorate was established in the first MMP election of . It replaced , but also included Belmont so was renamed Ohariu-Belmont. In the the Onslow electorate had replaced the earlier Ohariu electorate which had existed since the , and when in the the Belmont area was shifted to the

electorate of , the electorate was renamed back to Ōhariu (with a macron).

Members of Parliament

Key ¹

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joined with

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to become

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, in 2002.

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Ohariu-Belmont electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections. ¹Chauvel entered Parliament on 1 August 2006, following the resignation of

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.
²Shanks entered Parliament on 7 February 2007, following the resignation of

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Election results

2005 election

2002 election

1999 election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ohariu-Belmont (New Zealand Electorate) Historical electorates of New Zealand Politics of the Wellington Region 1996 establishments in New Zealand 2008 disestablishments in New Zealand