Panmure is a former 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 The prince-electors (german: Kurfürst pl. , cz, Kurfiřt, ...

in the southern suburbs of the city of

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, from 1984 to 1996. In the four parliamentary terms of its existence, it was first represented by

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of the Labour Party, and then by his daughter

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Population centres

The 1981 census had shown that the North Island had experienced further population growth, and three additional general seats were created through the 1983 electoral redistribution, bringing the total number of electorates to 95. The South Island had, for the first time, experienced a population loss, but its number of general electorates was fixed at 25 since the 1967 electoral redistribution. More of the South Island population was moving to

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, and two electorates were abolished, while two electorates were recreated. In the North Island, six electorates were newly created (including Panmure), three electorates were recreated, and six electorates were abolished. These changes came into effect with the .

History

Panmure was a safe electorate for the Labour Party. It was first held by

, who had first been elected in in and who had since represented the electorate. Bob Tizard retired at the and was succeeded by his daughter,

. At the , she had stood in the electorate, where she got close to unseating National's

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. When the Panmure electorate was abolished in

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, Judith Tizard stood instead in .

Members of Parliament

Key

Election results

1993 election

1990 election

1987 election

1984 election

Notes

References

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