Pencarrow is a former Parliamentary electorate in the lower Hutt Valley of New Zealand, from 1978 to 1996.

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

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. 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 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

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. The electoral redistribution was very disruptive, and 22 electorates were abolished, while 27 electorates were newly created (including Pencarrow) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the . The electorate is based on the southern part of the city of

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History

Pencarrow existed from 1978, replacing the Petone electorate. In the 1978 election, the electorate was won by

Fraser Colman Fraser MacDonald Colman (23 February 1925 – 11 April 2008) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He represented the electorates of Petone from 1967 to 1978, and then when Petone was renamed, Pencarrow from 1978 to 1987, when h ...

, who had been MP for Petone since the . Colman retired in and was succeeded by Sonja Davies. After her retirement in , she was succeeded by Trevor Mallard. When the Pencarrow electorate was abolished in 1996, Mallard transferred to the electorate.

Members of Parliament

Key

Election results

1993 election

1990 election

1987 election

1984 election

1981 election

1978 election

Notes

References

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pencarrow (New Zealand Electorate) Historical electorates of New Zealand 1978 establishments in New Zealand 1996 disestablishments in New Zealand Politics of the Wellington Region