Clevedon 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 The prince-electors (german: Kurfürst pl. , cz, Kurfiřt, ...

from 1987 to 1993 and then from 2002 to 2008. For the first six-year period the electorate was represented by

Warren Kyd Warren James Kyd (born 21 November 1939) is a lawyer and former New Zealand politician. Early life Kyd was born in Auckland and educated at Mount Albert Grammar School and the University of Auckland. Before entering politics, Kyd was a lawyer ...

. For the second six-year period, the electorate was represented by

Judith Collins Judith Anne Collins (born 24 February 1959) is a New Zealand politician who served as the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the New Zealand National Party from 14 July 2020 to 25 November 2021. She was the second female Leader of the Natio ...

Population centres

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 (including Clevedon), three electorates were recreated, 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 . Clevedon took in the urban population centres of

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and Dannemora to the west, Beachlands and

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to the north and the sparsely populated

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to the east. Under finalised boundary changes for the 2008 general election, the Clevedon electorate ceased to exist, with its population centres being distributed among the new

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electorate, a redrawn and renamed electorate of

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and the resurrected electorate.

History

The Clevedon electorate was first created in 1987.

of the National Party was the electorate's first representative. When the electorate was abolished in 1993, Kyd transferred to the

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electorate. The electorate was recreated for the , replacing the electorate, where Kyd had been the incumbent. In a rare event for the National Party, an incumbent was successfully challenged by newcomer

, with allegations being made that controversial party president

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played a part in the decision. Collins won the nomination and the subsequent election. After the Clevedon electorate was abolished for the , Collins won the

electorate.

Members of Parliament

Key

List MPs

Election results

2005 election

2002 election

1990 election

1987 election

Notes

References

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External links

Electorate Profile
''Parliamentary Library'' {{Historic electorates of New Zealand Historical electorates of New Zealand 1987 establishments in New Zealand 1993 disestablishments in New Zealand 2002 establishments in New Zealand 2008 disestablishments in New Zealand