Mana is 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, ...

in the

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metropolitian area. It has been held by

Barbara Edmonds Barbara Rachael Fati Palepa Edmonds is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party. Early life and career Edmonds' parents came to New Zealand from Western Samoa in 1978. She was also ...

of the Labour Party since the .

Population centres

The electorate includes the following population centres: *

Paraparaumu Paraparaumu () is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Kapiti Coast, north of the nation's capital city, Wellington. Like other towns in the area, it has a partner settlement at the coast called Paraparaumu Bea ...

(south of the airport, and east of the railway) *

Raumati Beach Raumati Beach is a beach community on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island; located 60km north-west of Wellington, and about 10 km north of Raumati South. It is immediately to the south-west of the larger town of Paraparaumu. The Ma ...

Raumati South Raumati South is a coastal community on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is 50km north-west of Wellington, and immediately south of Raumati Beach and south-west of Paraparaumu. The Maungakotukutuku area is located inland.Rauma ...

* Paekakariki * Pukerua Bay *

Karehana Bay Karehana Bay is a bay and nearby residential area at the western end of Plimmerton, a northern coastal locality of Porirua. It is located near the entrance to the Porirua Harbour, to the south-east of Hongoeka. It is about 5 minutes drive to ...

* Plimmerton *

Mana According to Melanesian and Polynesian mythology, ''mana'' is a supernatural force that permeates the universe. Anyone or anything can have ''mana''. They believed it to be a cultivation or possession of energy and power, rather than being a ...

* Camborne *

Paremata Paremata is a suburb of Porirua, on the Tasman Sea coast to the north of Wellington, New Zealand. History Early history The modern suburb, just south of Plimmerton, derives its name from the "Paremata Barracks", erected on the north shore of P ...

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* Pauatahanui * Porirua * Linden In the 2007 boundary redistribution, parts of Paraparaumu located east of

State Highway 1 The following highways are numbered 1. For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads. For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads. For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads. For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads. For roads numbere ...

were added to the electorate's area. The 2013/14 redistribution did not change the boundaries further.

History

The electorate was created for the introduction of

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) representation in 1996 from the Porirua electorate, and from the southern part of the

Kapiti Kapiti or Kāpiti may refer to: *Kapiti Island, an island a short distance off the New Zealand coast north of Wellington *Kapiti Coast District, the local government district which includes much of the Kapiti Coast *Kapiti Coast Airport, an airport ...

electorate, consisting of

south of the airport,

and

. The 1996 election was won by

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's Graham Kelly, who was member for the former Porirua electorate. He retired ahead of the 2002 election, Luamanuvao

Winnie Laban Luamanuvao Dame Winifred Alexandra Laban (born 14 August 1955) is a former New Zealand politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mana (New Zealand electorate), Mana electorate, representing the New Zealand Labour Party, L ...

became the new MP. After the resignation of Laban 10 August 2010, Faafoi on the resulting by-election with 10,980 votes (46.4%), becoming the first MP of Tokelauan descent.

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from the National Party was placed second and received 9,574 (41.6%), giving Faafoi a margin of 1,080 votes (4.82%). This was a significant decrease of Laban's majority of 6,155 (17.7%) at the 2008 general election. Faafoi more than doubled the margin in the , and had a 7,953 votes margin in the .

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at a general election. Key

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Mana electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections. ¹ Also contested

Election results

2020 election

2017 election

2014 election

2011 election

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,393

2010 by-election

2008 election

2005 election

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2002 election

1999 election

1996 election

Table footnotes

References

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