Maramarua 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, ...

to the south of the

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area from 1987 to 1993. During those two parliamentary terms, Maramarua was represented by

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of the National Party.

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 Maramarua), 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 . The area covered by the Maramarua electorate had previously belonged to the , , and

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electorates. Population centres included

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in the north-west, Pōkeno,

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in the south-west, Mangatarata and

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in the south, and

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in the north-east.

History

of the National Party was the elected representative of the Maramarua electorate during its two parliamentary terms of existence from 1987 to 1993. Birch had first entered parliament through the for the Franklin electorate. Birch was based in

and during his 27 years in parliament, he always contested the electorate into which that town fell. When the Maramarua electorate was abolished for the , Birch moved to the reconstituted Franklin electorate.

Member of Parliament

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References

* * {{Historic electorates of New Zealand , state=collapsed Historical electorates of New Zealand 1987 establishments in New Zealand 1993 disestablishments in New Zealand