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Dunedin South is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It first existed from 1881 to 1890, and subsequently from 1905 to 1946. In 1996, the electorate was re-established for the introduction of MMP, before being abolished in 2020.

Population centres

The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including Dunedin South, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.Template:Sfn

As the name suggests, the electorate was based on the southern suburbs of Dunedin. It stretched out westwards to take in towns on the Taieri Plains such as Mosgiel, Green Island and Fairfield. The Otago Peninsula was also in the electorate.

The most recent Dunedin South electorate was created in 1996 as one of the original 65 MMP electorates, as a merger between St Kilda and a large part of Dunedin West. Until the 2008 election, it was enlarged at every electoral boundary review, but in the 2013 review, its boundaries were kept.[1] Middlemarch was first included in the electorate for the 2008 election; other localities include:

The electorate was abolished at the 2019/20 electoral redistribution, with the majority of the electorate being included in a recreated Template:NZ electorate link, although the Otago Peninsula was incorporated into the Dunedin electorate.

History

The electorate was first established for the Template:NZ election link and abolished after three parliamentary terms in 1890, when several Dunedin electorates were amalgamated to form the City of Dunedin electorate.Template:Sfn During the nine years of its first existence, the electorate was represented by two MPs, Henry Fish (1881–1884 and 1887–1890)Template:Sfn and James Gore (1884–1887).Template:Sfn

Dunedin South was re-established after the abolition of the City of Dunedin electorate for the Template:NZ election link.Template:Sfn The first representative was James Arnold, who was an independent liberal and who served until the end of the parliamentary term in 1908, when he successfully contested Dunedin Central.Template:Sfn

Thomas Sidey of the Liberal Party who had since a Caversham by election represented Caversham won the Template:NZ election link for Dunedin South. He represented the electorate for six parliamentary terms until 1928.Template:Sfn In 1919, Tom Paul nearly won the seat for Labour, losing by only 84 votes.

Sidey was succeeded by William Taverner of the United Party in the Template:NZ election link.Template:Sfn At the next election in 1931, the electorate was won by Fred Jones of the Labour Party. Jones held the electorate until 1946, when it was abolished, and successfully stood in St Kilda that year.Template:Sfn

The electorate was re-established for the Template:NZ election link and won by Michael Cullen, who later became Finance minister. Cullen had previously represented St Kilda (1981–1996). At the next election in 1999, Cullen stood as a list candidate only and was succeeded by David Benson-Pope as the electorate MP. After three parliamentary terms, Benson-Pope was not selected by the Labour Party as their candidate, but Clare Curran was chosen instead. Curran has represented the electorate since the 2008 election.

The city of Dunedin is a New Zealand Labour Party stronghold; The last National MP elected from a Dunedin constituency was Richard Walls in 1975. However, in 2011, National Party candidate, Jo Hayes, reduced the incumbent, Clare Curran's majority from 6449 in 2008[2] to 4175,[3] and National gained a plurality of the party vote in Dunedin South by 1837 votes.[3] The winning of the party vote was unprecedented in Dunedin South, which was seen, pre 2011, as a Labour Party stronghold. However the predecessor seat of St Kilda was represented by Jim Barnes of the National Party between 1951 and 1957.[4] In the Template:NZ election link, Curran was successful against National's Hamish Walker.[5]

In mid April 2020, it was announced that Dunedin South would be reconstituted as the Template:NZ electorate link electorate. The Otago peninsula was transferred to the Template:NZ electorate link electorate while the new Taieri electorate would include South Dunedin and South Otago, with the latter being transferred from the former Template:NZ electorate link electorate.[6]

Members of Parliament

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Election Winner
Template:NZ election link rowspan=1 width=5 bgcolor=Template:Party color| Henry Fish
Template:NZ election link bgcolor=Template:Party color| James Gore
Template:NZ election link bgcolor=Template:Party color| Henry Smith Fish
(Electorate abolished 1890–1905; see City of Dunedin)
Template:NZ election link rowspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color| James Arnold
Template:NZ election link rowspan=6 bgcolor=Template:Party color| Thomas Sidey
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Template:NZ election link rowspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color| William Taverner
Template:NZ election link rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Party color| Fred Jones
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(Electorate abolished 1946–1996;
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Template:NZ election link rowspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color| Michael Cullen
Template:NZ election link rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color| David Benson-Pope
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Template:NZ election link rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Party color| Clare Curran
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(Electorate abolished in 2020; see Template:NZ electorate link)

List MPs

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

Election Winner
2014 width=5 bgcolor=Template:Party color| Jo Hayes1

1Hayes was elected from the party list in January 2014 following the resignation of Katrina Shanks.

Election results

2017 election

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2014 election

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2011 election

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2008 election

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2005 election

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2002 election

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1999 election

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1996 election

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1943 election

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1943 general election: Dunedin South[8]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". David Murdoch 4,971 36.30
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Claridge 586 4.27
Informal votes 104 0.75 Script error: No such module "String".
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Turnout 13,693 92.14 Script error: No such module "String".

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1938 election

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1938 general election: Dunedin South[9]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Ernest Aderman 4,673 34.03
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1935 election

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1935 general election: Dunedin South[10]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Stuart Sidey 4,337 35.98
Informal votes 46 0.38 Script error: No such module "String".
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1931 election

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1931 general election: Dunedin South[11][12]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Donald Cameron 1,947 17.05
Majority 3,644 31.91 Script error: No such module "String".
Informal votes 28 0.24 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 11,449 88.78 Script error: No such module "String".

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1928 election

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1928 general election: Dunedin South[13][14]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". William Taverner 4,462 40.21
Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert William Hall 4,429 39.92
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Todd 2,205 19.87
Majority 33 0.30 Script error: No such module "String".
Informal votes 115 1.03 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 11,211 91.21 Script error: No such module "String".

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Notes

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References

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External links

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