Eastern Hutt

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Eastern Hutt electorate boundaries between 1993 and 1996.

Eastern Hutt is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate from 1978 to 1996. It was represented by two Labour MPs.

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 Muldoon's National Government.Template:Sfn 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 North Island.Template:Sfn The electoral redistribution was very disruptive, and 22 electorates were abolished, while 27 electorates were newly created (including Eastern Hutt) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the Template:NZ election link.Template:Sfn

In the 1977 electoral redistribution, the existing Western Hutt moved west, and the Eastern Hutt electorate was formed from areas that previously belonged to Western Hutt and the Template:NZ electorate link electorate, the latter of which was abolished.Template:Sfn The Eastern Hutt electorate incorporated the eastern part of Lower Hutt in the Hutt Valley up to the suburb of Haywards in the north.Template:Sfn In the 1983 electoral redistribution, the northern part of the electorate transferred to the Western Hutt electorate (including Haywards) and the electorate moved slightly further east.Template:Sfn

History

In the 1978 election, the Eastern Hutt electorate was won by Trevor Young, who had been MP for the Hutt electorate since 1968.Template:Sfn Young retired at the Template:NZ election link and was succeeded by Paul Swain. When Eastern Hutt was replaced in 1996 by the Template:NZ electorate link electorate, Swain transferred to the Template:NZ electorate link electorate to the north of Hutt South.

Members of Parliament

The electorate was represented by two Labour MPs.

Key

Election	Winner
Template:NZ election link	width=5 rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Trevor Young
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Template:NZ election link	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Paul Swain
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(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Template:NZ electorate link)

Election results

1993 election

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1993 general election: Eastern Hutt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter MacMillan	4,628	25.41
		Irene Ruth	2,467	13.54
		Makere Jordan	1,000	5.49
		Wayne Chapman	526	2.88
		Karen Anne Nicholls	150	0.82
		Philip McHale	54	0.29
		Marie-Louise Hodgson	37	0.20
Majority			4,718	25.91
Turnout			18,208	83.13

1990 election

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1990 general election: Eastern Hutt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rosemary Thomas	7,511	42.06
		Irene Ruth	1,605	8.98
		M L Baird	426	2.38
Majority			801	4.48
Turnout			17,854	82.09

1987 election

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1987 general election: Eastern HuttTemplate:Sfn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Penn Pattison	6,237	34.12
		Trevor Barnard	1,064	5.82
Majority			4,740	25.93
Turnout			18,278	85.75

1984 election

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1984 general election: Eastern HuttTemplate:Sfn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joy McLauchlan	4,811	24.71
		Maureen Harvey	2,832	14.54
		Ian McRae	1,005	5.16
Majority			6,005	30.85
Turnout			19,464	91.79

1981 election

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1981 general election: Eastern HuttTemplate:Sfn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alex Duthie	5,324	28.23
		Ian McRae	3,199	16.96
Majority			5,011	26.57
Turnout			18,858	89.93

1978 election

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1978 general election: Eastern HuttTemplate:Sfn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rosemary Young	5,267	28.18
		Ian McRae	2,394	12.80
		Malcolm White	400	2.14
		M E Gee	168	0.89
Majority			5,373	28.74
Turnout			18,689	71.84