Albany

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Albany was a New Zealand electorate. It was located in north Auckland, and named after the suburb of Albany.

History

The electorate of Albany came into being for the 1978 election. It was centred on Albany, which had previously been part of Waitemata electorate. Its territory extended southwards to include Greenhithe and Paremoremo (also formerly part of Waitemata), plus a large portion of Glenfield (formerly split between Waitemata and East Coast Bays). It extended northwards to include Okura, Orewa, and Stanmore Bay (which were formerly part of Rodney electorate). For the 1984 election, however, the electorate was abolished. Glenfield and Greenhithe were split off to form the Glenfield electorate, and most of the remainder (including Albany itself) was absorbed into Rodney electorate.

For the 1987 election, however, Albany was reincorporated. It was based around the portion of the former Albany which had been merged into Rodney, plus Greenhithe (which had become part of Glenfield). Glenfield itself remained independent. The new Albany also included Hobsonville and Whenuapai, taken from West Auckland. For the 1990 election, the electorate expanded to the west slightly, towards Kumeu, but this was effectively reversed at the 1993 election. When the transition to MMP prompted a major redistribution at the 1996 election, most of the Glenfield seat was merged into Albany, almost bringing the seat back to its original shape in 1978. It lost some ground to the west at the 1999 election. For the 2002 election, the seat was abolished once again — its western territories, including Greenhithe and Albany itself, became part of the new Helensville electorate, while the remainder was established as the new East Coast Bays electorate.

Members of Parliament

Key

  National  

Election results

1999 election

General Election 1999: Albany[1][2]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Murray McCully		13,701	40.18	-9.48	13,583	39.41
	Labour	Hamish McCracken		8,753	25.67	+15.10	10,271	29.80
	Alliance	Heather McConachy		3,775	11.07	-1.94	1,967	5.71
	ACT	Mike Steeneveld		2,414	7.08	+1.96	4,232	12.28
	Green	Bera MacClement		1,585	4.65		1,529	4.44
	Independent	Blair Callum		1,548	4.54
	Future NZ	Rob Wheeler		869	2.55		556	1.61
	NZ First	Joy Brett		751	2.20	-14.67	1,033	2.97
	Christian Heritage	Tony Corbett		665	1.95		575	1.67
	NMP	Darag Rennie		41	0.12		19	0.06
	Legalise Cannabis						243	0.71
	United NZ						233	0.68
	Libertarianz						69	0.20
	Animals First						53	0.15
	McGillicuddy Serious						45	0.13
	Natural Law						19	0.06
	One NZ						18	0.05
	Freedom Movement						5	0.01
	Mana Māori						5	0.01
	People's Choice Party						3	0.01
	Republican						3	0.01
	South Island						3	0.01
	Mauri Pacific						1	0.00
Informal votes				512			149
Total Valid votes				34,102			34,465
	National hold		Majority	4,948	14.51	-18.28

1996 election

General Election 1996: Aoraki[3][4][5]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Murray McCully		17,639	49.67		15,812	44.31
	NZ First	Terry Heffernan		5,992	16.87		3,536	9.91
	Alliance	Heather McConachy		4,621	13.01		2,288	6.41
	Labour	Colin Hutchinson		3,753	10.57		7,221	20.24
	ACT	Marilyn Thomas		1,820	5.12		3,910	10.96
	Christian Coalition	Judith Phillips		942	2.65		1,603	4.49
	Progressive Green	Miles Allen		389	1.10		121	0.34
	McGillicuddy Serious	Tina Nevin		283	0.80		88	0.25
	Natural Law	Tom Hopwood		82	0.23		50	0.14
	Legalise Cannabis						507	1.42
	United NZ						303	0.85
	Ethnic Minority Party						69	0.19
	Animals First						61	0.17
	Advance New Zealand						55	0.15
	Superannuitants & Youth						18	0.05
	Green Society						16	0.04
	Libertarianz						15	0.04
	Conservatives						7	0.02
	Asia Pacific United						4	0.01
	Mana Māori						1	0.00
	Te Tawharau						0	0.00
Informal votes				238			74
Total Valid votes				35,521			35,685
	National hold		Majority	11,647	32.79

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