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For the river after which the electorate was named, see Piako River.
Piako was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.
It was held by Lindsay Tisch MP[1] from 2002 to 2008.
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Population centres
The electorate included the population centres of Matamata, Cambridge, Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Waharoa, Waitoa, Waharoa, Huntly, Ngaruawahia, and Ohaupo.[2]
History
Piako was a rural Waikato electorate from 1946 to 1954, then from 1957 to 1978, when it was renamed Matamata.
Piako was resurrected for the 2002 election, replacing Karapiro.
Under boundary changes for the 2008 election, Piako ceased to exist as an electorate. Its population centres were distributed between the neighbouring seats of Hunua and Papakura. Officially, Piako was replaced on paper by the seat of Waikato.
Piako and its predecessors have always been considered safe National seats. They were held by Jack Luxton from 1966 to 1987, then his son John Luxton from 1987 to 1999, then by Lindsay Tisch from 1999 to 2008.
Members of Parliament
Key
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 election | William Goosman | |
| 1949 election | ||
| 1951 election | ||
| (electorate abolished 1954-1957, see Waipa) | ||
| 1957 election | William Goosman | |
| 1960 election | ||
| 1963 election | Geoffrey Sim | |
| 1966 election | Jack Luxton | |
| 1969 election | ||
| 1972 election | ||
| 1975 election | ||
| (electorate abolished 1978-2002, see Matamata) | ||
| 2002 election | Lindsay Tisch | |
| 2005 election | ||
References
External links
- Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library
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