Napier (New Zealand electorate)

Napier
Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation1861
RegionHawke's Bay
CharacterUrban and rural
Term3 years
Member for Napier

Katie Nimon
since 14 October 2023
PartyNational
Previous MPStuart Nash (Labour)
Party vote distribution




Napier is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives. It is named after the city of Napier, the main urban area within the electorate. The electorate was established for the 1861 election and has existed since. It has been held by Katie Nimon of the New Zealand National Party since the 2023 general election. It was held by Stuart Nash of the New Zealand Labour Party from the 2014 general election until 2023, when he did not stand for re-election.

Population centres

The electorate includes the following population centres:

History

The electorate was created in 1861, and preceded by the Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay electorate from 1853 to 1860 and then briefly the County of Hawke electorate in 1860. It was a two-member electorate from 1876 to 1881.

The first representative was Henry Powning Stark, who won the election on 19 February 1861.

There were speculations that Douglas Maclean would be the conservative candidate in the Napier electorate in the 1890 election upon his return from England instead of George Swan, but this was not correct. Swan contested the election and was successful against the Liberal Party candidate Michael Gannon. In the 1893 election, Swan was challenged by the Liberal Party candidate Samuel Carnell, with the latter being successful against the incumbent. In the 1896 election, Carnell in turn was challenged by the conservative candidate Douglas Maclean, with Maclean achieving a large majority against the incumbent.

In the 1931 election, the incumbent, Bill Barnard of the Labour Party, was challenged by John Butler of the Reform Party as the official candidate of the United–Reform Coalition, and United Party member Vigor Brown as an Independent. Brown, at the time Mayor of Napier and previously MP for Napier for many years, withdrew just before the election, but too late for his name to be excluded from the ballot papers. The election was won by Barnard.

Labour's Russell Fairbrother was first elected in the electorate in the 2002 election, replacing long-standing MP Geoff Braybrooke. In the 2005 election, Chris Tremain defeated Fairbrother, winning the electorate for the National Party for the first time since the 1951 election. In the 2008 election, Tremain retained the electorate with an increased majority over Fairbrother. In the 2011 election, Tremain beat Labour's Stuart Nash.

Tremain announced in September 2013 that he would not contest the 2014 election. Wayne Walford succeeded Tremain as National's candidate for the seat, Nash contested the electorate for the Labour Party for the second time, and Garth McVicar stood for the Conservative Party. McVicar had a high-profile due to his previous involvement with the Sensible Sentencing Trust lobby group. In July 2014, Walford was referred to Police by the Electoral Commission for breaching the Electoral Act by failing to display an authorisation statement on his campaign vehicle.

Nash had a majority of 3,850 votes over Walford. McVicar's 7,603 votes split the traditional National Party votes (24.8% of electors who gave their party vote to National gave their electorate vote to McVicar, a total of 4,465 votes), which helped Nash win the election.

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.

Key

  Independent   Conservative   Liberal   Labour   Reform   Democratic Labour   National   ACT

single-member electorate

Election Winner
1861 election Henry Powning Stark
1861 by-election William Colenso
1866 election Donald McLean
1871 election

multi-member electorate

Election Winners
1875 election Donald McLean William Russell
1877 by-election Fred Sutton
1879 election

single-member electorate

Election Winner
1881 election John Buchanan
1884 election John Davies Ormond
1887 election
1890 election George Swan
1893 election Samuel Carnell
1896 election Douglas Maclean
1899 election Alfred Fraser
1902 election
1905 election
1908 election Vigor Brown
1911 election
1914 election
1919 election
1922 election Lew McIlvride
1925 election John Mason
1928 election Bill Barnard
1931 election
1935 election
1938 election
1943 election Tommy Armstrong
1946 election
1949 election
1951 election Peter Tait
1954 election Jim Edwards
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election Gordon Christie
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election
1978 election
1981 election Geoff Braybrooke
1984 election
1987 election
1990 election
1993 election
1996 election
1999 election
2002 election Russell Fairbrother
2005 election Chris Tremain
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election Stuart Nash
2017 election
2020 election
2023 election Katie Nimon

List MPs

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

Election Winner
1999 election Anne Tolley
2002 election Donna Awatere Huata
2005 election Russell Fairbrother

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election results: Napier
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Katie Nimon 21,344 52.83 +15.79 16,670 40.76 +12.86
Labour Mark Hutchinson 12,474 30.88 -20.17 10,810 26.43 -24.16
Green Julienne Dickey 2,190 5.42 +0.76 3,476 8.50 +2.68
NZ First Laurie Turnbull 1,729 4.28 — 2,794 6.83 +4.69
ACT Pawel Milewski 1,211 3.00 +0.70 4,503 11.01 +2.89
DemocracyNZ Martin Langford 765 1.90 — 205 0.50 —
Independent John Clive Smith 258 0.64 +0.17
Opportunities   621 1.52 +0.25
NZ Loyal   514 1.26 —
Te Pāti Māori   380 0.93 +0.65
NewZeal   215 0.53 +0.36
Legalise Cannabis   199 0.49 +0.07
Freedoms NZ   79 0.19 —
Animal Justice   69 0.17 —
New Conservatives   44 0.11 -1.34
Women's Rights   36 0.09 —
Leighton Baker Party   26 0.06 —
New Nation   18 0.04 —
Informal votes 429 240
Total valid votes 40,400 40,899
National gain from Labour Majority 8,870 21.95 +15.79

2020 election

2020 general election: Napier
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Stuart Nash 21,325 51.06 -3.17 21,245 50.59 +12.76
National Katie Nimon 15,469 37.04 -3.49 11,718 27.90 -18.30
Green James Crow 1,948 4.66 +1.03 2,444 5.82 +0.82
New Conservative Deborah Burnside 1,032 2.47 +1.87 611 1.45 +1.08
ACT Judy Kendall 962 2.30 — 3,410 8.12 +7.73
Independent John Clive Smith 197 0.47 —
Independent Camden Gaskin 92 0.22 —
NZ First   899 2.14 -5.06
Opportunities   537 1.27 -0.63
Advance NZ   355 0.84 —
Legalise Cannabis   179 0.42 +0.12
Māori Party   118 0.28 -0.12
ONE   72 0.17 —
Outdoors   39 0.09 +0.02
Vision NZ   24 0.05 —
Sustainable NZ   21 0.05 —
Social Credit   13 0.03 -0.03
TEA   11 0.03 —
Heartland   8 0.01 —
Informal votes 722 287
Total valid votes 41,757 41,991
Labour hold Majority 5,856 14.02 +0.33

2017 election

2017 general election: Napier
Notes:

Blue 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, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Stuart Nash 20,677 54.23 +11.82 14,681 37.83 +11.97
National David Elliott 15,457 40.53 +8.77 17,929 46.20 −2.99
Green Damon Rusden 1,386 3.63 −0.14 1,938 5.00 −3.75
Māori Party Maryanne Marsters 308 0.81 — 154 0.40 −0.04
Conservative Laurence Day 230 0.60 −20.42 145 0.37 −5.83
Democrats Karl Matthys 72 0.19 +0.05 25 0.06 −0.01
NZ First   2,794 7.20 −0.20
Opportunities   739 1.90 —
ACT   152 0.39 +0.11
Legalise Cannabis   116 0.30 −0.12
Ban 1080   38 0.10 −0.06
People's Party   32 0.08 —
Outdoors   28 0.07 —
United Future   19 0.05 −0.12
Mana   11 0.03 −0.57
Internet   3 0.01 −0.59
Informal votes 324 119
Total valid votes 38,130 38,804
Turnout 38,923
Labour hold Majority 5,220 13.69 +3.05

2014 election

2014 general election: Napier
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Nash 15,343 42.41 +1.42 9,466 25.86 −3.40
National Wayne Walford 11,493 31.77 −20.34 18,005 49.19 +0.42
Conservative Garth McVicar 7,603 21.02 +19.01 2,270 6.20 +2.85
Green Paul Bailey 1,363 3.77 −0.24 3,198 8.74 −1.07
Alliance Mary O'Neil 59 0.16 +0.02
Democrats Bary Pulford 51 0.14 +0.14 27 0.07 +0.02
NZ First   2,709 7.40 +1.82
Internet Mana   219 0.60 +0.36
Māori Party   160 0.44 −0.17
Legalise Cannabis   153 0.42 −0.10
ACT   103 0.28 −0.78
United Future   63 0.17 −0.43
Ban 1080   58 0.16 +0.16
Civilian   16 0.04 +0.04
Independent Coalition   7 0.02 +0.02
Focus   6 0.02 +0.02
Informal votes 236 145
Total valid votes 36,175 36,605
Turnout 36,605 80.36 +3.76
Labour gain from National Majority 3,850 10.64 +21.76

2011 election

2011 general election: Napier
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Y Chris Tremain 17,337 52.11 -7.58 16,538 48.77 +1.51
Labour Stuart Nash 13,636 40.99 +7.05 9,921 29.26 -6.31
Green Paul Edward Bailey 1,334 4.01 -1.13 3,327 9.81 +4.26
Conservative Roy Brown 668 2.01 +2.01 1,137 3.35 +3.35
ACT John Ormond 159 0.48 -0.74 359 1.06 -2.59
Mana Rod Paul 86 0.26 +0.26 83 0.24 +0.24
Alliance Mary O'Neill 48 0.14 +0.14 34 0.10 -0.03
NZ First   1,893 5.58 +1.88
Māori Party   207 0.61 -0.16
United Future   203 0.60 -0.002
Legalise Cannabis   175 0.52 +0.14
Democrats   16 0.05 +0.02
Libertarianz   14 0.04 +0.002
Informal votes 678 321
Total valid votes 33,268 33,907
National hold Majority 3,701 11.12 -14.64

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,266

2008 election

2008 general election: Napier
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Y Chris Tremain 20,898 59.70 +8.73 16,772 47.26 +4.94
Labour Russell Fairbrother 11,880 33.94 -6.83 12,621 35.57 -5.43
Green Brett Stansfield 1,801 5.14 +1.20 1,969 5.55 +0.32
ACT John Ormond 428 1.22 1,296 3.65 +2.56
NZ First 1,314 3.70 -1.88
Māori Party 272 0.77 +0.35
Progressive 269 0.76 -0.13
United Future 213 0.60 -1.85
Kiwi 212 0.60
Bill and Ben 207 0.58
Legalise Cannabis 132 0.37 +0.15
Family Party 67 0.19
Alliance 47 0.13 +0.05
Pacific 43 0.12
Workers Party 18 0.05
Libertarianz 14 0.04 +0.01
Democrats 8 0.02 -0.02
RAM 7 0.02
RONZ 5 0.01 ±0.00
Informal votes 358 169
Total valid votes 35,007 35,486
National hold Majority 9,018 25.76 +15.57

2005 election

2005 general election: Napier
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Chris Tremain 17,955 50.53 15,086 42.17
Labour N Russell Fairbrother 14,364 40.42 14,615 40.85
Green Terry Creighton 1,391 3.91 1,864 5.21
NZ First James Mist 855 2.40 1,989 5.56
United Future Graham Turner 473 1.30 872 2.44
ACT   390 1.09
Progressive   316 0.88
Destiny   193 0.54
Māori Party   150 0.42
Legalise Cannabis   80 0.22
Christian Heritage   44 0.12
Alliance   29 0.08
Democrats   16 0.04
Libertarianz   11 0.03
Direct Democracy   11 0.03
One NZ   11 0.03
99 MP   8 0.02
Family Rights   6 0.02
RONZ   5 0.01
Informal votes 305 129
Total valid votes 35,536 35,777
National gain from Labour Majority 3,591

2002 election

2002 general election: Napier
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Russell Fairbrother 14,659 46.24 14,853 45.63 +1.36
National Anne Tolley 10,502 33.13 +9.20 6,074 18.66 -7.86
Green Terry Creighton 1,872 5.62 2,023 6.21 +1.48
United Future Graham Turner 1,569 4.95 1,977 6.07
ACT Donna Awatere Huata 1,381 4.36 2,061 6.33 +0.49
Alliance Maxine Boag 686 2.16 411 1.26 -9.46
Christian Heritage Colin Barr 616 1.94 515 1.58 -0.79
One NZ John Bull 506 1.60 119 0.37 +0.32
NZ First   3,045 9.36 +6.82
ORNZ   805 2.47
Progressive   492 1.51
Legalise Cannabis   164 0.50 -0.55
Mana Māori   6 0.02 +0.01
NMP   6 0.02 0.00
Informal votes 801 112
Total valid votes 31,701 32,551
Labour hold Majority 4,157 13.11 -22.91

1999 election

1999 general election: Napier
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Geoff Braybrooke 19,743 59.95 +4.87 14,684 44.27 +9.59
National Anne Tolley 7,880 23.93 8,797 26.52 -2.89
Alliance Robin Gwynn 2,242 6.81 -2.08 3,555 10.72 -1.38
Green Angie Denby 1,169 3.55 1,569 4.73
ACT Mel Chandler 623 1.89 1,936 5.84 +0.49
Christian Heritage Bob Davis 513 1.56 785 2.37
NZ First Lyola Randell-Cotter 305 0.93 844 2.54 -8.81
Christian Democrats Allana Hiha 264 0.80 294 0.89
Independent Laurance McGregor 195 0.59
Legalise Cannabis   349 1.05 -1.02
United NZ   110 0.33 -0.22
Libertarianz   102 0.31 +0.30
Animals First   67 0.20 0.00
McGillicuddy Serious   25 0.08 -0.10
One NZ   16 0.05
Natural Law   13 0.04 -0.10
The People's Choice   8 0.02
NMP   5 0.02
Republican   5 0.02
Mana Māori   3 0.01 -0.01
Mauri Pacific   2 0.01
South Island   2 0.01
Freedom Movement   0 0.00
Informal votes 533 296
Total valid votes 32,934 33,171
Labour hold Majority 11,863 36.02 +4.53

1996 election

1996 general election: Napier
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Geoff Braybrooke 17,756 55.11 11,266 34.68
National Kathryn Ward 7,610 23.62 9,554 29.41
Alliance Robin Gwynn 2,865 8.89 3,931 12.10
NZ First Stuart Spencer 2,567 7.97 3,687 11.35
ACT Jean Hill 1,285 3.99 1,738 5.35
Natural Law Ian Levingston 134 0.42 46 0.14
Christian Coalition   1,167 3.59
Legalise Cannabis   674 2.07
United NZ   180 0.55
Animals First   65 0.20
Progressive Green   63 0.19
McGillicuddy Serious   57 0.18
Green Society   19 0.06
Superannuitants & Youth   18 0.06
Ethnic Minority Party 6 0.02
Advance New Zealand 5 0.02
Mana Māori   5 0.02
Asia Pacific United 4 0.01
Conservatives   2 0.01
Libertarianz   2 0.01
Te Tawharau 0 0.00
Informal votes 394 121
Total valid votes 32,217 32,490
Labour hold Majority 10,146 31.49

1993 election

1993 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoff Braybrooke 9,923 50.61 +4.13
National Colleen Pritchard 4,997 25.48 −14.01
Alliance Derek Holland 3,399 17.33 +12.34
NZ First James Morunga 989 5.04
Christian Heritage Gary Bisley 297 1.51
Majority 4,926 25.12 +18.14
Turnout 19,605 83.48 −0.43
Registered electors 23,482

1990 election

1990 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoff Braybrooke 8,420 46.48 −16.45
National Colleen Pritchard 7,155 39.49
Green B P Duggan 1,428 7.88
NewLabour Derek Holland 904 4.99
Democrats P A Williamson 141 0.77
Independent R F Terry 66 0.36
Majority 1,265 6.98 −22.02
Turnout 18,114 83.91 −2.78
Registered electors 21,585

1987 election

1987 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoff Braybrooke 11,770 62.93 +5.81
National Ashley Church 6,345 33.92
Democrats Beryl Shakes 586 3.13
Majority 5,425 29.00 −1.24
Turnout 18,701 86.69 −6.16
Registered electors 21,571

1984 election

1984 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoff Braybrooke 12,085 57.12 +10.16
National M P Liddell 5,686 26.87
NZ Party Noel Mockford 2,711 12.81
Social Credit R E Culpitt 673 3.18
Majority 6,399 30.24 +15.63
Turnout 21,155 92.85 +2.39
Registered electors 22,784

1981 election

1981 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoff Braybrooke 9,672 46.96
National Kevin Rose 6,663 32.35 −2.77
Social Credit Martin Hine 4,260 20.68
Majority 3,009 14.61
Turnout 20,595 90.46 +7.59
Registered electors 22,766

1978 election

1978 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Christie 9,987 49.68 +4.52
National Kevin Rose 7,060 35.12
Social Credit L C Barker 2,664 13.25
Values Jim Saunders 388 1.93
Majority 2,927 14.56 +10.09
Turnout 20,099 73.71 −11.99
Registered electors 27,267

1975 election

1975 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Christie 9,395 45.16 −11.33
National John Isles 8,464 40.69
Social Credit Heather Woodhall 1,841 8.85
Values Duncan White 1,084 5.21
Independent H Sykes 16 0.07
Majority 931 4.47 −16.09
Turnout 20,800 85.70 −4.31
Registered electors 24,270

1972 election

1972 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Christie 10,232 56.49 +3.55
National Merle Bell 6,507 35.92
Social Credit Robert James Hurdle 912 5.03
Values James Barnes 365 2.01
New Democratic Alfred William Earl Barley 95 0.52
Majority 3,725 20.56 +10.15
Turnout 18,111 90.01 −0.97
Registered electors 20,121

1969 election

1969 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Christie 10,013 52.94 +7.08
National Terry Dunleavy 8,043 42.52
Social Credit Roy Hollands 857 4.53 −5.96
Majority 1,970 10.41 +8.19
Turnout 18,913 90.98 +1.90
Registered electors 20,787

1966 election

1966 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Christie 8,088 45.86
National Maurice Kidson 7,695 43.63
Social Credit Roy Hollands 1,850 10.49
Majority 393 2.22
Turnout 17,633 89.08 −2.94
Registered electors 19,793

1963 election

1963 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Edwards 8,438 50.43 −0.81
National D'Arcy Ormonde Haskell 7,653 45.74
Social Credit Allan Edgar Frampton 638 3.81 −1.25
Majority 785 4.69 −3.45
Turnout 16,729 92.02 +0.49
Registered electors 18,178

1960 election

1960 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Edwards 8,838 51.24 −4.02
National William John Gunn 7,533 43.68
Social Credit Allan Edgar Frampton 874 5.06 +1.01
Majority 1,405 8.14 −6.45
Turnout 17,245 92.51 −2.30
Registered electors 18,640

1957 election

1957 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Edwards 9,140 55.26 +4.51
National Raymond Vincent Foster 6,727 40.67
Social Credit Allan Edgar Frampton 671 4.05
Majority 2,413 14.59 +10.02
Turnout 16,538 94.81 −0.16
Registered electors 17,443

1954 election

1954 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Edwards 7,992 50.75
National Peter Tait 7,272 46.18 −3.96
Social Credit J Lothian 481 3.05
Majority 720 4.57
Turnout 15,745 94.97 +3.22
Registered electors 16,578

1951 election

1951 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Peter Tait 7,375 50.14
Labour Tommy Armstrong 7,331 49.85 −1.81
Majority 44 0.29
Turnout 14,706 91.75 −3.27
Registered electors 16,028

1949 election

1949 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tommy Armstrong 7,384 51.66 −5.05
National William Tucker 6,663 46.62
Communist Charles James Brown 126 0.88
Independent Liberal John Cummins 118 0.82
Majority 721 5.04 −8.39
Turnout 14,291 95.02 −0.68
Registered electors 15,039

1946 election

1946 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tommy Armstrong 7,789 56.71 +13.05
National Alan John Price 5,944 43.28
Majority 1,845 13.43 +3.43
Turnout 13,733 95.70 +0.41
Registered electors 14,350

1943 election

1943 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tommy Armstrong 5,558 43.66
National Morris Spence 4,285 33.66
Independent Bill Barnard 2,784 21.86 −41.49
Informal votes 103 0.80 −0.28
Majority 1,273 10.00 −21.77
Turnout 12,730 95.29 +0.13
Registered electors 13,358

1938 election

1938 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Barnard 8,097 65.35 −0.26
National John Ormond 4,160 33.57
Informal votes 134 1.08 +0.64
Majority 3,937 31.77 −4.91
Turnout 12,391 95.16 +2.46
Registered electors 13,021

1935 election

1935 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Barnard 7,290 65.91 +9.05
Reform Frank Bannerman Logan 3,233 29.23
Democrat Norman Jacobsen 396 3.58
Communist William Wood 141 1.27
Informal votes 49 0.44 +0.01
Majority 4,057 36.68 +22.62
Turnout 11,060 92.70 +8.85
Registered electors 11,930

1931 election

1931 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Barnard 5,886 56.86 +2.81
Reform John Butler 4,430 42.79
Independent Vigor Brown 36 0.35
Informal votes 45 0.43 −0.25
Majority 1,456 14.06 +5.97
Turnout 10,397 83.85 −6.37
Registered electors 12,399

1928 election

1928 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Barnard 4,095 54.05
Reform John Mason 3,482 45.95 −6.98
Informal votes 52 0.68 −0.29
Majority 613 8.09 +2.22
Turnout 7,629 90.22 −1.66
Registered electors 8,456

1925 election

1925 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform John Mason 5,169 52.93 +23.21
Labour Lew McIlvride 4,596 47.07 +8.95
Informal votes 96 0.97 ±0.00
Majority 573 5.87 −2.53
Turnout 9,861 91.88 +1.26
Registered electors 10,732

1922 election

1922 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lew McIlvride 3,465 38.12
Reform John Mason 2,702 29.72
Independent Liberal Albert Jull 1,996 21.96
Reform Vigor Brown 927 10.20 −24.19
Informal votes 89 0.97 −1.00
Majority 763 8.39 +7.72
Turnout 9,179 90.62 +9.35
Registered electors 10,129

1919 election

1919 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vigor Brown 2,763 34.39 −30.82
Labour Frederick Charles Evans 2,709 33.72
Ind. Progressive Henry Hill 2,562 31.89
Informal votes 161 1.96 +0.86
Majority 54 0.67 −29.75
Turnout 8,195 81.27 −2.52
Registered electors 10,084

1914 election

1914 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vigor Brown 4,748 65.21 +7.36
Reform George William Venables 2,533 34.79
Informal votes 81 1.10 −0.91
Majority 2,215 30.42 +14.72
Turnout 7,362 83.78 +1.62
Registered electors 8,787

1911 election

1911 general election: Napier, first ballot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vigor Brown 3,920 57.85 −0.02
Labour Henry Hill 2,856 42.15
Informal votes 139 2.01
Majority 1,064 15.70 −0.05
Turnout 6,915 82.16 +4.52
Registered electors 8,416

1908 election

1908 general election: Napier, first ballot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vigor Brown 3,803 57.88
Liberal Alfred Fraser 2,768 42.12 −12.49
Majority 1,035 15.75 −10.33
Turnout 6,571 77.64 −5.39
Registered electors 8,463

1905 election

1905 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Fraser 3,076 54.62 −14.06
Independent Liberal Montague W. P. Lascelles 1,607 28.53
Liberal–Labour William James McGrath 949 16.85
Informal votes 89 1.56 +0.24
Majority 1,469 26.08 −11.28
Turnout 5,721 83.03 +8.99
Registered electors

1902 election

1902 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Fraser 2,739 68.68 +18.20
Independent Liberal Richard Joseph Eames 1,249 31.32
Informal votes 72 1.31
Majority 1,490 37.36 +36.40
Turnout 4,060 74.05 −6.06
Registered electors 5,483

1899 election

1899 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Fraser 1,994 50.48
Conservative Douglas Maclean 1,956 49.52 −12.66
Majority 38 0.96 −16.97
Turnout 3,950 80.11 −1.05
Registered electors 4,931

1893 election

1893 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Samuel Carnell 2,114 57.01
Conservative George Swan 1,594 42.99 −10.21
Majority 520 14.02
Turnout 3,708 87.87 +12.32
Registered electors 4,220

1890 election

1890 general election: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Swan 1,105 53.20
Liberal–Labour Michael Gannon 972 46.80
Majority 133 6.40
Turnout 2,077 75.55
Registered electors 2,749

1877 by-election

1877 Napier by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Fred Sutton 317 42.10
Independent John Buchanan 294 39.04
Independent Henry Stokes Tiffen 128 17.00
Independent William Colenso 13 1.73
Independent William Barnard Rhodes 1 0.13
Majority 23 3.05
Turnout 753

1861 by-election

1861 Napier by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Colenso 47 44.8
Independent Henry Sealy 30 28.6
Independent John Tucker 23 21.9
Independent J. B. Ferguson 5 4.8
Majority 17 16.2
Turnout 105

Table footnotes

  1. ^ Awatere Huata was expelled from serving as a list MP on 19 November 2004.
  2. ^ 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election
  3. ^ 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election
  4. ^ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

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