Ōtaki (previously Otaki) is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, spanning part of the west coast of the lower North Island.
The current MP for Ōtaki is Tim Costley of the New Zealand National Party.
Field lost the electorate in 1911 to John Robertson of the Social Democratic Party (who had been nominated by the flax-workers union), but won it back in 1914.
The seat was abolished in 1972, and Allan McCready, who was the incumbent, instead stood for and won the Manawatu electorate.
The first MP for Otaki since its recreation was Judy Keall, who won by less than a thousand votes in 1996 before a more decisive victory in 1999.
[2] In 2002, her former electorate assistant Darren Hughes won the seat, becoming the youngest member of the House of Representatives.
His 2002 majority was slashed to just 382 at the 2005 election by former Horowhenua District councillor Nathan Guy.
Guy announced he would be resigning at the 2020 election,[3] and National have selected Tim Costley as its replacement candidate.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.