Hastings was a parliamentary electorate in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand from 1946 to 1996.
The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account.
[4] At the 1949 election, Cullen was defeated by Sydney Jones of the National Party.
[6] Subsequent office holders were Duncan MacIntyre (1960–1972), Richard Mayson (1972–1975), Bob Fenton (1975–1978), David Butcher (1978–1990), Jeff Whittaker (1990–1993), and Rick Barker (1993–1996).
[7] The Hastings electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament:[7] Key Labour National