It was in the Waikato, and was a rural and safe National seat, held first by John Luxton and then by Lindsay Tisch.
More than half of the electorates contested in 1996 were newly constituted, and most of the remainder had seen significant boundary changes.
John Luxton won the electorate in 1996,[2] but he stood aside in 1999 for Lindsay Tisch, and went on the party list.
In the 2002 general election it was replaced by the Piako electorate, which was won by Lindsay Tisch.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.