Port Hills (New Zealand electorate)

Port Hills was created after a review of electoral boundaries conducted in the wake of the 2006 census of population and dwellings.

[1] The following suburbs, in alphabetical order, were at least partially located in the electorate: Balmoral Hill, Beckenham, Bromley, Cashmere, Cass Bay, Clifton, Corsair Bay, Ferrymead, Governors Bay, Heathcote Valley, Hillsborough, Huntsbury, Linwood, Lyttelton, Moncks Bay, Moncks Spur, Mount Pleasant, Murray Aynsley Hill, Opawa, Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, Redcliffs, Richmond Hill, Scarborough, St Andrews Hill, St Martins, Sumner, Sydenham, Taylors Mistake, Waltham, and Woolston.

[2] Port Hills was one of the electorates worst affected by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes and suffered minor population loss as a result.

The 2013 redistribution resulted in the electorate losing the areas around Bromley and Sydenham but regaining Halswell back from Selwyn.

[1][3][4] Port Hills was abolished for the 2020 general election, being replaced largely by a recreated Banks Peninsula.

[5] Because the new suburbs were strong Labour-voting areas, Banks Peninsula MP Ruth Dyson retained the electorate despite a nationwide swing to the National Party in 2008.

[9] In the boundary review of 2019/2020, the Representation Commission decided to make large changes to the boundaries of Port Hills, taking area in Halswell and parts of Bromley out and adding Banks Peninsula in, to manage large changes in population in the Christchurch and Selwyn areas.

[11][12][13] Key Labour National NZ First Green Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.