Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)

It has been abolished and re-established several times and in its early years was a two-member electorate for two parliamentary terms.

The current electorate has existed since the 2008 election and is held by Miles Anderson of the National Party.

However, Waitaki ended up over quota in the 2013 census and redistribution resulted in all communities south of and including Herbert being ceded to Dunedin North.

[6] Waitaki contracted again in the 2020 redistribution, gaining the Waitati area from Dunedin North, but losing a large section of land around Alexandra to Southland.

Other towns include Geraldine (3,120), Twizel (1,890), Wānaka (13,600), Waimate (3,740) and Cromwell (7,440) The Waitaki electorate has existed four times: in 1871 to 1946;[8] in 1957 to 1969; in 1978 to 1996 and lastly since 2008.

Steward and Joseph O'Meagher contested the election as abolitionists (i.e. they were in favour of abolishing the provincial government), while Thomas William Hislop and Samuel Shrimski were provincialists (i.e. they favoured the retention of provincial government).

[18] In the 1890 election, Duncan successfully contested the Oamaru electorate instead,[19] with John McKenzie taking Waitaki.

Barnes, in turn, held the electorate for one parliamentary term and was defeated in the 1938 election by David Campbell Kidd.

[22] Kidd represented Waitaki until 1946, when the electorate was abolished and he successfully stood in Waimate instead.

Waitaki was re-established for the 1957 election and was won by Thomas Hayman, who had previously represented Oamaru.

Hayman died in office on 2 January 1962 and was succeeded by Allan Dick, who won the 1962 by-election.

Neill failed to be selected by the National Party as a candidate for any of the electorates for the 1996 general election.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.