West Auckland is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate on the western outskirts of Auckland, created for the 1984 election from part of the former Helensville electorate.
The 1981 census had shown that the North Island had experienced further population growth, and three additional general seats were created through the 1983 electoral redistribution, bringing the total number of electorates to 95.
[3] In 1984 the electorate included Kumeū, Hobsonville, Henderson, Rānui and Waitakere;[4] much of the area had previously been in the southern part of the Helensville electorate.
[5] In 1987 it was moved to the south, losing Hobsonville and much of Kumeū while gaining Titirangi and Piha.
Jack Elder of the Labour Party was elected in 1984 as West Auckland electorate's representative;[6] he had in the previous two elections stood unsuccessfully in the Helensville electorate.