[1] As part of the 1976 census, a large number of people failed to fill out an electoral re-registration card, and census staff had not been given the authority to insist on the card being completed.
Together with a northward shift of New Zealand's population, this resulted in five new electorates having to be created in the upper part of the North Island.
A much smaller areas were gained by Yaldhurst from the Riccarton and Rangiora electorates.
[6] Connelly retired at the 1984 election and was succeeded by Labour's Margaret Austin.
[7] In 1995, Austin defected to United New Zealand prior to the first mixed-member proportional (MMP) election.