Southland (New Zealand electorate)

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Southland (New Zealand electorate)

Southland is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was first created for the 2020 New Zealand general election and has since then been held by Joseph Mooney of the National Party.

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Southland
Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation2020
RegionCanterbury
CharacterRural
Term3 years
Member for Southland

Joseph Mooney
since 17 October 2020
PartyNational
List MPsTodd Stephenson (ACT)
Previous MPnull
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Population centres

Despite its name, the electorate straddles the border between the Southland and Otago regions. It is the second-largest general electorate in New Zealand, behind West Coast-Tasman, and is predominantly rural in nature. The electorate includes Gore, Winton, Mataura, Alexandra, Arrowtown, Queenstown and Te Anau (among others), and much of Fiordland National Park.[1]

History

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The Southland electorate emerged at the 2020 redistribution after the Clutha region moved out of the former electorate of Clutha-Southland. It comprised the bulk of Clutha-Southland, plus another area around Alexandra that had been moved in from Waitaki. The Representation Commission initially proposed to move Winton and The Catlins into Invercargill, but after a public consultation process these areas remained in Southland, which instead shed a large area in West Southland around Tuatapere.[2][3]

The incumbent from the Clutha-Southland electorate, Hamish Walker, announced in July 2020 that he would not contest the Southland electorate.[4] Later that month, the National Party selected Joseph Mooney as their candidate for this safe National seat.[5] Mooney was elected by a margin of 5,645 votes over Labour Party candidate Jon Mitchell.[6]

Members of Parliament

Key   National

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List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Southland electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

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Election Winner
2023 election Todd Stephenson
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Election results

2023 election

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2023 general election: Southland[7]
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Green tickY Joseph Mooney 23,231 58.89 +7.29 19,222 48.25 +12.18
Labour Simon McCallum 6,020 15.26 –21.72 6,546 16.43 –22.42
Green Dave Kennedy 3,860 9.78 +4.29 3,482 8.74 +3.60
ACT Todd Stephenson 2,807 7.11 5,412 13.58 +0.88
NZ Loyal Logan Evans 2,172 5.50 974 2.44
Legalise Cannabis Anntwinette Grumball 687 1.74 217 0.54 +0.16
Vision NZ Naomi Maclean 228 0.57
NZ First   2,258 5.66 +3.65
Opportunities   810 2.03 +0.47
NewZeal   246 0.61 +0.41
Te Pāti Māori   190 0.47 +0.32
Freedoms NZ   91 0.22
Animal Justice   65 0.16
DemocracyNZ   60 0.15
New Nation   35 0.08
New Conservatives   32 0.08 –1.41
Women's Rights   28 0.07
Leighton Baker Party   20 0.05
Informal votes 437 148
Total valid votes 39,442 39,836
National hold Majority 17,211 43.63 +31.81
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2020 election

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2020 general election: Southland[6]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Joseph Mooney 19,975 51.60 14,244 36.07
Labour Jon Mitchell 14,330 36.98 15,341 38.85
Green David Kennedy 2,127 5.49 2,085 5.14
Opportunities Joel Rowlands 880 2.27 616 1.56
New Conservative Fiona Meyer 664 1.71 588 1.49
Advance NZ Robert Wilson 508 1.31 373 0.94
Social Credit Elisabeth Dacker 139 0.36 39 0.09
ONE Judith Terrill 130 0.34 78 0.19
ACT   5,016 12.70
NZ First   794 2.01
Legalise Cannabis   151 0.38
Māori Party   60 0.15
Outdoors   56 0.14
Sustainable NZ   25 0.06
Heartland   8 0.02
Vision NZ   7 0.02
TEA   6 0.02
Informal votes 679 164
Total valid votes 39,432 39,651
Turnout 39,651 86.5
National win new seat Majority 5,645 14.62
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