Northland (New Zealand electorate)
Electoral district in Northland, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Northland is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate was established for the 1996 election. It was represented by National Party MP John Carter from 1996 to 2011, and then National's Mike Sabin until his resignation on 30 January 2015. The by-election in March 2015 was won by New Zealand First party leader Winston Peters. Peters was defeated by National's Matt King in the 2017 general election. King in turn was defeated by the Labour Party's Willow-Jean Prime in the 2020 general election, who became the first Labour MP elected for the area since the party won the predecessor electorate Bay of Islands in 1938. Prime was later defeated in the 2023 election by National's Grant McCallum
Northland | |
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Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
Region | Northland |
Major settlements | Kerikeri Kaitaia Dargaville |
Area | 11,279.85 km2 (4,355.17 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Current MP | Grant McCallum |
Party | National |
List MP | Mark Cameron (ACT) Shane Jones (NZ First) Willow-Jean Prime (Labour) |