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 Bay of Plenty is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current representative Tony Ryall[1], who is a member of the National Party has represented the seat since 1996.
[edit] GeographyThe current Bay of Plenty seat comprises a section of the central Bay of Plenty coast, from the eastern periphery of the Tauranga urban area, to outside the main populated part of Whakatane. It includes the towns of Te Puke, Edgecumbe and Papamoa. Bay of Plenty was created for the change to the MMP voting system; it was carved out of parts of the old seats of Kaimai, Tarawera and Eastern Bay of Plenty. Its original incarnation was based mostly around Whakatane and Opotiki districts, with the remaining population coming from Te Puke and parts of greater Tauranga. [edit] 2007 boundary reviewContinued rapid population growth around Tauranga has driven considerable boundary change at each review. For the 2008 election, Bay of Plenty has become wrapped around the periphery of the Tauranga urban area, with its boundary moved far westwards to the eastern fringe of Te Puke, in the process abandoning sections of the central coast to the Rotorua and East Coast seats. [edit] HistoryBay of Plenty has been a safe seat for National's Tony Ryall, who has been returned easily at every election since the seat's creation. The upper central North Island is also an area where New Zealand First does well, frequently getting a higher vote share in seats in both the Bay of Plenty region and in the Waikato than it does nationally. The present seat was created in 1996 for MMP. The earlier Bay of Plenty seat from 1893 to 1978 was held by William Kelly 1893-96, William Herries 1896-1908, William Donald Stuart MacDonald 1908-20, Kenneth Stuart Williams 1920-35, Gordon Hultquist 1935-41, William Sullivan 1941-57, Percy Allen 1957-75 and Duncan MacIntyre 1975-78. [edit] Members of Parliament for Bay of PlentyUnless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
[edit] List MPs from Bay of PlentyMembers of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Bay of Plenty electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
[edit] Election results[edit] 2008 election
[edit] 2005 election
sourced from electionresults.govt.nz [edit] References[edit] External links
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