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Napier (New Zealand electorate)

Field	Value
electorate	Napier
map	Napier_2025_electorate_boundaries.svg
formation	1861
region	Hawke's Bay
character	Urban and rural
member
party
member_image
member_elected
list_mps
previous_mp
previous_mp_party
partyvote_votes_total	40899
partyvote_party_1	New Zealand National Party
partyvote_votes_1	16670
partyvote_party_2	New Zealand Labour Party
partyvote_votes_2	10810
partyvote_party_3	ACT New Zealand
partyvote_votes_3	4503
partyvote_party_4	Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
partyvote_votes_4	3476
partyvote_party_5	New Zealand First
partyvote_votes_5	2794
partyvote_date	2023

Napier is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives. It is named after the city of Napier, the main urban area within the electorate. The electorate was established for the 1861 election and has existed since. It has been held by Katie Nimon of the New Zealand National Party since the 2023 general election. It was held by Stuart Nash of the New Zealand Labour Party from the 2014 general election until 2023, when he did not stand for re-election.

Population centres

The electorate includes the following population centres:

Napier
Taradale
Pakowhai
Waiohiki
Omahu
Sherenden
Wairoa
Frasertown
Nūhaka

History

The electorate was created in 1861, and preceded by the electorate from 1853 to 1860 and then briefly the electorate in 1860. It was a two-member electorate from 1876 to 1881.

The first representative was Henry Powning Stark, who won the election on 19 February 1861.

There were speculations that Douglas Maclean would be the conservative candidate in the Napier electorate in the upon his return from England instead of George Swan, but this was not correct. Swan contested the election and was successful against the Liberal Party candidate Michael Gannon. In the , Swan was challenged by the Liberal Party candidate Samuel Carnell, with the latter being successful against the incumbent. In the , Carnell in turn was challenged by the conservative candidate Douglas Maclean, with Maclean achieving a large majority against the incumbent.

In the , the incumbent, Bill Barnard of the Labour Party, was challenged by John Butler of the Reform Party as the official candidate of the United–Reform Coalition, and United Party member Vigor Brown as an Independent. Brown, at the time Mayor of Napier and previously MP for Napier for many years, withdrew just before the election, but too late for his name to be excluded from the ballot papers. The election was won by Barnard.

Labour's Russell Fairbrother was first elected in the electorate in the 2002 election, replacing long-standing MP Geoff Braybrooke. In the , Chris Tremain defeated Fairbrother, winning the electorate for the National Party for the first time since the . In the 2008 election, Tremain retained the electorate with an increased majority over Fairbrother. In the , Tremain beat Labour's Stuart Nash.

Tremain announced in September 2013 that he would not contest the 2014 election. Wayne Walford succeeded Tremain as National's candidate for the seat, Nash contested the electorate for the Labour Party for the second time, and Garth McVicar stood for the Conservative Party. McVicar had a high-profile due to his previous involvement with the Sensible Sentencing Trust lobby group. In July 2014, Walford was referred to Police by the Electoral Commission for breaching the Electoral Act by failing to display an authorisation statement on his campaign vehicle.

Nash had a majority of 3,850 votes over Walford. McVicar's 7,603 votes split the traditional National Party votes (24.8% of electors who gave their party vote to National gave their electorate vote to McVicar, a total of 4,465 votes), which helped Nash win the election.

In the 2025 boundary review, the electorate would gain the communities north of the Ngaruroro River from for the 2026 general election onwards.

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.

Key

single-member electorate

Election	Winner
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1871 election

multi-member electorate

Election	Winners
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	Independent politician}}

single-member electorate

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	Independent politician}}
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	New Zealand Liberal Party}}
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	New Zealand Liberal Party}}
	New Zealand Liberal Party}}
	New Zealand Labour Party}}
	Reform Party (New Zealand)}}
	New Zealand Labour Party}}"
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	New Zealand Labour Party}}
	New Zealand National Party}}
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	New Zealand Labour Party}}
	New Zealand National Party}}
	New Zealand Labour Party}}
	New Zealand National Party}}

List MPs

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

Election	Winner
	New Zealand National Party}}
	ACT New Zealand}}
	New Zealand Labour Party}}

Election results

2023 election

2020 election

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2017 election

2014 election

2011 election

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,266

2008 election

See Template:MMP election box for documentation on these MMP templates

2005 election

2002 election

1999 election

1996 election

1993 election

|reg. electors = 23,482

1990 election

|reg. electors = 21,585

1987 election

|reg. electors = 21,571

1984 election

|reg. electors = 22,784

1981 election

|reg. electors = 22,766

1978 election

|reg. electors = 27,267

1975 election

|reg. electors = 24,270

1972 election

|reg. electors = 20,121

1969 election

|reg. electors = 20,787

1966 election

|reg. electors = 19,793

1963 election

|reg. electors = 18,178

1960 election

|reg. electors = 18,640

1957 election

|reg. electors = 17,443

1954 election

|reg. electors = 16,578

1951 election

|reg. electors = 16,028

1949 election

|reg. electors = 15,039

1946 election

|reg. electors = 14,350

1943 election

|reg. electors = 13,358

1938 election

|reg. electors = 13,021

1935 election

|reg. electors = 11,930

1931 election

|reg. electors = 12,399

1928 election

|reg. electors = 8,456

1925 election

|reg. electors = 10,732

1922 election

|reg. electors = 10,129

1919 election

|reg. electors = 10,084

1914 election

|reg. electors = 8,787

1911 election

|reg. electors = 8,416

1908 election

|reg. electors = 8,463

1905 election

|access-date = 4 December 2014 |reg. electors =

1902 election

|access-date = 4 December 2014 |reg. electors = 5,483

1899 election

|reg. electors = 4,931

1893 election

|reg. electors = 4,220

1890 election

|reg. electors = 2,749

1877 by-election

1861 by-election

Table footnotes

Notes

References

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(22 October 1890). "Election News". Poverty Bay Herald.
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(5 December 1896). "The General Election". Poverty Bay Herald.
(25 November 1931). "Candidate Withdraws". [[Auckland Star]].
(30 September 2013). "Chris Tremain Not Contesting 2014 Election". Scoop.
Watkins, Tracy. (10 March 2014). "Labour announces Chch Central candidate". [[The Press]].
(21 July 2014). "Referral to the Police 21 July 2014". [[Electoral Commission (New Zealand).
(4 October 2014). "Election Results – Napier". [[Electoral Commission (New Zealand).
"2014 General Election Split Voting Statistics – Napier". [[Electoral Commission (New Zealand).
Hendery, Simon. (20 September 2014). "Napier returns to Labour, Nash returns to Parliament". [[Hawke's Bay Today]].
Wills, Bruce. (22 September 2014). "Bruce Wills: Crucial factors show the best team won". [[Hawke's Bay Today]].
(8 August 2025). "Report of the Representation Commission 2025". Representation Commission.
"Napier – Preliminary Count". New Zealand Electoral Commission.
"Official Count Results – Napier". New Zealand Electoral Commission.
(7 October 2017). "Official Count Results (2017) – Napier". [[Electoral Commission (New Zealand).
"Official Count Results – Napier (2014)". [[Electoral Commission (New Zealand).
(2011). "Official Count Results – Napier". Chief Electoral Office.
(26 November 2011). "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission.
(2008). "Official Count Results – Napier". Chief Electoral Office.
(2005). "Official Count Results – Napier". Chief Electoral Office.
[https://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2002/electorate-29.html 2002 election results]
"Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Napier, 1996".
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"Part III – Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission.
(1993). "Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place". New Zealand Chief Electoral Office.
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(1950). "The General Election, 1949". [[National Library of New Zealand.
(1947). "The General Election, 1946". [[National Library of New Zealand.
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(1936). "The General Election, 1935". National Library.
(1932). "The General Election, 1931". Government Printer.
(1929). "The General Election, 1928". Government Printer.
(1926). "The General Election, 1925". Government Printer.
(1923). "The General Election, 1922". Government Printer.
(6 December 1922). "An Amazing Statement". [[Maoriland Worker]].
(22 November 1922). "Recruit for Reform". [[The New Zealand Herald]].
(1921). "The General Election, 1919". [[National Library of New Zealand.
(9 December 1919). "Notice of Nominations Received". [[Hawke's Bay Tribune]].
(7 November 1919). "Napier". Hawera & Normanby Star.
(1915). "The General Election, 1914". [[National Library of New Zealand.
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(9 September 1905). "Personal Matters". [[The Evening Post (New Zealand).
(22 September 1939). "Deaths". [[The Evening Post (New Zealand).
(1 December 1902). "Electoral District of Napier". [[Hawke's Bay Herald]].
(19 June 1900). "The General Election, 1899". Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives.
(1894). "The General Election, 1893". Government Printer.
(28 November 1893). "The General Election". [[Otago Daily Times]].
(1891). "The General Election, 1890". [[National Library of New Zealand.
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