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Wellington-Karori

Wellington-Karori is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the Wellington region, which existed for one parliamentary term from 1993 to 1996, and was held by Pauline Gardiner. In 1995, Gardiner defected from National to United New Zealand.

Population centres

Based on the 1991 New Zealand census, an electoral redistribution was carried out. This resulted in the abolition of nine electorates, and the creation of eleven new electorates. Through an amendment in the Electoral Act in 1965, the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, so the new electorates increased the number of the North Island electorates by two. In the South Island, one electorate was abolished and one electorate was recreated. In the North Island, five electorates were newly created (including Wellington-Karori), five electorates were recreated, and eight electorates were abolished.

The electorate covered the central section and some suburbs of the city of Wellington. Polling booths were in Chartwell, Wellington Central, Crofton Downs, Highbury, Karori, Kelburn, Khandallah, Mākara, Ngaio, Northland, Thorndon, Wadestown, and Wilton.

History

The electorate was represented by Pauline Gardiner during the three years of its existence, from the to 1996.

Gardiner had contested the electorate for the National Party in the against Fran Wilde, the incumbent of the Labour Party. On election night, Gardiner had a lead, but Wilde won when the special votes had been counted. Wilde was elected Mayor of Wellington in 1992, and her resignation from parliament caused the 1992 Wellington Central by-election. Gardiner was beaten by Labour's Chris Laidlaw by a vote margin of just over 1%.{{Cite news

Members of Parliament

Key

Election	Winner
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see )

1Pauline Gardiner defected to United New Zealand in 1995.

Election results

1993 election

|reg. electors = 26,786

References

McRobie, Alan. (1989). "Electoral Atlas of New Zealand". GP Books.
"Women in parliament 1933–2005". Elections New Zealand.
Bassett, Michael. (2008). "Working with David: Inside the Lange Cabinet". Hodder Moa.
James, Colin. "Watch out for the elephants".
"Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Wellington Central".
(1993). "Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place". New Zealand Chief Electoral Office.

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