Rangiora (New Zealand electorate)
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Rangiora is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, based on the town of Rangiora.[1]
Population centres[edit]
The electorate is based on the town of Rangiora and the surrounding rural area, and is north of Christchurch in North Canterbury.
History[edit]
The electorate existed from 1963 when it replaced the Hurunui electorate to 1996, when with mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation it was absorbed into the new Waimakariri electorate.
The electorate is semi-rural and was represented by the National Party except for the 1972-1975 period. Derek Quigley was a National MP who was opposed to the interventionist policies of Muldoon's Third National Government. He resigned from Cabinet in 1982, and from Parliament in 1984.
Members of Parliament[edit]
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References[edit]
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.