Electoral history of Jim Bolger

This is a summary of the electoral history of Jim Bolger, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1990–97), Leader of the National Party (1986–97), and Member of Parliament for King Country (1972–96) then Taranaki-King Country (1996–97).

Parliamentary elections

1972 election

General election, 1972: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 7,107 48.0
Labour Brent Clifton Sakey 5,867 39.6
Social Credit Derek Mason 1,351 9.1
Liberal Reform Saxby John Telfer 191 1.3
Independent Richard Alan Soundy 185 1.3
New Democratic John William Norman 111 0.7
Majority 1,240 8.4
Turnout 17,014 87.5

1975 election

General election, 1975: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 9,180 56.1 +8.1
Labour Thomas David Varnham 4,864 29.8
Social Credit Derek Mason 1,759 10.8 +1.7
Values Richard Louis Osborn 546 3.3
Majority 4,316 26.3 +17.9
Turnout 20,440 80.3 -7.2

1978 election

General election, 1978: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 6,804 44.6 -11.5
Labour Leo Menfy 4,034 26.5
Social Credit Derek Mason 3,997 26.2 +15.4
Values R Azariah 409 2.7
Majority 2,770 18.1 -8.2
Turnout 23,726 64.5 -15.8

1981 election

General election, 1981: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 7,937 49.1 +4.5
Social Credit Derek Mason 5,779 35.7 +9.2
Labour Pai Tahere 2,460 15.2
Majority 2,158 13.4 -4.7
Turnout 18,878 86.0 +21.5

1984 election

General election, 1984: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 10,040 55.1 +6.0
Labour J E Simons 4,423 24.3
Social Credit Derek Mason 2,027 11.1 -24.6
NZ Party Graham Short 1,580 8.7
Values Peter Winter 139 0.8
Majority 5,617 30.8 +17.4
Turnout 20,477 91.0 +5.0

1987 election

General election, 1987: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 10,942 64.2 +9.1
Labour Leo Menfy 4,988 29.3
Democrats Wayne Campbell Robert Morris 1,115 6.5
Majority 5,954 34.9 +4.1
Turnout 20,143 86.4 -4.6

1990 election

General election, 1990: King Country[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 10,406 64.4 +0.2
Labour Cameron Gordon 3,132 19.4
Green Laurence Cadman 1,368 8.4
NewLabour Dion Martin 497 3.0
Social Credit Mervyn Williamson 496 3.0
McGillicuddy Serious Craig Louis Simmons 107 0.6
Democrats Steven Wilton 77 0.4
Imperial British Conservative Kate McDonald 53
Majority 7,274 45.0 +10.1
Turnout 16,136

1993 election

General election, 1993: King Country[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 8,396 51.8 -12.6
Labour Murray Simpson 3,890 24.0
Alliance Ian Herbert 3,518 21.7
Christian Heritage Mark Anthony Jones 539 3.3
McGillicuddy Serious Anand Hasyo 220 1.3
Natural Law Euan Frederick Williams 115 0.7
Majority 4,506 27.8 -17.2
Turnout 16,678

1996 election

General election, 1996: Taranaki-King Country[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 14,934 54.0
NZ First Robin Ord 4,711 17.0
Labour Peter Calvert 3,575 12.9
Alliance Kevin Campbell 2,560 9.2
ACT Trevor Johnson 902 3.2
McGillicuddy Serious Anand Hasyo 288 1.0
Independent Brett Power 209 0.7
Natural Law Joanna Greig 101 0.3
Mana Māori Jackie Amohanga 74 0.2
Majority 10,223 37.0
Turnout 27,611

Leadership elections

1981 deputy leadership election

First ballot
NameVotesPercentage
Derek Quigley2346.00%
Duncan MacIntyre2040.00%
Jim Bolger714.00%
Second ballot
NameVotesPercentage
Duncan MacIntyre2652.00%
Derek Quigley2448.00%

1984 deputy leadership election

NameVotesPercentage
Jim McLay2553.19%
Jim Bolger1531.91%
Bill Birch714.89%

1984 leadership election

NameVotesPercentage
Jim McLay2262.85%
Jim Bolger822.85%
Robert Muldoon514.28%

1986 leadership election

NameVotesPercentage
Jim Bolger2565.78%
Jim McLay1334.22%

Notes

  1. Norton 1988, pp. 262.
  2. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
  3. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
  4. "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Taranaki-King Country, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2016.

References

  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
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