Electoral history of Mike Moore

This is a summary of the electoral history of Mike Moore, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1990), Leader of the Labour Party (1990–93). He was a Member of Parliament for four electorates during his career: Eden, Papanui, Christchurch North, and Waimakariri.

Mike Moore in 2004.

Parliamentary elections

1972 election
General election, 1972: Eden[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 9,046 48.19
National Mary Kidd 8,258 43.99
Values Bert Keiller 656 3.49
Social Credit Neil Morrison 646 3.44
New Democratic C W Bott 60 0.31
Independent F W Bell 48 0.25
National Socialist Colin King-Ansell 35 0.18
Liberal Reform G T Tudor 21 0.11
Majority 788 4.19
Turnout 18,770 88.55 +1.21
Registered electors 21,196

1975 election
General election, 1975: Eden[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Aussie Malcolm 9,725 49.48
Labour Mike Moore 8,394 42.71 -5.48
Values Paul Lunberg 991 5.04
Social Credit Leslie Clark 497 2.52
National Socialist Colin King-Ansell 19 0.09 -0.09
Independent Labour Marilyn Voss 16 0.08
Democratic Labour Norma Hughes 11 0.05
Majority 1,331 6.77
Turnout 19,653 73.90 -14.65
Registered electors 26,591

1978 election
1978 general election: Papanui[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 10,737 52.92
National Bert Walker 7,448 36.71 -15.81
Social Credit Gary Clover 1,359 6.69
Values Tony Kunowski 735 3.62 -4.02
Tory J S Collins 8 0.03
Majority 3,289 16.21
Turnout 20,287 75.74 -7.84
Registered electors 26,784

1981 election
General election, 1981: Papanui[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 11,524 55.36 +2.44
National Brian Keely 7,115 34.18
Social Credit Thomas Langridge 2,174 10.44
Majority 4,409 21.18 +4.97
Turnout 20,813 91.30 +15.56
Registered electors 22,795

1984 election
General election, 1984: Christchurch North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 12,350 56.55
National David Dumergue 6,662 30.50
NZ Party Stephen Nicholson 2,047 9.37
Social Credit Thomas Langridge 679 3.10
Values R D McArthur 101 0.46
Majority 5,728 26.22
Turnout 21,839 93.27
Registered electors 23,413

1987 election
General election, 1987: Christchurch North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 12,420 59.75 +3.20
National Brendan McNeill 7,722 37.15
Democrats Mark Sadler 499 2.40
Wizard Party John Appleby 145 0.69
Majority 4,698 22.60 -3.62
Turnout 20,786 88.37 -4.90
Registered electors 23,520

1990 election
General election, 1990: Christchurch North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 11,050 50.79 -8.96
National Peter Yarrell 8,902 40.92
NewLabour John Strange 1,205 5.53
Christian Heritage Bill Smith 297 1.36
McGillicuddy Serious Cecil G. Murgatroyd 149 0.68
Democrats Mark Sadler 148 0.68 -1.72
Majority 2,148 9.87 -12.73
Turnout 21,753 87.83 -0.54
Registered electors 24,767

1993 election
General election, 1993: Christchurch North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 11,605 53.76 +2.97
National Lee Morgan 5,581 25.85
Alliance Jan Davey 3,072 14.23
NZ First Chris Fulford 726 3.36
Christian Heritage Alex Mann 444 2.05
McGillicuddy Serious Cecil G. Murgatroyd 108 0.50 -0.18
Natural Law Charles Drace 47 0.21
Majority 6,024 27.91 +18.04
Turnout 21,583 86.17 -1.66
Registered electors 25,045

1996 election
General election, 1996: Waimakariri[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Moore 19,875 56.57
National Jim Gerard 9,269 26.38
Alliance John Wright 2,370 6.74
NZ First Claire Bulman 1,888 5.37
Christian Coalition Lindsay Bain 1,014 2.88
ACT Ross Andrews 401 1.14
Natural Law Mike Barthelmeh 86 0.24
Independent Peter Hawkhead 58 0.16
Informal votes 170 0.48
Majority 10,606 30.18
Turnout 35,131 88.67
Registered electors 39,619

Leadership elections

1983 Deputy-leadership election
First ballot
Candidate Votes %
Mike Moore 19 44.18
Geoffrey Palmer 15 34.88
Ann Hercus 9 20.93
Majority 4 9.30
Turnout 43 N/A
Second ballot
Candidate Votes %
Geoffrey Palmer 22 51.17
Mike Moore 21 48.83
Majority 1 2.32
Turnout 43 N/A

1989 Leadership election
Candidate Votes %
Geoffrey Palmer 41 75.92
Mike Moore 13 24.08
Majority 28 51.85
Turnout 54 N/A

1990 Leadership election
Candidate Votes %
Mike Moore 41 73.21
Richard Northey 15 26.79
Majority 26 46.42
Turnout 56 N/A

1993 Leadership election
Candidate Votes %
Helen Clark 26 57.77
Mike Moore 19 42.23
Majority 7 15.55
Turnout 45 N/A

Party elections

1976 Party Conference
1976 Junior Presidential election[7]
Candidate Votes %
Mike Moore79377.29%
Margaret Shields16115.69%
Michael Hirschfeld403.89%
Ted Thompson323.11%

1977 Party Conference
1977 Junior Presidential election[8]
Candidate Votes %
Mike Moore68970.66%
Margaret Shields28629.34%

Notes
  1. Norton 1988, pp. 221.
  2. Norton 1988, p. 312.
  3. Norton 1988, pp. 207.
  4. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
  5. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
  6. "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Waimakariri, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  7. "Mr Faulkner is Labour Head". The Evening Post. 11 May 1976. p. 1.
  8. "Labour Party Officers Reflect Unity". The Evening Post. p. 1.

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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