2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election explained

Election Name:2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election
Country:New Zealand
Flag Year:2013
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2011 New Zealand general election
Previous Year:2011 general
Next Election:2014 New Zealand general election
Next Year:2014 general
Turnout:33.13%
Candidate1:Meka Whaitiri
Party1:New Zealand Labour Party
Popular Vote1:4,590
Percentage1:40.90%
Swing1:19.81pp
Candidate2:Te Hamua Nikora
Party2:Mana Party (New Zealand)
Popular Vote2:2,931
Percentage2:26.12%
Swing2:11.84pp
Image4:ma‾-o•ri
Candidate4:Na Raihania
Party4:Māori Party
Popular Vote4:2,229
Percentage4:19.86%
Swing4:3.24pp
Candidate5:Marama Davidson
Party5:Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Popular Vote5:1,251
Percentage5:11.15%
Swing5:11.15pp
Map Size:200px
MP
Before Election:Parekura Horomia
Before Party:New Zealand Labour Party
After Election:Meka Whaitiri
After Party:New Zealand Labour Party

A by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti on 29 June 2013. The seat was vacated by the death of incumbent member of parliament Parekura Horomia two months earlier, who had represented the electorate for the Labour Party since its inception for the . The election was won by Labour's Meka Whaitiri.

Date

Horomia died on 29 April 2013.[1] Once the Registrar of Birth and Deaths receives the registration of death for a sitting MP, they must inform the Speaker of the House within 12 hours,[2] and then the Speaker must publish, without delay, the notice of vacancy of the seat in the New Zealand Gazette. The notice was published in the Gazette on 8 May 2013.[3]

The Governor-General must issue the writ for a by-election to fill a vacant electorate seat within 21 days of the Gazette notice (i.e. 29 May 2013).[4] The writ must be returned with the successful candidate within 50 days of its issue,[5] which means the writ must be returned, and therefore the election must have taken place, by 18 July 2013. As polling day must be a Saturday, and two weeks are generally required for the counting of special votes, the last possible polling day is therefore Saturday 29 June 2013.

After the notice of vacancy was published, Prime Minister John Key announced the by-election date has been set as Saturday 29 June 2013.[6]

Candidates

Seven candidates were contesting the by-election.[7] It was won by Meka Whaitiri of the Labour Party.[8]

The following candidates contested the election:

Impact

TV3 political editor Patrick Gower reported two days before the election that, according to sources within the Labour caucus, Labour leader David Shearer has been put on notice and given two months to achieve better poll results, or else face a leadership challenge.[22] This followed recent polls for the next general election that showed Labour in the low 30 percent, (e.g. the Herald-DigiPoll from mid-June that showed Labour at 30.9%, with a margin of error of 3.6%.[23]), although the party was well up on its 2011 general election result of 27.48 percent. Earlier in the week, Shearer had downplayed Labour's hopes for winning the by-election, despite the party having held the electorate since its inception for the and expected by mainstream media to again win the by-election.[24]

Matt McCarten of the Mana Party claimed that sources within the Māori Party had told him that if Mana came ahead of their party, they would make amends, and commentators agreed that a strong result for Mana away from their Northland base would spell the end to the Māori Party's claim to be independent political voice for tangata whenua.

Right-wing political blogger David Farrar called the poll result "a good victory for Labour", and commented that Whaitiri "could be one of the better Labour MPs".[25]

Notes and References

  1. News: Labour MP Parekura Horomia dies . . 29 April 2013 .
  2. Web site: Section 58: Registrar of Births and Deaths to notify Speaker of death of member – Electoral Act 1993 No 87 (as of 1 July 2012) – New Zealand Legislation . Parliamentary Counsel Office . 9 May 2013.
  3. Carter . David . David Carter (politician) . 8 May 2013 . Notice of Vacancy in Seat in House of Representatives . New Zealand Gazette . 2013 . 51 . 1517 . New Zealand Government .
  4. Web site: Section 129: By-elections for members representing electoral districts – Electoral Act 1993 No 87 (as of 1 July 2012) – New Zealand Legislation . Parliamentary Counsel Office . 9 May 2013.
  5. Web site: Electoral Act 1993, Sec. 139 . Legislation.co.nz . 17 August 2011 . 5 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114123024/http://www.legislation.co.nz/act/public/1993/0087/latest/DLM309482.html#DLM309482 . 14 January 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  6. News: Chapman . Kate . June by-election for Horomia's seat . 10 May 2013 . . 8 May 2013 .
  7. Web site: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti By-election Candidates Announced . Elections New Zealand . 5 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006152606/http://www.elections.org.nz/news-media/ikaroa-r%C4%81whiti-election-candidates-announced . 6 October 2014 . dead .
  8. News: Ikaroa-Rawhiti goes to the vote . 29 June 2013 . . 29 June 2013 .
  9. Web site: Burr . Lloyd . Labour's potential Horomia replacements . 3 News . 25 September 2021 .
  10. Web site: Duo vie for Labour position . 25 September 2021 . 15 May 2013 . Hawke's Bay Today .
  11. Web site: Broadcaster eyes vacancy . 19 May 2013 . 15 May 2013 . . Claire . Trevett.
  12. News: Shane Taurima joins race for Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election . TVNZ . 20 May 2013.
  13. News: Hape noncommittal . 19 May 2013 . 3 May 2013 . Manawatu Standard . Mathew . Grocott.
  14. Web site: Māori Party announces Na Rongowhakaata Raihania as Candidate for Ikaroa Rāwhiti by-election (press release) . https://archive.today/20130704045845/http://www.maoriparty.org/index.php?pag=nw&id=1992&p=m257ori-party-announces-na-rongowhakaata-raihania-as-candidate-for-ikaroa-r257whiti-byelection.html . dead . 4 July 2013 . Maori Party . 19 May 2013 . 18 May 2013 .
  15. Web site: Stanford . Jacqui . Union man for Maori Party in Ikaroa-Rawhiti . Newstalk ZB . 19 May 2013.
  16. Web site: Mana announces Ikaroa-Rawhiti candidate . Radio New Zealand . 23 May 2013.
  17. Web site: Mana chooses potential candidates for Ikaroa/Rawhiti . 19 May 2013 . 17 May 2013 . Radio New Zealand.
  18. News: Greens select child abuse campaigner for Ikaroa-Rawhiti . 26 May 2013 . Adam . Bennett . . 26 May 2013.
  19. Web site: Marama Davidson selected as Green Party candidate for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti (press release) . Green Party . 26 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130904040806/https://www.greens.org.nz/press-releases/marama-davidson-selected-green-party-candidate-ikaroa-r-whiti . 4 September 2013 . dmy-all .
  20. Web site: Vote Michael Appleby in the Ikaroa Rawhiti By-election . Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party . 5 June 2013 . https://archive.today/20130628021038/http://alcp.org.nz/vote2014/node/2 . 28 June 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  21. Web site: Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party launch By-Election campaign (press release) . Scoop.co.nz . 5 June 2013.
  22. News: Gower . Patrick . Shearer put on notice by Labour MPs . 27 June 2013 . TV3 News . 27 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328115347/http://www.3news.co.nz/Shearer-put-on-notice-by-Labour-MPs/tabid/1607/articleID/303006/Default.aspx . 28 March 2014 . dead .
  23. News: Poll shock: Labour, Shearer take dive as Nats roll on . Audrey . Young . The New Zealand Herald . A5 . 26 June 2013 . 26 June 2013.
  24. News: Rutherford . Hamish . Poll win seen as crucial for David Shearer . 27 June 2013 . . 28 June 2013.
  25. News: Farrar . David . Ikaroa-Rawhiti byelection: a good victory for Labour . 30 June 2013 . . 30 June 2013 . David Farrar (New Zealand) . 1 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130701230742/http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/ikaroa-rawhiti-byelection-good-victory-labour-ck-142212 . dead .

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