Eastern Bay of Plenty
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Eastern Bay of Plenty is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, which existed for one parliamentary term from 1993 to 1996, and was held by National's Tony Ryall.
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.{{cite book |title=Electoral Atlas of New Zealand |last=McRobie |first=Alan |year=1989 |publisher=GP Books |location=Wellington |isbn=0-477-01384-8 |pages=111f}} In the South Island, one electorate was abolished and one electorate was recreated. In the North Island, five electorates were newly created (including Eastern Bay of Plenty), five electorates were recreated, and eight electorates were abolished.{{cite tech report |ref={{sfnref|Election results|1993}} |title=Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place |publisher=Chief Electoral Office |year=1993}}
The electorate included all the Ōpōtiki and Kawerau Districts, most of the Whakatane District, and a small part of the Gisborne District. The main towns were Whakatāne and Ōpōtiki, and in addition, polling booths were at Awakeri, Cape Runaway, Galatea, Kawerau, Kutarere, Matawai, Minginui, Motu, Murupara, Nukuhou, Ōhope, Omaio, Omarumutu, Otoko, Paroa, Raukokore, Ruatoki, Tāneatua, Te Kaha, Te Teko, Thornton, Tōrere, Waimana, Waioeka, Waiohau, and Woodlands.
History
Tony Ryall of the National Party was the electorate's representative during its existence from 1993 to 1996. Ryall had previously represented the East Cape electorate since the {{NZ election link|1990}}. After the Eastern Bay of Plenty electorate was abolished in 1996, Ryall transferred to the new Bay of Plenty, which he represented until his retirement from politics in {{NZ election link year|2014}}.{{cite web |title=Hon Tony Ryall |url=https://www.national.org.nz/team/mps/detail/tony.ryall |publisher=New Zealand National Party |access-date=21 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728012355/https://www.national.org.nz/team/mps/detail/tony.ryall |archive-date=28 July 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Trevett|first1=Claire|title=Health Minister Tony Ryall announces retirement|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11210735|access-date=21 June 2015|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=27 February 2014}}
=Members of Parliament=
Key
{{Party index link|New Zealand National Party}}
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| colspan=3 align=center|(Electorate abolished 1996, see Bay of Plenty) |
Election results
=1993 election=
{{Election box begin | title=1993 general election: Eastern Bay of Plenty{{cite tech report |ref={{sfnref|Election results|1993}} |title=Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place |publisher=New Zealand Chief Electoral Office |year=1993 |pages=20f, 161}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = New Zealand National Party
|candidate = Tony Ryall
|votes = 6,547
|percentage = 37.58
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Diane Collins
|votes = 5,741
|percentage = 32.95
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
|candidate = Jim Bennett
|votes = 2,633
|percentage = 15.11
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = New Zealand First
|candidate = Sue Blackman
|votes = 2,062
|percentage = 11.83
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand
|candidate = S Morrison
|votes = 343
|percentage = 1.97
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = New Zealand Defence Movement
|candidate = T Chadwick
|votes = 50
|percentage = 0.29
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Natural Law Party of New Zealand
|candidate = B Aubertin
|votes = 47
|percentage = 0.27
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 806
|percentage = 4.63
|change =
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{{Election box informal
|votes = 391
|percentage = 2.19
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 17,814
|percentage = 83.58
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 21,314
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:Historical electorates of New Zealand