St Albans (New Zealand electorate)

The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–1876 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed, including St Albans, and two electorates that had previously been abolished to be recreated. This necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.{{sfn|McRobie |1989 |pp=43–48}}

The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, 19 electorates were created for the first time, and eight former electorates were re-established, including St Albans.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=91–96}}

The electorate was centred on the Christchurch suburb of St Albans.

The electorate was first created for the 1881 general election, held on 9 December.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=97}}

John Evans Brown contested the electorate with J. L. Wilson and A. W. O'Neill. They received 218, 168 and 85 votes, respectively. Brown was declared elected.{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18811210.2.16.1|title=CHRISTCHURCH NORTH.|date=10 December 1881|issue=4255|work=The Star|pages=3|access-date=22 April 2010}} Brown did not stand for re-election in the 1884 general election.{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18840715.2.18|title=THE NOMINATIONS.|date=15 July 1884|issue=5054|work=The Star|pages=3|access-date=22 April 2010}}

In 1884 general election, held on 22 July, Francis James Garrick successfully stood for the electorate against two other candidates and obtained a comfortable victory, gaining 396 out of 477 votes.{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18840723.2.28.1.4&srpos=1|title=St Albans|date=23 July 1884|issue=5016|work=The Star|pages=Page 3|access-date=6 March 2010}} Garrick stood again in the electorate in the 1887 general election, against William Pember Reeves. At the election on 26 September, Reeves and Garrick received 802 and 634 votes, respectively. With a majority of 164 votes, Reeves was the successful candidate.{{cite book |title=Cyclopedia of New Zealand - Canterbury Provincial District |editor=Cyclopedia Company Limited |publisher=The Cyclopedia Company Limited |location=Christchurch |year=1903 |chapter=Christchurch City And Suburban — Ex-Members of the House of Representatives |url= https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d6-d34.html#name-420419-mention |access-date=6 March 2010}}{{cite news |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TS18870927.2.33.4 |title=St Albans |date=27 September 1887 |issue=6043 |work=The Star |page=4 |access-date=6 March 2010}} The electorate was abolished at the end of the parliamentary term in 1890 and Reeves successfully contested the Christchurch electorate.

The electorate was recreated in 1946.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=163}} Jack Watts from the National Party was the representative from 1946 to 1957, when he successfully contested the Fendalton electorate. St Albans went to Neville Pickering of the Labour Party, who lost the electorate at the next election in 1960 to National's Bert Walker. Walker represented St Albans until 1969, when he successfully contested the Papanui electorate.

St Albans was won by Labour's Roger Drayton in the 1969 general election. He retired after three terms, and the 1978 general election was won by Labour's David Caygill, who held the electorate until it was abolished in 1996.

The electorate was represented by eight Members of Parliament:{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=163}}

Key

{{Party index link|Independent politician}}

{{Party index link|New Zealand National Party}}

{{Party index link|New Zealand Labour Party}}

{{Election box begin | title=1993 general election: St Albans{{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=101}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = David Caygill

|votes = 10,022

|percentage = 46.43

|change = -0.92

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Raewyn Dawson

|votes = 6,597

|percentage = 30.56

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)

|candidate = Mike Newlove

|votes = 3,423

|percentage = 15.85

|change = +5.77

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand First

|candidate = Peter Gordon

|votes = 949

|percentage = 4.39

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand

|candidate = Mary Lovell

|votes = 481

|percentage = 2.22

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Natural Law Party of New Zealand

|candidate = Joe Pickering

|votes = 88

|percentage = 0.40

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Bill Bunting

|votes = 25

|percentage = 0.11

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,425

|percentage = 15.86

|change = +8.47

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 21,585

|percentage = 85.44

|change = +0.91

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 25,261

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{{Election box end}}

{{election box begin |title=1990 general election: St Albans{{cite tech report |ref={{sfnref|Election results|1990}} |title=Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place |publisher=New Zealand Chief Electoral Office |year=1990 |pages=105}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = David Caygill

|votes = 9,990

|percentage = 47.35

|change = -11.05

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = David Dumergue

|votes = 8,430

|percentage = 39.96

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = NewLabour Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Mike Newlove

|votes = 2,127

|percentage = 10.08

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democrats for Social Credit

|candidate = John McCaskey

|votes = 310

|percentage = 1.46

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = McGillicuddy Serious Party

|candidate = Michael Vercoe

|votes = 209

|percentage = 0.99

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Communist League (New Zealand)

|candidate = Kerry Moyst

|votes = 28

|percentage = 0.13

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,560

|percentage = 7.39

|change = -14.33

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 21,094

|percentage = 84.53

|change = -3.09

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 24,954

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{{Election box begin | title=1987 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=343}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = David Caygill

|votes = 12,166

|percentage = 58.40

|change = +2.55

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Andrew Cowie

|votes = 7,641

|percentage = 36.68

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democrats for Social Credit

|candidate = Bill Morgan

|votes = 593

|percentage = 2.84

|change =

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{{Election box candidate minor party

|party = Socialist Action

|color = {{party color|Communist League (New Zealand)}}

|candidate = Geoff Pearce

|votes = 181

|percentage = 0.86

|change =

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{{Election box candidate minor party

|color = {{party color|Imperial British Conservative Party}}

|party = Wizard Party

|candidate = Suzanne Sadler

|votes = 129

|percentage = 0.61

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Values Party

|candidate = Phil McAnally

|votes = 121

|percentage = 0.58

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,525

|percentage = 21.72

|change = -6.52

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 20,831

|percentage = 87.62

|change = -4.57

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 23,773

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1984 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=343}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = David Caygill

|votes = 12,208

|percentage = 55.85

|change = +0.82

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Ian Wilson

|votes = 6,036

|percentage = 27.61

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Party

|candidate = Maurice Kattell

|votes = 2,621

|percentage = 11.99

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Quinton Manson

|votes = 990

|percentage = 4.52

|change = -8.94

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 6,172

|percentage = 28.24

|change = +4.72

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 21,855

|percentage = 92.19

|change = +2.81

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 23,704

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1981 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=343}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = David Caygill

|votes = 11,524

|percentage = 55.03

|change = +2.31

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Jim Baker

|votes = 6,598

|percentage = 31.50

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Quinton Manson

|votes = 2,819

|percentage = 13.46

|change = +4.54

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,926

|percentage = 23.52

|change = +16.19

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 20,941

|percentage = 89.38

|change = +22.42

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 23,428

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1978 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=343}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = David Caygill

|votes = 11,279

|percentage = 52.72

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Neil Russell

|votes = 7,600

|percentage = 35.52

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Quinton Manson

|votes = 1,909

|percentage = 8.92

|change = +5.44

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Values Party

|candidate = Conway Jack

|votes = 577

|percentage = 2.69

|change =

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{{Election box candidate

|color = #3333CC

|party = Tory

|candidate = Ian Douglas Costello

|votes = 28

|percentage = 0.13

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,570

|percentage = 7.33

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 21,393

|percentage = 66.96

|change = -12.93

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 31,946

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1975 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=343}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Roger Drayton

|votes = 9,013

|percentage = 48.59

|change = -7.43

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Prudence Rotherberg

|votes = 7,443

|percentage = 40.13

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Values Party

|candidate = Roger Wilson

|votes = 1,304

|percentage = 7.03

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Quinton Manson

|votes = 647

|percentage = 3.48

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Richard Dawson

|votes = 104

|percentage = 0.56

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Imperial British Conservative Party

|candidate = Alice Flett

|votes = 36

|percentage = 0.19

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,570

|percentage = 8.46

|change = -8.89

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 18,547

|percentage = 79.89

|change = -6.64

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{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 23,214

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1972 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=343}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Roger Drayton

|votes = 9,900

|percentage = 56.02

|change = +6.41

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Ron Doak

|votes = 6,834

|percentage = 38.67

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Carol Flint

|votes = 514

|percentage = 2.90

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Values Party

|candidate = Bob Overend

|votes = 376

|percentage = 2.12

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Democratic Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Bob Scott

|votes = 47

|percentage = 0.26

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,066

|percentage = 17.35

|change = +12.00

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 17,671

|percentage = 86.53

|change = +2.92

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 20,420

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1969 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=342}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Roger Drayton

|votes = 8,415

|percentage = 49.61

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Ian Wilson

|votes = 7,506

|percentage = 44.25

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Jim Fountain

|votes = 1,041

|percentage = 6.13

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 909

|percentage = 5.35

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 16,962

|percentage = 89.45

|change = +3.66

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 18,961

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1966 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=342}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Bert Walker

|votes = 8,455

|percentage = 53.62

|change = -1.72

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Ted Adcock

|votes = 5,880

|percentage = 37.29

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Ray McNeil

|votes = 1,344

|percentage = 8.52

|change =

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{{Election box candidate minor party

|color = #FF0066

|party = Keynesian Progress

|candidate = Mark Sadler

|votes = 88

|percentage = 0.55

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,575

|percentage = 16.33

|change = +1.33

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 15,767

|percentage = 85.79

|change = -5.36

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 18,378

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1963 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=342}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Bert Walker

|votes = 9,228

|percentage = 55.34

|change = +6.74

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = John Palmer

|votes = 6,727

|percentage = 40.34

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Carol Flint

|votes = 718

|percentage = 4.30

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,501

|percentage = 15.00

|change = +13.15

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 16,673

|percentage = 91.15

|change = +0.10

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 18,291

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1960 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=342}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Bert Walker

|votes = 7,809

|percentage = 48.60

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Neville Pickering

|votes = 7,511

|percentage = 46.75

|change = -3.28

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = George Richard Lynne

|votes = 746

|percentage = 4.64

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 298

|percentage = 1.85

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 16,066

|percentage = 91.25

|change = -0.70

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 17,605

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1957 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=342}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Neville Pickering

|votes = 7,960

|percentage = 50.03

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Eric Philip Wills

|votes = 7,459

|percentage = 46.88

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Thomas Francis Penrose

|votes = 759

|percentage = 4.77

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 501

|percentage = 3.14

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 15,908

|percentage = 91.95

|change = +0.42

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 17,299

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1954 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=342}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Jack Watts

|votes = 6,905

|percentage = 43.58

|change = -11.49

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Mick Connelly

|votes = 6,297

|percentage = 39.75

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Credit Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Stanley William Ayers

|votes = 2,639

|percentage = 16.65

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 608

|percentage = 3.83

|change = -6.32

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 15,841

|percentage = 92.37

|change = +2.29

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 17,148

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1951 general election: St Albans{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=342}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Jack Watts

|votes = 7,675

|percentage = 55.07

|change = +0.85

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = John Bernard Mora

|votes = 6,260

|percentage = 44.93

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,415

|percentage = 10.15

|change = +1.71

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 13,935

|percentage = 90.08

|change = -3.10

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 15,469

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1949 general election: St Albans{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1949 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1950-I.2.3.2.43 |publisher=National Library |access-date=3 January 2014 |pages=1–5, 8 |year=1950}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Jack Watts

|votes = 7,335

|percentage = 54.22

|change = +3.90

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = George Manning

|votes = 6,193

|percentage = 45.78

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,142

|percentage = 8.44

|change = +7.80

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 13,528

|percentage = 93.18

|change = +1.19

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 14,518

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1946 general election: St Albans{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1946 |url= http://www.atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1947-I.2.4.2.38 |publisher=National Library |access-date=1 January 2014 |pages=1–11, 14 |year=1947}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Jack Watts

|votes = 6,691

|percentage = 50.32

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Morgan Williams

|votes = 6,605

|percentage = 49.68

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 86

|percentage = 0.64

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 13,296

|percentage = 91.99

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 14,453

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book |title=Electoral Atlas of New Zealand |last=McRobie |first=Alan |year=1989 |publisher=GP Books |location=Wellington |isbn=0-477-01384-8}}
• {{cite book |author-link = Guy Scholefield | last = Scholefield | first= Guy | title = New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 | edition = 3rd | orig-year=First published in 1913 | year = 1950 |publisher = Govt. Printer |location = Wellington}}
• {{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}
• {{cite book |last = Norton |first = Clifford |title = New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science |year = 1988 |publisher = Victoria University of Wellington |location = Wellington |isbn = 0-475-11200-8 }}

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