Western Maori
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Western Maori was one of New Zealand's four original parliamentary Māori electorates established in 1868, along with Northern Maori, Eastern Maori and Southern Maori. In 1996, with the introduction of MMP, the Maori electorates were updated, and Western Maori was replaced with the Te Tai Hauāuru and Te Puku O Te Whenua electorates.
Tribal areas
The Western Maori electorate extended from South Auckland and the Waikato to Taranaki and the Manawatu. The seat originally went to Wellington. With MMP it was replaced by the Te Tai Hauāuru and Te Puku O Te Whenua electorates in 1996.
The electorate included the following tribal areas:
History
The first member of parliament for Western Maori from 1868 was Mete Kīngi Paetahi.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=225}} At the nomination meeting in Wanganui, held at the Courthouse, Paetahi was the only candidate proposed.{{cite news |title=Latest News from Wanganui |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WI18680418.2.19 |access-date=30 August 2010 |work=Wellington Independent |volume=XXII |issue=2669 |date=18 April 1868 |page=5}} He was thus elected unopposed.{{sfn|Wilson|2003|p=13}} He represented the electorate of Western Maori from 1868 to 1870. He contested the electorate again at the 1871 general election, but of the three candidates, he came last. He was defeated by Wiremu Parata, with Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui in second place.{{cite news |title=Result of the Maori Election |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WH18710223.2.8 |access-date=15 March 2014 |work=Wanganui Herald |date=23 February 1871 |volume=IV |issue=1100 |page=2}}
In the {{NZ election link|1879}} there was some doubt about the validity of the election result, and a law was passed to confirm the result in Western Maori and two other electorates.{{cite web|url= http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/eva187943v1879n10331/ |title= Elections Validation Act, 1879 |publisher=New Zealand Law online }}
From the 1890s to the 1930s the seat was held by various Reform Party MPs. In 1935, Toko Ratana the eldest son of the founder of the Ratana Church won the seat and became the second Ratana MP; he became a Labour MP following the Labour-Ratana pact. From this point until the abolition of the seat prior to the 1996 election the seat was held by Labour MPs.
Toko Ratana died in 1944 and was succeeded by his younger brother, Matiu Rātana. He died in 1949 shortly before the 1949 general election. His wife Iriaka Rātana stood in his stead, despite significant opposition from those supporting traditional leadership roles, with Te Puea Herangi speaking out against her claim to "captain the Tainui canoe". Only the strong backing of the Rātana church and her threat to stand as a Rātana Independent secured her the Labour Party nomination. She became the first woman Maori MP, getting a similar majority (6317) to her husband in 1946 (his majority then was 6491), but no less than seven independent candidates (and one Kauhananui candidate, K Nutana) stood against her; they got 116 to 326 votes each.{{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 |page= 402 }}
Candidates for the National Party (who usually came second) included Hoeroa Marumaru (1946, 1949 & 1951) and Pei Te Hurinui Jones (1957, 1960 and 1963; also earlier).
=Members of Parliament=
Western Maori was represented by 15 Members of Parliament:{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=276}}
Key
{{Party index link|Independent politician}} {{Party index link|Reform Party (New Zealand)}} {{Party index link|Ratana}} {{Party index link|New Zealand Labour Party}}
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| width=115 |Election
| width=175 colspan=2 |Winner |
| 1868 Māori election
| width=5 rowspan=1 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=1 | Mete Kīngi Paetahi |
| 1871 election
| rowspan=1 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=1 | Wiremu Parata |
| 1876 election
| rowspan=1 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=1 | Hoani Nahe |
| 1879 election
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=2 | Wiremu Te Wheoro |
| 1881 election |
| 1884 election
| rowspan=1 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=1 | Te Puke Te Ao |
| 1886 by-election
| rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=3 | Hoani Taipua |
| 1887 election |
| 1890 election |
| 1893 election
| rowspan=1 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=1| Ropata Te Ao |
| 1896 election
| rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=6 | Henare Kaihau |
| 1899 election |
| 1902 election |
| 1905 election |
| height=36 rowspan=2 |{{NZ election link|1908}}
| rowspan=1 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| |
| rowspan=1 bgcolor={{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}} | |
| 1911 election
| rowspan=1 bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | | rowspan=6 | Māui Pōmare |
| 1914 election
| rowspan=5 bgcolor={{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}} | |
| 1919 election |
| 1922 election |
| 1925 election |
| 1928 election |
| 1930 by-election
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}} | | rowspan=2 | Taite Te Tomo |
| 1931 election |
| 1935 election
| rowspan=1 bgcolor={{party color|Ratana}} | | rowspan=3 | Toko Ratana |
| 1938 election
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} | |
| 1943 election |
| 1945 by-election
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} | | rowspan=2 | Matiu Ratana{{efn|Matiu Ratana died on 7 October 1949, shortly before the {{NZ election link|1949}}. His wife stood for election instead.}} |
| 1946 election |
| 1949 election
| rowspan=7 bgcolor={{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} | | rowspan=7 | Iriaka Rātana |
| 1951 election |
| 1954 election |
| 1957 election |
| 1960 election |
| 1963 election |
| 1966 election |
| 1969 election
| rowspan=9 bgcolor={{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} | | rowspan=9 | Koro Wētere |
| 1972 election |
| 1975 election |
| 1978 election |
| 1981 election |
| 1984 election |
| 1987 election |
| 1990 election |
| 1993 election |
Election results
Note that the affiliation of many early candidates is not known. There is contradictory information about the affiliation of Henare Kaihau. In Wilson's New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984, the authoritative work covering parliamentary history, Kaihau is listed as a Reform Party supporter from the party's inception in 1908.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=209}} Kaihau does, however, appear on a poster of the Liberal Party in 1910.{{cite web|title=Members of the Liberal Party |url= http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Members_of_the_Liberal_Party_of_the_17th_parliament.jpg |publisher=NZ Liberal Party |access-date=19 May 2012}} The New Zealand Herald, in its {{NZ election link|1905}} reporting, also lists him as a government supporter, i.e. a Liberal.
Another example of contradictory reporting is for the {{NZ election link|1911}}. Three newspapers, The Marlborough Express, The New Zealand Herald, and the Auckland Star reported political affiliations. Two papers have Māui Pōmare as an independent, whilst the third has him as a Labour supporter. Henare Kaihau is given three different affiliations: independent, Liberal, and Reform. Pepene Eketone is categorised as Labour by two of the papers, whilst the third has him as a Liberal supporter. The Auckland Star lists another Labour supporter, but the name is a composite of first and last names of two of the candidates.{{cite news |title=The Maori Seats |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=MEX19111220.2.17.1 |access-date=20 March 2014 |work=The Marlborough Express |date=20 December 1911 |volume=XLV |issue=296 |page=5}}{{cite news |title=The Candidates |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19111128.2.107 |access-date=20 March 2014 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=28 November 1911 |volume=XLVIII |issue=14849 |page=9}}{{cite news |title=The Elections |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19111202.2.70 |access-date=20 March 2014 |work=Auckland Star |date=2 December 1911 |volume=XLII |issue=287 |page=11}}
=1868 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1868 Māori election: Western Maori
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Mete Kīngi Paetahi
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=1871 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1871 general election: Western Maori
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Wiremu Parata
|votes = 258
|percentage = 43.07
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui
|votes = 186
|percentage = 31.05
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Mete Kīngi Paetahi
|votes = 155
|percentage = 25.88
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 72
|percentage = 12.02
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 599
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=1876 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1876 general election: Western Maori{{cite news |title=Wanganui |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18760121.2.13.3 |access-date=15 March 2014 |work=Auckland Star |date=21 January 1876 |volume=VII |issue=1850 |page=2}}{{cite news |title=Maori Election: Western District |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=BOPT18760119.2.10 |access-date=15 March 2014 |work=Bay of Plenty Times |date=19 January 1876 |volume=IV |issue=351 |page=3}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Hoani Nahe
|votes = 671
|percentage = 46.24
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui
|votes = 490
|percentage = 33.77
|change = +2.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Wiremu Parata
|votes = 290
|percentage = 19.99
|change = -23.09
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 181
|percentage = 12.47
|change = +0.45
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,451
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1879 election=
{{Election box begin | title=1879 general election: Western Maori{{cite news |title=The Western Maori District |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18790902.2.29 |access-date=15 March 2014 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=2 September 1879 |volume=XVI |issue=5552 |page=4}}{{cite news |title=Speech by Mr. Te Wheoro, M.H.R. |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18790918.2.34 |access-date=15 March 2014 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=18 September 1879 |volume=XVI |issue=5566 |page=6}}{{DNZB|Scott|Gary|1t87|Te Wheoro, Wiremu Te Morehu Maipapa|15 March 2014}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Wiremu Te Wheoro
|votes = 1,053
|percentage = 70.48
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Hoani Taipua
|votes = 441
|percentage = 29.52
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 612
|percentage = 40.96
|change = +31.05
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,494
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=1881 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1881 general election: Western Maori{{cite news |title=The Elections |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18811216.2.38 |access-date=15 March 2014 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 December 1881 |volume=XVIII |issue=6266 |page=6}}{{cite news |title=Wellington |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WH18811213.2.7.6 |access-date=15 March 2014 |work=Wanganui Herald |date=13 December 1881 |volume=XV |issue=4542 |page=2}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Wiremu Te Wheoro
|votes = 991
|percentage = 69.20
|change = -1.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Hāmiora Mangakāhia
|votes = 223
|percentage = 15.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Mita Karaka
|votes = 143
|percentage = 9.99
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = William Hughes
|votes = 75
|percentage = 5.24
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 768
|percentage = 53.63
|change = +12.67
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,432
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=1884 election=
{{Election box begin | title=1884 general election: Western Maori{{cite news |title=The Western Maori Election |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WT18840805.2.20 |access-date=15 March 2014 |work=Waikato Times |date=5 August 1884 |volume=XXIII |issue=1885 |page=3}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Te Puke Te Ao
|votes = 356
|percentage = 25.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui
|votes = 284
|percentage = 20.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Wiremu Te Wheoro
|votes = 155
|percentage = 10.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Wetere Te Rerenga
|votes = 141
|percentage = 9.99
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Henare Kaihau
|votes = 137
|percentage = 9.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Mita Karaka
|votes = 136
|percentage = 9.63
|change = -0.35
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Hāmiora Mangakāhia
|votes = 125
|percentage = 8.85
|change = -6.72
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Sydney Taiwhanga
|votes = 78
|percentage = 5.52
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 72
|percentage = 5.10
|change = -48.53
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,412
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=1886 by-election=
{{Main|1886 Western Maori by-election}}
{{#section-h:1886 Western Maori by-election|1886 by-election}}
=1887 election=
{{Election box begin | title=1887 general election: Western Maori{{cite news |title=The Maori Election |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18870919.2.29.5 |access-date=15 March 2014 |work=The Star |date=19 September 1887 |issue=6036 |page=3}}{{cite news |title=The Maori Election |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18870919.2.42 |access-date=15 March 2014 |work=The Evening Post |date=19 September 1887 |volume=XXXIV |issue=69 |page=3}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Hoani Taipua
|votes = 1,691
|percentage = 53.68
|change = -2.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Wiremu Te Wheoro
|votes = 1,067
|percentage = 33.87
|change = +10.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Pepene Eketone
|votes = 198
|percentage = 6.29
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = John Ormsby
|votes = 153
|percentage = 4.86
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Takarangi Mete Kingi
|votes = 41
|percentage = 1.30
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 624
|percentage = 19.81
|change = -13.48
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,150
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=1890 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1890 general election: Western Maori{{cite news |title=Telegrams |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=IT18901201.2.6 |access-date=28 November 2013 |work=Inangahua Times |date=1 December 1890 |volume=XV |issue=20887 |page=2}}{{cite news |title=By Telegraph |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ST18901028.2.15.3 |access-date=28 November 2013 |work=The Southland Times |date=28 October 1890 |issue=11568 |page=2}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative (New Zealand)
|candidate = Hoani Taipua{{efn|Final results were not reported in contemporary media}}
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Pepene Eketone
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{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Kipa Te Whatanui{{efn|Rankings from the third place down are based on preliminary results only}}
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{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Te Kahui Kararahe
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{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Tatana Te Whataupoko
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,916{{sfn|McRobie |1989 |p=133}}
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{{Election box end}}
=1893 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1893 general election: Western Maori{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1893 |year=1894 |publisher=National Library |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1894-I.2.3.2.21 |access-date=19 November 2013 |page=3}}{{cite news |title=Three Government Supporters |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18931222.2.22 |access-date=17 March 2014 |work=Auckland Star |date=22 December 1893 |volume=XXIV |issue=303 |page=3}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = New Zealand Liberal Party
|candidate = Ropata Te Ao
|votes = 817
|percentage = 42.64
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Pepene Eketone
|votes = 727
|percentage = 37.94
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Te Wirihana Hunia
|votes = 365
|percentage = 19.05
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Ngarangi Katitia
|votes = 334
|percentage = 17.43
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Reha Aperahama
|votes = 274
|percentage = 14.30
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Eruera Whakaahu
|votes = 224
|percentage = 11.69
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 90
|percentage = 4.70
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,916
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=1896 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1896 general election: Western Maori{{cite news |title=Untitled |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=PBH18970104.2.8 |access-date=16 January 2014 |work=Poverty Bay Herald |date=4 January 1897 |volume=XXIV |issue=7816 |page=2}}
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Henare Kaihau
|votes = 1,605
|percentage = 26.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = New Zealand Liberal Party
|candidate = Ropata Te Ao
|votes = 874
|percentage = 14.54
|change = -28.10
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui
|votes = 854
|percentage = 14.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Ngarangi Katitia
|votes = 655
|percentage = 10.89
|change = -6.54
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = John Ormsby
|votes = 575
|percentage = 9.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Te Aohau Nikitini
|votes = 431
|percentage = 7.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Pepene Eketone
|votes = 351
|percentage = 5.84
|change = -32.11
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Wiremu Ngapaki
|votes = 261
|percentage = 4.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Reha Aperahama
|votes = 186
|percentage = 3.09
|change = -11.21
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Te Remana Nutana
|votes = 158
|percentage = 2.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Te Wirihana Hunia
|votes = 37
|percentage = 0.62
|change = -18.43
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Hohepa Horomona
|votes = 8
|percentage = 0.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 731
|percentage = 12.16
|change = +7.46
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,012{{efn|The source says 6,022, but the votes add up to 6,012. Whilst the source states the count was final, McRobie states the number of votes cast as 6,072.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=133}}}}
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=1899 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1899 general election: Western Maori{{cite web |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1900-I.2.3.2.54 |title=The General Election, 1899 |date=19 June 1900 |publisher=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives |page=3 |access-date=15 March 2014 |location=Wellington}}
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Henare Kaihau
|votes = 2,685
|percentage = 52.69
|change = +25.99
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V
|votes = 873
|percentage = 17.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Te Aohau Nikitini
|votes = 581
|percentage = 11.40
|change = +4.23
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Waata Hipango
|votes = 440
|percentage = 8.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Hone Patene
|votes = 199
|percentage = 3.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Takarangi Mete Kingi
|votes = 173
|percentage = 3.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Wiremu Ngapaki
|votes = 145
|percentage = 2.85
|change = -1.50
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,812
|percentage = 35.56
|change = +23.40
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,096
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1902 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1902 general election: Western Maori{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1902 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1903-I.2.3.2.48 |publisher=National Library |access-date=8 February 2012 |page=4 |year=1903}}
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Henare Kaihau
|votes = 3,324
|percentage = 53.05
|change = +0.36
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Ngarangi Katitia
|votes = 954
|percentage = 15.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V
|votes = 840
|percentage = 13.41
|change = -3.73
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Eruera te Kahu
|votes = 673
|percentage = 10.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Te One Teehi
|votes = 399
|percentage = 6.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Te Weraro Kingi
|votes = 76
|percentage = 1.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,370
|percentage = 37.82
|change = +2.27
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,266
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1905 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1905 general election: Western Maori{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1905 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1906-I.2.1.5.7 |publisher=National Library |access-date=18 March 2014 |page=6 |year=1906}}{{cite news |title=The Maori Election |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19051221.2.59 |access-date=19 March 2014 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=21 December 1905 |volume=XLII |issue=13055 |page=6}}
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Henare Kaihau
|votes = 3,026
|percentage = 50.14
|change = -2.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V
|votes = 1,338
|percentage = 22.17
|change = +8.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = New Zealand Liberal Party
|candidate = Eruera te Kahu
|votes = 991
|percentage = 16.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Pitiera Taipua
|votes = 394
|percentage = 6.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Te Weraro Kingi
|votes = 162
|percentage = 2.68
|change = +1.47
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Hare Teimana
|votes = 124
|percentage = 2.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,688
|percentage = 27.97
|change = -9.85
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,035
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1908 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1908 general election: Western Maori{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1908 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1909-II.2.5.2.12 |publisher=National Library |access-date=19 March 2014 |page=27 | year=1909}}
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Henare Kaihau
|votes = 2,375
|percentage = 32.65
|change = -17.49
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Pepene Eketone
|votes = 1,618
|percentage = 22.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V
|votes = 1,375
|percentage = 18.90
|change = -3.27
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Hema Te Ao
|votes = 1,178
|percentage = 16.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Eruera te Kahu
|votes = 728
|percentage = 10.01
|change = -6.41
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 757
|percentage = 10.41
|change = -17.56
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,274
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1911 election=
{{Election box begin | title=1911 general election: Western Maori{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1911 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1912-II.2.4.2.20 |publisher=National Library |access-date=19 March 2014 |pages=1–14 | year=1912}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Māui Pōmare
|votes = 2,464
|percentage = 35.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Henare Kaihau
|votes = 1,899
|percentage = 27.16
|change = -5.49
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Pepene Eketone
|votes = 1,470
|percentage = 21.02
|change = -1.22
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Tarapipipi Taingakawa
|votes = 581
|percentage = 8.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Ngarangi Katitia
|votes = 560
|percentage = 8.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Pomare Hetaraka
|votes = 19
|percentage = 0.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 565
|percentage = 8.08
|change = -2.33
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,993
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1914 election=
{{Election box begin | title=1914 general election: Western Maori{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1914 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1915-I.2.3.2.36 |publisher=National Library |access-date=19 March 2014 |pages=31–33 | year=1915}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Māui Pōmare
|votes = 3,416
|percentage = 50.29
|change = +15.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = New Zealand Liberal Party
|candidate = Hema Ropata te Ao{{efn|Some sources have Hema Ropata te Ao as an Independent}}
|votes = 1,309
|percentage = 19.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = New Zealand Liberal Party
|candidate = Pepene Eketone
|votes = 1,074
|percentage = 15.81
|change = -5.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)
|candidate = Rangi Mawhete
|votes = 703
|percentage = 10.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Hori Tiro Paora
|votes = 166
|percentage = 2.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Tuwhakaririka Patena{{efn|Some sources have Tuwhakaririka Patena as an Independent}}
|votes = 125
|percentage = 1.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,107
|percentage = 31.02
|change = +22.94
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,793
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1930 by-election=
{{Main|1930 Western Maori by-election}}
{{1930 Western Maori by-election}}
=1931 election=
{{Election box begin |title=1931 general election: Western Maori{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1931 |year=1932 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1932-I-II.2.3.2.31 |page=6 |access-date=2 November 2014}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Taite Te Tomo
|votes = 4,172
|percentage = 53.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Ratana
|candidate = Toko Ratana
|votes = 2,736
|percentage = 35.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Rima Wakarua
|votes = 394
|percentage = 5.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Pepene Eketone
|votes = 293
|percentage = 3.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Hane Henare Piahana
|votes = 103
|percentage = 1.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = United Party (New Zealand)
|candidate = Timi Takirihi (James Douglas)
|votes = 95
|percentage = 1.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,436
|percentage = 18.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,793
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1945 by-election=
{{Main|1945 Western Maori by-election}}
{{Western Maori by-election, 1945}}
Notes
{{Notelist}}
References
{{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 |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= Wilson
|first= John
|title= The Origins of the Māori Seats
|url= http://www.parliament.nz/resource/0000111521
|format= PDF
|edition= updated May 2009
|date= 9 November 2003
|access-date= 27 August 2010
|publisher=Parliamentary Library
|location= Wellington
}}
{{Historic electorates of New Zealand | state=collapsed}}
Category:Historical Māori electorates