Auckland Central is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Its current representative is Judith Tizard, a member of the Labour Party; she has represented the seat since 1996.

Auckland Central contains downtown Auckland, the suburbs of Ponsonby, Grey Lynn, Point Chevalier, Grafton and Eden Terrace at the west side of the city. Because of the location of the main Auckland ferry terminal, Auckland Central also contains the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. At the 2008 election, Grafton will become part of Epsom, and Point Chevalier will move into Mount Albert. To offset these changes, the suburb of Newton will be drafted in from Mount Albert.

History

Auckland Central was created ahead of the 1887 election; it was carved from parts of the electorates of Auckland North and the Auckland West and focused around upper Queen Street, Grafton, and Newton. It lasted only until the 1890 elections, when a reduction in the number of electorates meant Auckland Central was re-incorporated into single larger Auckland electorate. At the 1905 elections, the Auckland seat was split into three seats, including a recreated Auckland Central.

The seat has been held by the Labour Party for most of its existence — since 1919, the seat has spent only three years in the hands of another party (the left-wing Alliance, from 1993 to 1996).

Members of Parliament for Auckland Central

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office	Reason
George Edward Grey	Independent	1887	1890	electorate abolished
Alfred Kidd	Liberal	1905	1908	Deselected
Albert Glover	Liberal	1908, 1911, 1914	1919	Defeated
Bill Parry	Labour	1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1943,	1946	contested Arch Hill instead
Bill Anderton	Labour	1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1957	1960	retired
Norman Douglas	Labour	1960, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972	1975	retired
Richard Prebble	Labour	1975, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990	1993	defeated
Sandra Lee-Vercoe	Alliance	1993	1996	Defeated in enlarged Auckland Central seat
Judith Tizard	Labour	1996, 1999, 2002, 2005	(incumbent)

List MPs from Auckland Central

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Auckland Central electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Name	Party	First Elected	Left Office	Contested Auckland Central
Sandra Lee-Vercoe	Alliance	1993	2002	1996, 1999
Rodney Hide	ACT	1996	current MP	1996
Pansy Wong	National	1996	current MP	2002, 2005
Nandor Tanczos	Green	1999	26 June, 2008	1999, 2002, 2005

Election Results

2002 election

2005 election

External links

• Parliament of New Zealand - Auckland Central Electorate Profile

References