Candidates in the 2011 New Zealand general election by electorate

Seventy members of the New Zealand House of Representatives elected in the 2011 general election were from single member constituencies, the same number as in 2008. The initial composition of the 2008 Parliament gave the National Party 41 seats, the Labour Party 21, the Māori Party five and ACT, United Future and the Progressive Party one each.

New Zealand political candidates in the MMP era

Year	Party list	Candidates
1996	party lists	by electorate
1999	party lists	by electorate
2002	party lists	by electorate
2005	party lists	by electorate
2008	party lists	by electorate
2011	party lists	by electorate
2014	party lists	by electorate
2017	party lists	by electorate
2020	party lists	by electorate
2023	party lists	by electorate

The election was held on 26 November 2011.^[1] Nominations officially opened on 27 October, and the deadline for nominations was 12:00 noon on 1 November.^[2]

General electorates

Auckland Central

2011 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Jacinda Ardern	List since 2008. Returned as list MP	13	[3][4][5]
	NZ First	Allen Davies		33	[3][6]
	Conservative	Stephen Greenfield			[3][7]
	National	Nikki Kaye	Incumbent since 2008. Re-elected to 2nd term.	33	[3][8]
	Green	Denise Roche	Contested electorate in 2008. Elected as list MP.	11	[3][9][10]
	ACT	David Seymour		5	[3][11]
	Human Rights Party	Anthony van den Heuvel			[3]
	Independent	Liz Shaw	Candidate withdrew via her campaign facebook page (deleted).[citation needed]		[12]
	Pirate	Noel Zeng	Announced, but not on final candidate list.		[3][13]

Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 42,994^[14]

Bay of Plenty

2011 general election: Bay of Plenty
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	United Future New Zealand	Brian Carter		15	[15][16]
	Labour	Carol Devoy-Heena		68	[15][17]
	NZ First	Raymond Dolman		18	[15][18]
	Conservative	Peter Redman			[7][15]
	National	Tony Ryall	Incumbent since 1990	5	[8][15]
	Mana	Sharon Stevens		13	[15]

Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 46,546^[14]

Botany

2011 general election: Botany
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Lyn Murphy		12	[19][20]
	United Future New Zealand	Ram Parkash		9	[19][21]
	National	Jami-Lee Ross	Incumbent since 2011 by-election	54	[8][19]
	Labour	Chao-Fu Wu		70	[19][22]
	Conservative	Paul Young		11	[19][23]

Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 43,204^[14]

Christchurch Central

2011 general election: Christchurch Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Brendon Burns	Incumbent since 2008	29	[24][25]
	Independent	Luke Chandler			[24]
	Conservative	Michael Cooke		30	[7][24]
	Green	David Moorhouse		52	[24][26]
	ACT	Toni Severin		17	[24][27]
	National	Nicky Wagner	List MP since 2005	42	[8][24]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 38,775^[28]

Christchurch East

2011 general election: Christchurch East
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Leighton Baker		12	[7][29]
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Britnell		2	[29][30]
	Labour	Lianne Dalziel	Incumbent since 1999; MP since 1990	None[31]	[5][29]
	National	Aaron Gilmore	List MP since 2008	53	[8][29]
	Green	Mojo Mathers		14	[10][29]
	United Future New Zealand	Johnny Miller		16	[16][29]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 39,605^[14]

Clutha-Southland

2011 general election: Clutha-Southland
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Ross Calverley	Initially announced as an OurNZ candidate in Waitaki.[32]		[7][33]
	Sovereignty	Tony Corbett			[33]
	National	Bill English	Incumbent since 1990	2	[8][33]
	Green	Rachael Goldsmith		37	[10][33]
	Labour	Tat Loo		54	[33][34]
	Democrats	Robert Mills		14	[33][35]
	ACT	Don Nicholson		3	[11][33][36]

Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 42,664^[14]

Coromandel

2011 general election: Coromandel
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Catherine Delahunty	List MP since 2008	4	[37][38]
	Legalise Cannabis	Jay Fitton		12	[30][37]
	United Future New Zealand	Steve Graf			[37]
	Labour	Hugh Kininmonth		65	[5][37]
	Conservative	Bruce Rurehe			[7][37]
	National	Scott Simpson		61	[37][39]
	NZ First	Kevin Stone		25	[37][40]
	Independent	Mapuna Turner			[37]
	National	Sandra Goudie	Retired; MP since 2002		[41]

Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 45,117^[14]

Dunedin North

2011 general election: Dunedin North
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Alliance	Victor Billot		6	[42][43]
	Labour	David Clark		49	[5][42]
	Legalise Cannabis	Julian Crawford		4	[30][42]
	United Future New Zealand	Pete George	Initially announced as standing for his own "Your NZ" party.[44]	8	[21][42]
	ACT	Guy McCallum		46	[27][42]
	Democrats	Jeremy Noble		8	[35][42]
	Green	Metiria Turei	Party co-leader, List MP since 2002	1	[42][45]
	National	Michael Woodhouse	List MP since 2008	31	[42][46]
	Labour	Pete Hodgson	Retired; MP since 1990		[47]

Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 39,926^[14]

Dunedin South

2011 general election: Dunedin South
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Clare Curran	Incumbent since 2008	28	[5][48]
	Green	Shane Gallagher		27	[48][49]
	ACT	Kimberly Hannah		37	[27][48]
	National	Jo Hayes		64	[48][50]
	Alliance	Kay Murray		1	[43][48]
	NZ First	Randall Ratana		20	[40][48][51]
	Democrats	Warren Voight		3	[48][52]
	Restore All Things In Christ	Robert Wansink			[48]

Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 45,132^[14]

East Coast

2011 general election: East Coast
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	United Future New Zealand	Martin Gibson		10	[21][53]
	Mana	Val Irwin		12	[53][54]
	Labour	Moana Mackey	List MP since 2003	19	[5][53]
	Green	Darryl Monteith		49	[53][55]
	ACT	John Norvill		48	[27][53]
	NZ First	Tamati Reid		30	[53]
	Conservative	Kathy Sheldrake		2	[53][56]
	National	Anne Tolley	Incumbent since 2005; List MP from 1999–2002	8	[8][53]

Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 40,533^[14]

East Coast Bays

2011 general election: East Coast Bays
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Simonne Dyer		7	[7][57]
	Labour	Vivienne Goldsmith		61	[5][57]
	ACT	Toby Hutton		21	[27][57]
	National	Murray McCully	Incumbent since 1987	11	[8][57]
	Green	Brett Stansfield		54	[10][57]

Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 46,232^[14]

Epsom

2011 general election: Epsom
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	John Banks	MP 1981–1999	4	[11][58][59]
	Independent	Penny Bright			[58]
	National	Paul Goldsmith		39	[58][60]
	Independent	Matthew Goode			[58]
	Green	David Hay		16	[58][61]
	Conservative	Simon Kan		8	[7][58]
	Mana	Pat O'Dea		15	[58][62]
	Labour	David Parker	MP since 2002, List since 2005	4	[58][63]
	ACT	Rodney Hide	Deposed; incumbent since 2005, list 1996–2005		[64]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 47,600^[14]

Hamilton East

2011 general election: Hamilton East
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	David Bennett	Incumbent since 2005	48	[8][65]
	Conservative	Robyn Jackson		20	[7][65]
	Pirate	Bruce Kingsbury			[13][65]
	ACT	Garry Mallett		45	[27][65]
	Green	Nick Marryatt		44	[10][65]
	Labour	Sehai Orgad		46	[17][65]
	NZ First	Gordon Stewart		29	[40][65]
	Democrats	Carolyn McKenzie	Announced, but not on final candidate list.	5	[35][65]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,689^[66]

Hamilton West

2011 general election: Hamilton West
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	Robert Curtis			[67]
	Conservative	Pat Gregory		21	[7][67]
	NZ First	Bill Gudgeon	List MP 2002–2005	16	[67]
	National	Tim Macindoe	Incumbent since 2008	49	[8][67]
	Labour	Sue Moroney	List MP since 2005	10	[67][68]
	Democrats	Les Port		13	[35][67]
	Independent	Tim Wikiriwhi			[67]
	ACT	Robin Boom	Announced, but standing in Waikato instead.		[27][67]
	Green	Max Coyle	Withdrew candidacy after comments to media by his partner		[69][70]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,293^[14]

Helensville

2011 general election: Helensville
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Richard Drayson			[7][71]
	Green	Jeanette Elley		19	[71][72]
	Labour	Jeremy Greenbrook-Held			[17][71][73]
	ACT	Nick Kearney		41	[27][71]
	National	John Key	Incumbent since 2002; Party leader; Prime Minister	1	[8][71]
	Legalise Cannabis	Adrian McDermott		20	[30][71]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 46,983^[14]

Hunua

2011 general election: Hunua
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Kevin Campbell		10	[7][74]
	ACT	Ian Cummings		19	[11][74][75]
	Labour	Richard Hills		50	[74][76]
	National	Paul Hutchison	Incumbent since 1996	26	[8][74]
	Democrats	Huia Mitchell		11	[35][74]
	NZ First	Doug Nabbs		26	[40][74]
	Māori Party	Thomas Phillips		14	[74][77]
	Green	Charmaine Watts		60	[74][78]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 46,578^[14]

Hutt South

2011 general election: Hutt South
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Gordon Copeland	List MP 2002–2008		[7][79]
	United Future New Zealand	Rob Eaddy		3	[79][80]
	Labour	Trevor Mallard	Incumbent since 1996; MP since 1993 and from 1984–90	9	[5][79]
	National	Paul Quinn	List since 2008	55	[8][79]
	ACT	Alex Speirs		25	[27][79]
	Green	Holly Walker		12	[79][81]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 42,391^[14]

Ilam

2011 general election: Ilam
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Gerry Brownlee	Incumbent since 1996	4	[8][82]
	Green	Kennedy Graham	List since 2008	5	[82][83]
	Conservative	Roger Larkins			[7][82]
	Labour	John Parsons			[5][82]
	United Future New Zealand	Vanessa Roberts		7	[80][82]
	ACT	Gareth Veale		20	[27][82]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,692^[14]

Invercargill

2011 general election: Invercargill
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Ian Carline		32	[84]
	Democrats	Stephnie de Ruyter		1	[35][84][85]
	Green	David Kennedy		23	[84][86]
	Libertarianz	Shane Pleasance		7	[84][87]
	National	Eric Roy	Incumbent since 2005	25	[8][84]
	Labour	Lesley Soper	List MP in 2005 and 2007–2008		[5][84]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,731^[14]

Kaikōura

2011 general election: Kaikōura
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Steffan Browning		10	[88][89]
	Labour	Liz Collyns			[88][90]
	ACT	Richard Evans		18	[27][88]
	Libertarianz	Ian Hayes		22	[88][91]
	National	Colin King	Incumbent since 2005	52	[88][92]
	Democrats	John McCaskey		10	[35][88]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,588^[14]

Mana

2011 general election: Mana
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Kris Faafoi	Incumbent since 2010 by-election	41	[5][93]
	Legalise Cannabis	Richard Goode		9	[30][93]
	Green	Jan Logie		9	[93][94]
	National	Hekia Parata	List MP since 2008	18	[8][93]
	ACT	Michael Warren		54	[93]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 43,664^[14]

Māngere

2011 general election: Māngere
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Casey Costello		34	[27][95]
	Conservative	Fa'avae Gagamoe		4	[95][96]
	National	Claudette Hauiti		63	[95][97]
	NZ First	Olivia Ilalio		28	[95]
	Mana	James Papali’i		6	[95][98]
	Green	Todd Ross		53	[95]
	Labour	William Sio	Incumbent since 2008	17	[5][95]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 38,722^[14]

Manukau East

2011 general election: Manukau East
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Kanwal Singh Bakshi	List MP since 2008	35	[99][100]
	Communist League	Felicity Coggan			[99][101]
	ACT	Johnathan Macfarlane		44	[27][99]
	Mana	John Minto		3	[99][102]
	Conservative	Frank John Naea		15	[7][99]
	Labour	Ross Robertson	Incumbent since 1987		[17][99]
	NZ First	Asenati Taylor		8	[99][103]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 41,070^[14]

Manurewa

2011 general election: Manurewa
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Richard Addis			[7][104]
	National	Cam Calder	List MP since 2009	50	[100][104]
	Mana	Richard Shortland Cooper		10	[62][104]
	NZ First	John Hall		24	[40][104]
	ACT	David Peterson		49	[27][104]
	Labour	Louisa Wall	List MP in 2008 and 2011		[104][105]
	Labour	George Hawkins	Retired; MP since 1990		[106]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 38,767^[14]

Maungakiekie

2011 general election: Maungakiekie
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Carol Beaumont	List MP since 2008	22	[4][107]
	Conservative	Grace Haden			[7][107]
	NZ First	Jerry Ho		15	[40][107]
	Green	Tom Land		41	[107][108]
	National	Pesata Sam Lotu-Iiga	Incumbent since 2008	29	[107][109]
	Mana	Barry Tumai		19	[98][107]
	ACT	Kath McCabe	Announced, but standing in Tauranga instead.	8	[107][110]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 45,630^[14]

Mount Albert

2011 general election: Mount Albert
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Stephen Boyle		30	[27][111]
	Green	David Clendon	List MP since 2009	8	[111][112]
	National	Melissa Lee	List MP since 2008	33	[100][111]
	Conservative	Frank Poching		16	[7][111]
	Labour	David Shearer	Incumbent since 2009 by-election	31	[25][111]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,129^[14]

Mount Roskill

2011 general election: Mount Roskill
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Mahesh Bindra		21	[113][114]
	National	Jackie Blue	List MP since 2005	46	[100][113]
	Communist League	Patrick Brown			[101][113]
	Green	Julie Anne Genter		13	[113][115]
	Labour	Phil Goff	Incumbent since 1993; MP 1981–1990; party leader	1	[25][113]
	Legalise Cannabis	Jasmin Hewlett		6	[30][113]
	Conservative	Feleti Key		13	[7][113]
	United Future New Zealand	Bryan Mockridge		6	[21][113]
	ACT	Pratima Nand		15	[113][116]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 45,292^[117]

Napier

2011 general election: Napier
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Paul Bailey		31	[10][118]
	Conservative	Roy Brown		6	[7][118]
	Labour	Stuart Nash	List MP since 2008	27	[25][118]
	Alliance	Mary O'Neill		7	[43][118]
	ACT	John Ormond		11	[20][118]
	Mana	Rod Paul		16	[54][118]
	National	Chris Tremain	Incumbent since 2005	22	[8][118]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 43,824^[14]

Nelson

2011 general election: Nelson
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Aaryn Barlow		18	[119][120]
	NZ First	Kevin Gardener		17	[119]
	ACT	Paul Hufflett		39	[119][121]
	National	Nick Smith	Incumbent since 1990	6	[8][119]
	United Future	Doug Stevens		2	[21][119]
	Labour	Maryan Street	List MP since 2005	7	[25][119]
	Conservative	Oliver Vitali		26	[7][119]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 46,301^[14]

New Lynn

2011 general election: New Lynn
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Ivan Bailey		28	[7][122]
	Legalise Cannabis	Sean Davidson		19	[30][122]
	Labour	David Cunliffe	Incumbent since 1999	3	[25][122]
	National	Tim Groser	List MP since 2005	12	[100][122]
	ACT	Barbara Steinijans		53	[122]
	Green	Saffron Toms		28	[122][123]
	Legalise Cannabis	Dakta Green	Candidacy withdrawn		[124]
	ACT	Raja Venkatesh	Announced, but not on final candidate list.		[122][125]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 45,226^[14]

New Plymouth

2011 general election: New Plymouth
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Legalise Cannabis	Jamie Dombroski		15	[126]
	Independent	Rusty Kane			[126]
	Labour	Andrew Little		15	[126][127]
	Green	Geoff Steedman		55	[126][128]
	National	Jonathan Young	Incumbent since 2008	45	[8][126]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,973^[14]

North Shore

2011 general election: North Shore
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Maggie Barry		57	[129][130]
	ACT	Don Brash	Party leader; National Party list MP 2002–2007	1	[129][131]
	Labour	Ben Clark		69	[129][132]
	Conservative	Craig Jensen		25	[7][129]
	United Future	Damian Light		12	[80][129]
	Libertarianz	Michael Murphy		6	[91][129]
	Green	Pieter Watson		59	[129][133]
	NZ First	Andrew Williams	former North Shore City Mayor	3	[129][134]
	Legalise Cannabis	Leo Biggs	Announced, but standing in Northcote instead.	11	[30][129]
	National	Wayne Mapp	Retired; incumbent since 1996		[135]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 48,453^[14]

Northcote

2011 general election: Northcote
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Legalise Cannabis	Leo Biggs		11	[136]
	National	Jonathan Coleman	Incumbent since 2005	16	[8][136]
	United Future New Zealand	Steven Dromgool			[16][136]
	Labour	Paula Gillon		67	[136][137]
	NZ First	Dion Jelley		23	[40][136]
	ACT	Tim Kronfeld		42	[27][136]
	Libertarianz	Peter Linton		20	[136]
	Green	Vernon Tava		57	[10][136]
	Conservative	Matthew Webster			[7][136]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,925^[14]

Northland

2011 general election: Northland
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Barry Brill		31	[27][138]
	Green	Pauline Evans		36	[10][138]
	Mana	Ngawai Herewini		20	[138][139]
	Māori Party	Josephine Peita		10	[77][138]
	National	Mike Sabin		60	[138]
	Labour	Lynette Stewart		39	[138][140]
	Conservative	Melanie Taylor		23	[7][138]
	National	John Carter	Appointed High Commissioner, Cook Islands. MP Since 1987; incumbent since 1996		[141]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 43,628^[14]

Ōhariu

2011 general election: Ōhariu
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Hugh Barr		10	[142][143]
	Labour	Charles Chauvel	List MP since 2006	11	[4][142]
	United Future New Zealand	Peter Dunne	MP since 1984, Incumbent 1984–1993 (Labour) and since 2008, party leader	1	[8][142]
	Libertarianz	Sean Fitzpatrick		2	[142][144]
	Green	Gareth Hughes	List MP since 2010	7	[142][145]
	National	Katrina Shanks	List MP since 2007	38	[142][146]
	Conservative	Stephen Woodnutt			[7][142]
	Independent	Don Richards	Announced, but standing in Rongotai instead.		[142][147][148]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 45,900^[14]

Ōtaki

2011 general election: Ōtaki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	United Future New Zealand	Diane Brown		14	[149][150]
	Labour	Peter Foster		57	[149][151]
	Green	Michael Gilchrist		21	[149][152]
	National	Nathan Guy	List MP 2005–2008, Incumbent since 2008	20	[8][149]
	Legalise Cannabis	Fred MacDonald		10	[30][149]
	ACT	Peter McCaffrey		26	[27][149]
	Conservative	John Ryersson			[7][149]
	NZ First	David Scott		19	[40][149]
	Independent	Philip Dean Taueki			[149]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 47,118^[14]

Pakuranga

2011 general election: Pakuranga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Lance Gedge		19	[7][153]
	Labour	Sunny Kaushal			[153][154]
	NZ First	Helen Mulford		9	[40][153]
	ACT	Chris Simmons		6	[110][153]
	National	Maurice Williamson	Incumbent since 1987	19	[8][153]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 45,420^[14]

Palmerston North

2011 general election: Palmerston North
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	United Future New Zealand	Sultan Eusoff		4	[80][155]
	National	Leonie Hapeta		65	[155][156]
	Labour	Iain Lees-Galloway	Incumbent since 2008	37	[25][155]
	Conservative	Andrew Marquet			[7][155]
	ACT	Dan Stratton		22	[11][155][157]
	Green	Corrina Tucker		58	[10][155]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 42,897^[14]

Papakura

2011 general election: Papakura
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Brent Catchpole	List MP 2002–2005	13	[40][158]
	National	Judith Collins	Incumbent since 2002	7	[8][158]
	Green	Caroline Conroy		34	[158]
	Conservative	Bob Daw		18	[7][158]
	Labour	Jerome Mika		36	[158][159]
	ACT	John Thompson		10	[20][158]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 43,528^[14]

Port Hills

2011 general election: Port Hills
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Joseph Burston		25	[158][160]
	National	David Carter	MP since 1994, List MP since 1999	10	[8][158]
	Labour	Ruth Dyson	Incumbent since 1993	5	[25][158]
	NZ First	Denis O'Rourke		7	[40][158]
	ACT	Geoff Russell		51	[27][158]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 43,027^[14]

Rangitata

2011 general election: Rangitata
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Julian Blanchard		56	[25][161]
	ACT	Tom Corbett		33	[161]
	National	Jo Goodhew	Incumbent since 2005	23	[8][161]
	Green	Gerrie Ligtenberg		42	[161][162]
	United Future New Zealand	Andrew McMillan		13	[21][161]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 47,712^[14]

Rangitīkei

2011 general election: Rangitīkei
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Maree Brannigan		33	[163][164]
	Mana	Peter Cleave		11	[54][163]
	ACT	Hayden Fitzgerald		24	[11][157][163]
	National	Ian McKelvie		58	[163][165]
	Labour	Josie Pagani		38	[34][163]
	Conservative	Ian Robertson			[7][163]
	Independent	Grant Seton			[163]
	Independent	Charles Turner			[163]
	National	Simon Power	Retired; incumbent since 1999		[166]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 41,013^[14]

Rimutaka

2011 general election: Rimutaka
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Alwyn Courtenay		35	[167]
	National	Jonathan Fletcher		67	[167][168]
	Labour	Chris Hipkins	Incumbent since 2008	30	[25][167]
	Green	Tane Woodley		24	[167][169]
	NZ First	Joe Glenn	Withdrew candidacy at party's request		[40][170]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 43,709^[14]

Rodney

2011 general election: Rodney
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Colin Craig		1	[171][172]
	ACT	Beth Houlbrooke		38	[171][173]
	NZ First	Tracey Martin		2	[40][171]
	National	Mark Mitchell		59	[171][174]
	Green	Teresa Moore		51	[171][175]
	Labour	Christine Rose		42	[73][171]
	National	Lockwood Smith	Speaker of the House, standing as list MP, MP since 1984, incumbent since 1996		[176]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 48,829^[14]

Rongotai

2011 general election: Rongotai
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Christopher Finlayson	List MP since 2005	9	[8][177]
	Labour	Annette King	MP since 1984, incumbent since 1996	2	[25][177]
	ACT	Joel Latimer		43	[177]
	Green	Russel Norman	List MP since 2008, party co-leader	2	[177][178]
	NZ First	Brett Pierson		27	[40][177]
	Independent	Don Richards	Initially announced as standing in Ōhariu.		[142][147][148][177]
	Māori Party	Aroha Rickus		17	[77][177]
	Conservative	Bruce Welsh			[7][177]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,825^[14]

Rotorua

2011 general election: Rotorua
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Steve Chadwick	Incumbent 1999–2008, list MP since 2008	34	[17][179]
	National	Todd McClay	Incumbent since 2008	47	[8][179]
	Mana	Grant Rogers		17	[54][179]
	Conservative	Daryl Smith			[7][179]
	NZ First	Fletcher Tabuteau		11	[179][180]
	Libertarianz	Fred Stevens	Announced, but not on final candidate list.		[87][179]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 42,548^[14]

Selwyn

2011 general election: Selwyn
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Amy Adams	Incumbent since 2008	28	[8][181]
	Conservative	Wilton Gray			[7][181]
	Labour	Jo Mclean			[181][182]
	Green	Eugenie Sage		6	[181][183]
	NZ First	Bill Woods		32	[181]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 46,345^[14]

Tāmaki

2011 general election: Tāmaki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Nick Bakulich		62	[159][184]
	Independent	Stephen Berry			[184][185]
	ACT	John Boscawen	List MP since 2008, chose to have no list ranking so would retire after election.		[11][27][184][186][187]
	Green	Richard Leckinger		17	[184][188]
	National	Simon O'Connor		62	[184][189]
	Conservative	Litia Simpson		9	[96][184]
	Independent	Wayne Young			[184]
	National	Allan Peachey	Incumbent since 2005; withdrew candidacy and list position due to health problems		[8][190]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 48,348^[14]

Taranaki-King Country

2011 general election: Taranaki-King Country
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Shane Ardern	Incumbent since 1998	27	[8][191]
	Labour	Rick Barker	MP since 1993, list MP since 2005	25	[17][191]
	Green	Robert Moore		50	[10][191]
	United Future New Zealand	Victoria Rogers			[191]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 41,152^[14]

Taupō

2011 general election: Taupō
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Mark Breetvelt			[7][192]
	Labour	Frances Campbell			[192][193]
	ACT	Roseanne Jollands		40	[27][192]
	Green	Zane McCarthy		45	[10][192]
	NZ First	Edwin Perry	List MP 2002–2005	22	[6][192]
	Mana	Keriana Reedy		14	[54][192]
	United Future New Zealand	Alan Simmons		5	[80][192]
	National	Louise Upston	Incumbent since 2008	44	[8][192]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 45,381^[14]

Tauranga

2011 general election: Tauranga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Larry Baldock	United Future list MP 2002–2005	3	[194][195]
	Māori Party	Awanui Black		5	[77][194]
	National	Simon Bridges	Incumbent since 2008	30	[8][194]
	Mana	Jayson Gardiner		9	[194][196]
	NZ First	Brendan Horan		6	[194][197]
	Independent	Yvette Lamare			[194]
	Labour	Deborah Mahuta-Coyle		26	[159][194]
	ACT	Kath McCabe	Originally announced for Maungakiekie.	8	[110][194]
	Green	Ian McLean		47	[194][198]
	Democrats	Katherine Ransom		4	[194][199]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 47,514^[14]

Te Atatū

2011 general election: Te Atatū
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Dominic Costello		16	[200]
	National	Tau Henare	MP 1993–1999, list MP since 2005	40	[100][200]
	Conservative	Cynthia Liu		24	[7][200]
	Green	Gary Stewart		56	[200]
	Labour	Phil Twyford	List MP since 2008	33	[200][201]
	Independent	Chris Carter	Incumbent (Labour) 1993–96 and since 1999, removed from Labour caucus 2010		[202]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 42,742^[14]

Tukituki

2011 general election: Tukituki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Robert Burnside		23	[203][204]
	National	Craig Foss	Incumbent since 2005	21	[8][203]
	Labour	Julia Haydon-Carr		59	[25][203]
	Conservative	Stephen Jenkinson			[7][203]
	Green	Jim MacDonald		43	[10][203]
	Legalise Cannabis	Romana Manning		13	[30][203]
	Democrats	Barry Pulford		9	[203][205]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,264^[14]

Waikato

2011 general election: Waikato
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Robin Boom	Initially announced as standing in Hamilton West.	29	[27][206]
	Conservative	Brian Dobbs		5	[7][206]
	Green	Cameron Harper		38	[206][207]
	Democrats	John Pemberton		2	[206][208]
	NZ First	Barbara Stewart	List MP 2002–2008	5	[206]
	Labour	Kate Sutton		35	[193]
	National	Lindsay Tisch	Incumbent since 1999	24	[8][206]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 41,623^[14]

Waimakariri

2011 general election: Waimakariri
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Clayton Cosgrove	Incumbent since 1999	8	[17][209]
	Conservative	Tim de Vries		22	[7][209]
	Green	John Kelcher		39	[209]
	NZ First	Richard Prosser		4	[40][209]
	National	Kate Wilkinson	List MP since 2005	17	[8][209]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 46,911^[14]

Wairarapa

2011 general election: Wairarapa
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Shane Atkinson		27	[27][210]
	Labour	Michael Bott		60	[210][211]
	National	John Hayes	Incumbent since 2005	51	[8][210]
	Libertarianz	Richard McGrath	Party leader	1	[210][212]
	Conservative	Brent Reid		29	[7][210]
	Green	Sea Rotmann		20	[210][213]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 46,165^[14]

Waitakere

2011 general election: Waitakere
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Paula Bennett	MP since 2005, incumbent since 2008	14	[8][214]
	Mana	Sue Bradford	List MP (Green), 1999–2009	4	[214][215]
	Legalise Cannabis	Jeff Lye		5	[30][214]
	Conservative	Danny Mountain		27	[7][214]
	Libertarianz	Peter Osborne		5	[91][214]
	Labour	Carmel Sepuloni	List MP since 2008	24	[214][216]
	Green	Stephen Tollestrup		29	[214][217]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 42,201^[14]

Waitaki

2011 general election: Waitaki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Sue Coutts		35	[218][219]
	National	Jacqui Dean	Incumbent since 2005	41	[8][218]
	Independent	David Ford			[218][220]
	Conservative	Jesse Misa		17	[7][218]
	Labour	Barry Monks		64	[34][218]
	ACT	Colin Nicholls		47	[218]
	Democrats	Hessel van Wieren		6	[218][221]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 49,209^[14]

Wellington Central

2011 general election: Wellington Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Appleby		1	[30][222]
	New Economics	Laurence Boomert			[147][222]
	Alliance	Kelly Buchanan		8	[43][222]
	NZ First	Ben Craven		14	[143][222]
	Libertarianz	Reagan Cutting		4	[91][222]
	National	Paul Foster-Bell		56	[222][223]
	Independent	Puhi Karena			[222]
	Pirate	Gynn Rickerby			[13][222]
	Labour	Grant Robertson	Incumbent since 2008	14	[17][222]
	Green	James Shaw		15	[222][224]
	Conservative	Paul Stipkovits			[7][222]
	ACT	Stephen Whittington		7	[222][225]
	United Future New Zealand	Monique Watson	Announced, but not on final candidate list.		[21][222]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 46,212^[14]

West Coast-Tasman

2011 general election: West Coast-Tasman
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Chris Auchinvole	MP since 2005, incumbent since 2008	43	[8][226]
	ACT	Allan Birchfield		28	[27][226]
	United Future New Zealand	Clyde Graf		11	[80][226]
	Green	Kevin Hague	List MP since 2008	3	[226][227]
	Conservative	Claire Holley		14	[7][226]
	Labour	Damien O'Connor	MP 1993–2008, list MP since 2009		[4][226]
	Youth	Robert Terry			[226]
	Legalise Cannabis	Steven Wilkinson		8	[30][226]
	United Future New Zealand	Jackie Douglas	Withdrew candidacy		[21][228]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,144^[14]

Whanganui

2011 general election: Whanganui
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Chester Borrows	Incumbent since 2005	32	[8][229]
	NZ First	Ian Brougham		31	[229]
	ACT	Alan Davidson		36	[27][229]
	Labour	Hamish McDouall		52	[25][229]
	Green	John Milnes		48	[229][230]
	Democrats	Heather Smith		7	[35][229]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 43,350^[14]

Whangarei

2011 general election: Whangarei
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Rick Bazeley		32	[231][232]
	Conservative	Ross Craig			[7][231]
	Democrats	Kenneth Goodhue		12	[35][231]
	ACT	Robin Grieve		14	[27][231]
	National	Phil Heatley	Incumbent since 1999	15	[8][231]
	Libertarianz	Helen Hughes		10	[91][231]
	Labour	Pat Newman		58	[34][231]
	NZ First	Pita Paraone	Former list MP 2002–2008	12	[231][233]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 46,068^[14]

Wigram

2011 general election: Wigram
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Alliance	Kevin Campbell	Alliance List MP 1999–2002	3	[234][235]
	National	Sam Collins		66	[234][236]
	United Future New Zealand	Ian Gaskin		17	[80][234]
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen			[234]
	Legalise Cannabis	Geoffrey McTague		14	[30][234]
	Conservative	Mark Peters			[7][234]
	Green	Richard Wesley		61	[234][237]
	Labour	Megan Woods		47	[17][234]
	Progressive	Jim Anderton	MP since 1984, incumbent since 1996, party leader, ex-deputy PM		[238]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 44,563^[14]

Māori electorates

Hauraki-Waikato

2011 general election: Hauraki-Waikato
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Mana	Angeline Greensill		8	[239][240]
	Nga Iwi	Te Ariki Karamaene			[239]
	Labour	Nanaia Mahuta	Incumbent since 1996	12	[8][239]
	Māori Party	Tau Bruce Mataki			[239][241]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 32,513^[14]

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

2011 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Parekura Horomia	Incumbent since 1999	6	[76][242]
	Mana	Tawhai McClutchie		7	[242][243]
	Māori Party	Na Raihania			[242][244]
	Independent	Maurice Wairau			[242]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 32,364^[14]

Tāmaki Makaurau

2011 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Mikaere Curtis		26	[245][246]
	Labour	Shane Jones	List MP since 2005	16	[76][245]
	Mana	Kereama Pene			[245][247]
	Māori Party	Pita Sharples	Incumbent since 2005, party co-leader	8	[77][245]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 34,628^[14]

Te Tai Hauāuru

2011 general election: Te Tai Hauāuru
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Jack McDonald		30	[248][249]
	Labour	Soraya Peke-Mason		56	[248][250]
	Mana	Frederick Timutimu			[248][251]
	Māori Party	Tariana Turia	Incumbent since 1999; MP since 1996 (Labour), party co-leader	7	[8][248]
	Nga Iwi	Jennifer Waitai-Rapana			[248]
	Sovereignty	Robert Piriniha Wilson			[248]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 32,002^[14]

Te Tai Tokerau

2011 general election: Te Tai Tokerau
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Kelvin Davis	List MP since 2008	23	[25][252]
	Mana	Hone Harawira	Incumbent since 2005	1	[54][252]
	Legalise Cannabis	Maki Herbert		3	[30][252]
	Māori Party	Waihoroi Shortland		1	[252][253]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 33,067^[14]

Te Tai Tonga

2011 general election: Te Tai Tonga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Mana	Clinton Dearlove			[254][255]
	Māori Party	Rahui Katene	Incumbent since 2008		[8][254]
	Legalise Cannabis	Emma-Jane Mihaere Kingi		7	[30][254]
	Green	Dora Langsbury		22	[254][256]
	Labour	Rino Tirikatene		45	[257][254]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 30,956^[14]

Waiariki

2011 general election: Waiariki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Te Ururoa Flavell	Incumbent since 2005	9	[8][258]
	Mana	Annette Sykes		2	[258][259]
	Labour	Louis Te Kani		53	[258][260]

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 32,568^[14]