Rangitīkei (New Zealand electorate)

Rangitīkei (before 2008 spelled Rangitikei without a macron) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rangitīkei is Suze Redmayne of the National Party.^[1] She has held this position since 2023.

Rangitīkei
Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation	1861,
Region	Manawatū-Whanganui Waikato
Character	Rural
Term	3 years
Member for Rangitīkei
Suze Redmayne since 14 October 2023
Party	National
List MPs	Andrew Hoggard (ACT)
Previous MP	Ian McKelvie (National)
Party vote distribution

The electorate has existed continuously since the 1861 general election.

Profile

Rangitīkei is the third largest general electorate by area in the North Island. It encircles, but does not include, Palmerston North. The electorate straddles State Highway 1 through Bulls, Marton, Taihape, and Waiouru as far as Mount Ruapehu Its largest centre is Feilding. Its western boundary, from south of Whanganui, extends northwards to include the communities of Ohakune, National Park, and Taumarunui. At the 2014 boundary review, the population of the RangitĪkei electorate was below tolerance and projected to decline further, so the Representation Commission shifted population around Shannon from Ōtaki into RangitĪkei.^[2]

Between Census 2006 and Census 2013 the RangitĪkei electorate experienced a 0.4% decline in population in comparison to a 5.3% increase in New Zealand as a whole. One in ten (10.0%) stated their highest qualification as a Level 2 certificate, the fourth-largest share among general electorates. One in ten (10.4%) also listed their occupation as a community and personal service worker, the fifth-largest percentage. Six industries accounted for close to two-thirds (61.3%) of those working in 2013: agriculture, forestry, and fishing (16.8%); manufacturing (9.3%); education and training (9.0%); public administration (8.9%); health care and social assistance (8.9%); and retail trade (8.4%).^[2]

History

A seat named Wanganui and Rangitikei was contested at the very first general election in New Zealand in 1853. The use of an electorate named Rangitikei in its own right dates from the third session of the New Zealand Parliament. In a somewhat auspicious start for the seat, the first Member of Parliament for the seat in 1861 was future Prime Minister William Fox. Fox resigned twice; first on 16 May 1865, causing the 1865 by-election (won by Robert Pharazyn), and then on 11 March 1875, causing the 1875 by-election (won by John Ballance).^[3]

Three members died while holding the seat: Douglas Hastings Macarthur died on 24 May 1892 and was succeeded by John Stevens; Arthur Remington died on 17 August 1909 and was succeeded by Robert Smith; and Sir Roy Jack died on 24 December 1977 and was succeeded by Bruce Beetham.

The current boundaries of the seat date from the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting in 1996. The seat was created by adding the southern tip of King Country to the northern tip of the Manawatu seat, and drafting in the towns to the east of Whanganui from Waitotara. The rural conservative nature of the seat makes it a safe National seat, though for six years in the 1970s and 80s it was held by a third party MP, Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   Conservative   Liberal   Reform   Labour   National   Social Credit

Election	Winner
1861 election		William Fox
1865 by-election		Robert Pharazyn
1866 election		William Hogg Watt
1868 by-election		William Fox
1871 election
1875 by-election		John Ballance
1876 election
1879 election		William Willis
1880 by-election		William Fox
1881 election		John Stevens
1884 election		Robert Bruce
1887 election
1890 election		Douglas Macarthur
1892 by-election		Robert Bruce
1893 election		John Stevens
1896 election		Frank Lethbridge
1899 election
1902 election		Arthur Remington
1905 election
1908 election
1909 by-election		Robert Smith
1911 election		Edward Newman
1914 election
1919 election		Billy Glenn
1922 election
1925 election
1928 election		James Thomas Hogan
1931 election		Alexander Stuart
1935 election		Ormond Wilson
1938 election		Edward Gordon
1943 election
1946 election
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election		Norman Shelton
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election
1972 election		Sir Roy Jack
1975 election
1978 by-election		Bruce Beetham
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election		Denis Marshall
1987 election
1990 election
1993 election
1996 election
1999 election		Simon Power
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election		Ian McKelvie
2014 election
2017 election
2020 election
2023 election		Suze Redmayne

List MPs

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

Key   Labour   ACT

Election	Winner
1996 election		Jill White[a]
2022		Soraya Peke-Mason
2023 election		Andrew Hoggard

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: Rangitīkei[4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Suze Redmayne		18,945	46.33	+1.68	17,018	41.08	+10.98
	Labour	Zulfiqar Butt		9,160	22.40	-15.14	8,993	21.71	-22.62
	ACT	Andrew Hoggard		5,914	14.46	+9.99	4,758	13.65	+2.32
	NZ First	Helma Vermeulen		3,167	7.74	+5.45	3,768	9.09	+5.74
	Green	Bernard Long		3,153	7.71	+2.93	3,061	7.38	+2.79
	Opportunities						630	1.52	+0.12
	NZ Loyal						622	1.50	–
	Māori Party						577	1.39	+0.96
	NewZeal						260	0.62	+0.31
	Legalise Cannabis						206	0.49	+0.05
	DemocracyNZ						142	0.34	–
	Freedoms NZ						97	0.23	–
	Animal Justice						82	0.19	–
	New Conservative						73	0.17	–
	Women's Rights						35	0.08	–
	Leighton Baker Party						30	0.07	–
	New Nation						30	0.05	–
Informal votes				550			150
Total valid votes				40,889			41,423
	National hold		Majority	9,785	23.93	+16.82

2020 election

2020 general election: Rangitīkei[5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Ian McKelvie		18,592	44.65	-14.94	12,634	30.10	-21.58
	Labour	Soraya Peke-Mason		15,631	37.54	+8.93	18,610	44.33	+15.49
	Green	Ali Hale Tilley		1,992	4.78	-0.88	1,927	4.59	+0.20
	ACT	Neil John Wilson		1,860	4.47	+3.88	4,758	11.33	+10.87
	New Conservative	Reuben Leung Wai		970	2.33	+1.73	827	1.97	+1.67
	NZ First	Antony Woollams		953	2.29	-5.66	1,406	3.35	-7.00
	Advance NZ	Ricky Cribb		879	2.11	–	411	0.98	–
	Opportunities						587	1.40	-0.86
	Legalise Cannabis						184	0.44	+0.05
	Māori Party						179	0.43	-0.02
	ONE						129	0.31	–
	Outdoors						44	0.10	-0.02
	Social Credit						21	0.05	+0.02
	Sustainable NZ						16	0.04	–
	Vision NZ						14	0.03	–
	TEA						9	0.02	–
	Heartland						7	0.02	–
Informal votes				761			216
Total valid votes				41,638			41,979
	National hold		Majority	2,961	7.11	-23.87

2017 election

2017 general election: Rangitīkei[6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Ian McKelvie		20,809	59.59	−0.13	19,472	51.68	−1.78
	Labour	Heather Warren		10,519	28.61	+1.13	10,867	28.84	+10.42
	NZ First	Rob Stevenson		2,923	7.95	+1.09	3,900	10.35	−0.90
	Green	Robin McCandless		2,082	5.66	—	1,653	4.39	−3.40
	Conservative	Cedric Backhouse		221	0.60	−3.79	114	0.30	−5.78
	ACT	Neil Wilson		217	0.59	+0.07	173	0.46	+0.08
	Opportunities						852	2.26	—
	Māori Party						169	0.45	−0.11
	Legalise Cannabis						147	0.39	−0.04
	Ban 1080						96	0.25	−0.05
	Outdoors						44	0.12	—
	United Future						37	0.10	−0.12
	People's Party						18	0.05	—
	Democrats						11	0.03	−0.01
	Mana						10	0.03	−0.57[b]
	Internet						3	0.01	−0.59[c]
Informal votes				392			112
Total valid votes				37,163			37,678
Turnout				37,927	83.51[7]	+2.10
	National hold		Majority	10,290	30.98	−1.26

2014 election

2014 general election: Rangitīkei[8]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Ian McKelvie		20,487	59.72	+0.85	18,596	53.46	−0.48
	Labour	Deborah Russell		9,427	27.48	−1.18	6,408	18.42	−2.77
	NZ First	Romuald Rudzki		2,352	6.86	+6.86	3,914	11.25	+3.99
	Conservative	Roy Brown		1,505	4.39	+0.66	2,115	6.08	+1.86
	ACT	Neil Wilson		179	0.52	−0.45	131	0.38	−1.13
	Green						2,709	7.79	−1.65
	Internet Mana						208	0.60	+0.40[d]
	Māori Party						195	0.56	−0.22
	Legalise Cannabis						151	0.43	−0.05
	Ban 1080						106	0.30	+0.30
	United Future						75	0.22	−0.60
	Civilian						23	0.07	+0.07
	Democrats						15	0.04	−0.05
	Independent Coalition						12	0.03	+0.03
	Focus						7	0.02	+0.02
Informal votes				355			119
Total valid votes				34,305			34,784
	National hold		Majority	11,060	32.24	+2.03

2011 election

2011 general election: Rangitīkei[9]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Ian McKelvie		18,284	58.87	-6.83	17,115	53.94	+1.49
	Labour	Josie Pagani		8,902	28.66	-0.75	6,723	21.19	-6.35
	Green	Maree Brannigan		2,108	6.79	+6.79	2,994	9.44	+4.00
	Conservative	Ian Robertson		1,159	3.73	+3.73	1,333	4.20	+4.20
	ACT	Hayden Fitzgerald		302	0.97	-0.64	478	1.51	-2.78
	Mana	Peter Cleave		110	0.35	+0.35	62	0.20	+0.20
	Independent	Charles Turner		102	0.33	+0.33
	Independent	Grant Seton		91	0.29	+0.29
	NZ First						2,305	7.26	+2.17
	United Future						260	0.82	-0.33
	Māori Party						247	0.78	-0.13
	Legalise Cannabis						152	0.48	-+0.08
	Democrats						27	0.09	+0.03
	Libertarianz						23	0.07	+0.01
	Alliance						12	0.04	-0.06
Informal votes				695			363
Total valid votes				31,058			31,731
	National hold		Majority	9,382	30.21	-6.08

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 41,343^[10]

2008 election

2008 general election: Rangitīkei[11]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Simon Power		21,801	65.70		17,711	52.45
	Labour	Jills Angus Burney		9,759	29.41		9,298	27.53
	Independent	Steve Gibson		786	2.37	+2.37
	ACT	Jean Thompson		535	1.61		1,448	4.29
	United Future	John Langford		300	0.90		388	1.15
	Green						1,836	5.44
	NZ First						1,719	5.09
	Progressive						309	0.92
	Māori Party						307	0.92
	Bill and Ben						291	0.86
	Legalise Cannabis						135	0.40
	Kiwi						132	0.39
	Family Party						80	0.24
	Alliance						33	0.10
	Libertarianz						22	0.07
	Workers Party						20	0.06
	Democrats						18	0.05
	Pacific						17	0.05
	RAM						2	0.01
	RONZ						2	0.01
Informal votes				362			138
Total valid votes				33,181			33,768
	National hold		Majority	12,042	36.29

2005 election

2005 general election: Rangitikei[12]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Simon Power		19,119	60.42		14,721	46.03
	Labour	Marilyn Brown		9,459	29.89		11,538	36.08
	NZ First	Murray Strawbridge		1,335	4.22		2,363	7.39
	United Future	Rob Moodie		718	2.27		1,027	3.21
	Independent	Richard Peirce		426	1.35
	Māori Party	Abe Hepi		369	1.17		195	0.61
	ACT	John Waugh		215	0.68		446	1.39
	Green						1,083	3.39
	Progressive						287	0.90
	Destiny						114	0.36
	Legalise Cannabis						85	0.27
	Christian Heritage						47	0.15
	Alliance						22	0.07
	Democrats						12	0.04
	Libertarianz						12	0.04
	One NZ						9	0.03
	99 MP						6	0.02
	Family Rights						5	0.02
	RONZ						5	0.02
	Direct Democracy						2	0.01
Informal votes				216			100
Total valid votes				31,641			31,979
	National hold		Majority	9,660	30.53

1999 election

Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Rangitikei for a list of candidates.

1996 election

1996 general election: Rangitikei[13][14][15]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Denis Marshall		10,925	33.66	-10.37	11,659	35.79
	Labour	Jill White		8,162	25.15		7,782	23.89
	Alliance	Hamish MacIntyre		4,583	14.12		3,679	11.29
	NZ First	Peter Woolston		3,450	10.63		4,921	15.10
	Independent	Bruce Beetham		3,365	10.36
	Christian Coalition	Vic Jarvis		937	2.88		1,772	5.43
	ACT	Victor Bailey		566	1.74		1,665	5.11
	Conservatives	Jim Howard		394	1.21		176	0.54
	Natural Law	John Blatchford		68	0.20		63	0.19
	Legalise Cannabis						393	1.20
	United NZ						151	0.46
	McGillicuddy Serious						124	0.38
	Animals First						62	0.19
	Progressive Green						52	0.15
	Green Society						18	0.05
	Mana Māori						16	0.04
	Advance New Zealand						12	0.03
	Libertarianz						12	0.03
	Superannuitants & Youth						10	0.03
	Ethnic Minority Party						7	0.02
Informal votes				212			88
Total valid votes				32,450			32,574
Turnout				32,662
	National win new seat		Majority	2,763	8.51

1993 election

1993 general election: Rangitikei^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Denis Marshall	8,346	44.03	−11.26
	Alliance	Bob Peck	4,924	25.97
	Labour	Andrew Schmidt	4,651	24.53
	Christian Heritage	K Burgess	728	3.84	−0.31
	McGillicuddy Serious	R Shaw	217	1.14	+0.35
	Natural Law	B Michelini	88	0.46
Majority			3,422	18.05	−16.82
Turnout			18,954	82.70	+0.21
Registered electors			22,917

1990 election

1990 general election: Rangitikei^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Denis Marshall	9,715	55.29	+3.64
	Labour	Patricia Barton	3,588	20.42
	Social Credit	Beverley Beetham	1,786	10.16
	Green	D F Jowett	1,213	6.90
	Christian Heritage	K Burgess	730	4.15
	NewLabour	D R Husbands	396	2.25
	McGillicuddy Serious	R Shaw	140	0.79
Majority			6,127	34.87	+12.87
Turnout			17,568	82.49	−5.05
Registered electors			21,296

1987 election

1987 general election: Rangitikei^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Denis Marshall	9,480	51.65	+9.57
	Democrats	Bruce Beetham	5,441	29.64	−9.91
	Labour	D J Srhoj	3,270	17.81
	Independent	H W Jensen	85	0.46
	McGillicuddy Serious	G J J Martin	77	0.41
Majority			4,039	22.00	+19.47
Turnout			18,353	87.54	−5.08
Registered electors			20,963

1984 election

1984 general election: Rangitikei^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Denis Marshall	8,370	42.08
	Social Credit	Bruce Beetham	7,866	39.55	−10.93
	Labour	Geoff Walpole	2,571	12.92
	NZ Party	Ian MacPherson	1,079	5.42
Majority			504	2.53
Turnout			19,886	92.62	+1.61
Registered electors			21,469

1981 election

1981 general election: Rangitikei^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Bruce Beetham	10,321	50.48	−2.19
	National	Paul Bardwell	7,945	38.86
	Labour	Mark O'Connor	1,982	9.69
	Values	Denis Hocking	194	0.94	−0.02
Majority			2,376	11.62	−2.59
Turnout			20,442	91.01	+16.58
Registered electors			22,459

1978 election

1978 general election: Rangitikei^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Bruce Beetham	10,569	52.67	+4.64
	National	Les Gandar	7,716	38.45
	Labour	Max Hodgson	1,490	7.42
	Values	Denis Hocking	194	0.96	−0.72
Majority			2,853	14.21	+4.79
Turnout			20,066	74.43	+12.11
Registered electors			26,957

1978 by-election

1978 Rangitikei by-election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Bruce Beetham	6,804	48.03	+11.64
	National	Jim Bull	5,469	38.61
	Labour	JJ Stewart	1,614	11.39
	Values	Denis Hocking	264	1.68
	Independent	M J Leniston	13	0.09
Majority			1,335	9.42
Turnout			14,164	62.32	−21.07
Registered electors			22,725
	Social Credit gain from National		Swing

1975 election

1975 general election: Rangitikei^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Sir Roy Jack	7,631	47.27	−1.58
	Social Credit	Bruce Beetham	5,875	36.39	+13.50
	Labour	N R Pearce	2,263	14.02	−13.82
	Values	Sally Throp	253	1.56
	Independent	D E Thurston	119	0.73
Majority			1,756	10.87	−10.14
Turnout			16,141	83.39	−4.89
Registered electors			19,356

1972 election

1972 general election: Rangitikei^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Sir Roy Jack	7,060	48.85
	Labour	N R Pearce	4,023	27.84
	Social Credit	Bruce Beetham	3,309	22.89
	New Democratic	L J Weal	58	0.40
Majority			3,037	21.01
Turnout			14,450	88.28	+0.88
Registered electors			16,367

1969 election

1969 general election: Rangitikei^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Norman Shelton	9,077	57.62	+1.50
	Labour	Dan Duggan	4,863	30.87
	Social Credit	T P Hills	1,378	8.74
	Country Party	A W Bartlett	434	2.75
Majority			4,214	26.75	−3.72
Turnout			15,752	87.40	+1.18
Registered electors			18,021

1966 election

1966 general election: Rangitikei^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Norman Shelton	7,375	56.12	−3.01
	Labour	Russell Wiseman	3,370	25.64	−1.24
	Social Credit	J Smith	2,396	18.23
Majority			4,005	30.47	−1.77
Turnout			13,141	86.22	−1.74
Registered electors			15,241

1963 election

1963 general election: Rangitikei^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Norman Shelton	7,898	59.13	+1.69
	Labour	Russell Wiseman	3,591	26.88
	Social Credit	Francis Needham	1,867	13.97	+−0.15
Majority			4,307	32.24	+3.24
Turnout			13,356	87.96	−0.42
Registered electors			15,183

1960 election

1960 general election: Rangitikei^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Norman Shelton	7,701	57.44	+1.16
	Labour	Shaun Alex Cameron	3,812	28.43
	Social Credit	Francis Needham	1,894	14.12	+4.58
Majority			3,889	29.00	+6.86
Turnout			13,407	88.38	−3.51
Registered electors			15,169

1957 election

1957 general election: Rangitikei^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Norman Shelton	7,582	56.28	+1.64
	Labour	Stephen Malcolm Roberton	4,601	34.15	−0.01
	Social Credit	Francis Needham	1,286	9.54
Majority			2,983	22.14	+1.67
Turnout			13,471	91.89	+1.32
Registered electors			14,659

1954 election

1954 general election: Rangitikei^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Norman Shelton	7,149	54.64
	Labour	Stephen Malcolm Roberton	4,470	34.16
	Social Credit	D McGregor	1,463	11.18
Majority			2,679	20.47
Turnout			13,082	90.57	+3.45
Registered electors			14,443

1951 election

1951 General election: Rangitikei^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Edward Gordon	8,163	64.53	+1.71
	Labour	F A Dalzell	4,486	35.46
Majority			3,677	29.06	+3.39
Turnout			12,649	87.12	−5.46
Registered electors			14,519

1949 election

1949 general election: Rangitikei^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Edward Gordon	8,101	62.82	+3.94
	Labour	Eric De Malmanche	4,794	37.18
Majority			3,310	25.67	+7.91
Turnout			12,892	92.58	+0.93
Registered electors			13,925

1946 election

1946 general election: Rangitikei^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Edward Gordon	7,647	58.88
	Labour	John Capstick	5,340	41.11
Majority			2,307	17.76
Turnout			12,987	91.65
Registered electors			14,169

1931 election

1931 general election: Rangitikei^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Alexander Stuart	4,162	50.09
	Independent	James Thomas Hogan	4,147	49.91
Majority			15	0.18
Informal votes			23	0.28
Turnout			8,332	82.39
Registered electors			10,113

1928 election

1928 general election: Rangitikei^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Thomas Hogan	4,628	51.96
	Reform	Billy Glenn	3,394	38.11
	Labour	F. Andrews	884	9.93
Majority			1,234	13.86
Informal votes			67	0.75
Turnout			8,973	88.60	10,128
Registered electors

1909 by-election

1909 Rangitikei by-election: Second ballot^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Smith	2,410	54.51	+29.26
	Reform	Frank Hockly	2,011	45.49	+8.45
Majority			399	9.03
Turnout			4,421

1909 Rangitikei by-election: First ballot^[23][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Frank Hockly	1,548	37.04
	Liberal	Robert Smith	1,055	25.25
	Liberal	William Meldrum	903	21.61
	Independent	James Georgetti	340	8.14
	Liberal–Labour	Robert Hornblow	333	7.97
Turnout			4,179

1899 election

1899 general election: Rangitikei^[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Lethbridge	1,985	53.42
	Liberal	James Jervis Bagnall	1,453	39.10
	Independent Liberal	Edward Gascoigne	278	7.48
Majority			532	14.32
Turnout			3,716	66.25
Registered electors			5,609

1892 by-election

1892 Rangitikei by-election^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bruce	1,094	51.43
	Independent Liberal	John Stevens	1,033	48.57
Majority			61	2.87
Turnout			2,127

1890 election

1890 general election: Rangitikei^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Hastings Macarthur	978	50.84
	Conservative	Francis Arkwright	946	49.16
Majority			32	1.66
Turnout			1,924	59.45
Registered electors			3,236

1880 by-election

1880 Rangitikei by-election^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Fox	233	54.82
	Independent	Donald Fraser	123	28.94
	Independent	Henry Lyon	69	16.24
Majority			110	25.88
Turnout			425

1876 election

1876 general election: Rangitikei^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Ballance	201	61.28	+15.38
	Independent	James Bull	127	38.72
Majority			74	22.56	+19.70
Turnout			328	26.64
Registered electors			1,231

1875 by-election

1875 Rangitikei by-election^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Ballance	112	45.90
	Independent	William Hogg Watt	105	43.03
	Independent	George Hutchison	27	11.06
Majority			7	2.86
Turnout			244

Table footnotes

1. White resigned from Parliament on 24 November 1998.
2. 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election
3. 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election
4. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.