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Fact: Nelson is the only electorate to have retained the same name since the 1850's
Historical Statistics
|
Year
|
% National
|
% Labour
|
MP
|
Majority
|
|
1938
|
46.1%
|
53.9%
|
Harry Atmore (Ind)
|
886
|
|
1943
|
48.9%
|
50.5%
|
Harry Atmore (Ind)
|
191
|
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1946
|
52.1%
|
47.9%
|
Edgar Neale (Nat)
|
585
|
|
1949
|
54.4%
|
45.6%
|
Edgar Neale (Nat)
|
1,373
|
|
1951
|
58.8%
|
41.2%
|
Edgar Neale (Nat)
|
2,831
|
|
1954
|
45.7%
|
41.0%
|
Edgar Neale (Nat)
|
717
|
|
1957
|
44.8%
|
48.0%
|
Stan Whitehead (Lab)
|
509
|
|
1960
|
40.9%
|
51.7%
|
Stan Whitehead (Lab)
|
1,767
|
|
1963
|
37.2%
|
53.4%
|
Stan Whitehead (Lab)
|
2,610
|
|
1966
|
34.2%
|
46.4%
|
Stan Whitehead (Lab)
|
2,045
|
|
1969
|
39.9%
|
47.6%
|
Stan Whitehead (Lab)
|
1,248
|
|
1972
|
38.2%
|
50.0%
|
Stan Whitehead (Lab)
|
1,933
|
|
1975
|
41.1%
|
47.0%
|
Stan Whitehead (Lab)
|
1,093
|
|
1976
|
39.7%
|
48.4%
|
Mel Courtney (Lab)
|
1,505
|
|
1978
|
38.7%
|
50.5%
|
Mel Courtney (Lab)
|
2,237
|
|
1981
|
13.5%
|
40.4%
|
Philip Woollaston (Lab)
|
698
|
|
1984
|
12.8%
|
47.7%
|
Philip Woollaston (Lab)
|
3,678
|
|
1987
|
31.5%
|
57.9%
|
Philip Woollaston (Lab)
|
5,467
|
|
1990
|
41.1%
|
44.2%
|
John Blincoe (Lab)
|
636
|
|
1993
|
30.8%
|
39.9%
|
John Blincoe (Lab)
|
2,007
|
|
1996
|
Nick - 59.2%
National - 30.8%
|
Candidate - 23.3%
Labour - 31.8%
|
Nick Smith (Nat)
|
12,424
|
|
1999
|
Nick - 44.8%
National - 27.0%
|
Candidate - 31.8%
Labour - 40.6%
|
Nick Smith (Nat)
|
4,521
|
|
2002
|
Nick - 46.8%
National - 19.2%
|
Candidate - 34.2%
Labour - 44.7%
|
Nick Smith (Nat)
|
4,232
|
| 2005 |
Nick - 54.9%
National - 36.8%
|
Candidate - 27.2%
Labour - 42.8%
|
Nick Smith (Nat)
|
10,226
|
| 2008 |
Nick - 56.3%
National - 42.3%
|
Candidate - 33.0%
Labour -37.7%
|
Nick Smith (Nat)
|
8,471 |
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