Māori electorates

Māori Electorates are in New Zealand created specifically for Māori constituencies.

Of the since the 2008 general election set and remaining 70 constituencies include 63 general constituencies and the remaining 7 are with the general constituencies overlapping directly associated with the Māori population. In the election of 2005, there were, however, only 62 general constituencies.

The term Electorate referred to in Australia and New Zealand electoral districts, whereas in the UK so that the electorate or voters are meant.

History

Māori Electorates were first introduced in 1867. There were four seats for representatives of Māori, who were elected for five years. However, the universal suffrage were only men over the age of 21 years and the right to the seats in parliament was still temporary. 1868, the first election was held under the Maori population and 1876, the four Māori seats guaranteed. Interestingly, the men of the non- Maori population were universal suffrage awarded until 1879. Also, they had to be over 21 years. Universal suffrage for women followed in 1893.

The first election under universal suffrage for men was carried out in 1881, but Pākehā and Māori selected on different days.

In 1922 the inhabitants of the Chatham Islands were first included in an Electorate with and could choose to go with it, and only in 1951 were Māori choose with the Europeans about their different constituencies on a common day. 1995 the number of Māori Electorates was increased to five. and in 2002 to the current number seven.

Māori Electorates

Constituencies from North to South listed: