2008 Election Candidates
December 22nd, 2007 at 9:09 pm by David FarrarI’ve set up a permanent page (linked on top right) listing the major candidates for the 70 electorates for the 2008 election.
The Labour ones I have taken off Quest for Security. National’s are off memory for me so may be less than canonical. I’ll do corrections and additions as they occur.
Most of the attention will be on the party vote contest, but I think there may be fun contests in up to eight general electorate seats and three Maori seats.
December 22nd, 2007 at 9:19 pm
DPF:
Great stuff. This is an excellent contribution to Election 2008. I notice that Martin Gallagher is standing again for Hamilton West. Can anyone point to one of his significant achievements? Just one?
Vote:December 22nd, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Brendon Burns is Labour’s candidate for Christchurch Central and Marc Alexander is National’s candidate for Wigram.
[DPF: Ta]
Vote:December 22nd, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Good onya, DPF. Isn’t Stephen Franks the Nat candidate for Wgtn Central? You’ve got a blank there.
[DPF: No - Stephen is seeking the nomination but a selection process has yet to start]
Vote:December 22nd, 2007 at 10:15 pm
YAY – Go Denise Mackenzie, time to whip some arse in Wairarapa
Goodbye Hayes!
Vote:December 22nd, 2007 at 10:33 pm
James Sleep:
I shouldn’t be surprised that you’d root for the Labour candidate, whoever that might be.
Denise Mackenzie – http://text.labour.org.nz/DeniseMacKenzie/index.html
John Hayes ONZM – http://www.national.org.nz/Bio.aspx?Id=61
Unlike the stereotypical Labour candidate, Mackenzie apparently has business experience. As far as I can see, they both seem like respectable candidates for the Wairarapa electorate. Whatever you might think, James, the good people of Wairarapa will have their say in due season.
Vote:December 22nd, 2007 at 11:24 pm
What was wrong with the wikipedia page?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidates_in_the_New_Zealand_general_election_2008_by_electorate
Vote:December 22nd, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Will the rumours of Michael Jones standing for National come out shortly??
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 12:50 am
POC -
Yes I agree.
Denise is a fantastic person.
I think what it will come down to is personality. John Hayes does have huge experience in the foreign affairs and trade areas, the problem being, he is not hugely liked.
I am not just getting at him because he is National, but he has a certain arogance about him that people pick up on when they first meet him.
In the area of Masterton I live in, people they want him mor than gone…….
It was a mistake that National re-selected him.
I go to school in Greytown (Which is Wairarapa’s wealthiest town, where JH’s lives), people do not talk highly of him. His won town has turned against him.
Very long story…
But I will conclude by saying – the Wairarapa is a marginal seat…watch this space.
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 12:51 am
In the area of Masterton I live in, people here want him more than gone…….
Let me correct myself…
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 12:52 am
His ONE town has turned against him.
Arhhh late night posting, I correct myself again.
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 12:52 am
His *OWN* town has turned against him.
Arhhh late night posting, I correct myself again.
This is getting ridiculous..
Sorry
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 1:41 am
James Sleep:
Hilarious typos
Ok, fair enough, you’re on the ground so to speak. I’m certainly less familiar with Wairarapa politics than you, and you’ve called it as a marginal seat. Having checked out the Elections NZ website, I’m inclined to agree. I didn’t realise Denise MacKenzie stood in 2005. John Hayes defeated her then by a margin of 2752. And interestingly, in 2002, Georgina Beyer defeated Ian Buchanan by a margin of 6,372 votes. That margin suggests an overwhelming shift to National in 2005. Whichever way the electorate vote swings in 2008, it’ll be an interesting contest to watch.
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 1:47 am
Local swing to Labour in Wairarapa – Yeah right!!
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 6:42 am
“This is getting ridiculous..”
That would be the understatement of the year James Sleep , but it is so nice that a young boy would get a special mention from the PM . I predict a huge swing for Labour in all electorates , that is a huge back swing that will make them all redundant .
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 6:46 am
James Sleep said of John Hayes MP @ 12:50am: “but he has a certain arogance about him that people pick up on when they first meet him.”
Could have said that about you actually.
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 8:34 am
James … refresh my memory. Does the Wairarapa Electoral Role still contain a special page listing a certain sometime Labour candidate as permanently disbarred from ever seeking election because of his corrupt electoral practice?
BTW … if Sam Meads was still Head of Kuranui College you would have had some hard explaining to do over your grammar and syntax. Perhaps though you could blame your Party’s education system focused as it is on dumbing down rather tham excellence.
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 8:57 am
Ross Miller – I can help.
No it does not. Labour changed the law after Boorman’s conviction so that the ban wouldn’t be permanent.
Listing on the corrupt practices list now only lasts 3 years.
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 8:58 am
With the change o electoral boundaries I think Wairarapa comes as far north as Waipukurau and possibly Waipawa. The is a hell of a lot of National history there – Holyoake, Falloon, Harrison all resident in the central/northern part of the electorate.
Hard to see anything but a Hayes win with a substatial increase in majority.
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 9:00 am
OOps – I have caught the James Sleep disease
Should read – `With the change of……..’
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 9:06 am
The sleep disease is easily transmitted as it is in the highly contagious category .
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 9:34 am
Aaron Gilmore is the National candidate in Chch East
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 9:40 am
Yes bear , who is the National candidate for Selwyn ? Oh thats right . Careful .
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 3:06 pm
POC -
One of the reasons why we lost the last election was because we did not run a strong campaign in the northern part of the electorate.
If you look at it – polling booth by polling booth, we won the Wairarapa, we lost it in Dannivirke (Lower Hawkes Bay)
We have learnt a lot from that and will run a strong campaign up there.
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Better learn to spell Dannevirke before you head up there James. Don’t want to see you get run out of town.
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Good advice b – thanks.
horisthebear – Is that the Aaron Gilmore off ‘Dancing with the stars’ ?
Vote:December 23rd, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Ross Miller – I believe there was a Labour Wairarapa electorate MP who was forced to resign.
That was years and years and years ago – Way before I was born.
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