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Ohariu (warning - contains politics)
Feb. 19th, 2013 12:53 pmThe Ōhariu electorate where I live is an interesting one. For example at the time of the 2011 election, it was electorate with the highest proportion of cellphone users and the highest proportion of internet users (source NZ parliament web site).
It is also perhaps the most represented electorates. Four of the people who stood in Ōhariu are in parliament (for those of you who don't do MMP - the electorate winner plus three party list MPs).
On top of that it is one of the very few electorates where the electorate vote (rather than the party vote) has a significant possibility of changing the proportionality of parliament and therefore potentially affecting which party is in power. No wonder that 81.6% of eligible voters actually cast a vote in the last election. That is a very high percentage (not the highest, but it is higher even than Epsom where the electorate vote was even more critical).
Interesting to see than that Charles Chauvel has resigned. My first thought was "good riddance" - the word "arrogant" tends to crop up very quickly in any discussions about him.
But then I started wondering what effect that will have on Ohariu voting patterns. On one hand he was very high profile. On the other hand, there were people who (like me) wouldn't give him my electorate vote because of what he is like.
Apologies for the politics - carry on, nothing to see here.
It is also perhaps the most represented electorates. Four of the people who stood in Ōhariu are in parliament (for those of you who don't do MMP - the electorate winner plus three party list MPs).
On top of that it is one of the very few electorates where the electorate vote (rather than the party vote) has a significant possibility of changing the proportionality of parliament and therefore potentially affecting which party is in power. No wonder that 81.6% of eligible voters actually cast a vote in the last election. That is a very high percentage (not the highest, but it is higher even than Epsom where the electorate vote was even more critical).
Interesting to see than that Charles Chauvel has resigned. My first thought was "good riddance" - the word "arrogant" tends to crop up very quickly in any discussions about him.
But then I started wondering what effect that will have on Ohariu voting patterns. On one hand he was very high profile. On the other hand, there were people who (like me) wouldn't give him my electorate vote because of what he is like.
Apologies for the politics - carry on, nothing to see here.