Taranaki-King Country

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Taranaki-King Country is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.

It is currently held by Shane Ardern MP^[1], and is a rural and safe National electorate.

Contents 1 Population Centres 2 History 3 Election results 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Population Centres

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The electorate includes a number of rural towns: Opunake, Otorohanga, Stratford and Te Awamutu.

[edit] History

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The electorate was created for MMP in 1996 by combining the adjacent rural electorates of the King Country and Taranaki.

[edit] Election results

	Election	Winner
	1996 election	Jim Bolger (National)
	1998 by-election	Shane Ardern (National)
	1999 election
	2002 election
	2005 election

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library

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