Banks Peninsula

Banks Peninsula was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate from 1996 to 2008. It was held by Ruth Dyson MP from 1999 to 2008. The electorate included the following population centres: In boundary changes for the 2008 general election, the electorate lost its rural population centres to newly formed Selwyn, becoming a solely urban electorate and was renamed Port Hills. The change saw Port Hills become a safer Labour seat. Up to 1996, the first MMP election, Banks Peninsula was part of the now defunct Lyttelton electorate. Key  National    Labour    Alliance    Green