Eastern Hutt

Eastern Hutt is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, from 1978 to 1996. The main population centre in the electorate was the city of Lower Hutt in the Hutt Valley. In 1978 the former Hutt electorate was split into two new electorates, Eastern Hutt and Western Hutt. The Eastern Hutt seat was won by Trevor Young who had been MP for the Hutt electorate. In 1996 Eastern Hutt was replaced by the Rimutaka seat which was won by Paul Swain. The electorate was represented by two Labour MPs.