Otago

Otago was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, which was replaced by the Waitaki electorate and Clutha-Southland electorates for the 2008 election. The seat was held by the National MP Jacqui Dean MP. The seat covered the parts of the Otago region not in either Dunedin seat, excluding Clutha District, which is in Clutha-Southland. The main towns in Otago are Queenstown, Oamaru, Alexandra and Wanaka. The first Otago seat was created in 1978, replacing the Otago Central seat. The Otago seat was created in 1996 election for the first MMP election out of parts of an older Otago seat which did not include Oamaru or Alexandra, but did include the South Canterbury town of Twizel. Its size remained relatively unchanged at the boundary review...