Palmerston North

Palmerston North is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate was first formed for the 1890 election and was called Palmerston until 1938. The current MP for Palmerston North is Iain Lees-Galloway of the Labour Party. He has held this position since the 2008 election. In its current incarnation, Palmerston North covers the most urbanised part of Palmerston North City, with the towns in its orbit such as Ashhurst and Linton being part of the neighbouring electorate of Rangitīkei. The section of the city on the south side of the Manawatu River that includes the main Massey University campus was moved into Rangitīkei, effective at the 2008...