Lyttelton electorate
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The Lyttelton electorate was a New Zealand parliamentary constituency centered on the port town of Lyttelton near Christchurch, historically notable as the seat that launched future Prime Minister Norman Kirk’s national political career.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sydenham electorate | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | New Zealand parliamentary electorate ⓘ |
| centeredOn | Lyttelton ⓘ |
| contains |
Lyttelton
ⓘ
surface form:
Lyttelton Harbour area
communities around Port Hills ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| electoralCategory | single-member constituency ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
| electorateType | general electorate ⓘ |
| elects | Member of Parliament for Lyttelton ⓘ |
| governedBy | New Zealand electoral law ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
coastal electorate
ⓘ
port-focused electorate ⓘ |
| hasMemberOfParliament |
Norman Kirk
ⓘ
Tirikatene family members ⓘ |
| hasPortTown | Lyttelton ⓘ |
| hasTransportLink | Lyttelton road and rail tunnel corridor ⓘ |
| hasUrbanRuralMix | mixed urban and semi-rural communities ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important in mid-20th-century New Zealand politics ⓘ |
| knownFor | association with Labour Party representation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canterbury Region
ⓘ
surface form:
Canterbury region
|
| namedAfter | Lyttelton ⓘ |
| near |
Christchurch, New Zealand
ⓘ
surface form:
Christchurch
|
| notableFor | launching Norman Kirk’s national political career ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canterbury provincial political landscape
ⓘ
New Zealand South Island electorates ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | historically strong Labour support ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Banks Peninsula area
ⓘ
port of Lyttelton ⓘ |
| representedIn |
New Zealand Parliament
ⓘ
surface form:
New Zealand House of Representatives
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sydenham electorate