Rangiora (New Zealand electorate)

Rangiora is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, based on the town of Rangiora.

Population centres
The electorate is based on the town of Rangiora and the surrounding rural area, and is north of Christchurch in North Canterbury.

History
The electorate existed from 1963 when it replaced the Hurunui electorate to 1996, when with mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation it was absorbed into the new Waimakariri electorate.

The electorate is semi-rural and was represented by the National Party except for the 1972–1975 period. Derek Quigley was a National MP who was opposed to the interventionist policies of Muldoon's Third National Government. He resigned from Cabinet in 1982, and from Parliament in 1984.

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