| Mount Roskill | |
|---|---|
| Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Mount_Roskill_electorate,_2014.svg) Location of Mount Roskill | |
| Area | 20.70 km2 (7.99 sq mi) |
| Current constituency | |
| Current MP | Carlos Cheung |
| Party | National |
Mount Roskill is a parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Phil Goff[1] of the Labour Party held the seat from the 1999 election until he resigned from Parliament on 12 October 2016[2] after contesting and being elected Mayor of Auckland on 8 October 2016 in the 2016 mayoral election. His resignation necessitated a byelection in this electorate which was won by Michael Wood.[3]
Carlos Cheung of the New Zealand National Party currently holds the seat after defeating Wood in the 2023 New Zealand general election.
Mount Roskill is located on the western side of the Auckland isthmus, bordering the Manukau Harbour. It is anchored around the suburbs of Mount Roskill, Three Kings, Hillsborough and a large section of Balmoral. The 2008 election boundaries added in Lynfield and New Windsor at the expense of Onehunga, which returned to the Maungakiekie electorate after being cut out in 1999. The Mount Roskill electorate is working class and multi-ethnic, with a high Pacific Island and Asian population, and has the highest number of overseas-born residents of any New Zealand electorate, nearly 40 per cent (as of 2001).
- ^ New Zealand Parliament – Phil Goff MP
- ^ "Notice of vacancy in seat in House of Representatives". New Zealand Gazette. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "Phil Goff elected Mayor of Auckland". The New Zealand Herald. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.