Election 2011 Electorates
Invercargill
2011: Won by Eric Roy (National Party) with a majority of 6,263.
The electorate is centred on Invercargill City and includes Riverton, Hedgehope, Glencoe, Bluff and Stewart Island.
2008 party vote (%): National 47.54, Labour 36.88, Green 4.26, ACT 2.70, United Future 0.91, Progressive 0.83, Maori 0.58.
Candidates
David Kennedy - Green Party List #23
Primary school teacher and organiser for the NZEI union.
Eric Roy - National Party List #25
Assistant Speaker of the House in the last Parliament. Has a farming and forestry background and entered Parliament in 1993.
Ian Carline - ACT Party List #32
Lesley Soper - Labour Party
An electorate-only candidate, she has twice been a list MP (2005 and 2007-2008). Both times she was a replacement list MP and failed to win re-election at the next general election. Chose not to put herself forward for the 2011 party list.
Shane Pleasance - Libertarianz List #7
Stephnie De Ruyter - Democrats for Social Credit List #1
