Helensville (New Zealand electorate)

Helensville was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the Auckland region, returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives. The electorate was first established for the 1978 election, was abolished in 1984, and then reinstated for the 2002 election. The seat was won and held by John Key through his term as prime minister. Chris Penk of the National Party held the seat from the 2017 general election until its abolition in 2020, when it was replaced with the new Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate, which Penk also retained.

Helensville
Former Single-member constituency
for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of within Auckland
RegionAuckland
Former constituency
Created1978 (original), 2002 (recreated)
Abolished1984 (abolished), 2020 (re-abolished)
Last MPChris Penk
PartyNational
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