Incumbent Waitaki Electorate MP Jacqui Dean minutes after her election win. Photo: Shannon GilliesSupported by a crew of about 40 people, Waitaki Electorate incumbent MP Jacqui Dean romped home to a fifth term in Parliament in the comfortable surrounds of the Oamaru Opera House on Saturday night. She said she saw the position of an electorate MP as privileged and pledged to do what she could to aid the electorate’s roading, tourism and health infrastructure. The Electoral Commission website preliminary results showed Mrs Dean securing the seat with 22,308 votes compared with Labour first-time candidate Zelie Allan’s 10,795. The Oamaru Mail reported in 2014 that Mrs Dean attracted22,414 votes.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 24, 2017 16:07 UTC