Electoral district of Kingston

Kingston金斯顿 Jīnsīdùnキングストン KingusutonEnderronian Parliament 	Kingston金斯顿 Jīnsīdùnキングストン KingusutonEnderronian Parliament 	Kingston金斯顿 Jīnsīdùnキングストン KingusutonEnderronian Parliament
Location of Kingston in New Plymouth 	Location of Kingston in New Plymouth 	Location of Kingston in New Plymouth
District Details 	District Details 	District Details
Created 	1818 	
MP 	Jeremy Mitschke 	
Party 	Social Democrats 	
Namesake 	Kingston, New Plymouth 	
Electors 	119,538 	
Area 	11 km² 	
Demographic 	Inner metropolitan 	
Kingston is an electoral district of the Enderronian Parliament in New Plymouth. It was created in 1818 and first contested at the inaugural general election later that year. It is one of two electorates contested at every election since 1818, the other being Wentworth in Wentworth Metropolis. The district of Kingston is located in the city's densely populated inner western suburbs, and is one of the smallest electorates by area.
The sitting member, since the 2018 federal election, is Jeremy Mitschke, a member of the Social Democratic Party.
==History==
Kingston was long regarded as Enderron's most well-known "bellwether seat". From the 1937 election until the 2010 election, Kingston was won by the party that also won the election. In the 2014 election, Liberal incumbent Hailey Gillam narrowly held Kingston by a two-party preferred margin of 0.67 percent, while the Social Democratic Party defeated the Liberals in the overall election and formed government, breaking the 77-year streak and making Gillam the seat's first opposition MP since 1934. The seat returned to the party of government in the following election in 2018, after Gillam was defeated by the Social Democrats' Jeremy Mitschke.
==Members==
# 	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
1 	width="3%"	Francis Barden 	Independent 	1818–1825
1 	 	Francis Barden 	Progressive 	1825–1840
2 	 	William Ferdinand	Liberal 	1840–1843
3 	 	Steven Forde 	Conservative 	1843–1852
4 	 	John Clayton 	Conservative 	1852–1855
5 	 	Oliver Noakes 	Liberal 	1855–1867
(4)	 	John Clayton 	Conservative 	1867–1868
6 	 	James T. Newnes 	Liberal 	1868–1871
7 	 	Charles Morris 	Conservative 	1871–1875
(6)	 	James T. Newnes 	Liberal 	1875–1879
8 	 	Allan Watkins 	Liberal 	1879–1891
9 	 	Julius Findley 	Liberal 	1891–1901
10 	 	David Fisher 	Liberal 	1901–1902
10 	 	David Fisher 	Conservative 	1902–1907
10 	 	David Fisher 	People's 	1907–1914
11 	 	Ernest Thompson 	People's 	1914–1923
12 	 	William Oxley 	People's 	1923–1943
12 	 	William Oxley 	United 	1943–1963
13 	 	David Wallace 	United 	1963–1970
14 	 	Jeff Brown 	Social Democrats	1970–1986
15 	 	J. K. Parkes 	United 	1986–1990
16 	 	Alexander Tam 	Social Democrats	1990–1999
17 	 	Harry White 	Social Democrats	1999–2002
18 	 	David Silberman 	Liberal 	2002–2007
19 	 	Hailey Gillam 	Liberal 	2007–2018
20 	 	Jeremy Mitschke 	Social Democrats	2018–
==Election results==
Enderronian federal election, 2018: Kingston	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Kingston	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Kingston	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Kingston	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Kingston	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Kingston
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	Liberal 	Hailey Gillam 	36,690 	33.17 	–11.84
 	Social Democrats 	Jeremy Mitschke 	27,918 	25.24 	–5.33
 	Pirate 	Andrew Shomo 	19,490 	17.62 	+17.62
 	Greens 	Katy Zakis 	15,994 	14.46 	–2.88
 	Left Bloc 	Rei Katayama 	4,026 	3.64 	+1.53
 	Christian Alliance 	Caitlin Jackson 	2,467 	2.23 	–0.57
 	Libertarian 	Billy Harrigan 	1,748 	1.58 	+1.58
 	Anti-Development 	Roger Gardner 	1,405 	1.27 	–1.30
 	Unity 	Damaris Shu 	874 	0.79 	+0.12
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	110,612 	95.95 	+0.21
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	4,671 	4.05 	–0.21
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	115,283 	96.44 	+2.35
Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result
 	Social Democrats 	Jeremy Mitschke 	61,655 	55.74 	+6.41
 	Liberal 	Hailey Gillam 	48,957 	44.26 	–6.41
 	Social Democrats gain from Liberal 	Social Democrats gain from Liberal 	Swing 	+6.41 	
Electoral districts of the Enderronian Parliament in New Plymouth City
Aston · Burleigh · Burwood · Carrera · Douglas · East Lynn · Epping · Hexham · Kingston · Lewisham · Pollock · Rochester · Shellbourne · Stewart · Taylor · West Lynn · White Beach