Dear Mr Stuart Peters, I understand that you also sent the same request (copy attached) for candidate information to the Electoral Commission e-mail address ([Electoral Commission request email]) on 17 September 2013. I trust that the response provided to you by the Commission on 25 July 2013 (below) has already addressed your query. Yours sincerely Kristina Temel Electoral Commission -----Original Message----- From: Kristina Temel Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013 10:43 a.m. To: Electoral Commission Subject: RE: Candidate information Dear Mr Stuart Peters, I understand that you sent the same request for candidate information to the State Services Commission ("SSC") on 23 July 2013. As this information is not held by the SSC, and is in line with the functions of the Electoral Commission, SSC transferred the request to the Commission under the Official Information Act 1982 Section 14(b) on 31 July 2013. I trust that the response provided to you by the Commission on 25 July 2013 (below) has addressed your query. Yours sincerely Kristina Temel Electoral Commission -----Original Message----- From: Kristina Temel Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2013 11:51 p.m. To: Electoral Commission Subject: Candidate information Dear Mr Stuart Peters, Thank you for your request of 23 July 2013 for candidate information for parliamentary MMP elections (1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, and 2011) and by-elections (1993-2008). All of the information you require is available from the following website: http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/. To find the party lists for each of the parliamentary elections, go to the election listed, then go into 'statistics' (though this step is not necessary for elections prior to 2002), then go into the allocation of list seats chapter 3 and you will find the party lists of both successful and unsuccessful parties. I have included a link to the party list data for the 2002 election to illustrate: http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2002/e9/html/e9_part3.html http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2002/e9/html/e9_part3_2.html To find the nominated candidates for each electorate at each election, go to the election listed, then go into 'statistics' (though this step is not necessary for elections prior to 2002), then go into the polling place analysis by electorate chapter 6, then to each electorate and you will find the complete set of data for each electorate. I have included a link to the electorate candidate data for Mt Albert in the 2008 general election to illustrate: http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/e9/html/e9_part8_cand_26.html To find the electorate candidates for each of the by-elections, go into the by-election listed, you will see overview candidate data. If you want more information you can go into the 'statistical breakdown tab'. I have included a link to the details for the Mt Albert By-election 2009 to illustrate: http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/2009_mt_albert_byelection/ I hope you find the election results website useful for your research. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Yours sincerely Kristina Temel Electoral Commission ________________________________________ From: [email address] [[email address]] on behalf of Electoral Commission [[email address]] Sent: Tuesday, 23 July 2013 12:15 p.m. To: Kristina Temel Subject: Form submission from: Contact the Electoral Commission Submitted on Tue, 07/23/2013 - 12:15 Submitted by user: Submitted values are: Reason for contact: Request Name: Stuart Peters Email: [email address] --Issue Type-- Issue Types: Parties and Candidates Your Message: Dear Electoral Commission, I would like to request available data of candidates submitted by each party in each of the parliamentary elections held under MMP (1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, and 2011). I would like both the ranked list candidates for each party, and the nominated candidates for each electorate. I would also like the same data on candidates for any and all electorate by-elections held between 1993 and 2008. Your help is much appreciated. If you could please acknowledge receipt of this email with an indication of the estimated time for a full response, that would be fantastic. Yours faithfully, Stuart Peters ************************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message and attachments do not necessarily reflect the views of the New Zealand Electoral Commission and may contain information that is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you must not use, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail message or its attachments. 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