Otago (New Zealand Electorate)
Otago was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, which was replaced by the Waitaki electorate and Clutha-Southland electorates for the 2008 election.
The seat was held by the National MP Jacqui Dean MP. The seat covered the parts of the Otago region not in either Dunedin seat, excluding Clutha District, which is in Clutha-Southland. The main towns in Otago are Queenstown, Oamaru, Alexandra and Wanaka.
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