Otahuhu by-election, 1963

Otahuhu by-election, 1963
New Zealand
16 March 1963
Turnout 86.96%

 
Candidate Bob Tizard T J L Tucker
Party Labour National
Popular vote 9,247 6,473
Percentage 56.19 39.34

Member before election

James Deas
Labour

Elected Member

Bob Tizard
Labour

The Otahuhu by-election 1963 was a by-election held in the Otahuhu electorate in Auckland during the term of the 33rd New Zealand Parliament, on 16 March 1963.

The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP James Deas of the Labour Party on 27 January 1963.[1] The by-election was won by Bob Tizard, also of the Labour Party.[2] As the electorate was to be abolished and replaced by the Pakuranga electorate at the 1963 election election, Tizard represented it from 16 March to 29 October only.[2]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Otahuhu by-election, 1963[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Bob Tizard 9,247 56.19
National T J L Tucker 6,473 39.34
Social Credit A R Donovan 622 3.78
Communist S H Hieatt 114 0.69
Majority 2,774 16.86
Informal votes 21 0.13
Turnout 11,795 86.96
Registered electors 18,947
Labour hold Swing

Notes

  1. Wilson 1985, p. 192.
  2. 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 240.
  3. Norton 1988, p. 300.

References

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