Riccarton by-election, 1956

27 October 1956


Candidate	Mick Connelly	B G Dingwall	Wilfrid Owen
Party	Labour	National	Social Credit
Popular vote	6,549	2,691	1,379
Percentage	61.45	25.25	12.94

MP before election

Angus McLagan
Labour

Elected MP

Mick Connelly
Labour

The Riccarton by-election 1956 was a by-election held in the Riccarton electorate in Christchurch during the term of the 31st New Zealand Parliament, on 27 October 1956.

The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Angus McLagan of the Labour Party on 4 September 1956.^[1]

The by-election was won by Mick Connelly, also of the Labour Party.^[2]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Riccarton by-election, 1956^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mick Connelly	6,549	61.45
	National	B G Dingwall	2,691	25.25
	Social Credit	Wilfrid Owen	1,379	12.94
	Ind. Social Credit	E Yealands	28	0.26
	Independent	I C Grenfell	11	0.10
Majority			3,858	36.20
Informal votes			40	0.37
Turnout			10,698	66.28
Registered electors			16,140
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

↑ Wilson 1985, p. 216.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 190.
↑ Norton 1988, p. 333.

References

Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Department of Political Science. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

« (1912–1938) « By-elections in New Zealand in the two-party era (1939–1995) » (1996–present) »
26th Parliament	Christchurch South, 1939 Auckland West, 1940 Waipawa, 1940 Waitemata, 1941 Bay of Plenty, 1941 Mid-Canterbury, 1942 Temuka, 1942 Hauraki, 1942 Christchurch East, 1943 Northern Maori, 1943
27th Parliament	Awarua, 1944 Western Maori, 1945 Hamilton, 1945 Dunedin North, 1945 Raglan, 1946
28th Parliament	Avon, 1947 Mount Albert, 1947 Westland, 1947
29th Parliament	Brooklyn, 1951
30th Parliament	Dunedin North, 1953 Onehunga, 1953 Onslow, 1954 Patea, 1954
31st Parliament	Riccarton, 1956 Bay of Plenty, 1957
32nd Parliament	Hamilton, 1959
33rd Parliament	Hurunui, 1961 Waitaki, 1962 Buller, 1962 Timaru, 1962 Otahuhu, 1963 Northern Maori, 1963 Grey Lynn, 1963
34th Parliament	There were no by-elections during the term of the 34th Parliament.
35th Parliament	Southern Maori, 1967 Fendalton, 1967 Petone, 1967 Palmerston North, 1967 Eastern Maori, 1967 Hutt, 1968
36th Parliament	Marlborough, 1970
37th Parliament	Sydenham, 1974
38th Parliament	Nelson, 1976 Mangere, 1977 Pahiatua, 1977 Rangitikei, 1978
39th Parliament	Christchurch Central, 1979 Northern Maori, 1980 Onehunga, 1980 East Coast Bays, 1980
40th Parliament	There were no by-elections during the term of the 40th Parliament.
41st Parliament	Timaru, 1985
42nd Parliament	There were no by-elections during the term of the 42nd Parliament.
43rd Parliament	Tamaki, 1992 Wellington Central, 1992 Tauranga, 1993
44th Parliament	Selwyn, 1994

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.