Onehunga by-election, 1953
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The Onehunga by-election 1953 was a by-election held in the Onehunga electorate in Auckland during the term of the 30th New Zealand Parliament, on 19 December 1953.
The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Arthur Osborne of the Labour Party on 15 November 1953.[1] The by-election was won by Hugh Watt, also of the Labour Party.
Results
The following table gives the election results:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Hugh Watt | 6,868 | 66.99 | ||
National | L. G. Bradley | 3,385 | 33.01 | ||
Majority | 3,483 | 33.97 | |||
Informal votes | 13 | 0.13 | |||
Turnout | 13,749 | 63.48 | |||
Registered electors | 16,171 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Watt represented the electorate until he retired at the 1975 election.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 225.
- ↑ Norton 1988, p. 295.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 244.
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.
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