Onehunga by-election, 1953

Onehunga by-election, 1953
New Zealand
19 December 1953 (1953-12-19)

Turnout 63.4%
 
Candidate Hugh Watt L G Bradley
Party Labour National
Popular vote 6,868 3,385
Percentage 67.0% 33.0%

Member before election

Arthur Osborne
Labour

Elected Member

Hugh Watt
Labour

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:

Onehunga by-election, 1953[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

  1. Wilson 1985, p. 225.
  2. Norton 1988, p. 295.
  3. Wilson 1985, p. 244.

References

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