Electoral history of Norman Kirk
This is a summary of the electoral history of Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972–74), Leader of the Labour Party (1965–74), Member of Parliament for Lyttelton (1957–69) and later Sydenham (1969–74).
Parliamentary elections
1954 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | William Gillespie | 6,454 | 52.3 | -8.7 | |
Labour | Norman Kirk | 4,059 | 32.9 | ||
Social Credit | Laurie Cate | 1,829 | 14.8 | ||
Majority | 2,395 | 19.4 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 13,524 | 91.8 | +3.9 |
1957 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | 8,064 | 48.65 | ||
National | Harry Lake | 7,497 | 45.23 | +2.94 | |
Social Credit | Wilfrid Owen | 1,014 | 6.11 | -12.21 | |
Majority | 567 | 3.42 | |||
Turnout | 16,575 | 94.61 | -3.01 | ||
Registered electors | 17,519 |
1960 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | 7,910 | 47.65 | -1.00 | |
National | Jim Hay | 7,650 | 46.08 | ||
Social Credit | Cliff Munnings | 1,040 | 6.26 | ||
Majority | 260 | 1.56 | -1.86 | ||
Turnout | 16,600 | 92.68 | -1.93 | ||
Registered electors | 17,911 |
1963 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | 9,539 | 54.04 | +6.35 | |
National | Tom Flint | 6,862 | 38.87 | ||
Social Credit | Cliff Munnings | 1,249 | 7.07 | +0.81 | |
Majority | 2,677 | 15.16 | +13.60 | ||
Turnout | 17,650 | 92.15 | -0.53 | ||
Registered electors | 19,153 |
1966 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | 9,045 | 52.00 | -2.04 | |
National | Peter de Latour | 6,924 | 39.80 | ||
Social Credit | Cliff Munnings | 1,424 | 8.18 | +1.11 | |
Majority | 2,121 | 12.19 | -2.97 | ||
Turnout | 17,393 | 87.64 | -4.51 | ||
Registered electors | 19,844 |
1969 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | 10,575 | 63.55 | ||
National | Peter Morrisey | 4,549 | 27.33 | ||
Social Credit | Joe Pounsford | 1,285 | 7.72 | -9.67 | |
Independent | Ian Andrew More | 121 | 0.72 | ||
Independent | Michael "Tubby" Hansen | 110 | 0.66 | ||
Majority | 6,026 | 36.21 | |||
Turnout | 16,640 | 86.65 | +3.95 | ||
Registered electors | 19,203 |
1972 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | 11,711 | 67.45 | +3.90 | |
National | J F Burn | 4,722 | 27.19 | ||
Social Credit | A C Easterbrook | 758 | 4.36 | ||
Independent | Michael "Tubby" Hansen | 67 | 0.38 | -0.28 | |
New Democratic | J B Elliot | 62 | 0.35 | ||
Independent | A M Leeman-Smith | 42 | 0.24 | ||
Majority | 6,989 | 40.25 | +4.04 | ||
Turnout | 17,362 | 89.57 | +2.92 | ||
Registered electors | 19,382 |
Local elections
1953 Kaiapoi mayoral election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | 621 | 54.86 | ||
Independent | Owen Hills | 511 | 45.14 | ||
Majority | 110 | 9.71 | |||
Turnout | 1,132 | ||||
Registered electors |
1956 Kaiapoi mayoral election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kirk | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors |
Leadership elections
1963 Deputy-leadership election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
width=5 style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color" | | Hugh Watt | 17 | 51.5 |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color" | | Norman Kirk | 16 | 48.5 |
Majority | 1 | 3.0 | |
Turnout | 33 | — |
1965 Leadership election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
width=5 style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color" | | Norman Kirk | 25 | 71.4 |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color" | | Arnold Nordmeyer | 10 | 28.6 |
Majority | 15 | 42.8 | |
Turnout | 35 | — |
Party elections
1964 Party Conference
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color" | | Norman Kirk | 401 | 70.72% |
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color" | | Jim Bateman | 166 | 29.28% |
Notes
- ^ Norton 1988, pp. 250.
- ^ a b c d Norton 1988, p. 263.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 350.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 351.
- ^ Grant 2014, pp. 45.
- ^ Grant 2014, pp. 50.
- ^ "Kaiapoi". The Press. 19 November 1956. p. 13.
- ^ "Resounding Election Victory - Mr. N. E. Kirk M.P. is New President of Labour Party". The Evening Post. 12 May 1964. p. 18.
References
- Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
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(help) - Hayward, Margaret (1981). Diary of the Kirk Years. Auckland: Reed Publishing. ISBN 0589013505.
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