1968 Hutt by-election

Hutt by-election, 1968

3 August 1968 (1968-08-03)

MP before election Sir Walter Nash Labour Elected MP Trevor Young Labour

The Hutt by-election of 1968 was a by-election for the electorate of Hutt on 3 August 1968 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member and former prime minister Sir Walter Nash on 4 June 1968.

The by-election was won by Trevor Young, also of the Labour Party. The National candidate was John Kennedy-Good, the Mayor of Lower Hutt, who had stood for National in the previous general election.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1968 Hutt by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Young	5,968	47.79
	National	John Kennedy-Good	4,576	36.64	-2.24
	Social Credit	Tom Weal	1,649	5.18
	Independent	Nick Ursin	295	2.36
Majority			1,392	11.15
Turnout			12,488	68.04	-18.74
Registered electors			18,354
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. p. 251. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
• Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. p. 113. ISBN 1 877133 00 0.