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1963 Otahuhu by-election

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Otahuhu by-election, 1963

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Turnout51.2%
 
Candidate Bob Tizard Thomas Tucker
Party Labour National
Popular vote 6,108 3,450
Percentage 63.1 35.6

Member before election

James Deas
Labour

Elected Member

Bob Tizard
Labour

The Otahuhu by-election 1963 was a by-election held in the Otahuhu electorate in Auckland during the term of the 33rd New Zealand Parliament, on 16 March 1963.

The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP James Deas of the Labour Party on 27 January 1963.[1] The by-election was won by Bob Tizard, also of the Labour Party.[2] As the electorate was to be abolished and replaced by the Pakuranga electorate at the 1963 election election, Tizard represented it from 16 March to 29 October only.[2]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1963 Otahuhu by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Tizard 6,108 63.07
National Thomas Tucker 3,450 35.64 -3.69
Communist Stan Hieatt 125 1.29 +0.60
Majority 2,658 27.45
Turnout 9,683 51.10 -39.89
Registered electors 18,947
Labour hold Swing

Notes

  1. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 192.
  2. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 240.
  3. ^ Norton 1988, p. 300.

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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)