The Bay of Plenty by-election of 1941 was a by-election for the electorate of Bay of Plenty held on 13 December 1941 during the 26th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member Gordon Hultquist of the Labour Party who was killed in World War II.
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The by-election was won by Bill Sullivan of the National Party; Labour lost a seat.
Campaign edit
Initially there was speculation that there would be no election necessary and that the National Party would not stand a candidate after the death of an MP on service in wartime (as happened in the Waitemata by-election).[1] This was not to be the case and National stood their candidate from the 1938 election and former Mayor of Whakatane Bill Sullivan.[2]
The Labour Party selected Charles Mills, a baker, as their candidate. He was an elected member of the Poverty Bay Electric Power Board and had been a campaign organiser for Hultquist in Bay of Plenty in both the 1935 and 1938 elections.[3]
The incipient Democratic Labour Party (DLP), who had recently formed a branch in the electorate in Opotiki, also contemplated standing a candidate.[4] However the DLP did not contest the seat.
Results edit
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| National | Bill Sullivan | 4,675 | 60.72 | +11.91 | |
| Labour | Charles Mills | 3,024 | 39.27 | ||
| Informal votes | 136 | 1.76 | +1.11 | ||
| Majority | 1,651 | 21.44 | |||
| Turnout | 7,699 | 83.48 | -9.03 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,222 | ||||
References edit
- ^ Contest Assured. Vol. LXVIII. 11 November 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Bay of Plenty Seat - National Party's Candidate. Vol. LXXVII. 21 November 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Labour Nominee. Vol. LXVIII. 19 November 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Bay of Plenty Seat. Vol. LXVIII. 17 November 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll". Bay of Plenty Beacon. Vol. 4, no. 199. 5 January 1942. p. 1. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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