Fendalton by-election, 1967

Fendalton by-election, 1967
15 April 1967 (1967-04-15)

 
Candidate Eric Holland Bruce Barclay
Party National Labour
Popular vote 7,024 6,738
Percentage 46.21 44.29
MP before election

Harry Lake
National

 Elected MP

Eric Holland
National

The Fendalton by-election of 1967 was a by-election for the electorate of Fendalton on 15 April 1967 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament.

Background

The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member the Hon Harry Lake on 21 February 1967; Lake had been Minister of Finance since 1960, a rapid rise to an important ministerial post. He died suddenly of a heart attack aged 55 years.

The by-election was won by Eric Holland, also of the National Party. Holland was the son of former prime minister Sidney Holland. Despite being a safe National seat, the election night results had a 67-vote majority to Labour's candidate Bruce Barclay, however after special votes were counted National did manage to hold the seat by just 286 votes a swing of over 5% to Labour.[1]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Fendalton by-election, 1967
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Eric Holland 7,024 46.2
Labour Bruce Barclay 6,738 44.3 +6.1
Social Credit J J Foster 1,451 9.5 -1.0
Majority 286 1.9
Turnout 20,681 73.7
National hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Grant 2014, pp. 110.

References

  • Grant, David (2014). The Mighty Totara: The life and times of Norman Kirk. Auckland: Random House. ISBN 9781775535799.
  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. p. 224. 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.


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