Hamilton by-election, 1959

Hamilton by-election, 1959
2 May 1959 (1959-05-02)
Turnout 13,555 (78.40%)

 
Candidate Lance Adams-Schneider Ben Waters
Party National Labour
Popular vote 7,832 4,844
Percentage 57.89 35.81
Member before election

Hilda Ross
National

 Elected Member

Lance Adams-Schneider
National

The Hamilton by-election 1959 was a by-election held in the Hamilton electorate in Hamilton in the Waikato during the term of the 32nd New Zealand Parliament, on 2 May 1959.

The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Hilda Ross of the National Party on 6 March 1959.[1]

The by-election was won by Lance Adams-Schneider, also of the National Party.[2]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Hamilton by-election, 1959[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Lance Adams-Schneider 7,832 57.89
Labour Ben Waters 4,844 35.81 -7.35
Social Credit Frederick Charles Roberts 852 6.30
Majority 2,988 22.09
Informal votes 27 0.20
Turnout 13,555 78.40 -13.87
Registered electors 17,289
National hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 231.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 179.
  3. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 233.

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.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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