Onehunga by-election, 1953

Onehunga by-election, 1953
19 December 1953 (1953-12-19)
Turnout 63.4%

 
Candidate Hugh Watt Leonard George Bradley
Party Labour National
Popular vote 6,868 3,385
Percentage 67.0% 33.0%
Member before election

Arthur Osborne
Labour

 Elected Member

Hugh Watt
Labour

The Onehunga by-election 1953 was a by-election held in the Onehunga electorate in Auckland during the term of the 30th New Zealand Parliament, on 19 December 1953.

The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Arthur Osborne of the Labour Party on 15 November 1953.[1] The by-election was won by Hugh Watt, also of the Labour Party.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Onehunga by-election, 1953[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Hugh Watt 6,868 66.99
National Leonard George Bradley 3,385 33.01 -10.01
Majority 3,483 33.97
Informal votes 13 0.13
Turnout 13,749 63.48 -23.51
Registered electors 16,171
Labour hold Swing

Watt represented the electorate until he retired at the 1975 election.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 225.
  2. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 295.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 244.

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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