Western Maori by-election, 1945

Western Maori by-election, 1945
10 February 1945 (1945-02-10)
Turnout 9,335

 
Candidate Matiu Ratana Pei te Hurinui Jones
Party Labour National
Popular vote 4,697 2,908
Percentage 53.6% 33.2%
Member before election

Toko Ratana
Labour

 Elected Member

Matiu Ratana
Labour

The Western Maori by-election 1945 was a by-election held in the Western Maori electorate during the 28th New Zealand Parliament, on 10 February 1945.

Background

The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Toko Ratana on 30 October 1944. He had been the MP since 1935.

The by-election was won by his younger brother Matiu Ratana who also succeeded him as head of the Ratana Church. They were sons of the church founder T W Ratana. Ratana had an electoral alliance with Labour

The challenger Pei te Hurinui Jones was supported by National and Kingitanga, the Maori King Movement.

The other six challengers all lost their deposits, although one motorist complainant was aggrieved that all the candidates got a petrol allocation of 250 gallons when the usual personal allocation was ten or fifteen gallons![1]

Results

The following table gives the election results (the results included some "servicemens votes" [2] from overseas):[3][4][5]

Western Maori by-election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Matiu Ratana 4,697 53.63
National Pei Te Hurinui Jones 2,908 33.20
Independent W Piahana 452 5.16
Independent T R Tupaea 371 4.24
Independent R P R M Amohanga 111 1.27
Independent P Reweti 108 1.23
Independent Labour K Erueti 93 1.06
Independent R K Hou 41 0.47
Majority 1,789 19.16
Informal votes 554
Turnout 9,335

References

  1. ↑ "Petrol allowances protest by motorists". Auckland Star" in Papers Past (New Zealand). 15 February 1945.
  2. ↑ "Labour win (provisional)". Auckland Star in Papers Past (New Zealand). 12 February 1945.
  3. ↑ "Western Maori (final result)". Evening Post in Papers Past (New Zealand). 17 February 1945.
  4. ↑ "Labour win (provisional)". Evening Post in Papers Past (New Zealand). 12 February 1945.
  5. ↑ "Labour keeps seat (provisional)". Bay of Plenty Times in Papers Past (New Zealand). 12 February 1945.


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