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</tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">13,077 (63.60%)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #D82A20;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arnold_Nordmeyer_(1950).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Arnold_Nordmeyer_%281950%29.jpg/120px-Arnold_Nordmeyer_%281950%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Arnold_Nordmeyer_%281950%29.jpg/180px-Arnold_Nordmeyer_%281950%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Arnold_Nordmeyer_%281950%29.jpg/240px-Arnold_Nordmeyer_%281950%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3220" data-file-height="4058" /></a></span> </td> <td 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href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected Member</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Nordmeyer" title="Arnold Nordmeyer">Arnold Nordmeyer</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Brooklyn by-election 1951</b> was a by-election held in the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Brooklyn (New Zealand electorate)">Brooklyn</a> electorate in <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a> during the <a href="/wiki/29th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="29th New Zealand Parliament">29th New Zealand Parliament</a>, on 17 February 1951. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Brooklyn_by-election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fraser" title="Peter Fraser">Peter Fraser</a>, who had been <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand" title="Prime Minister of New Zealand">prime minister</a> until the <a href="/wiki/1949_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1949 New Zealand general election">1949 general election</a>, on 17 December 1950 after a long illness.<sup id="cite_ref-DNZB_Fraser_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DNZB_Fraser-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Labour's deputy leader, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Nash" title="Walter Nash">Walter Nash</a> deliberately brought the <a href="/wiki/1951_New_Zealand_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1951 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election">election of leader</a> to replace Fraser to before the by-election so that if the Labour candidate was successful they would be unable to either participate or contest the position as only elected members of the caucus were eligible to stand. His decision caused a heated debate in caucus, though it was eventually voted for by a caucus majority of two to proceed with the early vote.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Brooklyn_by-election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communist_Party">Communist Party</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Brooklyn_by-election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Communist Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_New_Zealand" title="Communist Party of New Zealand">Communist Party</a> (CPNZ) initially offered not to contest the by-election, approaching the Labour Party to withdraw in their favour on condition that Labour adopt several CPNZ policy platforms, notably an immediate withdrawal of <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_in_the_Korean_War" title="New Zealand in the Korean War">New Zealand troops</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. Labour (who supported the Korean War) rebuffed the offer so the CPNZ ran a candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Connie_Birchfield" title="Connie Birchfield">Connie Birchfield</a>, their candidate for Brooklyn in 1949, was selected to stand again. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Labour_Party">Labour Party</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Brooklyn_by-election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Labour Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Labour Party selected its president, former cabinet minister <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Nordmeyer" title="Arnold Nordmeyer">Arnold Nordmeyer</a>, who had lost his seat of <a href="/wiki/Oamaru_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Oamaru (New Zealand electorate)">Oamaru</a> in 1949. He was the sole nominee and therefore selected unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was initially speculation that the president of the <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Central_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wellington Central (New Zealand electorate)">Wellington Central</a> branch <a href="/wiki/Frank_Kitts" title="Frank Kitts">Frank Kitts</a> might stand. Kitts was a <a href="/wiki/Wellington_City_Council" title="Wellington City Council">Wellington City Councillor</a> and Labour's mayoral candidate in <a href="/wiki/1950_Wellington_City_mayoral_election" title="1950 Wellington City mayoral election">1950</a>, who was only narrowly defeated.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Party">National Party</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Brooklyn_by-election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: National Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were four nominees for the National Party candidacy:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berta_Burns" title="Berta Burns">Berta Burns</a>, a former schoolteacher and journalist who was National's candidate for Brooklyn in 1949.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Frickleton" title="Samuel Frickleton">Samuel Frickleton</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> recipient from the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> working as a contact officer at the Rehabilitation Department.</li> <li>Leonard Theodore Jacobsen, a local businessman who was a <a href="/wiki/Wellington_City_Council" title="Wellington City Council">Wellington City Councillor</a> from 1944 until 1950 and National's candidate for <a href="/wiki/Miramar_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Miramar (New Zealand electorate)">Miramar</a> in 1946.</li> <li>Elizabeth Reenberg, a nurse who was a <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Citizens%27_Association" title="Wellington Citizens' Association">Citizens' Association</a> candidate for the Wellington Hospital Board at the 1950 local-body elections.</li></ul> <p>Jacobsen was chosen after winning a ballot of local party members.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Brooklyn_by-election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following table gives the election results: </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1951 Brooklyn by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988203_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988203-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D82A20; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Nordmeyer" title="Arnold Nordmeyer">Arnold Nordmeyer</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,287 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.56 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00529F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td class="fn">Len Jacobsen‎ </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,902 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.88 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #800000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_New_Zealand" title="Communist Party of New Zealand">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Connie_Birchfield" title="Connie Birchfield">Connie Birchfield</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">129 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.55 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.59 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,385 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.67 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,318 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63.60 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−22.13 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">13,077 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Outcomes">Outcomes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Brooklyn_by-election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Outcomes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nordmeyer was elected with a 2.35% swing.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While National had won the <a href="/wiki/1949_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1949 New Zealand general election">1949 election</a>, both the <a href="/wiki/1950_Wellington_City_mayoral_election" title="1950 Wellington City mayoral election">1950 local body elections</a> and the by-election result <i>pointed to the fact that National's hold on power was tenuous.</i><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> National's vote fell causing party officials concern over many urban seats which had been won in 1949 only by low majorities. Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Keith_Holyoake" title="Keith Holyoake">Keith Holyoake</a> denied that the government's popularity had been impaired and stated that Labour had not offered any worthy suggestions on how the problems of the day could be handled.<sup id="cite_ref-Brooklyn_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brooklyn-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Brooklyn_by-election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-DNZB_Fraser-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DNZB_Fraser_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBeaglehole" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Beaglehole" title="Tim Beaglehole">Beaglehole, Tim</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4f22">"Fraser, Peter"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_New_Zealand_Biography" title="Dictionary of New Zealand Biography">Dictionary of New Zealand Biography</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Culture_and_Heritage" title="Ministry for Culture and Heritage">Ministry for Culture and Heritage</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Jacobsen National Candidate For Brooklyn". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dominion_(Wellington)" title="The Dominion (Wellington)">The Dominion</a></i>. 24 January 1951. p. 8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Dominion&rft.atitle=Mr.+L.+T.+Jacobsen+National+Candidate+For+Brooklyn&rft.pages=8&rft.date=1951-01-24&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1951+Brooklyn+by-election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENorton1988203-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorton1988203_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNorton1988">Norton 1988</a>, p. 203.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNorton1988" class="citation book cs1">Norton, Clifford (1988). <i>New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science</i>. 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Wellington: Reed. p. 91.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Confrontation+%2751%3A+the+1951+Waterfront+Dispute&rft.place=Wellington&rft.pages=91&rft.pub=Reed&rft.date=1972&rft.aulast=Bassett&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1951+Brooklyn+by-election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Brooklyn-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Brooklyn_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Labour Retains Brooklyn Seat With 2260 Majority in Small By-election Poll". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dominion_(Wellington)" title="The Dominion (Wellington)">The Dominion</a></i>. 19 February 1951.</cite><span 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<li><a href="/wiki/1945_Dunedin_North_by-election" title="1945 Dunedin North by-election">Dunedin North, 1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Raglan_by-election" title="1946 Raglan by-election">Raglan, 1946</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/28th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="28th New Zealand Parliament">28th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947_Avon_by-election" title="1947 Avon by-election">Avon, 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Mount_Albert_by-election" title="1947 Mount Albert by-election">Mount Albert, 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Westland_by-election" title="1947 Westland by-election">Westland, 1947</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/29th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="29th New Zealand Parliament">29th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brooklyn, 1951</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/30th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="30th New Zealand Parliament">30th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1953_North_Dunedin_by-election" title="1953 North Dunedin by-election">Dunedin North, 1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Onehunga_by-election" title="1953 Onehunga by-election">Onehunga, 1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Onslow_by-election" title="1954 Onslow by-election">Onslow, 1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Patea_by-election" title="1954 Patea by-election">Patea, 1954</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/31st_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="31st New Zealand Parliament">31st Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1956_Riccarton_by-election" title="1956 Riccarton by-election">Riccarton, 1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Bay_of_Plenty_by-election" title="1957 Bay of Plenty by-election">Bay of Plenty, 1957</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/32nd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="32nd New Zealand Parliament">32nd Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_Hamilton_by-election" title="1959 Hamilton by-election">Hamilton, 1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/33rd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="33rd New Zealand Parliament">33rd Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1961_Hurunui_by-election" title="1961 Hurunui by-election">Hurunui, 1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Waitaki_by-election" title="1962 Waitaki by-election">Waitaki, 1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Buller_by-election" title="1962 Buller by-election">Buller, 1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Timaru_by-election" title="1962 Timaru by-election">Timaru, 1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Otahuhu_by-election" title="1963 Otahuhu by-election">Otahuhu, 1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Northern_Maori_by-election" title="1963 Northern Maori by-election">Northern Maori, 1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Grey_Lynn_by-election" title="1963 Grey Lynn by-election">Grey Lynn, 1963</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/34th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="34th New Zealand Parliament">34th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>There were no by-elections during the term of the 34th Parliament.</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/35th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="35th New Zealand Parliament">35th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1967_Southern_Maori_by-election" title="1967 Southern Maori by-election">Southern Maori, 1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Fendalton_by-election" title="1967 Fendalton by-election">Fendalton, 1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Petone_by-election" title="1967 Petone by-election">Petone, 1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Palmerston_North_by-election" title="1967 Palmerston North by-election">Palmerston North, 1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Eastern_Maori_by-election" title="1967 Eastern Maori by-election">Eastern Maori, 1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Hutt_by-election" title="1968 Hutt by-election">Hutt, 1968</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/36th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="36th New Zealand Parliament">36th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Marlborough_by-election" title="1970 Marlborough by-election">Marlborough, 1970</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/37th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="37th New Zealand Parliament">37th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1974_Sydenham_by-election" title="1974 Sydenham by-election">Sydenham, 1974</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/38th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="38th New Zealand Parliament">38th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_Nelson_by-election" title="1976 Nelson by-election">Nelson, 1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Mangere_by-election" title="1977 Mangere by-election">Mangere, 1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Pahiatua_by-election" title="1977 Pahiatua by-election">Pahiatua, 1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Rangitikei_by-election" title="1978 Rangitikei by-election">Rangitikei, 1978</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/39th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="39th New Zealand Parliament">39th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_Christchurch_Central_by-election" title="1979 Christchurch Central by-election">Christchurch Central, 1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Northern_Maori_by-election" title="1980 Northern Maori by-election">Northern Maori, 1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Onehunga_by-election" title="1980 Onehunga by-election">Onehunga, 1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_East_Coast_Bays_by-election" title="1980 East Coast Bays by-election">East Coast Bays, 1980</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/40th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="40th New Zealand Parliament">40th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>There were no by-elections during the term of the 40th Parliament.</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/41st_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="41st New Zealand Parliament">41st Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_Timaru_by-election" title="1985 Timaru by-election">Timaru, 1985</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/42nd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="42nd New Zealand Parliament">42nd Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>There were no by-elections during the term of the 42nd Parliament.</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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