1941 Bay of Plenty by-election
The Bay of Plenty by-election of 1941 was a by-election for the electorate of Bay of Plenty held on 13 December 1941 during the 26th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member Gordon Hultquist of the Labour Party who was killed in World War II.
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Turnout | 7,699 | |||||||||||||||
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The by-election was won by Bill Sullivan of the National Party; Labour lost a seat.
Results
The following table gives the election results:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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National | Bill Sullivan | 4,675 | 60.72 | ||
Labour | Charles Mills | 3,024 | 39.27 | ||
Informal votes | 136 | 1.76 | |||
Majority | 1,651 | 21.44 | |||
Turnout | 7,699 |
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References
- Declaration of Result of Poll. Bay of Plenty Beacon. 4. 5 January 1942. p. 1. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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