Southern Maori by-election, 1967

Southern Maori by-election, 1967

11 March 1967

Candidate Whetu Tirikatene M B Pere Party Labour National Popular vote 4,968 1,371 Percentage 74.31 20.51

MP before election Sir Eruera Tirikatene Labour Elected MP Whetu Tirikatene Labour

The Southern Māori by-election of 1967 was a by-election for the electorate of Southern Maori on 11 March 1967 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member Sir Eruera Tirikatene on 11 January 1967.

The by-election was won by his daughter Whetu Tirikatene (later Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan), also of the Labour Party.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Southern Maori by-election, 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Whetu Tirikatene	4,968	74.31
	National	M B P Pere	1,371	20.51
	Social Credit	J H MacDonald	347	5.18
Majority			3,597	53.80
Turnout			6,686	50.47

References

• Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. p. 400. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
• Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. p. 113. ISBN 1 877133 00 0.