Eastern Maori by-election, 1967

12 August 1967 (1967-08-12)



Candidate	Paraone Reweti	Arnold Reedy	C. M. Paul
Party	Labour	National	Social Credit
Popular vote	4,460	2,416	1,219
Percentage	49.49	26.81	13.53

MP before election

Puti Tipene Watene
Labour

Elected MP

Paraone Reweti
Labour

The Eastern Māori by-election of 1967 was a by-election for the electorate of Eastern Maori on 12 August 1967 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament.

The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member Puti Tipene Watene on 14 June 1967.

The by-election was won by Paraone Reweti, also of the Labour Party.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Eastern Maori by-election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paraone Reweti	4,460	49.49
	National	Arnold Reedy	2,416	26.81
	Social Credit	C M Paul	1,219	13.53
	Independent Maori	D M Bennett	671	7.45
	Independent	O K Te Huata	246	2.73
Majority			2,044	22.68
Turnout			9,012	60.70

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. 395. 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.

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