Otahuhu by-election, 1963

Otahuhu by-election, 1963

16 March 1963

Turnout 86.96%   Candidate Bob Tizard T J L Tucker Party Labour National Popular vote 9,247 6,473 Percentage 56.19 39.34

Member before election James Deas Labour Elected Member Bob Tizard Labour

The Otahuhu by-election 1963 was a by-election held in the Otahuhu electorate in Auckland during the term of the 33rd New Zealand Parliament, on 16 March 1963.

The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP James Deas of the Labour Party on 27 January 1963.^[1] The by-election was won by Bob Tizard, also of the Labour Party.^[2] As the electorate was to be abolished and replaced by the Pakuranga electorate at the 1963 election election, Tizard represented it from 16 March to 29 October only.^[2]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Otahuhu by-election, 1963^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bob Tizard	9,247	56.19
	National	T J L Tucker	6,473	39.34
	Social Credit	A R Donovan	622	3.78
	Communist	S H Hieatt	114	0.69
Majority			2,774	16.86
Informal votes			21	0.13
Turnout			11,795	86.96
Registered electors			18,947
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

1. Wilson 1985, p. 192.
2. Wilson 1985, p. 240.
3. Norton 1988, p. 300.

References

• Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Department of Political Science. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.