Wellington Central by-election, 1992

Wellington Central by-election, 1992
New Zealand
12 December 1992 (1992-12-12)

Turnout 63.30%
 
Candidate Chris Laidlaw Pauline Gardiner Denis Welch
Party Labour National Alliance
Popular vote 6,075 5,220 3,407
Percentage 38.83 33.37 21.78

Member before election

Fran Wilde
Labour

Elected Member

Chris Laidlaw
Labour

The Wellington Central by-election 1992 was a by-election held in the Wellington Central electorate during the 43rd New Zealand Parliament, on 12 December 1992. It was caused by the resignation of incumbent MP Fran Wilde after her election as mayor of Wellington and was won by Chris Laidlaw with a majority of 855.[1]

Previous election

1990 general election: Wellington Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Fran Wilde 9,069 41.39
National Pauline Gardiner 8,823 40.26
Green Stephen Rainbow 3,164 14.45
NewLabour J Montgomery 604 2.76
McGillicuddy Serious P P Clarke 175 0.80
Democrats R Henderson 49 0.22
Communist J M Roth 29 0.13
Majority 246 1.12
Turnout 21,913 88.67
Registered electors 24,714

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Wellington Central by-election, 1992
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Chris Laidlaw 6,075 38.83 -2.55
National Pauline Gardiner 5,220 33.37 -6.90
Alliance Denis Welch 3,407 21.78 +4.361
Independent David Stevenson 389 2.49
Natural Law Ian Douglas 263 1.68
Christian Heritage Wayne Chapman 154 0.98
Independent Tim Shadbolt 64 0.41
Wizard Party Anthony Catford 40 0.26
Values John Carter 17 0.11
Communist League Felicty Coggan 14 0.09
Christ's Ambassadors Union Victor Bryers 1 0.01
Majority 855 5.47 +4.34
Turnout 15,644 63.302 -25.372
Labour hold Swing

1 Alliance vote change from 3,817 combined vote for Green Party, New Labour and Democrats in 1990 election.

2 Based on 1990 election figures.

References

  1. "By-election Special". The Evening Post. 14 December 1992. pp. 23–24.
  2. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.


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