1941 Bay of Plenty by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1941 Bay of Plenty by-election New Zealand 1941 presidential 1938 New Zealand general election 1938 general 1943 New Zealand general election 1943 general 13 December 1941 7,699 (83.48%) 100px Bill Sullivan New Zealand National Party 4,675 60.72 100px Charles Mills New Zealand Labour Party 3,024 39.27 MP Gordon Hultquist Bill Sullivan New Zealand Labour Party New Zealand National Party 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. The by-election was won by Bill Sullivan of the National Party; Labour lost a seat. Campaign Initially there was speculation that there would be no election necessary and that the National Party would not stand a candidate after the death of an MP on service in wartime (as happened in the Waitemata by-election).Contest Assured 11 November 1941 Gisborne Herald LXVIII 20610 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19411111.2.31 4 8 October 2020 This was not to be the case and National stood their candidate from the 1938 election and former Mayor of Whakatane Bill Sullivan.Bay of Plenty Seat - National Party's Candidate 21 November 1941 The Press LXXVII 23492 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19411121.2.48 6 8 October 2020 The Labour Party selected Charles Mills, a baker, as their candidate. He was an elected member of the Poverty Bay Electric Power Board and had been a campaign organiser for Hultquist in Bay of Plenty in both the 1935 and 1938 elections.Labour Nominee 19 November 1941 Gisborne Herald LXVIII 20617 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19411119.2.73 6 8 October 2020 The incipient Democratic Labour Party (DLP), who had recently formed a branch in the electorate in Ōpōtiki, also contemplated standing a candidate.Bay of Plenty Seat 17 November 1941 Gisborne Herald LXVIII 20615 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19411117.2.21 3 8 October 2020 However the DLP did not contest the seat. Results The following table gives the election results: References Bay of Plenty 1941 Category:1941 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Bay of Plenty Region Category:December 1941 in Oceania