1967 Fendalton by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1967 Fendalton by-election New Zealand 1967 presidential 1966 New Zealand general election 1966 general 1969 New Zealand general election 1969 general 1967 04 15 y 15,213 (73.56%) 150x150px Eric Holland New Zealand National Party 7,024 46.17 150x150px Bruce Barclay New Zealand Labour Party 6,738 44.29 MP Harry Lake New Zealand National Party Eric Holland New Zealand National Party The Fendalton by-election of 1967 was a by-election for the electorate of Fendalton on 15 April 1967 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament. It was held the same day as another by-election in Petone.The Evening Post April 15 for two by-elections 3 March 1967 Background The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member the Hon Harry Lake on 21 February 1967; Lake had been Minister of Finance since 1960, a rapid rise to an important ministerial post. He died suddenly of a heart attack aged 55 years.Minister of Finance Dies Aged 55 The New Zealand Herald 22 February 1967 1 Candidates Labour There were two candidates for the Labour Party nomination.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19670321.2.5 Labour's Choice The Press 21 March 1967 CVI 31,324 1 Bruce Barclay, a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board who was Labour's Fendalton candidate in 1963 and 1966 Brian Brooks, a union secretary and industrial law lecturer at the University of Canterbury Barclay was selected. He had contested Fendalton for Labour at both of the previous two general elections.Norton 1988 224 His father Jim Barclay was a Labour MP from 1935 to 1943 and his cousin Ron Barclay had been elected MP for New Plymouth in 1966. National There were four nominees for the National Party candidacy.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19670322.2.166 National Candidate for Fendalton The Press 22 March 1967 CVI 31,323 14 Joseph Richard "Dick" Dawson, A doctor who was National's candidate for Avon in 1966 Tom Flint, a former Christchurch City Councillor who contested Christchurch Central in 1960 and Lyttelton in 1963 Helen Garrett, a Citizens' Association candidate for the Christchurch City Council in 1965 and National's candidate for Sydenham in 1966 Eric Holland, past chairman of the Fendalton Electorate Committee and deputy-chairman National's Canterbury-Westland division Holland was chosen as the National Party's candidate after winning a ballot of 180 party members from the electorate. His father Sidney Holland had previously represented Fendalton from 1946 until 1957 and was Prime Minister from 1949 to 1957 when he retired.Gustafson 1986 321 Social Credit The Social Credit Party selected Joseph John Forster, an employee at the North Canterbury Hospital Board, as its candidate. Forster had contested Fendalton for Social Credit at the 1960 and 1966 elections.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19670225.2.8 Candidate for by-election The Press 25 February 1967 CVI 31,304 1 Others The Liberal Party also contemplated standing a candidate, though the party executive ultimately decided against it. Results The following table gives the election results: The by-election was won by Eric Holland, also of the National Party. Holland was the son of former prime minister Sidney Holland. Despite being a safe National seat, the election night results had a 67-vote majority to Labour's candidate Bruce Barclay, the shock result prompted Leader of the Opposition Norman Kirk to declare that National had lost its mandate to govern.NZ Voters Turn on Government The Canberra Times 17 April 1967 41 11,665 5 However after 1,300 special votes were counted National did manage to hold the seat by just 286 votes a swing of over 5% to Labour.Grant 2014 110 Notes References Grant David The Mighty Totara: The life and times of Norman Kirk 2014 Random House Auckland 9781775535799 Gustafson Barry Barry Gustafson The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party 1986 Reed Methuen 0474001776 Norton Clifford New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science 1988 Victoria University of Wellington Wellington 0-475-11200-8 224 Wood G. A. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament 2 1987 1996 University of Otago Press Dunedin 1 877133 00 0 113 Fendalton 1967 Category:1967 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Christchurch Category:1960s in Christchurch Category:April 1967 in Oceania