1957 Bay of Plenty by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 February 2022 1957 Bay of Plenty by-election New Zealand 1957 presidential 1954 New Zealand general election 1954 general 1957 New Zealand general election 1957 general 1957 04 06 y 9,233 (72.15%) 150x150px Percy Allen New Zealand National Party 5,290 53.99 100px Godfrey Santon New Zealand Labour Party 4,091 41.75 MP Bill Sullivan New Zealand National Party Percy Allen New Zealand National Party The Bay of Plenty by-election 1957 was a by-election held in the Bay of Plenty electorate in the Bay of Plenty during the term of the 31st New Zealand Parliament on 6 April 1957. Background The by-election was caused by the resignation of incumbent MP Bill Sullivan of the National Party for personal reasons on 13 February 1957.Wilson 1985 237 Candidates Labour Thomas Godfrey Santon, a Taneaua dairy farmer who stood in the Bay of Plenty seat in 1954, was selected to stand in the seat again for the Labour Party.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19570221.2.85 Bay of Plenty By-Election – Candidates For Seat The Press 21 February 1957 XCV 28208 12 24 February 2022 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19570316.2.16 Bay of Plenty By-Election – Three Candidates In Contest The Press 16 March 1957 XCV 28228 2 24 February 2022 Liberal Federation Reginald Joseph Pedley stood for the Liberal Federation, a newly created party. The president of the Liberal Federation, James Hill-Motion, stated that the party planned to use the by-election campaign to advertise its policies to New Zealanders. He also pushed back on jibes that his party were "dissenting Social Crediters" instead saying "We are dissenting Nationalists, but we see a danger for the country in socialism." Hill-Motion had been a Social Credit candidate for Manawatu in 1954, but regretted his nomination. National There were seven names that went forward for the National Party nomination:https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19570227.2.132 Bay of Plenty Seat – National Party Candidate The Press 27 February 1957 XCV 28213 12 24 February 2022 Gustafson 1986 357,64 Lance Adams-Schneider, a businessman and member of the Taumarunui Borough Council Percy Allen, a plastering contractor and National's candidate for Rotorua in 1954 Donald C. Butler, a farmer and Chairman of the Whakatane County Council A. T. Dillon, a farmer from Te Kuiti Toby Gambrill, a lawyer from Gisborne David Norman Perry, secretary of the Tekaha Co-operative Dairy Company and secretary of the New Life Movement in the Presbyterian Church D. S. Radcliffe, a farmer from Edgecombe Butler, the chairman of the South Auckland division of the National Party, was initially seen as the likeliest candidate to win the National nomination.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19570207.2.141 Bay of Plenty Electorate – By-Election Likely In April The Press 7 February 1957 XCV 28196 12 24 February 2022 On 11 March a selection meeting of about 140 branch delegates in Whakatane was held and chose Allen as the party candidate for the by-election.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19570312.2.72 Bay of Plenty Seat – National Party Candidate The Press 12 March 1957 XCV 28224 10 24 February 2022 Social Credit The Social Credit Party decided not to contest the by-election due to the proximity to the general election, due in several months, an opinion shared by the party's Bay of Plenty branch.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19570216.2.121.22 Not To Contest By-Election The Evening Post 16 February 1957 15 Results The following table gives the election results: The by-election was won by Allen who remained MP for the electorate until he retired in 1975.Wilson 1985 179 Notes References Norton Clifford New Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987 1988 Victoria University of Wellington Department of Political Science Wellington 0-475-11200-8 Wilson James Oakley New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 Gustafson Barry Barry Gustafson The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party 1986 Reed Methuen Auckland 0-474-00177-6 Bay of Plenty 1957 Category:1957 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Bay of Plenty Region