1963 Northern Maori by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 January 2022 1963 Northern Maori by-election New Zealand 1963 presidential no 1960 New Zealand general election 1960 general 1963 New Zealand general election 1963 general 1963 03 16 y 7,350 (58.10%) 150x150px Matiu Rata New Zealand Labour Party 3,090 42.04 150x150px James Hēnare New Zealand National Party 2,643 35.96 MP Tāpihana Paikea New Zealand Labour Party Matiu Rata New Zealand Labour Party The Northern Maori by-election of 1963 was a by-election for the electorate of Northern Maori on 16 March 1963 during the 33rd New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member Tāpihana Paikea on 7 January 1963.Wilson 1985 225 It was held the same day as the Otahuhu by-election. The by-election was won by Matiu Rata, also of the Labour Party.Wilson 1985 228 The by-election was contested by nine candidates, including James Hēnare who had stood for the National Party several times previously. Background and candidates Labour There were multiple nominations for the Labour Party candidacy:Candidate Next Week The New Zealand Herald 16 February 1963 3 Grace Pitua Bidois, president of the Waitemata District Council of the Māori Women's Welfare League Te Kaiaraiha Hui, of Whangārei Dr. Manahi Nitama Paewai, a member of the Kaikohe Borough Council Eru Moka Pou, a Ngāpuhi chief and National candidate in 1943 Brownie Pūriri, assistant controller of the Māori Welfare Department Matiu Rata, union organiser and president of the Auckland Ratana Church Committee Andrew Milton Rollo, member of the Mangonui County Council Mira Szaszy, an Auckland broadcaster and Māori Women's Welfare League executive member Joe Toia, of Ruawai Rev. Paikea Henare Toka, a Māori Welfare Officer – uncle of Tāpihana Paraire Paikea Albert Victor Waetford, of Hamilton George Webber, of Moerewa who was the Labour candidate for Rodney at the 1957 and Hobson at the 1960 Rata was selected at a members hui.Two Labour Men Chosen for Byelections The New Zealand Herald 21 February 1963 1 Pou and Toka both decided to stand as an independent Labour candidates after missing out on the official Labour candidacy.Unsuccessful Nominee to Contest Seat The New Zealand Herald 22 February 1963 2 National There were two candidates for the National Party nomination:National Choice The New Zealand Herald 16 February 1963 3 George Russell Harrison, National's Northern Maori candidate at the 1960 James Hēnare, National's Northern Maori candidate at the 1946, 1949 and 1951s Hēnare, a farmer from Motatau in the Bay of Islands, was selected as National's candidate at a meeting at Otiria marae.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19630219.2.153 Candidate for N. Maori The Press 19 February 1963 CII 30060 17 Social Credit William Clarke, a dairy farmer from Kaitaia was selected by the Social Credit Party. He had stood in the seat for Social Credit at the previous election.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19630128.2.167 Candidate For Maori Seat The Press 28 January 1963 CII 30041 15 Others Hohaia Tokowha Mokaraka, a Māori carving expert from Mount Eden stood as an independent candidate.To Stand as Independent The New Zealand Herald 21 February 1963 2 Hemi Kuit Peita, was nominated by the Kauhanganui movement.Selected as Candidate The New Zealand Herald 22 February 1963 2 Results The following table gives the election results: The by-election was the closest National has come to winning a Maori seat since 1943, although National's Auckland division did not appreciate the opportunity with a Hēnare descendant and support from Ngāti Whātua, and gave little money and backing to their candidate; for which they were later criticised by the "more astute" South Auckland and Wellington Division leaders. Hēnare still got the largest swing to National in a by-election in the party's history, with Labour having only a 447-vote majority compared with 3,372 at the previous general election. And over the next 20 years, National's vote in the four Maori seats shrunk to about ten percent, similar to the Social Credit vote.Gustafson 1986 90 Notes References Gustafson Barry Barry Gustafson The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party 1986 Reed Methuen Auckland 0-474-00177-6 249–250 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 Wood G. A. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament 2 1987 1996 University of Otago Press Dunedin 1-877133-00-0 113 Northern Maori 1963 Category:1963 elections in New Zealand Category:Māori electorates Category:March 1963 in Oceania