1967 Southern Maori by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1967 Southern Maori by-election New Zealand 1967 presidential 1966 New Zealand general election 1966 general 1969 New Zealand general election 1969 general 1967 03 11 y 6,686 (50.47%) 100px Whetu Tirikatene New Zealand Labour Party 4,968 74.31 100px Baden Pere New Zealand National Party 1,371 20.51 MP Sir Eruera Tirikatene New Zealand Labour Party Whetu Tirikatene New Zealand Labour Party The Southern Māori by-election of 1967 was a by-election for the electorate of Southern Maori on 11 March 1967 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member Sir Eruera Tirikatene on 11 January 1967. The by-election was won by his daughter Whetu Tirikatene (later Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan), also of the Labour Party. Candidates Labour Tirikatene's son, Te Rino Tirikatene, who had stood unsuccessfully for the Labour Party in the 1963 and 1966 for Rangiora, was initially expected to succeed him as MP for Southern Maori. As Te Rino was part-Maori and entitled to choose between being on the Maori and European electoral rolls, at the time of the by-election he was registered on the European roll in Rangiora where he had to remain under the electoral act until the next general election, which made it unlikely he would be eligible as a candidate in Southern Maori. With Te Rino effectively ruled out, attention turned to Tirikatene's daughter Whetu (who was studying in Australia at the time) as the likely Labour candidate for the seat.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19670113.2.10 Tirikatene's Successor The Press 13 January 1967 CVI 31267 1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19670114.2.9 Mr Tirikatene Ineligible? The Press 14 January 1967 CVI 31268 1 The Labour Party eventually chose Whetu Tirikatene as its candidate.https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6t6/tirikatene-sullivan-tini-whetu-marama Tirikatene-Sullivan, Tini Whetu Marama – Biography Brown Helen 19 September 2018 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 29 February 2020The Evening Post Tirikatene Again 15 February 1967 National Flight Lieutenant Mafeking Baden Powell Pere was chosen by the National Party. He was a jet pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force based at Wigram Aerodrome. Pere had contested the Southern Maori seat in the previous election.The Evening Post Contesting Maori Seat 13 February 1967 Social Credit The Social Credit Party selected James Hugh MacDonald, a lineman from Blenheim as its candidate. He had contested the Southern Maori seat at the 1966 election.The Evening Post Three Candidates 17 February 1967 15 Results The following table gives the election results: Tirikatene was elected with a huge majority, becoming the youngest woman to have been elected to Parliament to that time. Contrary to normal trends the candidate from the incumbent party increased their vote and majority. Leader of the Opposition Norman Kirk said he was encouraged by the result due to the swing to Labour being consistent across the electorate, which covered the area of 40 general seats, many of which were marginal. It also encompassed the seats of Fendalton and Petone, both of which had pending by-elections.The Dominion Maori Seat Remains in Family 13 March 1967 1 Notes References Norton Clifford New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science 1988 Victoria University of Wellington Wellington 0-475-11200-8 400 Wood G. A. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament 2 1987 1996 University of Otago Press Dunedin 1 877133 00 0 113 Southern Maori 1967 Southern Maori Category:Māori electorates Category:March 1967 in Oceania