1961 Hurunui by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1961 Hurunui by-election New Zealand 1961 presidential no 1960 New Zealand general election 1960 1963 New Zealand general election 1963 1961 06 10 y 12,557 (74.13%) 100px Lorrie Pickering New Zealand National Party 6,644 52.91 100px Arthur Adcock New Zealand Labour Party 4,760 37.91 Member William Gillespie New Zealand National Party Lorrie Pickering New Zealand National Party The Hurunui by-election 1961 was a by-election held in the Hurunui electorate in North Canterbury during the term of the 33rd New Zealand Parliament, on 10 June 1961. The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP William Gillespie of the National Party on 23 April 1961.Wilson 1985 199 Candidates Labour The Labour Party selected Arthur Alexander Adcock as its candidate. Adcock, a railway worker, was secretary of the local Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants branch and a member of the Waimairi County Council. He had contested the seat in 1960 against Gillespie.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610512.2.117 Hurunui Seat – Labour Party Candidate The Press 12 May 1961 12 29511 C National There were several names put forward as potential nominees for the National Party candidacy:https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610513.2.152 Seven National Nominees For Hurunui The Press 13 May 1961 13 29513 C https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610428.2.142 Hurunui Seat – Farmers Seek Nomination The Press 28 April 1961 14 29499 C Frederick Ashe, a farmer in Flaxton and Okuku, former member of the Eyre County Council who had contested the National nomination for Kaiapoi in 1938 William Murray Dailey, a farmer at Oxford and chairman of the Oxford County Council J. A. G. Fulton, a farmer at Loburn and former chairman of the Sefton and districts branch of Federated Farmers Clutha N. McKenzie, a farmer at Motunau and chairman of Waipara County Council (grandson of Sir Thomas Mackenzie) Lorrie Pickering, a farmer at Motunau and radio broadcaster who was National's candidate for Avon in 1960 Derek Quigley, a farmer at Waipara who was National's candidate for Sydenham in 1960 W. W. Wood, a land agent and bookshop proprietor at Rangiora who was a committee member of the Rangiora National Party Ultimately Pickering was chosen to contest the seat.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610517.2.115 Hurunui Seat – Mr Pickering To Stand The Press 17 May 1961 14 29515 C Social Credit The Social Credit Party selected Malcolm Jack Clark, an engineer from Waikari, as its candidate for the seat.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610520.2.148 Nominations For Hurunui Seat The Press 20 May 1961 12 29518 C Results The following table gives the election results: The by-election was won by Lorrie Pickering.Wilson 1985 227 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 Hurunui 1961 Category:1961 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Canterbury Region Category:June 1961 in Oceania