1945 Dunedin North by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1945 Dunedin North by-election New Zealand 1945 presidential no 1943 New Zealand general election 1943 general 1946 New Zealand general election 1946 general Dunedin North 1945 7 21 y 12,924 (79.77%) 120px Robert Walls New Zealand Labour Party 6,791 52.54 100px Norman Jones New Zealand National Party 6,087 47.09 Member James W. Munro New Zealand Labour Party Robert Walls New Zealand Labour Party The 1945 Dunedin North by-election was a by-election held during the 27th New Zealand Parliament in the Dunedin electorate of Dunedin North. The by-election occurred following the death of MP James W. Munro and was won by Robert Walls. Background Munro, who was first elected to represent Dunedin North for the Labour Party in Dunedin North 1922, died on 27 May 1945.Wilson 1985 222 This triggered the Dunedin North by-election, which was contested by Robert Walls for Labour, and Norman Jones for National. Walls obtained 53.1% of the votes and was successful.Seat Retained https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19450723.2.25 11 November 2012 Auckland Star 23 July 1945 LXXVI 172 3 Walls represented Dunedin North until his death in 1953,Wilson 1985 243 and the Labour Party would go on to hold the electorate until 1975.Wilson 1985 262 There was talk of John A. Lee standing as a Democratic Labour (DLP) candidate as soon as the seat fell vacant, though no nomination either on his behalf or another DLP candidate was received before nominations closed.Straight Out Contest https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19450723.2.25 11 November 2012 Evening Star 4 July 1945 25527 4 It was the first time that Jones contested an election; he contested six more elections unsuccessfully before he was finally successful in the Invercargill electorate 30 years later.Gustafson 1986 323fWilson 1985 209 The by-election was held soon after the 1945 Hamilton by-election, when National had campaigned on withdrawing New Zealand troops from Italy and restricting New Zealand's role in the Pacific War to food supply, though Labour wanted to keep New Zealand troops in the Pacific to "have a say" in the peace. But Peter Fraser wanted to contribute to a Commonwealth force against Japan. He met the Opposition leaders Sidney Holland and Adam Hamilton; noting the divisions in his own caucus. Holland agreed with Fraser not to refer to the matter (which was agitating the whole country) during the campaign. The government held the seat, and in a (non-broadcast) semi-secret session of the House on 2 August agreed to participate in a force against Japan "within the capacity of our remaining resources of manpower". And National's proposal to reduce the total armed forces to 55,000 was accepted. Hensley Gerald Beyond the Battlefield: New Zealand and its allies 1939-45 2009 Viking Auckland 9780670074044 372 Previous election 1943 general election: Dunedin North The General Election, 1943 https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1944-I.2.2.5.37 National Library 28 March 2014 11 1944 New Zealand Labour Party Jim Munro 8,038 55.82 New Zealand National Party Alexander Cassie 5,240 36.39 People's Movement (New Zealand) Frederick Allan Keane 858 5.95 Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand) Cornelius Machin Ross 263 1.82 123 0.85 2,798 19.43 14,399 91.76 15,691 Results The following table gives the election results: See also List of New Zealand by-elections 1922 Dunedin North by-election 1953 North Dunedin by-election 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 Wilson James Oakley New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First ed. published 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 Category:Politics of Dunedin Category:1945 elections in New Zealand Category:By-elections in New Zealand Category:1940s in Dunedin Category:July 1945 in Oceania