1940 Auckland West by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1940 Auckland West by-election New Zealand 1940 presidential 1938 New Zealand general election 1938 general 1943 New Zealand general election 1943 general 1940 05 18 y 8,136 (60.03%) 150x150px Peter Carr New Zealand Labour Party 6,151 63.24 150x150px Wilfred Fortune Independent politician 2,958 30.41 MP Michael Joseph Savage Peter Carr New Zealand Labour Party New Zealand Labour Party The Auckland West by-election of 1940 was a by-election for the electorate of Auckland West held on 18 May 1940 during the 26th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death on 27 March 1940 of the previous member Michael Joseph Savage, the revered prime minister whose terminal illness had not been made public. Background The by-election was won by Peter Carr; also of the Labour Party. The other aspirants for the Labour nomination were Charles Bailey, Mary Dreaver, L. W. Holt, N. E. Herring, John Thomas Jennings, Thomas Percival McCready, Winnifred Moore, Joe Sayegh, John Stewart and Jeremiah James Sullivan.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19400426.2.86 Mr. Carr Is Labour Choice For Auckland W. Northern Advocate 26 April 1940 16 January 2019 7 Papers Past Because of the war, the National Party did not nominate a candidate, and four of the five candidates who stood against the Labour candidate lost their deposit. The freshly forged Democratic Labour Party (DLP) by expelled Labour rebel John A. Lee also abstained from contesting. Lee's chief lieutenant Norman Douglas was approached by the DLP to contest the by-election in an effort to boost the new party's publicity, but Douglas declined to stand.Olssen 1978 49 Results The following table gives the election results: Four of the six candidates lost their deposits.http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19400520.2.57 Four Lose Deposits Auckland Star 20 May 1940 5 In 1946, Carr also died in office. Wilfred Fortune, who stood as an independent, subsequently became a National candidate (1943) and MP (1946) for the Eden electorate. Notes References Gustafson Barry Barry Gustafson From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage 1986 Reed Methuen Auckland 0-474-00138-5 Erik Olssen Erik Olssen The Impact of John A. Lee's Expulsion upon the Labour Party New Zealand Journal of History 12 1 1978 New Zealand Official Yearbook 1941 p825 Auckland West 1940 Category:1940 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1940s in Auckland Category:May 1940 in Oceania