1977 Pahiatua by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1977 Pahiatua by-election New Zealand 1977 presidential 1975 New Zealand general election 1975 general 1978 New Zealand general election 1978 general 1977 04 30 y 14,377 (68.49%) 100px John Falloon New Zealand National Party 9,059 63.01 100px Alan Levatt New Zealand Labour Party 4,280 29.77 MP Sir Keith Holyoake New Zealand National Party John Falloon New Zealand National Party The Pahiatua by-election of 1977 was a by-election for the electorate of Pahiatua on 30 April 1977 during the 38th New Zealand Parliament. Background The by-election resulted from the resignation of the previous member Sir Keith Holyoake when he was appointed Governor-General. Candidates Labour The Labour Party had seven candidates including:https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19770401.2.46 Lecturer to bid for seat The Press 1 April 1977 4 Trevor de Cleene, a Palmerston North City Councillor and Labour's candidate for Pahiatua in 1969 Dr Alan Levatt, a sociology lecturer at Victoria University Paul Thornicroft, Labour's candidate for Pahiatua in 1975 Levatt, who earned his Ph.D. from Michigan University and had previously lectured in American universities, was selected as the candidate. National Five candidates were shortlisted for the National nomination.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19770326.2.49 Five party hopefuls in Pahiatua The Press 26 March 1977 6 Graham Percy Adam, a company director and former Mayor of Eketāhuna Garth Cassidy, a managing director from Waipukurau and member of the Hawkes Bay Harbour Board John Falloon, a farmer from Masterton and the meat and wool chairman for the Wairarapa branch of Federated Farmers Hamish Kynoch, a farmer from Ashley Clinton and runner-up for Young Farmer of the Year in 1972 Weston Macpherson, a farmer and chairman of the Norsewood branch of Federated Farmers. At a selection meeting in the Pahiatua Town Hall four ballots were taken of National members. Kynoch was initially the frontrunner to win the nomination and lead the voting until the final ballot which selected Falloon as the candidate.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19770405.2.55 Pahiatua candidate The Press 5 April 1977 6 Gustafson 1986 371Falloon named for Pahiatua The Dominion 5 April 1977 1 Values The Values Party selected Peter McHugh as its candidate. McHugh, a secondary school from Hastings, had stood as the Values candidate for Pahiatua in 1975.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19770331.2.38 Values Party candidate The Press 31 March 1977 3 Results The following table gives the election results: 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 Wood G. A. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament 2 1987 1996 University of Otago Press Dunedin 1-877133-00-0 113 Gustafson Barry Barry Gustafson The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party 1986 Reed Methuen Auckland 0-474-00177-6 Category:By-elections in New Zealand Category:1977 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Manawatū-Whanganui Category:April 1977 in Oceania