1967 Eastern Maori by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1967 Eastern Maori by-election New Zealand 1967 presidential 1966 New Zealand general election 1966 general 1969 New Zealand general election 1969 general 1967 08 12 y 9,012 (60.70%) Paraone Reweti New Zealand Labour Party 4,460 49.49 120x120px Arnold Reedy New Zealand National Party 2,416 26.81 96px Maanu Paul Social Credit Party (New Zealand) 1,219 13.53 MP Puti Tipene Watene New Zealand Labour Party Paraone Reweti New Zealand Labour Party The 1967 Eastern Māori by-election was a by-election for the electorate of Eastern Maori on 12 August 1967 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament. Background The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member Puti Tipene Watene on 14 June 1967. Candidates Labour Labour selected Paraone Brown Reweti, a waterfront worker from Tauranga, as their candidate. He was selected from a large field of nominees at a meeting in Rotorua. The party did not disclose the exact amount, but indicated the number was about 15.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19670710.2.211 Labour Party Candidate The Press 10 July 1967 CVII 31417 24 Two days after the selection meeting another meeting was held by supporters of unsuccessful nominees alleging irregularities in the selection and claiming that a member of the selection panel was biased as they had nominated one of the candidates. The rift group later sent a telegram to Labour Party head office to Allan McDonald, the general secretary of the party. The telegram contained details of the allegations and stated Reweti's selection was an "indictment against the Labour Party" and threatened to stand an independent candidate in protest.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19670712.2.225 Protest Made - Choice of Candidate The Press 12 July 1967 CVII 31419 28 The selection dispute resulted in an independent candidate, Donald Mairangi Bennett, being selected by the rift group. Bennett, a car salesman, was a son of Bishop Frederick Bennett. The group said they were standing not as a protest not against Reweti, but against a protest against the method by which he was selected.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19670715.2.126 Eastern Maori - Independent Chosen The Press 15 July 1967 CVII 31422 14 National The National Party had two candidates for nomination:https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19670717.2.117 National Choice - Eastern Maori Electorate The Press 17 July 1967 CVII 31423 12 Hanara Tangiwha (Arnold) Reedy, a farmer from Ruatoria who had stood in the seat for National in 1963 and 1966 Monty Searancke, an employee of the Waterfront Industry Commission and former member of the Gisborne Native Affairs Department Reedy was selected in a members ballot after which Searancke pledged his support for Reedy and undertook to accompany him on an electoral tour. Results The following table gives the election results: The by-election was won by Paraone Reweti, also of the Labour Party. 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 0-475-11200-8 395 Wood G. A. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament 2 1987 1996 University of Otago Press Dunedin 1-877133-00-0 113 Eastern Maori 1967 Eastern Maori Category:Māori electorates Category:August 1967 in Oceania