The by-election resulted from the death of the sitting member Bill Brown of the National Party on 16 October 1967. Brown had held the seat since 1960, when he won it from Philip Skoglund of the Labour Party.
Candidatesedit
Labour
The Labour Party ran Joe Walding, its candidate at the previous election, for the by-election. Walding, a food exporter and Palmerston North City Councillor since 1959, had polled well in the 1966 election where he led the count on election night, but special votes tipped to give Brown a 259 vote victory.[1]
National
The National Party selected Palmerston North City Councillor Gordon Cruden as its candidate.[2]
Social Credit
The Social Credit Party had four nominees to stand in the seat. Three withdrew in favour of the party's deputy leader John O'Brien. In the previous three elections he had contested the Manawatu electorate.[3]
Others
Jamie Wedderspoon, a 22-year-old political science student at Victoria University, stood as a candidate. Wedderspoon, who was a member of the Labour Party for 6½ years, disagreed on Labour's position of opposing the Vietnam War and believed that New Zealand should keep troops in Vietnam to fight communist expansion.[4]
The newly formed centrist Democratic Progress Party selected Mr J. Goldingham, the manager of the Palmerston North branch of a sewing machine company, as their candidate.[5]
Resultsedit
The following table contains the election results:
Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. p. 251. ISBN0-475-11200-8.
Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. p. 113. ISBN1-877133-00-0.
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1967, palmerston, north, election, palmerston, north, election, 1967, election, electorate, palmerston, north, december, 1967, during, 35th, zealand, parliament, 1966, general, december, 1967, 1969, general, turnout15, candidate, walding, gordon, cruden, john,. The Palmerston North by election of 1967 was a by election for the electorate of Palmerston North on 2 December 1967 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament 1967 Palmerston North by election 1966 general 2 December 1967 1969 general Turnout15 791 76 39 Candidate Joe Walding Gordon Cruden John O Brien Party Labour National Social Credit Popular vote 6 939 6 347 2 410 Percentage 43 94 40 19 15 26MP before election Bill Brown National Elected MP Joe Walding Labour Contents 1 Background 2 Candidates 3 Results 4 Notes 5 ReferencesBackground editThe by election resulted from the death of the sitting member Bill Brown of the National Party on 16 October 1967 Brown had held the seat since 1960 when he won it from Philip Skoglund of the Labour Party Candidates editLabour The Labour Party ran Joe Walding its candidate at the previous election for the by election Walding a food exporter and Palmerston North City Councillor since 1959 had polled well in the 1966 election where he led the count on election night but special votes tipped to give Brown a 259 vote victory 1 National The National Party selected Palmerston North City Councillor Gordon Cruden as its candidate 2 Social Credit The Social Credit Party had four nominees to stand in the seat Three withdrew in favour of the party s deputy leader John O Brien In the previous three elections he had contested the Manawatu electorate 3 Others Jamie Wedderspoon a 22 year old political science student at Victoria University stood as a candidate Wedderspoon who was a member of the Labour Party for 6 years disagreed on Labour s position of opposing the Vietnam War and believed that New Zealand should keep troops in Vietnam to fight communist expansion 4 The newly formed centrist Democratic Progress Party selected Mr J Goldingham the manager of the Palmerston North branch of a sewing machine company as their candidate 5 Results editThe following table contains the election results 1967 Palmerston North by election Party Candidate Votes Labour Joe Walding 6 939 43 94 0 56 National Gordon Cruden 6 347 40 19 Social Credit John O Brien 2 410 15 26 Democratic Labour Jamie Wedderspoon 61 0 39 Democratic Progress J Q Goldingham 34 0 22 Majority 592 3 75 Turnout 15 791 76 39 12 56 Registered electors 19 873 Labour gain from National Swing The by election was won by Joe Walding of the Labour Party and he held the seat for the next two elections 1969 and 1972 6 Notes edit By election in Three Months The Press Vol CVII no 31503 18 October 1967 p 1 Candidate For National The Press Vol CVII no 31516 2 November 1967 p 16 Social Credit Candidate The Press Vol CVII no 31518 4 November 1967 p 48 Second Lab Candidate The Press Vol CVII no 31513 30 October 1967 p 24 Candidate Chosen The Press Vol CVII no 31521 8 November 1967 p 18 Norton 1988 p 308 References editNorton Clifford 1988 New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946 1987 Occasional Publications No 1 Department of Political Science Wellington Victoria University of Wellington p 251 ISBN 0 475 11200 8 Wood G A 1996 1987 Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament 2 ed Dunedin University of Otago Press p 113 ISBN 1 877133 00 0 nbsp This New Zealand election related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1967 Palmerston North by election amp oldid 1219312837, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
