Palmerston North (New Zealand electorate)
1967 by-election

Palmerston North (New Zealand electorate)

Section Title: 1967 by-election
Table Section Text: None

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

Progress	J. Q. Goldringham	34	0.22

Majority	592	3.75

Turnout	15,791	76.39	12.56

Registered electors	19,873

Labour gain from National	Swing

Sentence(s)

Walding obtained a majority of 592 votes.

final_sentence: Walding obtained a majority of 592 votes.