List of New Zealand by-elections
Two-party era (1938–1996)
Key Labour National Independent Social Credit Electorate and by-electionDateIncumbentCauseWinner

List of New Zealand by-elections

Section Title: Two-party era (1938–1996)
Table Section Text: Key Labour National Independent Social Credit Electorate and by-electionDateIncumbentCauseWinner

Electorate and by-election	Date	Incumbent	Cause	Winner

26th Parliament (1939–1943)[edit]

Christchurch South	1939	3 June	Ted Howard	Death	Robert Macfarlane

Auckland West	1940	18 May	Michael Joseph Savage	Death	Peter Carr

Waipawa	1940	16 November	Albert Jull	Death	Cyril Harker

Waitemata	1941	19 July	Jack Lyon	Death	Mary Dreaver

Bay of Plenty	1941	13 December	Gordon Hultquist	Death	Bill Sullivan

Mid-Canterbury	1942	27 January	Arthur Grigg	Death	Mary Grigg

Hauraki	1942	7 February	John Allen	Death	Andrew Sutherland

Temuka	1942	7 February	Thomas Burnett	Death	Jack Acland

Christchurch East	1943	6 February	Tim Armstrong	Death	Mabel Howard

Northern Maori	1943	19 June	Paraire Karaka Paikea	Death	(by-election postponed by legislation)

27th Parliament (1943–1946)[edit]

Awarua	1944	28 October	James Hargest	Death	George Herron

Western Maori	1945	10 February	Haami Ratana	Death	Matiu Ratana

Hamilton	1945	26 May	Frank Findlay	Death	Hilda Ross

Dunedin North	1945	21 July	James Munro	Death	Robert Walls

Raglan	1946	5 March	Robert Coulter	Death	Hallyburton Johnstone

28th Parliament (1946–1949)[edit]

Avon	1947	28 May	Dan Sullivan	Death	Jock Mathison

Mount Albert	1947	24 September	Arthur Richards	Death	Warren Freer

Westland	1947	3 December	James O'Brien	Death	James Kent

29th Parliament (1950–1951)[edit]

Brooklyn	1951	17 February	Peter Fraser	Death	Arnold Nordmeyer

30th Parliament (1951–1954)[edit]

Dunedin North	1953	12 December	Robert Walls	Death	Ethel McMillan

Onehunga	1953	19 December	Arthur Osborne	Death	Hugh Watt

Onslow	1954	7 July	Harry Combs	Death	Henry May

Patea	1954	31 July	William Sheat	Resignation	William Sheat

31st Parliament (1955–1957)[edit]

Riccarton	1956	27 October	Angus McLagan	Death	Mick Connelly

Bay of Plenty	1957	6 April	Bill Sullivan	Resignation	Percy Allen

32nd Parliament (1958–1960)[edit]

Hamilton	1959	2 May	Hilda Ross	Death	Lance Adams-Schneider

33rd Parliament (1961–1963)[edit]

Hurunui	1961	10 June	William Gillespie	Death	Herbert Pickering

Waitaki	1962	10 March	Thomas Hayman	Death	Allan Dick

Buller	1962	7 July	Jerry Skinner	Death	Bill Rowling

Timaru	1962	21 July	Clyde Carr	Resignation	Basil Arthur

Otahuhu	1963	16 March	James Deas	Death	Bob Tizard

Northern Maori	1963	16 March	Tapihana Paikea	Death	Matiu Rata

Grey Lynn	1963	18 May	Fred Hackett	Death	Reginald Keeling

34th Parliament (1964–1966)[edit]

There were no by-elections during the term of the 34th Parliament.

35th Parliament (1967–1969)[edit]

Southern Maori	1967	11 March	Eruera Tirikatene	Death	Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan

Fendalton	1967	15 April	Harry Lake	Death	Eric Holland

Petone	1967	15 April	Michael Moohan	Death	Fraser Colman

Eastern Maori	1967	12 August	Puti Tipene Watene	Death	Paraone Reweti

Palmerston North	1967	2 December	Bill Brown	Death	Joe Walding

Hutt	1968	3 August	Walter Nash	Death	Trevor Young

36th Parliament (1970–1972)[edit]

Marlborough	1970	21 February	Tom Shand	Death	Ian Brooks

37th Parliament (1973–1975)[edit]

Sydenham	1974	2 November	Norman Kirk	Death	John Kirk

38th Parliament (1976–1978)[edit]

Nelson	1976	28 February	Stanley Whitehead	Death	Mel Courtney

Mangere	1977	26 March	Colin Moyle	Resignation	David Lange

Pahiatua	1977	30 April	Keith Holyoake	Appointed as Governor-General	John Falloon

Rangitikei	1978	18 February	Roy Jack	Death	Bruce Beetham

39th Parliament (1979–1981)[edit]

Christchurch Central	1979	18 August	Bruce Barclay	Death	Geoffrey Palmer

Northern Maori	1980	7 June	Matiu Rata	Resignation	Bruce Gregory

Onehunga	1980	7 June	Frank Rogers	Death	Fred Gerbic

East Coast Bays	1980	6 September	Frank Gill	Appointed as Ambassador to US	Gary Knapp

40th Parliament (1982–1984)[edit]

There were no by-elections during the term of the 40th Parliament.

41st Parliament (1984–1987)[edit]

Timaru	1985	15 June	Basil Arthur	Death	Maurice McTigue

42nd Parliament (1987–1990)[edit]

There were no by-elections during the term of the 42nd Parliament.

43rd Parliament (1990–1993)[edit]

Tamaki	1992	15 February	Robert Muldoon	Resignation	Clem Simich

Wellington Central	1992	12 December	Fran Wilde	Election as Mayor of Wellington	Chris Laidlaw

Tauranga	1993	17 April	Winston Peters	Resignation	Winston Peters

44th Parliament (1994–1996)[edit]

Selwyn	1994	13 August	Ruth Richardson	Resignation	David Carter

Sentence(s)

Bruce Beetham was elected for Rangitikei by-election parliament in 1978 and Gary Knapp was elected for East Coast Bays parliament in 1980.

final_sentence: Bruce Beetham was elected for Rangitikei by-election parliament in 1978 and Gary Knapp was elected for East Coast Bays parliament in 1980.