1985 Timaru by-election
Results
The following table gives the election results:

1985 Timaru by-election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: The following table gives the election results:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

National	Maurice McTigue	9,371	42.67

Labour	Jan Walker	7,879	35.88

NZ Party	Bill Greenslade	2,998	13.65

Social Credit	Lynley Simmons	1,628	7.41

Values	J S B Luck	54	0.25

Independent Labour	A S Falloon	31	0.14

Majority	1,492	6.79

Informal votes	66

Turnout	22,027

Registered electors

National gain from Labour	Swing

Sentence(s)

The Timaru by-election of 1985 was won by Maurice McTigue of the National Party with a majority of 1,492 votes.

final_sentence: The Timaru by-election of 1985 was won by Maurice McTigue of the National Party with a majority of 1,492 votes.