Claim: Reg Boorman unsuccessfully stood for the Labour nomination at the 1980 Onehunga by-election that was prompted by the death Frank Rogers, and was selected to contest the Wairarapa electorate in 1984.
Evidence: Reginald George Boorman (6 February 1935 – 30 October 2016) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He unsuccessfully stood for the Labour nomination at the 1980 Onehunga by-election, losing to Fred Gerbic. He was selected to contest the Wairarapa electorate in 1984, where he defeated the National Party incumbent Ben Couch. New Zealand Parliament Years Term Electorate Party 1984–1987 41st Wairarapa Labour Reg Boorman Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wairarapa Labour 
Frank Lewis Rogers (27 December 1933 – 25 April 1980) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Rogers died on 25 April 1980 in Whangarei hospital several days after having a stroke after stopping to help two people who survived a car crash in Northland. New Zealand Parliament Years Term Electorate Party 1978–1980 39th Onehunga Labour Frank Rogers Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Onehunga 25 April 1980
Whangarei, New Zealand Labour