19th New Zealand Parliament
By-elections during the 19th Parliament
Table:
Electorate and by-election
Date
Incumbent
Cause
Winner

Dunedin Central

1915

3 February

Charles Statham

Resignation

Charles Statham

Bay of Islands

1915

8 June

Vernon Reed

Election declared void[4]

William Stewart

Taumarunui

1915

15 June

William Jennings

Election declared void[5]

William Jennings

Pahiatua

1916

17 August

James Escott

Death

Harold Smith

Hawke's Bay

1917

8 March

Robert McNab

Death

John Findlay

Bay of Islands

1917

17 March

William Stewart

Resignation

Vernon Reed

Grey

1917

24 November

Paddy Webb

Resignation

Paddy Webb

Wellington North

1918

12 February

Alexander Herdman

Resignation

John Luke

Southern Maori

1918

21 February

Taare Parata

Death

Hopere Uru

Grey

1918

29 May

Paddy Webb

Imprisonment

Harry Holland

Wellington Central

1918

3 October

Robert Fletcher

Death

Peter Fraser

Taranaki

1918

10 October

Henry Okey

Death

Sydney Smith

Palmerston

1918

19 December

David Buick

Death

Jimmy Nash

Wellington South

1918

19 December

Alfred Hindmarsh

Death

Bob Semple

With reference to the table called "By-elections during the 19th Parliament" section of 19th New Zealand Parliament, answer the following question with a short sentence: What happened to John Findlay and Taare Parata and when did it happen? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: In the 1917 by-elections John Findlay won on Hawkes Bay, and Taare Parata died in 1918.