Английская Википедия:1936 Manukau by-election

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox election The 1936 Manukau by-election was a by-election during the 25th New Zealand Parliament in the Шаблон:NZ electorate link electorate. It was held on Wednesday 30 September 1936. This by-election came about because of the resignation of Bill Jordan upon his appointment to the position of High Commissioner to the UK during the term of the 25th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election in the Шаблон:NZ electorate link electorate was contested by Arthur Osborne for Labour and Frederick Doidge for National, with Osborne winning the election.

Background and candidates

A by-election was triggered due to Bill Jordan's resignation upon his appointment to the post of High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.Шаблон:Sfn

Labour

The Labour party chose Arthur Osborne as their candidate for the seat. He had previously contested the Шаблон:NZ electorate link electorate unsuccessfully in the Шаблон:NZ election link year, Шаблон:NZ election link year, and Шаблон:NZ election links.[1][2][3] In the Шаблон:NZ election link, he unsuccessfully contested the Шаблон:NZ electorate link electorate.[4]

The unsuccessful nominees for the Labour candidacy were Mary Dreaver, Alec Monteith and James Purtell.[5]

National

The newly created National Party chose Frederick Doidge as their contestant for the seat. In the 1935 election, Doidge ran as an Independent in the Шаблон:NZ electorate link electorate, despite briefly courting the anti-Labour Democrat Party.[6] Of the four candidates, he came second after Labour's Alexander Moncur.[7] As a new party this was National's first real electoral test to see if the unification of the United, Reform & Democrat parties would be able to combat Labour more effectively.

Results

The following table contains the results of the by-election: Шаблон:1936 Manukau by-election

The Manukau electorate was abolished at the next election in Шаблон:NZ election link year. Osborne shifted to the new seat of Шаблон:NZ electorate link, which he held until his death in 1953. Doidge later represented the electorate of Шаблон:NZ electorate link for National from 1938 to 1951, when he retired.[6]

Notes

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References

Шаблон:1912–1938 New Zealand by-elections