Английская Википедия:1967 Eastern Maori by-election

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox election The 1967 Eastern Māori by-election was a by-election for the electorate of Eastern Maori on 12 August 1967 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament.

Background

The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member Puti Tipene Watene on 14 June 1967.

Candidates

Labour

Labour selected Paraone Brown Reweti, a waterfront worker from Tauranga, as their candidate. He was selected from a large field of nominees at a meeting in Rotorua. The party did not disclose the exact amount, but indicated the number was about 15.[1]

Two days after the selection meeting another meeting was held by supporters of unsuccessful nominees alleging irregularities in the selection and claiming that a member of the selection panel was biased as they had nominated one of the candidates. The rift group later sent a telegram to Labour Party head office to Allan McDonald, the general secretary of the party. The telegram contained details of the allegations and stated Reweti's selection was an "indictment against the Labour Party” and threatened to stand an independent candidate in protest.[2]

The selection dispute resulted in an independent candidate, Donald Mairangi Bennett, being selected by the rift group. Bennett, a car salesman, was a son of Bishop Frederick Bennett. The group said they were standing not as a protest not against Reweti, but against a protest against the method by which he was selected.[3]

National

The National Party had two candidates for nomination:[4]

Reedy was selected in a members ballot after which Searancke pledged his support for Reedy and undertook to accompany him on an electoral tour.[4]

Results

The following table gives the election results: Шаблон:Eastern Maori by-election, 1967

The by-election was won by Paraone Reweti, also of the Labour Party.

Notes

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References

Шаблон:1939–1995 New Zealand by-elections


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