Waitemata by-election, 1941

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Waitemata by-election, 1941
Turnout 9,165
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Candidate Mary Dreaver William Darlow Norman Douglas
Party Labour Independent National Democratic Labour
Popular vote 4,092 3,690 909
MP before election

Jack Lyon
Labour

 Elected MP

Mary Dreaver
Labour

The Waitemata by-election was held on 19 July 1941 was caused by the death of Jack Lyon during the term of the 26th New Zealand Parliament. Mary Dreaver of the Labour Party won the by-election; she was the third woman elected to the House of Representatives.

Background and candidates

Mary Dreaver was chosen as the Labour Party candidate. Previously, she had unsuccessfully sought Labour nomination for the 1930 by-election in the Parnell electorate and Grey Lynn electorate in 1931.[1] In the 1938 election she stood for Labour in Remuera, coming second.[2]

The National Party chose not to stand an official candidate for the by-election. However, Mr. W B Darlow entered the contest as an "independent" National candidate. He was subsequently endorsed by the National Party for the next general election scheduled to take place later that year, but was postponed until 1943 due to World War II.[3]

Former Auckland City Councilor Norman Douglas stood for the Labour splinter group, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP). As was predicted, the inclusion of a Democratic Labour candidate split Labour's vote. He was president of the DLP's Grey Lynn branch, secretary of the district council and a member of the DLP national executive.[4]

Results

The following table contains the election results:

Waitemata by-election, 1941[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Dreaver 4,092 44.64
Independent National William Brockway Darlow 3,690 40.26
Democratic Labour Norman Douglas 909 9.91
Independent Peter Robertson Gardner 400 4.36
Independent Henry Thomas Head 74 0.80
Majority 402 4.38
Turnout 9,165

Dreaver became the third woman to enter New Zealand's House of Representatives. She was defeated in the next (1943) general election, by the National Party candidate, Henry Thorne Morton.[7]

Notes

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  7. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 193, 221.

References

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