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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.
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] Lyon's widow Alison considered but, after receiving medical advice, opted not to accept nomination to stand for the seat. [3]
The National Party chose not to stand an official candidate for the by-election. However, William Brockway 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. [4] Darlow had previously contested the seat in 1931 for the United Party, one of National's predecessors. [5]
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. [6]
The following table contains the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Mary Dreaver | 4,396 | 44.88 | ||
| Independent National | William Brockway Darlow | 3,884 | 39.65 | ||
| Democratic Labour | Norman Douglas | 940 | 9.59 | ||
| Independent | Peter Robertson Gardner | 414 | 4.22 | ||
| Independent | Henry Thomas Head | 88 | 0.89 | ||
| Informal votes | 72 | 0.73 | -0.14 | ||
| Majority | 512 | 5.22 | |||
| Turnout | 9,794 | ||||
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. [9]
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