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The Onehunga by-election 1953 was a by-election held in the Onehunga electorate in Auckland during the term of the 30th New Zealand Parliament, on 19 December 1953. The by-election was won by Hugh Watt of the Labour Party.
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The Onehunga by-election 1953 was a by-election held in the Onehunga electorate in Auckland during the term of the 30th New Zealand Parliament, on 19 December 1953. The by-election was won by Hugh Watt of the Labour Party.
The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Arthur Osborne of the Labour Party on 15 November 1953. [1] In early November 1953 Osborne announced that he was not seeking re-election and would retire at the 1954 general election due to ill health. As a result, Labour had already begun preparations to replace him in the electorate at the time of Osborne's death. [2]
There were two nominations for the Labour Party nomination: [3]
The chairman of the Auckland Labour Representation Committee, Richard French "Dick" Barter, was also speculated as a candidate but he did not seek the nomination. [4] The Labour Party selected Watt as their candidate at a selection meeting on 30 November. [5] He had stood unsuccessfully for Labour in Remuera in 1949 election and in Parnell in 1951 election. [6] A month earlier he had been elected to the Auckland Harbour Board for the Onehunga, Newmarket and combined district. [7]
Leonard George Bradley was selected as the National Party candidate. Bradley had contested Onehunga in the previous general election in 1951 against Osborne where he slightly increased National's share of the vote. At the 1949 election he had stood unsuccessfully for National in Auckland Central. [8]
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Hugh Watt | 6,868 | 66.99 | ||
| National | Leonard Bradley | 3,385 | 33.01 | −10.01 | |
| Informal votes | 13 | 0.13 | |||
| Majority | 3,483 | 33.97 | |||
| Turnout | 13,749 | 63.48 | −23.51 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,171 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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