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The Waitaki by-election 1962 was a by-election held in the Waitaki electorate in South Canterbury and North Otago during the term of the 33rd New Zealand Parliament, on 10 March 1962. The by-election was won by Alan Dick. [1]
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The Waitaki by-election 1962 was a by-election held in the Waitaki electorate in South Canterbury and North Otago during the term of the 33rd New Zealand Parliament, on 10 March 1962. The by-election was won by Alan Dick. [1]
The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Thomas Hayman of the National Party on 2 January 1962. [2]
The Labour Party selected trade unionist Sir Basil Arthur as their candidate. In 1960 he had stood in the Hamilton electorate. [3]
There were several names put forward as potential nominees for the National Party candidacy: [4]
Dick was chosen to contest the seat. [4]
The Social Credit Party selected Alfred William Barwood as their candidate. Barwood was director of two companies (a Fairlie-based transport company and the McKenzies Lime Works). He was president of Social Credit's Fairlie branch and vicepresident of the Waitaki electoral committee. He had contested the seat Waitaki seat in 1960. [4] [5]
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| National | Allan Dick | 6,359 | 45.49 | ||
| Labour | Sir Basil Arthur | 5,957 | 42.61 | ||
| Social Credit | Alf Barwood | 1,664 | 11.90 | ||
| Majority | 402 | 2.88 | |||
| Informal votes | 42 | 0.30 | |||
| Turnout | 14,022 | 77.80 | |||
| Registered electors | 18,023 | ||||
| National hold | Swing | ||||
The National Party initially retained the seat with a substantially reduced majority with a majority of only 320. With an estimated 1000 special votes still to be counted, this put the result in doubt. [7] In the official count National raised the majority slightly to 402 votes. [8]
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