Mangere by-election, 1977

Mangere by-election, 1977
New Zealand
26 March 1977 (1977-03-26)

 
Candidate David Lange Clem Simich
Party Labour National
Popular vote 9766 5107
Percentage 58.27 30.48

MP before election

Colin Moyle
Labour

Elected MP

David Lange
Labour

The Mangere by-election of 1977 was a by-election for the electorate of Mangere on 26 March 1977 during the 38th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the resignation of the previous member Colin Moyle after accusations against him in parliament, and he was replaced by David Lange, also of the Labour Party. Apart from Lange, there were seven other candidates in the by-election.

The by-election put Lange (who had stood unsuccessfully in 1975 for Hobson) into parliament, and the attention that he got helped propel him to the leadership of the parliamentary Labour Party in February 1983, and then a landslide victory over Muldoon in the 1984 general election.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Mangere by-election, 1977[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Lange 9,766 58.27
National Clem Simich 5,107 30.48
Social Credit W J Owens 1,026 6.10
Values F W Grayson 789 4.71
Worker's Labour B C Moss 28 0.17
Alpha P B Magoffin 18 0.11
Independent Labour B J Shaw 17 0.10
Socialist Action Mrs B M Mulrennan 7 0.04
Majority 4,659 27.80
Turnout 16,758 64.31
Registered electors 26,058
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. Norton 1988, p. 267.
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