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1963 Grey Lynn by-election

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| election_name = Grey Lynn by-election, 1963
| country = New Zealand
| flag_year = 1963
| type = By-election
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1960 New Zealand general election
| previous_year = 1960 general
| next_election = 1963 New Zealand general election
| next_year = 1963 general
| seats_for_election =
| election_date = {{Start date|1963|5|18|df=y}}
| turnout = 41.48%
| image1 =
| candidate1 = Reginald Keeling
| party1 = New Zealand Labour Party
| popular_vote1 = 4,172
| percentage1 = 65.84
| image2 =
| candidate2 = Raymond John Presland
| party2 = New Zealand National Party
| popular_vote2 = 1,791
| percentage2 = 28.26
| title = Member
| before_election = Fred Hackett
| after_election = Reginald Keeling
| before_party = New Zealand Labour Party
| after_party = New Zealand Labour Party
| result = Labour hold
}}

The Grey Lynn by-election 1963 was a by-election held in the {{NZ electorate link|Grey Lynn}} electorate in Auckland during the term of the 33rd New Zealand Parliament, on 18 May 1963.

The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Fred Hackett of the Labour Party on 19 March 1963.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=202}} The by-election was won by Reginald Keeling, also of the Labour Party.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=209}}

Candidates

The Labour Party selected Reginald Keeling as their candidate. Keeling had previously been MP for {{NZ electorate link|Gisborne}} (1949–61; 1954–60).{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=209}} Raymond John Presland was chosen to contest the seat for the National Party. He had contested {{NZ electorate link|Auckland Central}} for National in 1960.{{sfn|Norton|1988|pp=193}} William Alexander Ross stood for the Social Credit Party. Previously he had contested the safe Labour seat of {{NZ electorate link|Ponsonby}} in the 1957 and 1960 elections.{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=320}} George Jackson contested the seat for the Communist Party of New Zealand. An orchardist by profession, he was Chairman of the CPNZ at the time.^[1] He likewise had stood in Ponsonby in both 1957 and 1960.{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=320}}

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Aftermath

Keeling did not stand for Grey Lynn at the 1963 general election, standing instead in {{NZ electorate link|North Shore}} where he was defeated. Ritchie Macdonald instead transferred to Grey Lynn following the abolition of his seat of {{NZ electorate link|Ponsonby}}.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=214}} Both Jackson and Ross contested Grey Lynn again in 1963.{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=231}}

Notes

1. ^{{cite web |title=Jackson, George, 1908–2000 |url=http://natlib.govt.nz/items/22355517 |publisher=Alexander Turnbull Library |accessdate=29 November 2017}}

References

{{cite book | ref=harv |last=Norton |first=Clifford |title=New Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987 |year=1988 |publisher=Victoria University of Wellington Department of Political Science |location=Wellington |isbn=0-475-11200-8}}
{{cite book |ref= harv |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyear=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}

{{1939–1995 New Zealand by-elections}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Grey Lynn By-Election, 1963}}{{NewZealand-poli-stub}}{{Oceania-election-stub}}

5 : By-elections in New Zealand|1963 elections in New Zealand|Politics of the Auckland Region|May 1963 events|1960s in Auckland

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