18 August 1979 (1979-08-18) 1981 general → 6,149 1,759 64.20% 18.37% | Turnout 9,578 1,759 1,634 18.37% 17.06 | |
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The Christchurch Central by-election of 1979 was a by-election during the 39th New Zealand Parliament. It was prompted by the death of Bruce Barclay, a Labour Party MP, and resulted in Geoffrey Palmer, also of the Labour Party, being elected to replace him for the seat of Christchurch Central. Palmer would eventually go on to become Prime Minister. The by-election was somewhat embarrassing for the National Party, whose candidate was pushed into third place by Social Credit's Terry Heffernan.
Results
The following table gives the election results:
References
Christchurch Central by-election, 1979 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA