3 August 1968 (1968-08-03) 1969 general → | Winner Trevor Young | |
The Hutt by-election of 1968 was a by-election for the electorate of Hutt on 3 August 1968 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member and former prime minister Sir Walter Nash on 4 June 1968.
The by-election was won by Trevor Young, also of the Labour Party. The National candidate was John Kennedy-Good, the Mayor of Lower Hutt, who had stood for National in the previous general election.
Results
The following table gives the election results:
References
Hutt by-election, 1968 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA