19 December 1953 (1953-12-19) 1954 general → 6,868 3,385 | Turnout 63.4% 67.0% 33.0% | |
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Winner Hugh Watt | ||
The Onehunga by-election 1953 was a by-election held in the Onehunga electorate in Auckland during the term of the 30th New Zealand Parliament, on 19 December 1953.
The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Arthur Osborne of the Labour Party on 15 November 1953. The by-election was won by Hugh Watt, also of the Labour Party.
Results
The following table gives the election results:
Watt represented the electorate until he retired at the 1975 election.
References
Onehunga by-election, 1953 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA