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New Zealand by-election

1959 Hamilton by-election

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2 May 1959 (1959-05-02)

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Turnout

13,555 (78.40%)


Candidate	Lance Adams-Schneider	Ben Waters
Party	National	Labour
Popular vote	7,832	4,844
Percentage	57.89	35.81

Member before election

Hilda Ross
National

Elected Member

Lance Adams-Schneider
National

The Hamilton by-election 1959 was a by-election held in the Hamilton electorate in Hamilton in the Waikato during the term of the 32nd New Zealand Parliament, on 2 May 1959.

Background

The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Hilda Ross of the National Party on 6 March 1959. The by-election was won by Lance Adams-Schneider, also of the National Party.

Candidates

Labour

There were two candidates for the Labour Party nomination:

Iris Martin, matron of Wellington Hospital and daughter of former Labour cabinet minister Lee Martin
Ben Waters, a member of Labour's national executive and candidate for Hamilton in 1951, 1954 and 1957

Labour chose Waters as its candidate. Waters had recently been appointed a trustee of the Waikato Savings Bank. Contesting the seat three times prior, he slightly increased Labour share of the vote from 41.63 to 43.16 percent.

National

There were seven candidates for the National Party nomination:

Lance Adams-Schneider, a member of the Taumarunui Borough Council and candidate for Hutt in 1957
Dorothy Blomfield, a member of the Hamilton City Council
Victor Allan de Lacey, a Hamilton businessman and a member of several National Party executive committees
A. R. Griffiths, a member of the Hamilton City Council and former chairman of the Hamilton National Party
Francis Dewsbury Pinfold, the chairman of the Hamilton Fire Board and former Mayor of Hamilton
Deena Sergel, a war widow and candidate for Riccarton in 1957
Geoffrey Taylor, an Auckland businessman and candidate for Mount Albert in 1957

The local National Party members selected Adams-Schneider as candidate for the seat.

Social Credit

Frederick Charles Roberts, a Hamilton businessman, stood as the candidate for the Social Credit Party. In 1957 he stood for Social Credit in the Raglan electorate.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1959 Hamilton by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Lance Adams-Schneider	7,832	57.89
	Labour	Ben Waters	4,844	35.81	−7.35
	Social Credit	Frederick Charles Roberts	852	6.30
Majority			2,988	22.09
Informal votes			27	0.20
Turnout			13,555	78.40	−13.87
Registered electors			17,289
	National hold		Swing

Notes

Wilson 1985, p. 231.
Wilson 1985, p. 179.
"Two Labour Nominees". The Press. Vol. XCVIII, no. 28860. 3 April 1959. p. 12.
"Candidate for Hamilton – Labour Chooses Mr E. A. Waters". The Press. Vol. XCVIII, no. 28862. 6 April 1959. p. 8.
^ Norton 1988, p. 233.
"Seven Seeking National Nomination At Hamilton". The Press. Vol. XCVIII, no. 28855. 28 March 1959. p. 14.
"By-election at Hamilton – National Party Candidate". The Press. Vol. XCVIII, no. 28864. 8 April 1959. p. 14.
"Social Credit Candidate For Hamilton". The Press. Vol. XCVIII, no. 28850. 21 March 1959. p. 7.

References

Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Department of Political Science. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

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