Christchurch Central by-election, 1979

18 August 1979 (1979-08-18)


Turnout	9,578

Candidate	Geoffrey Palmer	Terry Heffernan	D P Duncan
Party	Labour	Social Credit	National
Popular vote	6,149	1,759	1,634
Percentage	64.20%	18.37%	17.06

Member before election

Bruce Barclay
Labour

Elected Member

Geoffrey Palmer
Labour

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.^[1] Palmer would eventually go on to become Prime Minister.^[2] 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:

Christchurch Central by-election, 1979^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Geoffrey Palmer	6,149	64.20	+3.03
	Social Credit	Terry Heffernan	1,759	18.37	+9.02
	National	D P Duncan	1,634	17.06	-8.55
	Tory	S A Sadler	26	0.27
	Economic Euthenics	Michael Hansen	10	0.10
Majority			4,390	45.83	+10.27
Turnout			9,578
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.58

Notes

1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 182.
↑ "Geoffrey Palmer". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

References

Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

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