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Turnout | 13,555 (78.40%) | |||||||||||||||
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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.
The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Hilda Ross of the National Party on 6 March 1959.[1] The by-election was won by Lance Adams-Schneider, also of the National Party.[2]
There were two candidates for the Labour Party nomination:[3]
Labour chose Waters as its candidate. Waters had recently been appointed a trustee of the Waikato Savings Bank.[4] Contesting the seat three times prior, he slightly increased Labour share of the vote from 41.63 to 43.16 percent.[5]
There were seven candidates for the National Party nomination:[6]
The local National Party members selected Adams-Schneider as candidate for the seat.[7]
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.[8]
The following table gives the election results:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |