| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
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%
|
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[[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]
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Bill Rowling
|
5,242
|
44.98
|
|
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|
[[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]
|
Ernie King
|
4,846
|
41.58
|
+5.58
|
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|
[[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]
|
P. H. Matthews
|
1,566
|
13.44
|
-1.36
|
| Majority
|
396
|
3.40
|
|
| Informal votes
|
37
|
0.32
|
|
| Turnout
|
11,691
|
79.40
|
-12.70
|
| Registered electors
|
14,724
|
|
|
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[[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]] hold
|
Swing
|
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