| Party
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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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Sir Basil Arthur
|
7,578
|
52.55
|
|
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[[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]
|
Derek Quigley
|
6,271
|
43.49
|
|
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|
[[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]
|
Maurice Hayes
|
572
|
3.97
|
|
| Majority
|
1,307
|
9.06
|
|
| Informal votes
|
34
|
0.24
|
|
| Turnout
|
14,455
|
83.79
|
-7.62
|
| Registered electors
|
17,252
|
|
|
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[[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]] hold
|
Swing
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