| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
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%
|
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[[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]]
|
Reginald Keeling
|
4,172
|
65.84
|
|
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|
[[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]]
|
Raymond John Presland
|
1,791
|
28.26
|
|
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|
[[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]
|
Bill Ross
|
246
|
3.88
|
|
|
|
Communist
|
George Jackson
|
128
|
2.02
|
|
| Informal votes
|
24
|
0.38
|
|
| Majority
|
2,381
|
37.57
|
|
| Turnout
|
6,361
|
41.48
|
-44.66
|
| Registered electors
|
15,336
|
|
|
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[[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]] hold
|
Swing
|
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