Template:1943 Christchurch East by-election

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1943 Christchurch East by-election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]] Mabel Howard 4,559 47.27 -28.47
Democratic Labour Horace Herring 2,578 26.73
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]] Melville Lyons 2,371 24.59 +0.33
Independent Lincoln Efford 114 1.18
Independent Owen McKee 22 0.23
Majority 1,981 20.54 -30.95
Registered electors 14,835
Turnout 9,644 65.01 -26.42
  1. "Miss Howard's Lead". The Evening Post. CXXXV (32). 8 February 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  2. "By-Election Totals". The Evening Post. CXXXV (40). 17 February 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 16 November 2011.