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1947 Westland by-election[1]
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]] Jim Kent 7,427 57.88
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]] Jack Lockington 5,405 42.12
Majority 2,022 15.76
Informal votes 54
Registered electors 14,262
Turnout 12,886 90.35
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color" | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]] hold Swing
  1. Norton 1988, p. 391.