Template:1962 Buller by-election

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1962 Buller 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]] Bill Rowling 5,242 44.98
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]] Ernie King 4,846 41.58 +5.58
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[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
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. 204.