Template:1985 Timaru by-election

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1985 Timaru by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]] Maurice McTigue 9,371 42.67 +4.22
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]] Jan Walker 7,879 35.88
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[New Zealand Party|Template:New Zealand Party/meta/shortname]] Bill Greenslade 2,998 13.65
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]] Lynley Simmons 1,628 7.41 +2.10
style="background-color: Template:Values Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Values Party|Template:Values Party/meta/shortname]] J S B Luck 54 0.25
Independent Labour Alan Falloon 31 0.14
Majority 1,492 6.79
Informal votes 66 0.29
Turnout 22,027 89.99 -3.19
Registered electors 24,476
New Zealand National Party gain from New Zealand Labour Party Swing
  1. Norton 1988, p. 363.