Electoral history of Norman Kirk

This is a summary of the electoral history of Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972–74), Leader of the Labour Party (1965–74), Member of Parliament for Lyttelton (1957–69) and later Sydenham (1969–74).

Norman Kirk in 1974.

Parliamentary elections

1954 election
General election, 1954: Hurunui[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National William Gillespie 6,454 52.3 -8.7
Labour Norman Kirk 4,059 32.9
Social Credit Laurie Cate 1,829 14.8
Majority 2,395 19.4 -2.6
Turnout 13,524 91.8 +3.9

1957 election
General election, 1957: Lyttelton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Kirk 8,064 48.65
National Harry Lake 7,497 45.23 +2.94
Social Credit Wilfrid Owen 1,014 6.11 -12.21
Majority 567 3.42
Turnout 16,575 94.61 -3.01
Registered electors 17,519

1960 election
General election, 1960: Lyttelton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Kirk 7,910 47.65 -1.00
National Jim Hay 7,650 46.08
Social Credit Cliff Munnings 1,040 6.26
Majority 260 1.56 -1.86
Turnout 16,600 92.68 -1.93
Registered electors 17,911

1963 election
General election, 1963: Lyttelton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Kirk 9,539 54.04 +6.35
National Tom Flint 6,862 38.87
Social Credit Cliff Munnings 1,249 7.07 +0.81
Majority 2,677 15.16 +13.60
Turnout 17,650 92.15 -0.53
Registered electors 19,153

1966 election
General election, 1966: Lyttelton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Kirk 9,045 52.00 -2.04
National Peter de Latour 6,924 39.80
Social Credit Cliff Munnings 1,424 8.18 +1.11
Majority 2,121 12.19 -2.97
Turnout 17,393 87.64 -4.51
Registered electors 19,844

1969 election
General election, 1969: Sydenham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Kirk 10,575 63.55
National Peter Morrisey 4,549 27.33
Social Credit Joe Pounsford 1,285 7.72 -9.67
Independent Ian Andrew More 121 0.72
Independent Michael "Tubby" Hansen 110 0.66
Majority 6,026 36.21
Turnout 16,640 86.65 +3.95
Registered electors 19,203

1972 election
General election, 1972: Sydenham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Kirk 11,711 67.45 +3.90
National J F Burn 4,722 27.19
Social Credit A C Easterbrook 758 4.36
Independent Michael "Tubby" Hansen 67 0.38 -0.28
New Democratic J B Elliot 62 0.35
Independent A M Leeman-Smith 42 0.24
Majority 6,989 40.25 +4.04
Turnout 17,362 89.57 +2.92
Registered electors 19,382

Local elections

1953 Kaiapoi mayoral election
Kaiapoi mayoral election, 1953[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Kirk 621 54.86
Independent Owen Hills 511 45.14
Majority 110 9.71
Turnout 1,132
Registered electors

1956 Kaiapoi mayoral election
Kaiapoi mayoral election, 1956[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Kirk Unopposed
Registered electors

Leadership elections

1963 Deputy-leadership election
Candidate Votes %
Hugh Watt 17 51.5
Norman Kirk 16 48.5
Majority 1 3.0
Turnout 33 N/A

1965 Leadership election
Candidate Votes %
Norman Kirk 25 71.4
Arnold Nordmeyer 10 28.6
Majority 15 42.8
Turnout 35 N/A

Party elections

1964 Party Conference
1964 Presidential election[8]
Candidate Votes %
Norman Kirk40170.72%
Jim Bateman16629.28%

Notes
  1. Norton 1988, pp. 250.
  2. Norton 1988, p. 263.
  3. Norton 1988, p. 350.
  4. Norton 1988, p. 351.
  5. Grant 2014, pp. 45.
  6. Grant 2014, pp. 50.
  7. "Kaiapoi". The Press. 19 November 1956. p. 13.
  8. "Resounding Election Victory - Mr. N. E. Kirk M.P. is New President of Labour Party". The Evening Post. 12 May 1964. p. 18.

References
  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
  • Grant, David (2014). The Mighty Totara: The life and times of Norman Kirk. Auckland: Random House. ISBN 9781775535799.
  • Hayward, Margaret (1981). Diary of the Kirk Years. Auckland: Reed Publishing. ISBN 0589013505.
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