Buller by-election, 1962

Buller by-election, 1962

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Turnout	79.40%
Candidate Bill Rowling Ernie King P. H. Matthews Party Labour National Social Credit Popular vote 5,242 4,846 1,566 Percentage 44.98 41.58 13.44
Member before election Jerry Skinner Labour Elected Member Bill Rowling Labour

Jerry Skinner
Labour

Bill Rowling
Labour

The Buller by-election 1962 was a by-election held in the Buller electorate in the West Coast during the term of the 33rd New Zealand Parliament, on 7 July 1962.

The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Jerry Skinner of the Labour Party (and a likely future leader) on 26 April 1962. The by-election was won by Bill Rowling, also of the Labour Party (and a future leader). The Social Credit candidate P. H. Matthews was also the leader of the party.

The following table gives the election results:

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