Electoral history of Arnold Nordmeyer

This is a summary of the electoral history of Arnold Nordmeyer, Leader of the Labour Party (1963–65) and Member of Parliament for Oamaru (1935–49), Brooklyn (1951–54) & Island Bay (1954–69).

Parliamentary elections 1935 election

1938 election

1943 election

1946 election

1949 election

1951 by-election

1951 election

1954 election

1957 election

1960 election

1963 election

1966 election

Local elections 1971 civic election

Leadership elections 1954 Leadership election CandidateVotes% Walter Nash 17 56.67 Arnold Nordmeyer 9 30.00Abstentions 4 13.33Majority 6 20.00Turnout 30

1963 Leadership election CandidateVotes% Arnold Nordmeyer 34 100.0Turnout 34

1965 Leadership election CandidateVotes% Norman Kirk 25 71.4 Arnold Nordmeyer 10 28.6Majority 15 42.8Turnout 35

Party elections 1940 Party Conference CandidateVotes%James Roberts57158.62%Gervan McMillan32032.85%Jim Barclay484.92%Arnold Nordmeyer353.59%

1948 Party Conference CandidateVotes%James Roberts38757.76%Arnold Nordmeyer25237.61%Clyde Carr142.08%John Mathison142.08%Informal 3 0.44%

1948 Vice Presidential electionCandidateVotes%Arnold Nordmeyer36852.57%Dick Barter12417.71%Mabel Howard7711.00%Philip Connolly446.28%Archie Grant273.85%John Mathison233.28%Alan Baxter182.57%Martyn Finlay152.14%Jim Kent40.57%

1949 Party Conference CandidateVotes%James Roberts46864.55%Arnold Nordmeyer21830.06%Mabel Howard263.58%John Mathison131.79%

1949 Vice Presidential electionCandidateVotes%Arnold Nordmeyer47563.41%Dick Barter10113.48%Jim Collins597.87%Philip Connolly516.80%Martyn Finlay314.13%Mabel Howard222.93%Ben Waters70.93%John Mathison30.40%

1950 Party Conference CandidateVotes%Arnold Nordmeyer45860.02%James Roberts29939.18%George Manning60.78%

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