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1945 Western Maori by-election

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Kaponga Erueti who had initially announced his intention to contest the election as an Independent Labour candidate later decided to withdraw from the contest, his withdrawal came late enough that his name still appeared on the ballot paper.
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The other six challengers all lost their deposits, although one motorist complainant was aggrieved that all the candidates got a petrol allocation of 250 gallons when the usual personal allocation was ten or fifteen gallons!
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The following table gives the election results (the results included some "servicemens votes" from overseas):
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There were no by-elections during the term of the 42nd Parliament.
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There were no by-elections during the term of the 40th Parliament.
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There were no by-elections during the term of the 34th Parliament.
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The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP
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1943 general
1946 general


Matiu Ratana
Pei te Hurinui Jones
Labour
National
Toko Ratana
Labour
Matiu Ratana
Labour
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Western Maori
28th New Zealand Parliament
Toko Ratana
Matiu Ratana
Ratana
T W Ratana
Labour
Pei te Hurinui Jones
National
Maori King Movement
1945 Western Maori by-election
Labour
Matiu Ratana
National
Pei Te Hurinui Jones
Independent
Independent

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