Election Name: | 1922 Dunedin North by-election |
Country: | New Zealand |
Flag Year: | 1922 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1919 New Zealand general election |
Previous Year: | 1919 general |
Next Election: | 1922 New Zealand general election |
Next Year: | 1922 general |
Seats For Election: | Dunedin North |
Turnout: | 7,754 (66.34%) |
Candidate1: | Jim Munro |
Party1: | New Zealand Labour Party |
Popular Vote1: | 3,462 |
Percentage1: | 44.64% |
Candidate2: | James Clark |
Party2: | Reform Party (New Zealand) |
Popular Vote2: | 3,342 |
Percentage2: | 43.10% |
Candidate3: | William Begg |
Party3: | New Zealand Liberal Party |
Popular Vote3: | 931 |
Percentage3: | 12.00% |
Member | |
Before Election: | Edward Kellett |
Before Party: | Independent Labour |
After Election: | Jim Munro |
After Party: | New Zealand Labour Party |
The Dunedin North by-election of 1922 was a by-election held during the 20th New Zealand Parliament in the Dunedin electorate of Dunedin North. This election for the New Zealand Labour Party was significant as, excluding in 1925, Jim Munro would retain the seat until his death in 1945.
The by-election was caused by the death of Edward Kellett, the previous Member of Parliament for Dunedin North. Kellett had held Dunedin North since the General election, of 1919. The by-election was won by Labour's Jim Munro.[1]
The following table gives the election results: