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| Turnout | 8,136 (76.14%) | |||||||||||||||
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TheWaipawa by-election of1940 was a by-election for the electorate ofWaipawa held on 16 November 1940 during the26th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death of the previous memberAlbert Jull on 24 September 1940.
The by-election was won byCyril Harker, also of theNational Party. The rural seat was usually safe for non-Labour parties, but in the1935 general election had been won byMax Christie of theLabour Party. Christie lost the seat to the former holderAlbert Jull in the1938 general election.
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| National | Cyril Harker | 4,913 | 60.64 | ||
| Labour | Max Christie | 3,189 | 39.36 | −7.93 | |
| Majority | 1,724 | 21.28 | |||
| Informal votes | 34 | 0.42 | −0.41 | ||
| Turnout | 8,136 | 76.14 | −18.77 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,685 | ||||
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