Auckland West by-election, 1940

18 May 1940 (1940-05-18)



Candidate	Peter Carr	Wilfred Fortune
Party	Labour	Independent
Popular vote	6,151	2,958
Percentage	63.24	30.41

MP before election

Michael Joseph Savage
Labour

Elected MP

Peter Carr
Labour

The Auckland West by-election of 1940 was a by-election for the electorate of Auckland West held on 18 May 1940 during the 26th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death on 27 March 1940 of the previous member Michael Joseph Savage, the revered prime minister whose terminal illness had not been made public.

Results

The by-election was won by Peter Carr; also of the Labour Party. Because of the war, the National Party did not nominate a candidate, and four of the five candidates who stood against the Labour candidate lost their deposit.

Auckland West by-election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Carr	6,151	63.24
	Independent	Wilfred Fortune	2,958	30.41
	Communist	L G Watson	375	3.86
	Independent Socialist	L Pickles	132	1.36
	Liberal	I B Kennedy	15	0.15
	Independent	E Naden	8	0.08
Majority			3,193	32.83
Informal votes			68	0.70
Turnout			8,136	60.03
Registered electors			16,170
	Labour hold		Swing

In 1946, Carr also died in office. Wilfred Fortune, who stood as an independent, subsequently became a National candidate (1943) and MP (1946) for the Eden electorate.

References

New Zealand Official Yearbook 1941 p825
Four lose Deposits (Auckland Star, 20 May 1940 p5)

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