Electoral history of Norman Kirk

List of elections featuring Norman Kirk as a candidate

This is a summary of the electoral history of Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972–74), Leader of the Labour Party (1965–74), Member of Parliament (1957–74; Lyttelton to 1969, and later Sydenham until 1974).

Parliamentary elections

General election, 1954: Hurunui
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	William Gillespie	6,454	52.3	−8.7
	Labour	Norman Kirk	4,059	32.9
	Social Credit	Laurie Cate	1,829	14.8
Majority			2,395	19.4	−2.6
Turnout			13,524	91.8	+3.9

General election, 1957: Lyttelton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Kirk	8,064	48.65
	National	Harry Lake	7,497	45.23	+2.94
	Social Credit	Wilfrid Owen	1,014	6.11	−12.21
Majority			567	3.42
Turnout			16,575	94.61	−3.01
Registered electors			17,519

General election, 1960: Lyttelton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Kirk	7,910	47.65	−1.00
	National	Jim Hay	7,650	46.08
	Social Credit	Cliff Munnings	1,040	6.26
Majority			260	1.56	−1.86
Turnout			16,600	92.68	−1.93
Registered electors			17,911

General election, 1963: Lyttelton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Kirk	9,539	54.04	+6.35
	National	Tom Flint	6,862	38.87
	Social Credit	Cliff Munnings	1,249	7.07	+0.81
Majority			2,677	15.16	+13.60
Turnout			17,650	92.15	−0.53
Registered electors			19,153

General election, 1966: Lyttelton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Kirk	9,045	52.00	−2.04
	National	Peter de Latour	6,924	39.80
	Social Credit	Cliff Munnings	1,424	8.18	+1.11
Majority			2,121	12.19	−2.97
Turnout			17,393	87.64	−4.51
Registered electors			19,844

General election, 1969: Sydenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Kirk	10,575	63.55
	National	Peter Morrisey	4,549	27.33
	Social Credit	Joe Pounsford	1,285	7.72	−9.67
	Independent	Ian Andrew More	121	0.72
	Independent	Michael "Tubby" Hansen	110	0.66
Majority			6,026	36.21
Turnout			16,640	86.65	+3.95
Registered electors			19,203

General election, 1972: Sydenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Kirk	11,711	67.45	+3.90
	National	John Burn	4,722	27.19
	Social Credit	Alan Easterbrook	758	4.36
	Independent	Michael "Tubby" Hansen	67	0.38	−0.28
	New Democratic	John Bernard Elliot	62	0.35
	Independent	Michael Leeman-Smith	42	0.24
Majority			6,989	40.25	+4.04
Turnout			17,362	89.57	+2.92
Registered electors			19,382

Kaiapoi mayoral election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Kirk	Unopposed
Registered electors

Kirk was re-elected president unopposed.

Norton 1988, pp. 250.
^ Norton 1988, p. 263.
Norton 1988, p. 350.
Norton 1988, p. 351.
Grant 2014, pp. 45.
Grant 2014, pp. 50.
"Kaiapoi". The Press. 19 November 1956. p. 13.
"Resounding Election Victory - Mr. N. E. Kirk M.P. is New President of Labour Party". The Evening Post. 12 May 1964. p. 18.
"Labour Party's President is Re-Elected". The Evening Post. 18 May 1965. p. 19.

Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
Grant, David (2014). The Mighty Totara: The life and times of Norman Kirk. Auckland: Random House. ISBN 9781775535799.
Hayward, Margaret (1981). Diary of the Kirk Years. Auckland: Reed Publishing. ISBN 0589013505.

v t e Norman Kirk
Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972–74) Leader of the Labour Party (1965–74) Leader of the Opposition (1965–72)
Premiership	1972–74
General elections	1966 1969 1972
Constituencies	Lyttelton (1957-69) Sydenham (1969-74)
Family	Dame Ruth Kirk (wife) John Kirk (son)
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