The Southern Maori by-election of 1932 was a

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

during the 24th New Zealand Parliament. The election was held on 3 August 1932. The seat of

Southern Maori Southern Maori was one of New Zealand's four original parliamentary Māori electorates established in 1868, along with Eastern Maori, Western Maori and Eastern Maori. In 1996, with the introduction of MMP, the Maori electorates were updated, an ...

became vacant following the death of the sitting member Tuiti Makitanara. Six candidates contested the seat, which was won by

Eruera Tirikatene Sir Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene (5 January 1895 – 11 January 1967) was a New Zealand Māori politician of the Ngāi Tahu tribe. Known in early life as Edward James Te Aika Tregerthen, he was the first Ratana Member of Parliament and wa ...

. This was the first seat ever won by the Ratana party.

Results

The following table gives the election results: Tirikatene stayed in parliament until his death in 1967. He eventually joined the Labour Party after they merged with Ratana.

References

Southern Maori 1932 1932 elections in New Zealand Māori politics {{NewZealand-election-stub