Electoral history of Norman Kirk

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^[1]
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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[3]
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^[4]
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^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Kirk	Unopposed
Registered electors

Kirk was re-elected president unopposed.^[9]

^ Norton 1988, pp. 250.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.