The East Coast Bays by-election of 1980 was a by-election during the 39th New Zealand Parliament in the East Coast Bays electorate. It resulted in an upset for the National Party, as their candidate a
Don Brash, 1977
Wyn Hoadley 1988
Social Credit's popularity reached its zenith around the time of the East Coast Bays by-election.
Brian Talboys
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Sir Brian Edward Talboys was a New Zealand politician who served as the seventh deputy prime minister of New Zealand for the first two terms of Robert Muldoon's premiership. If the abortive "Colonels'
1980 East Coast Bays by-election
…Coast Bays since the 1972 election, to take up a position as New Zealand's ambassador to the United States. Muldoon did so against the express wish of Brian Talboys, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Labour Party selected Wyn Hoadley over three others to stand in the election. Hoadley, a barrister and adult…
Talboys in 1978
Talboys addressing the UN General Assembly, August 1980.