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.
Frank Gill (politician)
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Air Commodore Thomas Francis Gill, was a New Zealand air force pilot and politician. He flew with the Royal Air Force throughout the Second World War and afterwards served with the Royal New Zealand A
1980 East Coast Bays by-election
…candidate and future leader Don Brash was unexpectedly beaten by Gary Knapp of the Social Credit Party. The Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon, appointed Frank Gill, National Party MP for East Coast Bays since the 1972 election, to take up a position as New Zealand's ambassador to the United States. Muldoon did so…
Gill in 1975