1993 Tauranga by-election

1993 Tauranga by-election

17 April 1993 (1993-04-17)
Turnout12,631 (49.08%)
 
Candidate Winston Peters Greg Pittams
Party Independent McGillicuddy Serious
Popular vote 11,458 271
Percentage 90.71 2.15

Tauranga in relation to New Zealand

Member before election

Winston Peters
National

Elected Member

Winston Peters
Independent

A by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Tauranga on 17 April 1993. The by-election was prompted by the resignation from parliament of sitting MP Winston Peters, who had been increasingly at odds with his National Party colleagues and resigned both from his party and from Parliament. He contested the seat as an independent.