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Hunua Election Petition 1979

 Organization

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Malcolm Douglas papers relating to Hunua electoral petition.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-94/8
Scope and Contents The papers in this collection include letters, press releases, copies of newspaper clippings, notes, etc. covering the period of Malcolm Douglas's candidacy for the seat of Hunua in 1978, his six months as MP, during which the Election Petition was presented, his loss to Winston Peters in 1979, and the Court of Appeal hearing of 1980 relating to the judgment in the Electoral Court. They have been left in the order in which they were received, except that a set of 'Notes of Evidence' from the...
Dates: 1978 - 1980