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303:(1963–65) and then under Kirk (1965–74). Watt was favoured by the party executive as well as having the backing of the trade unions. Watt was the first to declare his candidacy stating that he would be available for the leadership if asked saying "I have always said if the situation arose when I was called on to do the job I would not hesitate to put my name forward. Of course there is nothing to stop any other members of caucus doing the same." He also confirmed that if elected he would not just be an interim leader and would have every intention of leading Labour at the 73: 80: 29: 550:. He remained the Labour Party's leader until 1983. Watt had expected to succeed Kirk and was of the opinion that the role was his of right as Kirk's deputy. Though disappointed, Watt was gracious in defeat also retiring as deputy leader. Most of the votes Watt received were from Labour's senior MPs such as 554:
who thought Watt deserved the leadership and that many backbenchers, who did not appreciate the administrative burden he carried, unfairly voted against him. Watt would later admit that losing the leadership vote was "the greatest, most tragic disappointment of my life, it knocked me tremendously".
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and Freer (who got incredulous looks from Faulkner, Tizard and Moyle). Walding dropped out on the first ballot and Moyle on the second ballot. Freer wondered whether he would need to withdraw, but was eliminated in the third ballot. On the fourth ballot Tizard won. Freer wrote that Barclay had been
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A caucus vote was held on 6 September 1974 where Rowling received an overwhelming majority. Hugh Watt had only 9 votes (to his surprise), with the rest of the caucus voting for Rowling. Watt then surprised caucus by saying he would not stand for deputy, as having served two leaders he had done his
208:, as Kirk's deputy, immediately became acting Prime Minister and leader until the caucus could meet and formally elect a new leader. With indecent haste media reporting began focusing on who might succeed Kirk. Four cabinet ministers were mused as likely leadership contenders; Watt, 232:
and former party president) with Watt initially speculated as the most likely to win. However this was narrowed to a two contestant race between Watt and Rowling whence Rowling quickly became the front-runner in caucus, whilst both Labour's National Executive and the
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attempted to talk Rowling into standing down as a candidate, however the attempt backfired and helped Rowling make up his mind that he would accept a nomination, though he stopped actively lobbying for further support. After Kirk's funeral he told
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He remained in Rowling's cabinet, carrying the Works and Development portfolio and was later appointed to the Executive Council without portfolio. Later, Watt was appointed New Zealand's
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that he would have liked another year or two in cabinet to gain more experience, but had decided to put his name forward. Rowling favoured
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Rowling age 46, became the youngest New Zealand Prime Minister since 1887. He served as Prime Minister until being defeated in the
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With the leadership positions filled there was need for an election for the vacant cabinet seat.
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Rowling was serving as Minister of Finance in Kirk's cabinet. He was officially nominated by
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learned the previous night that Faulkner had the votes to win on the first round, so he had
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right as usual, and that one of Faulkner’s supporters had failed to keep their promise.
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under Kirk, and had served as the party's deputy leader since 1963 first under
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and third in the cabinet ranking also Labour's longest serving MP),
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was held on 6 September 1974 to determine the eighth leader of the
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A Lifetime in Politics: the memoirs of Warren Freer
763:"Watt – disappointment was part of his politics". 287:who was indecisive and delayed making decisions. 569: 200:Prime Minister and incumbent Labour party leader 178:1974 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election 22:1974 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election 2602: 133: 2616:New Zealand Labour Party leadership elections 873: 887: 817:New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 695: 448: 880: 866: 2631:1974 political party leadership elections 795: 733: 672: 660: 631: 619: 596:"Solid weight for Watt but Rowling in?". 295:Watt was the interim Prime Minister and 756: 739: 557:High Commissioner to the United Kingdom 515: 502: 433: 420: 2603: 814: 779: 2326: 1927: 1348: 901: 861: 831: 701: 648: 334:was elected deputy leader, defeating 204:died unexpectedly on 31 August 1974. 16:New Zealand party leadership election 2626:September 1974 events in New Zealand 1349: 559:from 22 March 1975 for three years. 366: 2567:Independent Political Labour League 709:Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 13: 338:by 28 votes to 26. 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Bill Rowling
Hugh Watt
Norman Kirk
Hugh Watt
Bill Rowling
New Zealand Labour Party
Tasman
Bill Rowling
Norman Kirk
Hugh Watt
Warren Freer
Minister of Trade and Industry
Bill Rowling
Minister of Finance
Martyn Finlay
Minister of Justice
Federation of Labour
Southern Maori
Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan
New Zealand Federation of Labour
Tom Skinner
Warren Freer
Colin Moyle
Bob Tizard
Muldoon

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