The Southern Maori by-election of 1932 was a by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

 during the 24th New Zealand Parliament

24th New Zealand Parliament

The 24th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened on 23 February 1932, following the 1931 election. It was dissolved on 1 November 1935 in preparation for the 1935 election...

. The election was held on 3 August 1932.

The seat of Southern Maori

Southern Maori

Southern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population centres:The electorate includes the following population centres:* -Tribal Areas:...

 became vacant following the death of the sitting member Tuiti Makitanara

Tuiti Makitanara

Tuiti Makitanara was a Māori and United Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Southern Maori seat in 1928, and died in 1932.The United Party was a continuation of the historical Liberal Party.-References:...

.

Six candidates contested the seat, which was won by Eruera Tirikatene

Eruera Tirikatene

Sir Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene, KCMG was a New Zealand Māori politician of the Ngai Tahu tribe. Known in early life as Edward James Te Aika Tregerthen, he was the first Ratana Member of Parliament and was elected in a by-election for Southern Maori in June 1932 after the death of Tuiti...

. This was the first seat ever won by the Ratana

Ratana

The Rātana movement is a Māori religion and pan-tribal political movement founded by Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana in early 20th century New Zealand...

 party.

Name		Party	Votes	Percentage
	Eruera Tirikatene Eruera Tirikatene Sir Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene, KCMG was a New Zealand Māori politician of the Ngai Tahu tribe. Known in early life as Edward James Te Aika Tregerthen, he was the first Ratana Member of Parliament and was elected in a by-election for Southern Maori in June 1932 after the death of Tuiti...	Independent Ratana Party Ratana The Rātana movement is a Māori religion and pan-tribal political movement founded by Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana in early 20th century New Zealand...	425	44.69%
	William Te Ihoka Parata	United/Reform Coalition United/Reform Coalition The United/Reform Coalition government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1931 to 1935. It was a coalition between two of the three major parties of the time, United and Reform, formed to deal with the Great Depression which began in 1929...	184	19.35%
	Peter McDonald	Independent	132	13.88%
	Joseph Beaton	Independent United/Reform Coalition	113	11.88%
	Tame Bragg	Independent Reform	94	9.88%
	Wiremu Mihaka	Independent Coalition	3	0.32%
Total votes polled			951

Tirikatene stayed in parliament until his death in 1967. He eventually joined the Labour Party

New Zealand Labour Party

The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....

after they merged with Ratana.