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Canterbury - 1927 (Roll: 17,338) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Long, Arthur Henry Nationalist 6,841 46.15 Tonge, Arthur (Re-elected) Labor Party 7,983 53.85 Formal Votes 14,824 Informal Votes 146 0.98 Total Votes / Turnout 14,970 86.34 Notes: Tonge contested North Shore at the 1925 election as a Labor candidate and was later appointed an MP for the seat following the resignation of Independent A.D.Kay. He crossed the harbour to contest Canterbury with the end of proportional representation.