1966 Kaindi by-election
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A by-election for Kaindi constituency was held in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea between 16 July and 15 August 1966.[1]
In the 1964 general election, the Kaindi seat had been contested by nine candidates. Bill Bloomfield, having run a tactical campaign to earn voters' second preferences, was elected on the eighth count.[2] However, Bloomfield died in February 1966, becoming the first Papua New Guinean politician to die in office.[3]