[1] The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member the Hon Harry Lake on 21 February 1967; Lake had been Minister of Finance since 1960, a rapid rise to an important ministerial post.

[5] His father Sidney Holland had previously represented Fendalton from 1946 until 1957 and was Prime Minister from 1949 to 1957 when he retired.

[6] The Social Credit Party selected Joseph John Forster, an employee at the North Canterbury Hospital Board, as its candidate.

[7] The following table gives the election results: The by-election was won by Eric Holland, also of the National Party.

Despite being a safe National seat, the election night results had a 67-vote majority to Labour's candidate Bruce Barclay, the shock result prompted Leader of the Opposition Norman Kirk to declare that National had lost its mandate to govern.