 He was succeeded in the Invercargill electorate by William Denham of the Labour Party, who held the electorate for three terms from 1935 until his defeat in the by Ralph Hanan of the National Party.Hanan was re-elected seven times and died in office on 24 July 1969; the need to hold a by-election before the general election on 29 November was avoided by a special act, the By-election Postponement Act 1969.The successful candidate in the 1969 general election was John Chewings, who was defeated at the end of the parliamentary term at the by Labour's J.