1974 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election

1974 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election

← 1965 6 September 1974 1980 →

Candidate Bill Rowling Hugh Watt Popular vote 44 9 Percentage 83.01% 16.99%

Leader before election Norman Kirk† Hugh Watt (Interim) Leader after election Bill Rowling

The 1974 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election was held on 6 September 1974 to determine the eighth leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. The election was won by Tasman MP Bill Rowling.