Story: Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday

With Walter Nash, 1966

With Walter Nash, 1966

In the general election of 1966 Sonja Davies unsuccessfully contested the Hastings seat. It was generally regarded as unwinnable by the Labour Party, and in addition she had to cope with party squabbles and family illness during the campaign. This photograph shows her electioneering with former Labour leader Walter Nash.

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Fraser Books
Reference: Sonja Davies, Bread and Roses: her story. Masterton: Fraser Books, 1984, between pp. 240-241.

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Anne Else. 'Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6d1/davies-sonja-margaret-loveday (accessed 19 April 2024)