<page_title> 41st New Zealand Parliament </page_title> <section_title> By-elections during 41st Parliament </section_title> <table> <cell> Timaru <col_header> Electorate and by-election </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1985 <col_header> Electorate and by-election </col_header> </cell> <cell> Basil Arthur <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> </cell> <cell> Death <col_header> Cause </col_header> </cell> </table>
Basil Arthur, the MP for Timaru, died in 1985.