MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10903, 28 April 1927, Page 5

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

KEEN INTEREST TAKEN.

LABOUR WIN IN CHRISTCHURCH

DEFEATED IN OTHER CENTRES

(Special to "Guardian.")

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day

The following is the result of the election of Councillors for the Christchurch City Council. It will be noticed that the women candidates aire well up the listt and that Labour "scooped the pool.": D. G. Sullivan (L) ... 14,891 Mrs E. R.'McCombs (L) ...14,064 H. T. Armstrong (L) ... 14,044 C. Carr (L) 13,174 F. R, Cooke (L) 12,397 Mrst A. E. Herbert (C) ... 12,254 G. R. Hunter (L) 11,969 T. H. Butterfield (L) ... 11,961 R. M. Macfarlane (L) ... 11,769 J. W. Beanland (C) ... 11,624 J. W. Roberts (L) ... 11,440 A. W. Beaven (O) ... 11.328 G. Manning (L) -11,391 M E. Lyons (C) 11,095 P. W. Sharpe (L) 11,018 E. H. Andrews (C) ... 10,997

Other candidates were:—G. T. Thurston (L) 10,696; F. M. Robson (L) 10 682; C. A. Bloomfield (L) 10,492; A. F. Carey (C) 10,459; W. H Winsor (Ind.) 10,311; E. Snow (L) 10,031 j W E. Leadley (C) 9973; A. McKellar (C) 9764; J. N. Du Feu (C) 9727; R. B Dalley (C) 9583; H. B. Anderson (C) 9503; A. E. Tongue (L) 9329- O. W B. Anderson (C) 9498; W. J. Sim (C) 9301 ;.T. J. Maling (C) 9155; R. C. Abernethy (C) 8698; J E. Dunstan (L) 8580; H. T. J. Thacker (Ind.) 6895.

4 CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL.

For the eight seats on the Hospital Board the results at 1.10 a.m., with two returns still to come, were as follows: 10 er ._ Acland 13,505 Archer 16,661 CaiT 12,?24 Foster ... , - I£l'§ Green 1?,590 Herbert ... ... 10,405 Leadley 10,502 McCombs ... - 15,208 Macfarlane 10,678 Manning 10,53^ Otley 11,800 Roberts JJ»§§? Rale ll.*g Thurston 9,694 Tongue SP 7 J> gS& ::: ::: US

LYTTELTON HARBOUR BOARD.

For the Lytteltan Harbour Board the voting was as follows: —

Armstrong ... ••- 1^637 Howard 13,10 d Holland 12,325 Hayward 10,409 Chrystall • 9,806 Thacker 9,747 Macfarlane VM< Thurston 9,034 Tongue 7,Jil Three returns to come.

TIMARU. TIMARU, This Day. Of 21 candidates for seats on the Borough Council, the following, are elected:— A. L. Gee ... "... 3047 P. B. Foote 2904 J. Hutchison .... ... 2912 M. Thompson 2911 H. A. Innes Jones ... 2623 H. J. Preston 2516 A. Kennedy 2488 G. D. Virtue 2428 J. P. Hart 2283 P. C. Vinnell 2109 T. W. Satterthwaite ... 2107 F. B. Hawkey 1934

Hospital Board. The following are elected:— G. T. Dawson 3609 E. R. Isaac 3549 G. J. Wallace 3190 Power Board. The following are elected: — A. N. Oakey 3365 R. A. KSchol 3004 H. J. Mathers 2852 LADY COUNCILLOR BEATEN. BLENHEIM, This Day. Mrs F. Redwood, Blenheim's lady councillor, was* defeated in the municipal election but elected as a borough representative on the Hospital Board.

DANNEVIRKE BOROUGH. DANNEVIRKE, This Day. Borough Council (first nine elected)—H. S. M. Quigley 1075, h H. R. Gillespie 1069, Leo Stem 1056, O. H. Hansard 1025, AValter Dobson JioA. G. J. E. Bickford 898, R. S. Chadwiek 851, A. W. Smith S3B, L. W Ward 743 W. McKinnon 739, F.A. Butlw Harrison 689, W. T. Eyre 456. Clifford Thompson 410, J. W. Hood 35a. HOKITIKA. HOKITIKA, This Day. Borough Ooraicil-r-E. Teichalmenn, AV. Jeffries, D. J. Evans, A. Armstrong, J. King, A. R. Elcock, T. W. Duff, G. Heiaz, E. W. Keeam Elected for Harbour Board A. Ziegler, G. Wood, E W. Keenan. Westland Hospital Board-J. J. Breeze, T. W. Duff, G. Heiaz. AUCKLAND RESULTS. AUCKLAND, This Day. All the retiring members of the Auckland City Council were re-elected except Mr A. Thompson. There are six new members, including Miss

Basten. There are three Labour members, compared with two in the lasfc council. In the Takapuna election the whole of the old council were rejected, a decisive victory for the party opposed to the proposed purchase of the tram and ferry service. The Auckland Harbour Board voters elected Messrs Bloodworth, Hutchinson, Inder, and Johnson. For the Auckland Hospital Board all the retiring members were re-elected except Mr W. A. Thompson, replaced by Mr M. J. Savage.

HALF-HOLIDAY VOTE,

HASTINGS, This Day. The Wednesday half-holiday' was retained by 1665, against Saturday 704.

MAYORAL RETURNS.

Nelson.—W. J. Mcffatt 1538. W. Lock (sitting mayor) 1449.

Waimate—George Dash (sitting) 538, W. Evans 422.