ELLERSLIE BY-ELECTION.
At the Ellerslie Town Boad by-election held yesterday Mr. S. Somerfield was returned with 172 votes, a majority of seven over Mr. J. J. Toy, who polled
185. The order of the remaining four candidates was: Mr. G. J. Thorpe, 85 votes; Mr. W. Ryan, 60; Mr. A. G. Parsons, 56; Mr. H. I. Simpson, 39. The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Mr. J. W. Morgan. About one-third of the 1600 voters in the district voted at the poll.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 262, 5 November 1931, Page 8
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