N.Z. LABOUR PARTY.
ELECTION CANDIDATES,
ENDORSEMENT ANNOUNCED. (By Telegraph.^—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Monday. The national executive of the New Zealand Labour party has atinounced that the following candidates, who have received the endorsement of the party organisations in the electorates concerned, have been chosen to contest seats at the general election:—Mr. P.Coulter, M.P., Hauraki; Mr. T. E. Trask, Egmontj Mr. F. L. Frost, New Plymouth.
Mr. Coulter is the sitting member for Waikato, but because of the redistribution of seats more than half his electorate has been transferred to the new Hauraki electorate. Mr. Coulter has consented to stand following representations' made by electors and branches of the Labour party in Hauraki.
Mr. Frost contested the New Plymouth seat at the last election and in a field of five candidates was beaten by S3l votes. Formerly vicar of Taradale, Hawke's Bay. Mr. Frost is now employed in the broadcasting service at Auckland. Mr. Trask is president of the Eltham branch of the Labour party and is a well-known farmer in that district:
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 138, 14 June 1938, Page 8
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