BY TEN VOTES.
NATIONALIST'S VICTORY. FINAL COUNT IX WAITAKI. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WAIMATE. Tuesday. The final count for the Waitiki electorate resulted in the return of Mr. 1). C". Kidd (National), who defeated the sitting Government member, Mr. D. Barnes, by 10 votes. The details are as follow:—Kidd 4608 Barnes 4tisS Majority for Kidd ... 10 Informal 42 Total votes cast 9378
Mr. Kidd led by 62 votes after the first count and gained 21 on tlie recount of votes at the various booths. Postal and absentee votes were east as follows:— Absentee: Barnes, 2.35; Kidd, 1H8; informal, 1. Postal: Barnes, 8.3; Kidd, 80; informal, 1. Declaration: Barnes, 3; Kidd, 3. Seamen: Barnes, One doubtful result still remains to be decided. This is Mid-Canterbury, where Mr. A. X. Grigg (National) at present has a majority of 48 votes over Mr. H. E. Herring (Government).
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 253, 26 October 1938, Page 7
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