FINAL COUNT.
MID-CANTERBURY SEAT
NATIONALIST VICTORY. MAROIN OF 75 VOTES. lily Tclejjrapli. - Press A-snci 11ion. | lON. Wednesday. Willi ono absent vote to lie doir'.t with, tho position in tin- Mid-Cantcrhury electorate i- that Mr. A. X. Crigg (National) has boon olootod l?v a majority of 7"> votes mcr the sitting (iuvorniiioiit member. Mr. 11. I'.. Herring. 'I'ho figures aro as follows: — <; I iirsr 14 Honing .'p4J!I Majority for Grigg .. 7"> Informal :;<» 'I'ho dorlarat ion, absentee and postal \ otoh wore oast as follows: — Declaration: Crigg Herring 4. Absentee: Grigg 2-">7, Herring 203. l'ostal: Grigg 110, Herring Oti.
Oti the night of the poll Mr. Grig" 1 had a majority of -IS votes. The state of the parties in the House of Representatives, compared with the position at the dissolution before the general election, is as follows:—
Present Before position, election. Government ...... r>.~> National .......!2~> 19 Independents ...... 2 t> Tho two Independents aro Mr. C. A. Wilkinson (Egmont) and Mr. H. Atmorc (Nelson).
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 254, 27 October 1938, Page 20
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