THE ELECTIONS.

Press, Volume XXXII, Issue 4399, 5 September 1879, Page 2

THE ELECTIONS.

THE LYTTELTON ELECTION. The election of a member of the Assoml'l-' for Lyttelton, took place yestorday. The candidates were —Mr Hurry Allwright, the Mayor of Lyttelton, and the late' representative of the port, MrH.P.Mawraj. Aynsley. Mr Allwright was returned at the head of tho poll, the result of the election oa announced by tbe Eeturaing Officer beios~ ! | Allwright ... ... 193 ! ' Aynsley ... ... 176 The total number of votes each waa 373.. five of which were discarded. The vbt&t number of electors on the roll is 462. fi» poll was deolared at 5.15 p.m., and the announcement was received with ohoers.asfl counter cheers by a pretty numerous earnsMr Allwright said, in thanking theeierti**, that the greatest victory ever aohipved in $e# Zealand nad been accomplished by thoiaia returning him. He had never asked a *M> - for his vote, but had been put in at the bed of the poll. I He never expected such a raulfe as he had been told by some of them out is* fluential men in the town that he would hat* no influence in Parliament. Now that fe ft* eleoted, however, he would do his iwrt fer Lyttelton, and would make the asms of teiton be heard in the House. They had returned him as a friend of tho working tt-* and he would go there as a working nan to represent those who had elected him. It W•wen said tbat working men never 'should bs lifted up, but he hoped they would never r** pent sending him to Parliament. Mr Murray-Aynsley thanked to<*» :*»« had worked for him eiid voted for him. Ttej had had a hard fight with the Premier #»"» them, and after all had succeeded in very close, though not quito to the h««d« the poll. - A vote of thanks to the Eeturaing (»* brought the proceedings to a close.