COUNCIL CHANGES AT BLENHEIM

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22400, 13 May 1938, Page 12

COUNCIL CHANGES AT BLENHEIM

THREE FORMER MEMBERS LOSE SEATS MAYORALTY CONTEST WON BY MR C. T. SMITH ITHB PRESS Special Service.] BLENHEIM, May 12. The chief feature of the local body elections in Marlborough were drastic changes in the Blenheim Borough Council, in which only three out of six candidates of the old council were returned.

SUMNER The following is the result of the final count for: — Mayoralty •J. E. Tait .. •• 938 (Elected.) F. W. J. Murdoch .. 621 Informal .. .. g Majority for Tait .. 397 RICHMOND BOROUGH I Mayoralty A. R. Tuffnell .. .. 331 I Elected.) H. Schroder .. .. 185 MOTHERA Mayoralty *R. J. L. York. (Unopposed.)

LABOUR SUCCESSES IN GISBORNE

i j MAJORITY ON BOROUGH COUNCIL (rasas association tei.ruham.) GISBORNE. May 12. Labour candidates met with considerable success in the Gisborne borough elections. On the Borough Council the Labour representation increased from one to four out of nine seats, the Labour Mayor arid another Independent Labour man assuring the party of a majority. Labour secured three out of the five borough seats on the Cook Hospital Board, one of five on the Power Board, but is not represented on the Harbour Board.

OAMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL

VOTES COUNTED UNTIL LATE HOUR [THE PRESS Special Service.! OAMARU, May 12. The counting of votes for the Oamaru Borough Council election continued to a late hour. Final results were not available until 4 o’clock yes-

HARBOUR BOARD LYTTELTON One member to represent the combined district of Kaiapoi and Rangiora boroughs and Oxford, Eyre, and Ranglora counties; *F. L. Parnham .. 1216 Elected.) C. Morgan Williams .. 862 Two members to represent the combined Ashburton County, Ashburton Borough, and Tinwald Town District: *J. W, Bowden .. 2107 *W. G. Gallagher .. 2037 Elected. H. E. Herring. M. P. (Lab.) 1298 S. Gardiner (Lab.) .. 619

Results were:— Mayoralty a T. Smith .. - 911 C. (Elected) A. Graside .. — 617 N. R. McMurtry 93 The retiring Mayor (Mr J. Stevenson) did not seek x - e-elecuon Council W. J. Girling 1093 H. M. W. Richardson 1044 H. j. S. Mitchell 1023 •A. W. Taylor 1003 E. S. Parker • .. 993 • r. H. Southgate 90' : *C. A. C. Garside h(Vi *C. E. Costello 879 R. Agnew 837 *T. (Elected) Smith 819 R. E Jamieson 702 *B. J. Cooke 725 A. W. Hills 083 O. J. Penney 612 *N. R. McMurtry 525 •G. Informal votes totalled 79 NELSON Mayoralty L. Pago .. .. 2122 J. (Elected.) Fitz-Gerald 1575 •E. City Council R. Neale 2697 ♦J. A. Harley .. 2687 •H. G. B. Hurst .. - 2518 *L. C. Pettit 2444 *S. McArthur 2369 N. Rout — — 2368 •s. A. Gibbs. „ .. 2295 s. W. Street .. 1997 F. Sharland 1770 ♦G. (Elected.) P. Russell .. 1615 J. B. Carr .. 1249 S. Kenning .. — 1246 M Macleod 1123 H. Bourne-Webb .. 1119 A. A. Hollyman 884

ierday morning. Results were; — •J. C. Kirkness 1976 E. W. Grenfell 1834 •A. R. Tait 1778 J. Meikle 1757 *L. Macrae .* 1654 N. N. Fraser .. 1635 •F. Butterfield 1630 •A. Wilson 1607 •A. E. Hodge .. 1533 E. D. Watts 1479 H. M. Barclay .. 1361 •G. Mitchell .. M 1361 (Elected.) D. S. Bain , 1286 *G. White 1217 J. Maxwell .. 1124 A. A. Barsdell 857 J. McLean 851 W, L, Borrows .. 730 H. S. Stevens .. o 643 J. Welch 489 G. P. Cuttriss 484