THE GENERAL ELECTION

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22543, 27 October 1938, Page 12

THE GENERAL ELECTION

* FINAL FIGURES FOR TEMUKA i ■ SMALL DECREASE IN LEAD OF - MR T. D. BURNETT fTHK PRESS Special Servlce.l TEMUKA, October 26. The final returns ior the Temuka electorate revealed, after the completion of the official count yesterday a decrease of 20 in the majority of Mr T. D. Burnett (National) over Mr J. A. Kearton (Labour). Mr L. W. Parrant, the Returning officer for the electorate. commented on the low number of informal votes cast in his district. Out of 72 booths only 16 returned informal votes, w.hich totalled 28 The largest polling booth in the electorate, the Temuka Drill Hall booth, which returned 590 votes, had not one mioOut^of°ae roll of 10.136 only 369 votes were not/cast. All cases of dual voting had been inquired into, said Mr Parrant, and there, was no case which warranted police prosecution. ■; The official figures arc:— T. b. Burnett (National) .. 5494 J. A. Kearton (Labour) •. 4345 Informal •• '• *’ -.040 Majority for Burnett .. .. ■ On the first count Mr Burnett’s majority was 1269. Additional votes were cast as follows! — Absentees: Burnett 183, Kearton .225 Postal votes: Burnett 98, Kearton 83. Declaration votes: Burnett 4, Kearton 1. \ magisterial recount FOR WAITAKI NO ANNOUNCEMENT YET BY MR D. BARNES [THE PRESS Special Service.] i ' WAIMATE, October' 26. i lin an interview by telephone - with a representative of “The _ Press . this afternoon, Mr D. Barnes,.former -sitting Labour member for Waitaki, who was beaten by. Mr D. C. Kidd (National) by the harrow margin of 10 votes.'said he'had not yet decided whether to apply for a magisterial recount of tne Vl ]vfr Barnes said he was not prepared to give any further information to-day, but would probably announce his decision to-morrow. FINAL FIGURES FOR RAGLAN MR LEE MARTIN’S MAJORITY NOW 604 \ ' (press association telegram.) HAMILTON, October 26. The official count in the Raglan electorate resulted: — \V. Lee Marlin (Lab.) .. 5062 A. S. Sutherland (Nat.) .. 4458 A. G. Gallichan (Ind.) .. 415 Informal • • ; • , • • ®, Majority for Lee Martin . • ”04 Declaration and postal votes were cast as follows: , Declaration —Lee Martin 9, Sutherland 1, Gallichan 1. Absentee —Lee Martin 283, Sutherland 181, Gallichan 5; informal 16. Postal—Lee Martin 57, Sutherland 44, Gallichan 0. MR ATMORE’S MAJORITY INCREASED ■ ; . ' . - OFFICIAL COUNT AT NELSON (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) I NELSON, October 26. The final count in the Nelson election resulted: — 11. Atmore (Independent) .. 6092 J. R. Kerr (National) •• 5206 Informal. .. •• Majority for Atmore . • , Mr Atmore increased his majority i on the first count by 20. MARLBOROUGH (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) BLENHEIM, October 26. The 1 official count of voting for the Marlborough seat increases the majority of Mr Meachen from 1364 to 1525. The final figures are:— E. P. Meachen (Lab.) .. • • ®579 E. F. Healy (Nat.) ' .. • ■ 5054 Mr Meachen received 305 absentee and 136 postal votes, and Mr Healy 174 absentee and 126 postal votes. BULLER (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WESTPORT, October 26. The official count for the Buller electorate is as follows; — P, C. Webb (Labour) .. 7976 T. O. Maddison (National) .. 1832 Majority for Webb .. 6144 For Webb, absentee votes numbered 196, postal 96, seamen’s 7, and declaration 24. For Maddison, absentee votes numbered 62, postal 24, seamen s 1, and declaration 1. DUNEDIN W^ST (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, October 26. The official count in the Dunedin West seat has. been completed, *tne final giving H>r, 3D; G. TvXclVlillan an increased majority by 82. The figures D. 6 G. McMillan (Lab.) .. 8452 T. K. S. Sldey (Nat.) .. .. 5813 Informal . • • • * Majority for McMillan • • MANAWATU FEILDING, October 26. After the final count in the Manawatu electorate the figures are:—J. G. Cobbe (National) .. 6245 C. L. Hunter (Labour) .. 4601 Majority for Cobbe • • 1644 Mr Cobbe’s majority was reduced by* 44 from that given by the provisional count. AUCKLAND EAST AUCKLAND, October 26. In the Auckland East electorate, the provisional count gave Mr F. W. Schramm (Labour) 8263 votes, and Mr H. T. Merritt (National) 5641. The final position is:— F. W. Schramm (Lab.) .. 8887 ; H. T. Merritt (Nat.) .. 6261 ' Majority for Schramm .. 2626 i Mr Schramm’s majority was in- ■ creased by four votes in the final count.

WAIRARAPA ' (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) CARTERTON, October 26. The official count in the Wairarapa seat gives Mr B. Roberts an increase of 114 in his majority,/ The final ! figures are:— B. Roberts (Lab.) .. .. 5293 J. F. Thompson (Nat.) .. 4516 Informal .. . • 44 • Majority for Roberts •. 777 REMUERA (press association telegram.) AUCKLAND, October 20. The final figures for the Remuera seat are:— W. P.' Endean (Nat.) .. • • 9605 Mrs Dreaver (Lab.) .. .. 6744 Majority for Endean .. 2861 The majority for Mr Endean on the . provisional count was 2589. ONEHUNGA (press’ association telegram.) AUCKLAND, October 26. In tlie Onehunga electorate, 3Mr -A.. G. Osborne, the Labour candidate, increased his majority on the provisional count by 218 in the official count. The final figures are:— A. G. Osborne (Lab.) .. .. 9412 J. Park (Nat.) .. .. -5098 Majority for Osborne .. 4314 OTAHUHU (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, October 26. In the Otahuhu electorate,' the final figures of the official count are:— C. R. Petrie (Lab.) .. .. 7020 K. B. Tennent (Nat.) .. .. 4753 Majority for Petrie .. • • 2267 Mr Petrie’s majority in the provisional count was 2182. MARSDEN (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WHANGAREI, October 26. The final position in the Marsden • J. G. Barclay (Lab.) .. .. 6157 • A. J. Murdoch (Nat.) .. .. 5600 Mr Barclay’s majority was increased from 465 to 557.