THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24258, 16 May 1944, Page 4

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

RECORD NUMBER OF CANDIDATES STRAIGHT CONTEST FOR MAYORALTY The most formidable ballot papers in the history of local body elections in l Christchurch will face voters on May 27. There will be- a straight-out contest between the Citizens Association and the Labour candidates lor the Mayoralty, but no fewer than 46 candidates will contest the 16 seats on the City Council, 27 the 10 seats on the North Canterbury Hospital Board, and nine each the' four seats on the Lyttelton Harbour Board and the newlyconstituted North Canterbury Catchment Board. ■ Nominations closed at noon yesterday with the returning officer (Mr. H. S. Feast) and, as expected from the announcements of the various groups, they reached a record total. The previous highest number of candidates for the City Council was 44. in 1935, but at the last election, in 1941. there were only 33. The nominations are as follows, sitting members being indicated by an asterisk:— Mayoralty Citizens’ Association—E. H, Andrews. Labour.—R. M. Macfarlane. City Council (16 scats) Citizens’ Association.—L. G. Amos, R, G. Brown*, J. N. Clarke*. H. P. Donald*. W. P. Glue*, G. D. Griffiths*, A, R. Guthrey, J. I j. Hay, J. J. Hurley*, W. L. King*, M. E. Lyons*, Mary McLean*, D. S. Murchison, C. D. Wi L. Sheppard*, J. E. Tail, F. S. Wilding*. Labour.—J. S. Barnett*, L. Christie. G. W. Dell, H. E. Denton*, Theresa Green*. Mabel Bowden Howard, J. E. Jones. P. J. Kelly. F. Kelso. G. Manning*, T. Martin, J. W. Morgan, T. Nuttall, E. Partene, J. Shankland. E. A, Sharp. Democratic Labour.—T. R. Hill, G. Kelly, H, Maloney. J. R. Robertson, M. Sears, D. J. Upton, Electors’ Association.—R. McK. Bailey. G. T. Baker. V. F, Roberts, F. Whiley. E. Yealands. Independent.—W. H. Davies. L. Hollines. Communist.—W. J. Whiting. North Canterbury Hospital Board (10 seats) Citizens’ Asosciation.—H. T. D. Acland*. L. C. L! Averill, Jane Anne Bean*. Jessie Clarke*. W. Copeland, V. C. Lawn, Jessie Elizabeth Mackay*. Mary McLean*. H. A. C, North, W. G. Ricli. Labour.—J, K. Archer*. J. S. Barnett*, Margaret Annie Denton, Teresa Green*, Margaret Cunningham Mackwell, Marion Robb Morgan, H, H. McCaw, T. Nuttall. Isabella Parlane. J. Shankland. Democratic Labour.—H. Judd. J. R, Robertson, D. J. Upton. Electors’ Association.—Amy Coddington. Dora Prendergast Harman, Edith Whittle. Independent.—W. P. Spencer*. Heathcote. Sumner, and Lyttelton (1): W. T. Lindsay, F. W. Sibley, and *C. Flavell. Lyttelton Harbour Board (four scats) Citizens' Association.—R. Browning*. F. W. Freeman*. V, E. Hamilton. W 3. Mac Gibbon*. Labour.—J. Flood. G. Manning, T H. McCombs*. G. T. Thurston. Electors’ Association.—O. A. Thelning. North Canterbury Catchment Board (four seats) Citizens' Association.—H. B. Anderson, G. Jobberns, W. Machin, L. W. McCaskill. Labour.—J. K. Archer. J. D. Carey. Mabel Bowden Howard, T. U. McCombs. Electors’ Association.—F. Whiley. Harbour Board.—Combined boroughs of Akaroa, Sumner, and Lyttelton and counties of Mount Herbert. Wairewa, and Akaroa; B. B. Lang, *F. E. Sutton.

- SUMNER BOROUGH M ' : COUNCIL ■ ■ _ . ||p The following’ nominations have^r been received for the Sumner mayor-||; alty and for -seats on the Sumner^' Borough Council, sitting members be-,il. ,ing indicated by an asterisk: , Tpt Mayoralty; Charles Gordon Burgess, Lf Ernest Thomas Chitty, Frank William James Murdoch. - . Council (eight seats): Morrison Bow- v man, Frank L. Brandt, Leonard R. * Cant, Donald Climie, ♦William J. Duff, f ‘Percival Clennell Fenwick, •John .y Laurence Gant, Francis A. Jack, Cohn Chisholm Lamb, Wilfred Melton Lang? dale-Hunt, ‘William Machin, Leslie J;., ,M. Manson, Desmond A. McCaske®; Richard W. Nunnick, and WUDiapr,, Barry Owen. , ( HEATHCOTE COUNTY- J COUNCIL , k Three ridings of the Heathcott = County Council have more than tW;required number ,of candidates |or election to the council, there being two for each of the Bromley and HIUS-

borough ridings which have one,vac*,. ancy, while for the single Avon seat "; ' - there are three nominations; In other ridings sitting members have ,i been returned unopposed. The follow* jf : • ing are the nominations received, the,;;. number of councillors required beingvi shown in parenthesis and the sitting members shown by an asterisk:— • I - Cashmere riding (2);* J. F. Cracroft J' Wilson and *F. W. Freeman. Mount:', Pleasant (1); *A. G. ,W. Williams. . , Heathcote Valley (1); *W. B. Laing* . Hillsborough (1): *H, C. Holland ai><f ■ C. E. Pope. Bromley (1): J. L. King and H. A. Matthews. Avon (1): *J- y Dickie, S. H. Fournier, and G. T. Reed. . HALSWELL COUNTY COUNCIL An election will'be required for. _ only one riding of the Halswety County. Council, sitting members being re* ; turned unopposed in the other' two. Nominations, with the number of vacancies shown in parenthesis, and th* . sitting members marked with an aster- ■ isk, are;~No. 1 riding (2):* W. Gardiner and *W. Wilson. No. 2 jading (2): F. V. Hallam, *J. R. Parish; and *E. Paterson. No. 3 riding (2);* W. G.' Macartney and *J. Wood.

. LYTTELTON There are two candidates for the Mayoralty of Lyttelton, Messrs A. K. Dyne* nominated by Messrs J. T. Norton and F. E. Sutton, and W. T. Lester, nominated by Messrs J. P. Paulsen and W. G. Carson. Mr Dyne Is a retiring councillor and Mr Lester was Mayor from 1917 to 1923. and from 1933 to 1933. There are 15 nominations for the nine seats on the council, the Labour Party nominating e full ticket. Only four members of the previous council are among those s'-kml election. The number on the main roU for the Borough of Lyttelton is 22',!K end there are 200 on the supplementary roll. The candidates are as follows: Mayoralty—Dyne. A, K.: Lester, W T. Council (nine seats).—Bridgcr, C. A., ‘Briggs. F. G.; ‘Cairns, R. E.: Carson. J* N.; Connibear, W. C.: Fletcher, A. HJ •FoMer, W. T.; Heal. F, II.: Huston, W. T! ‘Miller, D. G.; Mnuritscn, II.; Pan'sen, L. II.; Smith. W.; Walker, C. A.; Williams, G. P. (Mrs). ‘Sitting councillors.

WAIMAKARIRI RIVER ' TRUST Strong competition is shown in tH* 10 nominations received for four as commissioners for the central sub* ‘ > district’on the Waimakann Trust. An election will also be necessary in the Eyre sub-district, but corn* missioners in other eub-distnets have been returned unopposed. Sitting members among the following nominee* are shown by an asterisk:—Central sub-district (four required); *ll. ■ Anderson, *C. T. Aschman, G. L Baker. C. Buckelt, *P. W. Freeman. W. P. Hickey. R. Jones, *W. Machin, C. Oliver and J. Shankland. Eyre sub* district (1): *M. Spencer Bower and 1* A. Doody. Curt sub-district (I): *H. J* Mclntosh. Waimakariri East (IB P. Spcnccr. Waimakariri West U) *"• F. McArthur '