THREE AUCKLAND SEATS

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25051, 6 December 1946, Page 8

THREE AUCKLAND SEATS

OFFICIAL COUNTS ANNOUNCED MR ALGIE’S MAJORITY INCREASED (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Dec. 5. Except for a small number of service votes and a few cast by former servicemen, official counts for the electorates of Remuera. North Shore, and Onehunga were completed to-day. Of candidates who were successful on the provisional count. Mr R. M. Algie (National. Remuera) increased his majority by 397. and Mr A. G. Osborne (Labour, Onehunga) by 191. The lead of Dr. A. M. Finlay North Shore) was reduced by 133. No instances of plural voting were, discovered in the three constituencies. Returning officers for the remaining 11 seats including Parnell, which is of vital interest, as Mr D. M. Rae (National) has a lead of only 50 votes over his opponent, the Hon. F. W. Schramm (Labour), will probably announce the result of their count to-morrow. Following are the official figures for the three electorates: — Remuera R. M. Algie (National) .. 8465 J. Freeman (Labour) .. 4060 Majority for Algie .. 4405 North Shore Dr. A. M. Finlay (Labour) .. 6958 H. T. Morton (National) .. 6726 Majority for Finlay 232 Onehunga A. G. Osborne (Labour) .. 8603 W. K. King (National) .. 5204 Majority for Osborne .. 3399 FRANKLIN AND OTAHUHU (P A.) AUCKLAND. December 5. The official count of votes m the Franklin electorate has resulted as follows: — J. N. Massey (National) .. 8532 A. D. J. Gunn (Labour) .. 4508 Majority for Massey .. 4024 Mr Massey polled 421 absentee and postal votes, and Mr Gunn 293. There were 32 declaration votes, Mr Massey receiving 12 and Mr Gunn 20. The result of the final count for Otahuhu, although a few votes have Still to be added, was: C. R. Petrie (Labour) .. 6883 A. Murdoch (National) .. 6693 Majority for Petrie .. 190 TIMARU ELECTORATE MR CLYDE CARR’S MAJORITY REDUCED BY 37 VOTES With some soldiers’ votes still to be notified, the official count of the votes for the Timaru electorate resulted in the majority for Mr Clyde Carr .(Labour) over Mr Jack Acland (National) being reduced from 558 to 521. Postal and absentee votes were included in the official count, details being as folAbsentee votes: Acland 367, Carr 376, informal 3. _ Postal votes: Acland 241, Carr 204, informal 7. „ __ Forces votes: Acland 23. Carr 50.. Total: Acland 6467, Carr 6988, informal 55. ~ , Valid votes cast totalled 13,510. BROOKLYN (PA.) WELLINGTON, December 5. The final count of civilian votes in the Brooklyn electorate, announced today, increases the Prime Ministers majority by 99. The Rt. Hon. P. Fraser received 545 of the outstanding votes, and Mr Stewart Hardy 446. There were 135 informal votes. The figures are: Fraser . - • • JI 45 Hardy * .. .. 4257 'Majority for Fraser .. 3888 The official count of servicemen’s votes abroad has still to be taken into consideration, but the number is small. NEW PLYMOUTH (P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Dec. 5. The official count in the New Plymouth electorate resulted: E. P. Aderman (National) .. 7418 G. Nimmo (Labour) .. 7010 Informal . - • • °2 Majority for Aderman - - 408 The figures in the provisional count gave Mr Aderman a majority of 308.