HOSPITAL BOARDS

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25346, 20 November 1947, Page 8

HOSPITAL BOARDS

NORTH CANTERBURY The result of several seats on the North Canterbury Hospital Board was still doubtf.ul at 1 o’cldck this morning when returns from more than 20 polling places had still to be obtained. Details from the Christchurch City area, in which 10 vacancies on the board are being contested, were as follows: —

*L. C. L. Averill .. 17,368 *P. S. Foster .. .. 16,492 *Mrs J. A. Bean .. 16,161 *Mrs J. E. Mackay .. 15,626 J. J. Brownlee .. 15,600 *Mrs T. Green •. 15,143 •Mrs J. Clarke .. 15,080 •W. G. Rich .. .. 14.680 •V. C. Lawn .. 13.564 A. J. Scott .. .. 13.525 H. H. Hamilton .. 13,450 A. Matbison .. 12,530 L. Christie .. .. 12,250 M. R. Morgan .. 12,187 D. C. Fox .. .. 11,727 M. C. Mackwell .. 11,592 J. Shankland .. 11,317 J. G. Power .. .. 11,184 A. B.’ Grant .. .. 10.791 H. Tritt .. .. 10.331 M. T Fere .. .. 4,030 Borough of Kaiapoi, Eyre and Waimairi Counties: D. McMillan .. .. 2775 T. M. Ayers .. 2371 (Elected.) \ C. I. C. Scollay .. 1153 Rangiora and Oxford Counties and Rangiora Borough: Mrs M. A. Ellen .. 912 (Elected.) •H. A. Bennett .. 816 Paparua County and Riccarton Borough: C. G. McKellar .. 1861 (Elected.) G. R. Sarney .. 1203 ASHBURTON Ashburton Borough and Tinwald: •H. S. Billcliff .. .. 1995 •L. A. Charles .. .. 1749 •Mrs F. Curtis .. .. 1338 (Elected.) F. A. Coldicott .. .. 1231 County: •Raymond Oakley .. 1312 •E. T. Grigg .. .. 1300 •C. A. Campion .. .. 1240 •H. E. Jessop .. ... 1137 •W H. Wilkinson .. 1135 (Elected.) Mrs J. McQuilkin .. 1067 SOUTH CANTERBURY Borough: •F. G. M. Raymond .. 4371 •H. J. Clark .. 4361 •Mrs L. G. B. McAlister 4135 •A. S. Kinsman .. 3656 Mrs M. ‘A. Newlands .. 3282 (Elected.) Miss A. T. Tizard .. 3192 Mrs M. E. Hilton .. 2671 J. Oliver .. 1763 L A Butterfield .. 1554 J. Mcl. Mackay .. 1402 O J. F. McKee .. 615 BULLER Borough: •Mrs M. C. Robertson .. 1384 Mrs G. Farrell .. 1274 •Mrs E. B. Ridsdale .. 1268 T. X. O’Neil] ..834 , (Elected.) H. J. Adaims .. .. 795 County: W. H. Gourley .. 1167 •J. Ward .. .. 1091 *W. H. Mclntyre ~ 1056 Mrs C. F. Strang .. 964 Mrs E. Roper .. 911 (Elected.) •Mrs O. Tyler .. 910 •J. Dowgray .. 901 WESTLAND Hokitika 'Borough: P. C. Blank ..654 J. F. McDougall .. 501 S. G. Havill .. 497 (Elected.) H. C. Peart .. .. 459 S. J. Roberts .. .. 415 INANGAHUA •J. J. Coghlan .. .. 786 C. Coxall .. 752 *A. Topp .. .. 689 •Mrs A. Hardie .. 642 R. C. Haldane .. .. 555 A. G. Wells .. .. 533 •J. S. McGregor .. 528 (Elected.) •Mrs R.' Yellowlees .. 516 •F. W. Archer .. .. 516 J. K. Patterson .. 499 T. E. Elgin .. .. 480 E. I. Paine .. .. 458 J. Etheridge .. 424 The eighth seat is still in doubt, as two candidates have 516 votes and declaration votes have still to be counted.