COUNTY RESULTS

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28129, 19 November 1956, Page 13

COUNTY RESULTS

Several Very Close Contests

SOME MEMBERS LOSE SEATS

A feature of polling in the counties was the number of close contests. In many instances, with postal and declaration votes still to be taken into iccount and the validity of some votes still to be determined, there could be alterations in provisional placings announced on Saturday evening. In the Belfast riding of Waimairi county the county chairman, Mr W E Cassidy, is only 21 votes ahead of Mr p. A. Ragg. and m the Papanui riding the well-known Labour figure. Mr R H. McDonald, has a lead of only 12 votes. The returning officer for Waimairi County (Mr K. MacLachlan) said yesterday that there were still considerably more than 100 declaration votes and about 40 postal votes to be counted in the county. Quite a number of votes which deputyreturnin? officers had regarded as invalid might also have to be taken into account where the intention of electors had been clearly shown. In Selwyn County only 13 votes jeparate four candidates for the three teats representing the Hororata riding, in the fourth place on the provisional •ount is Mr G. H. Grigg, a sitting councillor who is 10 votes behind Mr G. H. Hall, who in turn is one vote behind yr P. T. Phillips and three behind Mr W. R. Oliver. At least 10 postal and declaration votes have still to be included. There is another close contest in the Sheffield riding of the Malvern county, where two councillors are required. One of the sitting members, Mr J. H. Jebson. is clearly returned, but the ether sitting member. Mr T. L. Jenkins. is two votes behind Mr G. E. Wright on the initial count, but about six declaration votes have still to be included. Mount Herbert and Ashley In the Mount Herbert county, where four representatives are required for the Port Levy riding, a sitting member, Mr W. S. Coop, is now in fifth place, eight votes behind his nearest opponent. There is a similar position in the Mount Thomas riding of the Ashley county, where only eight votes separate three candidates for two of the three seats on the council. The candidates are Messrs T. A. Judson. L. B. Burnett, and B. Mercer. Mr Mercer, who is a sitting member, is at present at the bottom of the list. Only two votes separate candidates for the second seat representing the Cust riding in the Rangiora county. Mr D. Ensor has 123 votes and Mr R. Gillespie 121. In this riding the only sitting member to contest the election. Mr G. E. Oldman, was not returned.

In Heathcote county the sitting member and former county clerk. Mr A. E. Amyes. was beaten in the Hillsborough riding by Mr C. D. Le Comte: in Paparua county Mr J. W. Saunders has been replaced in the Prebbleton riding by Mr D. H. Warren, and in the No. ‘3 riding of Halswell county Mr J. J. Macartney, who topped the poll, has displaced Mr J. H. Williamion. . The following are the results of polling:—

WAIMAIRI Belfast •W. E. Cassidy .. 293 P. A. Ragg •• 272 One member required. Papanui R. H. McDonald .. .. 126 R. R. Mackay .. 114 One member required. Elected unopposed.—Styx riding: *E. R. Stead. Marshland: *F. W. Walter. Harewood: *H. J. C. Reynolds. Wairarapa: *C. L. Austin. Fendalton: *A. R. Blank and P. Wyn-Williams. Middleton: *J- I. Colligan. PAPARUA Sockburn •J. H. Weaver .. .. 573 A. Fazackerley • • 570 (Elected) B. A. Lilley .. 164 Hornby •R. C. Gliberthorpe .. 557 R. J. Roberts .. 502 (Elected) S. Forbes . • 334 West Melton i *J. A. Wilson .. .. 260 j N. K. Calder .. 187 (Elected) L. P. Manion •. 159 Prebbleton D. H. Warren .. 141 (Elected) •J. W. Saunders .. .. 32 Elected Unopposed.—lslington. S. C. Borland. Templeton: *R. F. Lochhead. Yaldhurst: *W. F. McArthur. Broadfield: *C. A. Campion. Ladbrooks; J. H. Meyer. HALSWELL No. 3 Riding J. G. Macartney .. 126 •M. St. J. McKay . . .. 120 Elected) *J. H. Williamson .. .. 101 Elected Unopposed.—No. 1 Riding: •H. Cox. *J. N. Mackenzie. No. 2 I Riding: *J. R. Parish, *E. G. Robertson. HEATHCOTE Hillsborough i C. D. Le Compte .. .. 197 (Elected) . *A. E. Amyes «. 160 Valley •J. S. Scott .. 473 (Elected) •C. H. Jones .. 239 F. Carpenter .. 141 Elected Unopposed.—Cashmere riding: *F. W. Freeman. *R. A. Young, •J- C. Holliss. SELWYN Hororata *W. R. Oliver .. • • 177 P. T. Phillips .. .. 175 •G. H. Hall .. .. 174 *G. H. Grigg .. - • 164 W. M. Oakley 134 (Three members required) Lake Coleridge •J. N. Murchison - • 131 •W. G. Logan .. •• J3O •R. A. Thomson • • H 5 < Elected) T. H. Evans 47 Elected Unopposed.—Rakaia: *J. J Allan. *M. C. Brown. *C. A. Inch. AKAROA Akaroa-Wainui A. S. Gray • • 299 V. J. Armstrong -. • • 254 •C. D. Kay .. 217 (elected) H. C. Amyes . • 141 Okains Bay F. G. Harris ..129 (elected) •T S C~w 64 Elected unopposed-—Pigeon Bay: *J B. Hay. Le Bons Bay: *G. P. A. de Latour.

OXFORD a w » North .A W- Inch .. gov r?' P£ Uey • • • • 802 Lj. G. Skurr .. . 507 w. O. Chapman .. / 485 A. A. Doody .. 436 (Elected) I’l Langford .. .. 424 R. T. Jeal .. .. 230 * T _ South •I- E. H. McGrath .. .. 144 S. C. Brown ~ 128 (Elected) R. E. Meyer e t 75 KOWAI . Amberley •W. Briggs .. 117 (Elected) R. K. Fletcher .. ~ 99 South C. D. Lewis .. ~ 400 G. D. Robertson .. ~ 372 A. F. Shaw .. 356 (Elected) R. C. Mather .. . a 237 Elected Unopposed.—North riding: Pat S ers ß on W ’ * A ' G ' Blakely ' J ' H ' EYRE • d v • E yreton R. C. Kimber .. ~ 320 G. M. Dixon .. . 3m *R. G. Ward .. ’ 297 C. M. Harman ~ 282 (Elected) M. S. Bower .. ~ 257 A. W. Hyndman .. .. 226 G. H. D. Lintoff .. .. 184 H. W. Hole .. 161 Elected Unopposed.—West Eyreton riding: *C. W. Bennett, *J. E. Horrell. RANGIORA , Cust Riding W. P. Smith .. .. 145 D. Ensor . fc ~ 123 R. Gillespie ’ .. .. 121 *G. E. Oldman .. 105 Two members required. Elected unopposed.—Rangiora riding: H. G. Guy. *F. A.- Mclntosh, F. A. Moore, *C. L. Morriss, *L. J. Stokes. AMURI Rotherham •A. A. Munro . . ~ 160 *A. A. Macfarlane .. 127 (Elected) M. S. Walter .. .. 98 Elected unopposed.—Hanmer riding: *T. Fraser, J. L. Stevenson. Pahau: •L. H. Davison. *A. G. Wilson. Waiau: *O. L. Davies, *G. B. Orchard. Lyndon: *J. L. Macfarlane. MT. HERBERT Port Levy •A. M. Jackson .. .. 99 •C. E. Jenkins .. .. 80 P. R. Blunden .. .. 77 J. H. Mathias .. .. 161 •W. S. Coop .. .. 53 Four members required. Elected unopposed.—Port Victoria riding: *D. D. R. Cresswell. *M. J. Foley, *V. B. Jaggar, *W. G. Witte. MALVERN Sheffield Riding •J. H. Jebson .. .. 173. G. E. Wright .. .. 126 •T. L. Jenkins .. .. 124 Two members are required, and the result of the second seat may be affected by declaration votes. Courtenay Riding M. R. Voice .. .. 684 *M. E. Jenkins .. .. 644 *C. G. Jarmon .. .. 559 •R. S. Gunn .. .. 538 C. O. Redfern .. 526 (Elected) G. R. Bedford ..* 407 Elected unopposed. Homebush riding: *H. H. Deans. • WAIPARA • Teviotdale •A. E. Hunt .. 124 (Elected) A. E. Herbert .. ■ ■ 91 Elected unopposed.—Hurunui riding: J. L. Smellie. Waitahi: *C. G Brooker. Waikari: *F. K. Forrester. Waipara: *R. C. Overton. Stronghurst: C. N. Mackenzie. SPRINGS Elected unopposed.—Springton riding: -O R. Chamberlain. D. Marshall. ♦M. J. Ryan, *C. S. Simpson Greenpark: *T. F. Carter, *E. J. Stalker. * TAWERA Elected unopposed.—Springfield riding: J. F. Greenslade, *L. B. MoHand. •G. Sutherland. Kowai Bush: R. M. D. Johnson, -A.’S. Rutherford Cass: •W H. Faulkner, *J. K. McAlpine.

ELLESMERE Elected unopposed.—lrwell riding: W Johnson. tf. E. Walker Leeston. *J Legg, *D. Marshall. Southbridge. •A. Anderson and *H. H. Heslop. WAIREWA Elected unopposed.—Little Jiyer riding: E. E. Patten. *P. N. Ussher. N. Wright. Kaituna: *W. C. Miller K. H. Parkinson. Kinlock riding. P. G Markham, *D. W. MacPhail. ASHLEY Mount Thomas •J. H. McCracken .. • ■ 91 T. A. Judson .. • • •L. B. Burnett .. • ■ ”8 •B. Mercer ■ • ba (Three members required) Elected Unopposed.—Loburn-White-rock riding: *J. Crooks, G. Harper. A. A Mackintosh, -F. E. Waterworth. CHEVIOT Seaward *A. S. Murray • • (elected) T. L. Jones • • Elected unopposed.—Hawkswood riding- *M. H. Handyside. Hurunui: R. S Harrison. Kaiwara: *R. G. Anderson Lowry: P. F. Childs. Parnassus: ♦W.’ L. Foster. Waiau: *E. R. Good. KAIKOURA Town •V. J. Corbett .. .• 408 ♦S. T. Allan • • • • 34b *L R. Alexander •• • ido (Elected) E. R. Pitman .. • • •?»! F. C. Wilson • .. •• Suburban , •F. W. Broughan .. »N. J. Harnett .. • • g2B H. J- Smith .. •• 247 A. W. Wilson .. • • D. W. Lee .• •■ .J' . Three members are to be elected. A number of postal and declaration votes still to be counted, could affect the Unopposed. —Clarence riding: J. Ross Murray. Conway: L. P. Blunt *J- P. Snushall. East Coast: J A. Paton. Hundalee: *G. E. Gray.