MAYORAL POLL

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29059, 23 November 1959, Page 14

MAYORAL POLL

Mr Manning Succeeds The Citisens’ Association candidate for the mayoralty of Christchurch, Mr H. P. Smith, gave the sitting Labour Mayor (Mr G. Manning) some anxious moments before the final figures were announced on Saturday night. With some big booths’ returns awaited towards the end, it was possible for Mr Smith to overtake Mr Manning’s lead, but much of the great personal popularity with Christchurch voters that has been Mr Manning’s lot for many years has remained with him. While his party colleagues on the City Council and other local bodies were toppling, he held on to the mayorality, with 15,076 votes to Mr Smith’s 13,312. The election-night figures will change when the 2000 odd special votes have been counted, and it is probable that the margin between the candidates will be narrowed. Up to two-thirds of the votes are expected to go to Mr Smith. The mayoral votes were the first to be counted, and .results were telephoned to the City Council offices and taken to the Returning Officer (Mr H. S. Feast). He received the first return at 7.7 p.m. and by 8.45 pm. was able to give the complete provisional count of votes. Quick Returns In Mr Feast’s long experience with the muncipal elections he cannot recall a mayoral election in which the result was known so quickly, and this reflected the lightness of the poll. At no stage did Mr Smith’s voting reach Mr Manning's during the progress totals compiled by Mr Feast to let the candidates and the public know how the voting was going, but he narrowed the margin over the last half-dozen results. One unusual feature of the polling noticed by Mr Feast was that at four polling places each candidate received the same number of votes.

Manr ning Smith 1 Municipal offices 141 c Cathedral square 101 Durham street hall .. 58 77 Moorhouse avenue .. 44 28 ] St. Michael’s St. Andrew’s Church 47 60 Hall 92 85 Cranmer School 53 85 Knox Schoolroom 246 464 Sealey ave. marquee 254 333 r Dodge's timber mill St. Luke’s East Chch. School .. 35 26 168 168 151 106 ; Wesley Schoolroom .. 146 102 Hibernian Hall 112 Sissons road 113 189 Harewood road .. 244 297 Paparoa street 40 100 St. Andrew's College 162 467 Walrakei School 80 172 Condeli avenue 100 86 Waimairi School 117 125 Wairakei road garage 28 34 Normans road 107 208 Elmwood School .. 70 208 Rugby street 177 450 Merivale lane 50 193 Rangi-ruru School 15 43 Mairehau School 105 105 Rutland street .. 125 223 Bretts road 56 180 Thames street St. Albans street 128 211 52 105 St. Albans School .. 98 115 Berwick street 79 86 Warrington street 235 283 Scottish Society Hall 365 297 Canon street 59 80 Purchas street 59 72 Quinns road 93 48 Acheson avenue 186 65 Shirley School 124 125 Shirley Intermediate 226 200 1 Dudley street 74 63 St. Albans R.S.A. 107 107 Stanmore road 258 171 Richmond School 59 43 1 Burwood School 137 163 Cresswell avenue 58 43 Banks avenue 60 74 Avonside drive 94 72 Dallington marquee .. 174 145 1 68 Wainoni road 108 83 Wbodham road North Linwood School 79 160 72 114 8 Linwood Library St. George’s School260 252 ! room 165 142 Linwood Methodist Schoolroom 132 lOlj ) Phillipstown School 226 87 i Linwood Ave. School 184 116 o St. Chad’s 145 92 91 Pages road 12 17 □ North Brighton School 187 130 3 Peace Memorial Hall 96 68 0 Bower avenue 81 47 5 New Brighton D.H.S. 330 250 Union street 87 52 8 South Brighton School 179 138 3 Bexley road 17 22 Aranul School 132 87 Aidwins road 180 82 Hopkins street .. 123 52 Woolston School 201 81 Glenroy street 123 49 Aynsley terrace 158 147 Radley street marquee 246 57 Bamford street 119 25 Bromley School 31 29 Sumner Town Hall .. 260 358 Sumner School 79 77 r Moncks Bay 27 41 i Redcliffs 143 179 Mount Pleasant 61 141 Mt. Pleasant School 11 27 114 Antigua street 84 40 66 Antigua street 99 52 1 Battersea ■ street .. 104 33 Sydenham School 234 71 Sydenham Library 184 66 St. David’s 160 79 f Huxley street Colombo street Baptist 81 19 187 Hall 280 Palsgrave street .. Grafton street 62 12 f 203 54 Mowbray street 106 46 Waltham School 260 99 Tennyson street 57 37 Beckenham School 196 118 St. Martins Library 238 129 St. Anne’s 133 157 St. Mark’s, Opawa .. 189 172 Addington Library .. 157 84 a t Edinburgh street Lincoln road kinder149 65 e garten 72 29 Selwyn street 127 51 g Addington School 125 58 Lyttelton street West Spreydon School St. Nicholas’s Hall .. 125 53 0 78 47 244 153 1 Simeon street Chch. South Inter115 .57 a mediate School 197 91 Roker strfeet 139 62 Cashmere View street 113 120 Somerfield School 140 118 e Spreydon School 107 103 Downing street 47 55 f Sparks road 76 64 s Rockinghorse road .. 28 28 e Totals 15.076 13.312 1 Informal .. 276