Mayor of Blenheim gains big majority

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32734, 11 October 1971, Page 15

Mayor of Blenheim gains big majority

Blenheim’s Mayor, Mr S. P. Earling, was returned for a fourth term with a handsome majority over the nearest of his two rivals, Mr A. B. Barratt. He polled slightly more than twice the, votes recorded by Mr Barratt.

More than 300 special I votes were received and ; these could well decide the last position on the council. On the preliminary count only 53 votes separate three candidates. Mr M. W. Wishart, a sitting councillor, was not elected but is one of those likely to be affected by the special votes. Borough voters returned all sitting members of the hospital board, and the harbour

board. Taking a seat on the harbour board is Mr B. J. Dalliessi, former Mayor of Picton, who is now living in Blenheim. But they rejected Mr G. E. Marshall, whose seat on the power board has been won by Mr L. C. Duckworth. Special votes may upset the preliminary count for the catchment board representation. Here, Mr D. J. Gosling, a sitting member, trails Messrs F. W. Horton and D. L. Kidd, both of whom occupy the fourth seat with the same number of votes. The poll of between 55 and 60 per cent was slightly . above last election’s figure, »• Results of polling are:— !■

I Blenheim Borough I MAYORALTY •S. P. Harling .. 2659 (Elected) A. B. Barratt .. 1284 R. A. V. Jones .. 466 COUNCIL (Nine required) •B. Hundleby .. 3095 •L. C. Duckworth .. .. 2878 •G. H. Whimp .. 2699 •F. L. Smith .. .. 2684 •E. S. Young .. .. 2667 C. B. Whitehead .. .. 2609 *H. E. McKinley .. 2599 D. G. N. Gill .. 2573 J. M. Lundon .. 2522 (Elected) *M. W. Wishart .. 2520 •G. E. Marshall .. 2183 H. Lloyd .. 2172 D. P. Highet .. 1924 W. L. McKinnon .. 1856 M. M. Groombridge .. 1150 HOSPITAL BOARD (Five required) •A. G Wicks .. 3567 •B. F. Kerridge .. 3354 •C. B. Whitehead .. .. 3304 •A. C. Mortimer .. 3220 (Elected) K. C. Roberts 2769 E. L. Richards .. 2434 HARBOUR BOARD (Four required) •T. S. Eckford .. 3389 •W. R. Parker .. 3014 •B. Hundleby .. 2892 B. J. Dalliessi .. 2748 (Elected) S. I. Vercoe .. 2175 A. A. P. Willy .. 1716 ; POWER BOARD (Four required) < •A. G. Wicks 3340 •R. Agnew 2671 j L. C. Duckworth .. .. 2656 i *E. A. Lucas 2625

(Elected) *G. E. Marshall .. 2413 H. Lloyd 2139 CATCHMENT BOARD (Four required) •T. S. Eckford .. 3271 •B. W. Bendall .. 2498 •S. I. Vercoe .. 2416 F. W. Horton .. 2293 D. L. Kidd 2293 (Elected) I *D. J. Gosling .. 2260 J. T. Solomon .. 829 Awatere County. i Only one of the three ridings in the Awatere county was contested and all three sitting members were returned. In the postal vote, 578 voting papers were sent out and 509 returned, a poll of 88 per cent. COUNTY COUNCIL Lower Awatere Riding (Three required) •E. G. Pope 398 *A. D. Dick 391 *R. G. Brown 382 (Elected) G. R. Kerr .. 240 The following ridings and ad hoc bodies were not contested and candidates were returned unopposed:— j Upper Awatere Riding.— * J. M. Boyce, *T. K. C. Maddever, E. L. Stevenson. Flaxbourne Riding.—’T. O. Hickman, ’A. G. Roberts, *B F. Schwass. Power Board (Awatere County and East Coast Riding of Kaikoura County).—*J. R. E. Moore, *J. A. Thomson. Harbour Board.—*F. G. Conway. Hospital Board.—*R. P. Clous- ■ ton. Marlborough County The only upset in the Marlborough County was the election of two new members, Messrs M. E. Dick and L. A. C. Pigou in the Spring Creek-Picton Riding. They unseated R. F. Bishell and K. T. Giles.

Three of the four country representatives elected to the Marlborough Hospital Board are women. Two of them, Esther

Wolferstan Barnett and Nellie Winifred Bernice Schroder, are members. A sitting member, Ethel Reader, lost her seat. Five of the six candidates were women. The election was conducted by postal voting and there was a poll of 71 per cent. This would probably have been larger if the Omaka Riding had been contested. COUNTY COUNCIL Wairau Riding , (Two required)

• or r. ’ W. E. Bown .. 693 *A. S. Leslie .. 644 (Elected) D B. MacLellan 504 Spring Creek-Picton Riding ~ „ (Two required) M. E. Dick , .. 945 L. A. C. Pigou . 879 „ „ (Elected) •R. F. Bishell ?20 •K. T. Giles 570 Pelorus Riding r, (Two required) E. Farnell 603 M. O. Morrison .. 5321 m (Elected) 8' « !ap J 297 i L. N. Reader 230> D. S. Thompson 149 HOSPITAL BOARD .it . J F 5 ur required) H. A. J. Sowman .. 2760 N. W. B. Schroder .. 2523 P. R. Nees 2494 E. W. Barnett .. 2466 Ti. A (Elected) h. A. Dodson .. 2103 •E. Reader 1492 , POWER BOARD •tz (Three required) •h A’ P c Nees • 3245 H. A. J. Sowman .. .. 2862 •L. W. Wadsworth . 2791 1 t xt v, J <®ected) L. N. Reader .. 2109 ’ HARBOUR BOARD I Pelorus and Spring Creek- j Picton Riding 1 (One required, reduced representation.) * G. H. Graham .. 1077 J (Elected) •R. A. Mason 484 1 T. F. W. Buchanan 275 , Keneperu and Croiselles-French 1 Pass riding j

(One required) ; "G. H. Robb . 283 (Elected) F. W. Orchard 262 CATCHMENT BOARD (Three required) •L. J. McLauchlan .. .. 3948 •A. H. W. Adams .. 3640 •B. D. Parkes .. 3285 (Elected) J. F. Broughan .. 2557 L. N. Reader . 1710

The following were returned unopposed to ad hoc bodies:— PICTON HOSPITAL COMMIT. TEE OF MANAGEMENT—Spring Creek-Picton riding: -R. F. Daken. Keneperu riding: *R. E. Rotheray. •HARBOUR BOARD.—Wairau and Omaka ridings: ‘J. R. Cresswell.

The following ridings were not contested and all sitting members were returned unopposed:— OMAKA RIDING.—J. G. Holdaway, V. F. Jackson. CROISELLES-FRENCH PASS RIDING.—P. McK. Hope.

KENEPERU RIDING.—A. J. Webb. Picton Borough deputy-mayor of Picton, Mr C. W. Bryant, was elected Mayor of Picton borough. He had a majority of 300 votes over his opponent and fellow councillor, Mr R. R. Hargreaves. Mr Bryant also topped the poll for councillors. The poll in the borough this election, 68 per cent, was 20 per eent better than the 1968 election. „ „ MAYORALTY C. W. Bryant 637 (Elected) K. R. Hargreaves .. .. 337 COUNCIL ... < Nine required) C- «• Bryant .. 845 k. r. Hargreaves 747 P. J. Bugler .. 718 :?■ v' ■■ so? c. E. Elsmore .. 504 ’J- Weinberg ’ ’ 584 A. J. Beaton .. 576 S. G. Chandler .. 570 •J. Howat .. ~530 R- S. Summers 447 (Elected) y■ B Varrall .. ..421 L. A. Pow .. 41R S. J. Parker !! 405 j HARBOUR BOARD .t » „ (Tw .° required) „■ Harrison . 668 S. H. Betts 36g (Elected) H. P. Frazer .. 297 E. B. Slack .. ,88 W. G. Parkes .. ![ 241 The following were returned unopposed to ad hoc bodies:— Ho H w°aI PITAL BOARD - ' J - !

POWER BOARD -R. A. Dixon. .P’CTON HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.—C H Rudd.