Raglan upset
(New Zealand Press Association)
HAMILTON, November 2.
Dr D. I. Sinclair’s last-minute withdrawal as the Labour Party candidate for Raglan was on a matter of conscience because of believed deficiencies in the Electoral Act, partysources said todav.
The sources emphasised that there was no domestic issue involved within the regional committee of the Labour Party in Hamilton in Dr Sinclair’s withdrawal.
Dr Sinclair’s place as Labour candidate for Raglan is being taken by Mr A. J. Smith, a 26-year-old Hamilton factory worker.
It is believed that ballots cast for Dr Sinclair would have been declared invalid. Dr Sinclair is believed to have been concerned at his
electoral position within the electoral law as a half-caste Maori.
Dr Sinclair, who is proud of his Maori affiliations, is believed to have pointed to the anomaly arising from the fact that about 90,000 Maoris reside in the Western Maori electorate, which covers part of the Raglan seat. About 30,000 people reside in Raglan; thus it might be considered that a vote in Western Maori was, in effect, worth only one-third of a vote in Raglan.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33064, 3 November 1972, Page 1
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