‘Regret’ as Labour drops Mr O’Brien
Parliamentary reporter The Labour Party Council does not want Mr J. G. O’Brien to stand again for the Island Bay seat next year. The president of the Labour Party (Mr A. J. Faulkner) announced yesterday that at a recent meeting the New Zealand council of the party had decided to withdraw Mr O’Brien’s nomination for the Island Bay electorate. Mr Faulkner said the decision had been made with extreme regret. Labour Party nominations for the Island Bay electorate will be reopened. Mr O’Brien said yesterday that the council’s decision to withdraw his nomination was “a serious blow,” but he believed he
could still serve the Labour movement. Mr O’Brien said that the council’s withdrawal of his nomination on the recommendation of the party
leader (Mr Rowling) did not alter his loyalties or vision for a better future for New Zealand. “My radical approaches, particularly in economic matters, have not been supported by Mr Rowling,” he said. “I am sorry for the difficult position in which the president of the party and those associated with him have been placed in carrying out the council’s resolution. “I assure them, and my many other friends in the Labour movement, of my continuing support. “I can assure the electors of Island Bay and my party supporters that as long as I am a member of Parliament I will continue to work in their interests,” Mr O’Brien said. Career, Page 6
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