Mayor to stand for by-election

Press, 30 July 1980, Page 5

Mayor to stand for by-election

Auckland The Mayor of East Coast Bays, (Mr A. M. McCulloch) ■"'ill contest the Parliamentary by-election for the bavs on September 6 — but not as a National Party candidate. After meeting the representatives of the East Coast Bays branch of the party this week Mr McCulloch ■'*id he would not seek the National Party nomination. ‘‘But T will stand,” he said. Mr McCulloch originally decided to seek the National Party nomination because he "as concerned about the prospect of people outside the electorate winning the nomination. But he was not nrepared to. sign a party pledge that in the event of his being unsuccessful in gaining the party nomination, he would not stand against the select-, ed candidate. i An adult education lecturer at Auckland Univer-' sity, Mrs Wyn Hoadley, was! on Monday evening selected; as the Labour Party candi-i date to contest East Coast! Bays. Mrs Hoadley, aged 40,! beat three others for the; selection. It will be her! second bid to enter Parlia-I ment: she stood unsuccessfully against the Minister of Health (Mr Gair) for North; Shore in 1975. The former member of; Parliament for Dunedin! North, Mr Richard Walls, is

I:the latest person to show an ‘interest in standing for East J Coast Bays. “There has been a move ' to draft me,” he said yester- ’ day at the National Party conference. "It makes one ’ stop and think.” Mr Walls moved from / Glendowie, Auckland, to ; Dunedin after winning Dunedin North in 1975. He lost 1 it three years later. It was “unlikely” he would stand, he said. However, he .was “concerned that Parliament, because it should he representative, has very few business persons in it — those who are in trade.” Mr Walls is a marketing manager for a Dunedin firm of merchants, Wilson Neill, Ltd. Of the nine party members who have confirmed they will seek the nomination, three come from outiside the electorate. They are the woman viceIpresident of rhe party, Mrs jSue Wood, who stood for 'National in the recent OneIhunga by-election; Mrs Lesjley Miller, a staff member in the Prime Minister’s Department; and Mr B. J. I O’Connor, a development manager who lies in Titiirangi. I The latest contender to confirm his intention to seek the National nomination is an I Auckland economist. Dr D. IT. Brash, the general manager of the Broadbank Corpioration and a member of the Planning Council.