Accept loss ‘gracefully’
The Labour Party's president. Mr •J. P. Anderton, should learn to accept defeat gracefully and stop "blaming others for his party’s defeat.” Mr Bert Walker a former National Minister, has said. Responding to comments by Mr Anderton, which were reported in “The Press” on Friday, Mr Walker said that, .-particularly in-the four main A centres, - the electoral bouhdjarieS disenfranchised Mhou‘sands of National-supporters: But. they accepted that the boundaries were drawn fairly by the . completely iifi-' partial Boundaries- Commission.
Except for Fendaiton, boundaries in the Christchurch electorates “so favour Labour that many financial members of the National Party see voting as a complete waste of time." he said. Another matter Mr Anderton should consider when asserting that more votes were cast for Labour than National was that many votes cast in the four Maori seats were for the Ratana Church and not for Labour. This came about because of the 1932 alliance between Labour and the Ratana Church, he said.
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