PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS. NORTHERN DIVISION.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2609, 28 November 1865, Page 5

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS. NORTHERN DIVISION.

, At .twelve o'clock, noon, yesterday, the official dedication of the poll at the repent election of inember« to represent the oomtituenoy of the above electoral division in the Au6kland , Provincial Council took place at the htwtinga, in front of tho old Supreme Court-home, Qneen-street. Colonel Balneavis, Returning Officer, attended punctually at the hour named. Owing to the heavy, drenching rain, that unceasingly fell, there were not half a dozen of persons assembled in front of the building. ■ The Rktorning Officer deolared tho following to be the statk of the pom : David Sheehan 003 . JohnMoLeod 003 Thomas Henderson 653 Itaao Rhodes Coopor 429 Jerome Cadinan 423 Allan 335 , > Hugh Morrow 823 , John Anderson 180 He then declared Messrs. Shoehau, MoLeod, Henderson, Cooper, and Cadman to be duly elected members for the Northern Division'in the Provincial Council of Aucklaud. Mr. Sueeuan cHme forward and said it was not a favourable time for making a speech ■; he would merely thank them for their support, and assure them that what he had pledged he would endeavour to carry through. (Cheers.) Mr. MoLeod said he had to return them his sincere thnuk«;for the kind mpport they had;given him in that election, and he would only be nappy to pledge hiuuelf to carry out their views a* far as lay in his power in the ensuing session of the Provincial Council. (Cheers.) Mr. Henderson, in returning thank?, said he did not like giving pledges to electors, and ,had not given any. They should leave their representatives free to act for,, their <- ( interest as they should think best. The only thing he could say. was, 'that he would do his best to 'servo 1 them' honestly, and to discharge his duty to his constituents and the province generally. (Cheers.) Major CoorER said he would not detain them by any lengthened remarks, on account of the weather. He had already made known his sentiments to them in regard to public questions, and he had not only to thank the electors generally, but those mon in the city of Auckland who had so nobly supported the North by returning at least one member whose interests lay in the district. Ho had especially to thank the people of' Mahuraugi, Matakana, aud the Wade, for the uuanimous support they had given him, and who were determined to insist upon having justice done to them in future. The Noith had nobly asserted itself, and shown the proviuce of Auckland that it was determined to be represented by its own members. As the election was over, he hoped it would be understood by the whole of the Northern Divisiou that he would be prepared to give justice to all parties, in the districts where he had been refused votes equally with those districts where he had received numerous votes. , He hoped that would be the feeling throughout the Council- that it would do justice to the whole pioviuce, aud not to a part, as had hitherto been the case. As the election was over, he hoped no bad feeling would exist. He had been received with kindness both in the North and West, and he hoped good feeling would be continued < in the province, and they would unite to carry out the wfches of the province and support the Noith. He could not but thank those men of Aucklaud who had assisted the North; they had supported him against a strong opposition, in which many members of tho Northern Association had joined. ■ lie hoped that Association would endeavour to do its proper work, which was to be done in the South and not in the North, in the comiug elections for the General Assembly. Otago, Nelson, Mid Wellington were the places for the Northern Association to interfere with, aud not provincial politics, where they were all agreed in favour of Separation fioin the South. (Cheers ) Mr. Cadman said ho had to thank them sincerely for having returned him as one ot their members for the foiuth time. He thought the verdict they had giveu upon that occasiou justified him iu. the conduct he had puisued' towards the North. There was one question above all others upon which they had given their verdict that day, namely, the great question he had made for his election— responsible government — thereby showing the present Superintendent and Provincial Council that they had confidence aud faith in him, for that— responsible government — was really the question at issue. He would not detaiu them longer, but simply thank them for the honour they had done him. (Cheers.) On tbe motion of Mr. SnEBHAK, seconded by Mr. Henderson, a. voto of thanks was accorded to the Returning Officer for tho stiaightforward and satisfactory manner in which ho had conducted the election. Colonel Balnea-sis said, before closing the elections ho thought it proper for him to say a few words. It was the first time he had beon Returning Officer in that proviuce; aud he felt much obliged to the candidates for the support they bad giveu him, and also to the reporteis for tho efficient way in which they had reported all the proceedings. (Cheers.) This terminated the pioceedings, which occupied but a few minutes.