THE MAYORALTY

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 109, 4 November 1926, Page 12

THE MAYORALTY

COUNCILLOR G. A. TROUP

CIVIC LEAGUE'S CANDIDATE

AN EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT,

The executive of the Civic League announced to-day that it had approached Councillor G. A. Troup with a request that he should allow himself to be nominated as the league's candidate for the Mayoralty at the municipal elections early next year, and that Councillor Troup, after carefully considering the matter, had agreed to the request. The following is the executive's statement on the matter: —"The Civic League hay for some weeks past been going into the matter of the municipal elections early next year, and decided to take early actiojj in view of the several circumstances, such as the Christs mas holidays and the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, which will intervene and tend to divert the minds of the public from municipal affairs. "At a recent meeting of the council of the league it was agreed that the council, consisting of some forty members, should act on this occasion as the

election and selection committee, and the officers were instructed to call a special meeting to go into the question of the Mayoralty. That meeting was held on Tuesday evening, when there was a large attendance of members. The business of choosing a man whom the league should support as candidate for the Mayoralty was very fully discussed for close upon two hours, five probable candidates being mentioned. ALMOST UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR MR. TROUP. "A ballot of the meeting was then taken and resulted in an almost unanimous vote in favour of asking Mr, George Troup to stand for tho position. It was then decided that the league's council as a whole should wait upon Mr. Troup and place its request before him. Yesterday afternoon a large deputation waited upon him, the views of those present being expressed by the league's president, Mr. J. H. Whittaker, and several otner members. "In reply, Mr. Troup thanked the deputation for the honour paid to him, and mentioned that similar requests had already been made to him by a number of individual citizens. As the matter involved not only honour to himself, but placed big responsibilities upon him, ho. would like a little time to consider the matter, in order that he might consult Mrs. Troup, those with whom he had business associations, and also that he might talk over the matter with the sitting Mayor, Mr. Norwood. After expressing some views upon municipal matters, Mr. Troup promised to give a definite answer by 10 a.m. todaj "This morning, Mr. Troup informed the officers o£ the lcagua that ho had, with a full 3ense of responsibility in the step, decided to accede to the request mado and to place himself in the hands of those citizens who wished to see him come forward as a candidate for,, the high and honourable position of Mayor of the city."