INVERCARGILL SEAT

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 39, 14 August 1930, Page 10

INVERCARGILL SEAT

BY-ELECTION RESULT

MR. V. WARD ELECTED

Tho by-election held yesterday for the Invercargill seat to fill the vacancy caused by tho death of Sir Joseph Ward resulted in tho return of his son, Mr. Vincent Ward (United), with a majority on the first count of 492 votes over the Reform candidate, Mr. J. Hargest, The votes polled by the two candidates were: — V. Ward (United) • ■ • 4799 J. Hargest (Reform) 4307 Majority for Ward 492 There were 11,959 names on the roll, but including absentee and postal voters less than 10,000 votes were cast. The number of absent votes was 371 and the number of postal votes 312. There were also a few seamen's and declaration votes. At the General Election in 192S Sir Joseph Ward had a majority, including absent, postal, declaration, and seamen's of 3178 votes over his Beform opponent, Mr. S. M. Macalister, so it will be seen that on the present occasion tho United majority has been considerably reduced. Details of the polling at the various polling places are: — rolling By-Eloction. General Election, 1930. 1928. Tlaces. Hargest. Ward. Macalister. Ward. Clifton .... 20 70 . 12 108 Clyde street .. 140 317 108 4a6 Conon street .. 299 320 2b3 300 Dee street ... 300 26U 2d7 400 Earn street .. 148 162 1.0 216 Earnslaw-st. . 134 119 12. 169 E. Invercargill 399 321 2Sj 4i6 Elles and Oteramika rd's , , corner ... 231 233 213 084 Georgetown .. 208 233 Vt-> -»» Gladstone, .. 288 181 2.? 234 Jed street ... 211 214 21a 318 Llndesfarne . 83 127 108 .18 Nitli street .. 115 ■ 209 »1 266 N. Invercargill (Baptist Ch.) 175 170 164 2,2 S"(pSbU™Sfll) 280 342 198 43fi Nth. road .... 18S 202 ICo 2,9 Seaward Bush 47 78 f 101 S. Invercargill 239 . 213 lli 219 Town Hall .. 6D4 831 «; ?«4 Ythan street . 142 191 129 -9» Neville (no polling place for . By-election) — — _119 -44 Total for placed . 4307 4799 3783 6713

Polling closed at 7 p.m. and the first return was received at the General Post Office, Wellington, at 7.32 o'clock, the final coming to hand at 8.20 o'clock. Thanks to the usual excellent arrangements made by the staffs of the Eleer toral and Post and Telegraph Departments the returns were received without a hitch, and were speedily made available to the Press by Mr. Simm (Electoral Department) and Mr. E. C. Hands (Principal of the Telegraph Division).