THE SPEAKER'S SEAT
LABOUR POLICY DEFENDED
The Labour Party's decision to contest Dunedin Central, tho seat held by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Sir Charles Statham) was defended by the. leader of the-Labour Party (Mr. H. E. Holland) during his speech at Dunedin. Mr. liolland said that tho election was not being fought on the question of tho Speakership. Tho Speakership was only for a period of three years, and the electors had the right to say who should represent them. While in the Old Country tho Speaker was not opposed, this was not the case in Australia. In New Zealand on a number of occasions the Speaker had been opposed at elections, and Sir Maurieo O'Rorke and Sir Frederick Lang—• (Speakers —had both been defeated at elections, and there was never a voice raised in protest. He suggested that tho position being raised here. had nothing to do with the Speakership itself. Those who were interesting themselves iv this matter feared that another Labour candidate would be successful at tho poll, and they were trying to draw a. red herring across tho scent. There was no precedent in New Zealand that the Speaker should not bo opposed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1931, Page 15
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