GENERAL ELECTION

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 128, 2 June 1938, Page 11

GENERAL ELECTION

PARTY CANDIDATES

NOMINEES ENDORSED

The selection of candidates for the coming General Election is exercising the attention of party executives, and the lists are gradually filling up. Indeed, the regularity with which endorsements have been announced during the last month or so is much more striking than usual at this stage, and is an indication of the keen interest that has developed in national politics.

So far the official list of Labour candidates shows that 57 have already been endorsed, including the four Maori candidates. There are still ten sitting members who have not been endorsed by the National Executive, but these are expected to be endorsed in due course. Nominations have been called in eleven electorates. No steps have been taken by the Labour Party to invite nominations for the Nelson electorate, which is represented by Mr. H. Atmore (Ind.), and the party will not oppose Mr. D. McDougall (Ind.) in Mataura should he choose to stand again. Therefore, at least 78 seats will be contested by Labour. The National Party has endorsed candidates for 47 seats so far, and nominations for other seats are now being considered. The following are the official party candidates to date, the sitting members being indicated by an asterisk: — NORTH ISLAND. Bay of Islands.—W, Brown (Ind.), W. Grounds (Ind.). Kaipara.—Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates (N.),* P. McG. Stewart (L.), Scott Davidson (Ind.). JMarsden.—J. G. Barclay (L.),* A. J. Murdoch (N.). Rosklll.—A. S. Richards (L.).» Remuera.—W. P. Endean (N.),* a.\ present member for Parnell. Otahuhu.—C, R. Petrie (L.), at present member for Hauraki. Bay of Plenty.—A. G. Hultquist (L.),* W. Sullivan (N.), G. T. Merry (Lib.-Nat.). Franklin.—J. N. Massey (N.). Raglan.—Hon. W. L. Martin (L.),* A. S. Sutherland (N.), A. G. Gallichan (Ind.). Hauraki.—J. M. Allen (N.). Tauranga.—C. H. Burnett (L.),* F. W. Doidge(N.), H. C. Barker (Ind.). Thames.—J. Thorn (L.).* Rotoriia.—A. F. Moncur (L.),* H. W. Nixon (N.). Waikato.—W. S. Goosman (N.). Gisborne.—D. W. Coleman (L.).* Hawke's Bay.—E. L. Cullen (L.),* G. A. Maddison (N.). Waimarino.—Hon. F. Langstone (L.),* C. A. Boles (N.). Pahiatua,—Hon. Sir Alfred Ransom (N.),* G. A. Hansen (L.). Waitomo.—W. J. Broadfoot (N.),* T. Jones (L.). .«,*„. New Plymouth.—S. G. Smith (N.).* Stratford.—W. J. Poison (N.),* A. L. Ogilvy (L.), Col. R. Foley (Ind.). Patea.—H. G. Dickie (N.),* W. G. Simpson (L.). Wanganui.—J. B. F. Cotterill (L.),* H. C. Veitch (N.). Napier.—Hon. W. E. Barnard (L.),» J. D. Ormond (N.). Waipawa.—H. M. Christie (L.),* A. E. Jull (N.). Manawatu.—Hon. J. G. Cobbe (N.),* present member for Oroua, C. L. Hunter (L.). , Rangitikel.—G. H. O. Wilson (L.),* E. B. Gordon (N.). Palmerston North.—J. Hodgens (L.),* J. A. Nash (N.). Otaki.—L. G. Lowry (L.),* G. A. Monk (N.). . „ . _ Masterton.-*J. Robertson (L.),* J. H. Irving (N.). Wairarapa.—B. Roberts (L.), J. F. Thompson (N.). , „ Hutt.—Hon. W. Nash (L.),* J. W. Andrews (N.). Wellington North.—C. H. Chapman (L.),* Mrs. Knox Gilmer (Lib.). Wellington West.—R. A. Wright (Ind.),* at present member for Wellington Suburbs, Mrs. C. Stewart (L.). Wellington Suburbs.—H. E. Combs (L.), O. C. Mazengarb (N.). Wellington Central.—Hon. P. Fraser Wellington East.—Hon. R. Semple (L.).* Wellington South.—R. McKeen (L.).* SOUTH ISLAND SEATS. Nelson.—H. Atmore (Ind.),* J. R. Kerr (N.). Motueka.—K. J. Holyoake (N.),* C. J. Skinner (L.). Marlborough.—E. P. Meachen (L.),* at present member for Wairau, E. F. Healy (N.). Hurunui.—Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes Kaiapoi.—C. M. Williams (L.),* B. Ahlfeld (Ind.). Lyttelton.—T. H. McCombs (L.).* Chrlstchurch East.—Hon. H. T. Armstrong (L.).* Christchurch North.—S. G. Holland (N.),* R. M. Macfarlane (L.). ' Christchurch South.—E. J. Howard Avon.—Hon. D. G. Sullivan (L.).« Riccarton.—H. S. S. Kyle (N.).* Mid-Canterbury-—H. E. Herring Temuka.—T. D. Burnett (N.),* J. A. Kearton (L.). Timaru.—Rev. C. Carr (L.) * W. H. Hall (N.). WaitakL—D. Barnes (L.),T J->. «-. Kidd (N.). ■■• ; . ■ Oamaru.—Rev. A. H. Nordmeyer (L.)',* M..F. E. Cooney (N.). Central A., Bodkin (N.), j. M. McKay (L.). • _ # Dunedin Central.—P. Neilson (L.>. Dunedin North.-J. W. Munro (L.). Dunedin West.—Dr. D. G. McMillan (L.),* T. K. Sidey (N.). Dunedin South.—Hon. F. Jones (L.).* Clutha.—T. A. Roy (N.) .? Mataura,—D. McDougall (Ind.),* T. L. MacDohald (N.). . Invercargill—W. M, C., Denham (L.),* F. G. Hall-Jones (N.), G. E. T. Dorman (Ind.). „ • Wallace.—Hon. Adam Hamilton (N.),'* J. J. Lynch (L.). . Awarua.-J. Hargest (N.). Northern Maori.—T. Henare (N.),* P. K. Paikea (L.). . V ■ „ Eastern Maori.—Hon. Sir Apirana Ngata (N.),* Matu Rangi (L.). Western Maori.—H. T. Ratana (L;). Southern Maori.-E. T. Tirikatene (L.).* -