THE HOSPITAL BOARD

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 116, 19 May 1941, Page 9

THE HOSPITAL BOARD

LABOUR HAS TWO SEATS

CITIZENS WIN IN THE CITY

Labour has now two seats on the Wellington Hospital Board, Mrs. S. E. Blake being re-elected from Petone and Mrs. E. H. Gandy represents Makara County and the Johnsonville Town Board district, but all 13 city seats were taken by Citizens' candidates with long margins over the Labour candidates. Independent and Communist candidates were not in the running at all. Labour has always attached great importance to strong representation on the Hospital Board, and their defeat in the city on this issue is even more striking than the City Council landslide. Details on the first count of votes are:— *Mrs. Knox Gilmer (C.) 19,831 *F. Castle (C.) 19,581 *Miss A. G. Kane (C.) 18,789 *W, J. Gaudin (C.) 18,218 *G. J. Petherick (C.) 17,962 *F. W. Furkert (C.) 17.539 *Rev. F. J. Usher (C.) 17,269 R. Brown (C.) 16.838 H F. Toogood (C.) 16.544 Miss I. Cable (C.) 16,194 *J. C Crawford (C.) 15.936 W. S. Cnderholm (C.) 15,298 A. P. O'Shoa (C.) 14.816 The above are elected. H. E. Combs (L.) 12.255 •Mrs. M. Semple (L.) 11.724 *J. Glover (h.) 11.345 Mrs. C Stewart (L.) 10,987 *W. Atkinson (L.) 10.748 *A. W. Crosbery (L.) 10.45S Mrs. R. M. Collins (L.) 9.731 Mrs. I. Blake (L.) 9.55r» | J. Fleming (L.) 9.539 j F. C. Allerby (L.) 9.510 Mrs. G. T. Savese fL.) 9.317 W. H Sadd (L.) 9.079! J. Arthurs (L.) 9,053 Mrs. A. McVicar <Ind.) 6,210 A. J. Birdifleld (Com.) 2.354 Representing Lower Hutt and Eastbourne: *R. Welton-Hogg (C.) 4111 W. Toomath (C.) 3412 The above are elected. *Mrs. P. Dowse (L.) 2734 Mrs. B. A. Logic (L.) 2285 ' Mrs. E. V. Freeman (Com.) 641 Representing Petone: *Mrs. S, E. Blake (L.) 1460 Elected. J. H. Leopard (C.) 1106 Representing Makara County and Johnsonville:;

*F. C. Jacobs 290 ♦S, U-.' D. Peryman 281 *H. I). Morgan 284 *U. Grant 257 ft. E. 11. Green I">3 \V I). O Hoilly 12a The proposal dint the .lohnsonvllle Town District form a united th'p district with Wei lington Cit.v was carried by Gl2 votes to 151.