NO SEAT IN HOUSE
MR. MCLAGAN'S POSITION
The fact that he had no intention of seeking a seat in Parliament was stated by the Minister of National Service (Mr. McLagan), at Northland last night. He also said that it was only because the Crown Law Office could devise no other way of getting him into the Cabinet that he had accepted a seat in the Upper House. He did not seek his portfolio; it had come from a suggestion by the R.S.A., and he knew nothing of the negotiations until they were well advanced.
It had been said, continued Mr. McLagan, that he shouid contest a constituency so that people could vote for or against him. He could have had a safe Labour seat, but the voters of one constituency could not decide for the whole of New Zealand—that would be done at the polling booths throughout the Dominion on election day.
The chairman, .Mr. H. C, Lord, had pointed out that he (Mr. McLagan), as president of the Federation of Labour, represented a constituency of 200,000 voters, and the unanimous endorsement of his office that he had received had shown that he was not'unrepresentative of the people of New Zealand."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 66, 15 September 1943, Page 7
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201NO SEAT IN HOUSE Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 66, 15 September 1943, Page 7
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