PARTY POLITICS
AVOIDANCE IN FUTURE
"The decisive endorsement of Citizens' candidates and their proposals based on freedom to exercise individual, unbiased judgment clearly shows the objection of a very large body of electors to the introduction of party politics into local body government," said Mr. F. Wilson, president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce today. "It likewise gives clear evidence of the public's preference for the preservation of true democratic principles i". the conduct of civic affairs," he said, "and a determination to resist any attempts calculated to submerge the identity of local bodies through control by a party political machine. ( "Nevertheless it may also be appropriate to suggest that a number of candidates who would have been capable of giving useful service to the community owe their defeat to their affiliation with a political party ticket. It is to be hoped, therefore, that in future local body elections party politics and class divisions will be avoided, thus providing more balanced representation and at the same time ensuring selection on individual merit and ability."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 126, 30 May 1944, Page 6
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174PARTY POLITICS Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 126, 30 May 1944, Page 6
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