MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Evening Star, Issue 22956, 13 May 1938, Page 14

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

FURTHER RESULTS Blenheim.—Politics received little prominence in the Blenheim municipal elections, but Mr C. T. Smith in the mayoralty contest defeated a prominent member of the Labour Party, Mr C. A. Garside, by 300 votes. A third candidate, Mr M'Murty, was another 500 votes behind. Whangarei.—The ratepayers of the Bay of Islands Power Board were emphatic yesterday in favour of a £200,000 loan proposal for electric reticulation of the far northern areas. The voting was: For, 939; against, 253. Temuka.—Mayoralty: Mr W. A. Buzan (re-elected unopposed). Geraldine.—Mayoralty: Mr J. R. Lack, who has acted as deputy mayor of the borough for the past 11 years, defeated Mr B. R. Macdonald, who has' held the office continuously for seven years. ■ —Taieri River Trust.— Snow Sub-division.—Snell, Samuel, 20; Moore, Andrew, 11. LaJkes Sub-division.—Wilson, Henry W.. 26; Marshall, W. J., 17. West Taieri Division.—Dow, James. Momona Sub-division.—Young, John. Lee Creek Sub-division.—Lyall, George John Sinclair. —Outram Town Board. — The following were elected unopposed :—Doherty, John; Hughes, Owen. The remaining three vacancies on the board for which nominations have not yet closed wiV be filled at-an election to be held on May 25. —Lake County Council. — Greenstone (Riding.—Knowles. D. K. 46 (elected) ; Harris, E. L., 32. The new council is as follows: —Leo Lee, W. S. Reid, D. H. Cockburn, D. Aubury, D. K. Knowles, W. Gordon, and H. J. S. Lewis. Bridging Loan.—For, 363; against, 51. —Queenstown Borough.— Gavin, F. J., 347; Anderson, W. A., 326; M'lnnes, W. M‘L., 291; Scheib, A. A. T., 278; Miller, J. W., 239; Fix, J. P., 194 (elected). Robertson, J. W., 172; Lowen, E. J., 154; Edgar, J., 132; informal, 8. The mayor (Mr W. H. Overton) was returned unopposed. The voting strength of the borough was 641, and <ll2 votes were cast.

—Gore Borough.— The voting for the 12 councillors on the Gore Borough Council was particularly close, and with about 50 declaration votes to be counted only three votes separate three candidates for eleventh and twelfth positions. ■ The following is the result of the first count Wallace, E. G., 1,090; Mallon, P. T. R., 1,048; Green, (R, S., 1,006; Hamilton, W. K., 956; Reid, R. L., 955; Robson, N., 945; Sim, T., 870; Ray, J. C., 869; Latty, A. V., 869; Hamilton, G. C., 848; (Baldey, J. A., 803; M'Quillan, H., 802; M'Lachlap, A., 800: Chittock, C. L., 672; Proctor, K. R., 619; Wilkinson, C. R. 8., 430; Efrost, J. E., 371. —Mataura Borough.— M'Kelvie, L., 757; Bell, D. A., 640; Hutton, R., 587; Ingram, J., 568; M'Erlean, J. P., 562; Bradley, A., 506; Walker, M., 496; Swale, J. W., 476; M'Alister, J., 456. The above were elected. Todd. A., 404; Thorn, W. P., 344; Hart, J., 331; Taylor, J. L., 329; Shrimptoh, J. L;, 261. Mataura Mayoralty.—M'Connell, C. T>,, 456; Buchanan, J., 427. —Details of Christchurch Voting.— The first past the post system of voting, as it has done on every occasion since it was first used in the 1925 council election, has again brought a marked change in the composition of the Christchurch City Council. Of the total number of votes cast on Wednesday, the Labour candidates polled 52.2 per cent, and'the Citizens’ Association candidates 4.7.1 _ per cent. In 1935 the Citizens’ Association candidates polled almost exactly 50 per cent, and the Labour candidates 40 per cent „ . . Detailed figures on the first count are aS foll ° WS: ~ 1938. 1935. Labour 265,818 237,390 (SL ... ... ... 240,269 282 934. Independent ... ... 3,073 -5'3-3 Independent Labour Socialist Communist Total votes 509,160 570,682 The distribution of seats on the City Council in the two elections under review has been: i93g m 5 .Labour 10 £ Citizens 0