LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS
RECOUNT APPLIED FOR [Peb United Pbess Association.! WELLINGTON, May 20. Mr H. T. Burrell, Labour candidate, has applied for a magisterial recount of the voting for councillors in the Lower Hutt municipal elections, in accordance with the provisions of secton 38 of the Local Elections and Polls Act On the recount on May 16 Mr Burrell lost the ninth council seat by one vote, the totals being 2,777-2,776. The official recount of votes for the 13 city seats on the Wellington Hospital Board has resulted in the defeat of a Labour candidate, Mr R. Holland, who, on the night of the poll, occupied the last position in the list of successful candidates. His place has been taken by a Citizens’ candidate, Mr J. C. Crawford, who has moved up from the top of the original list or rejected candidates. The reversal of positions means that the Citizens’ ticket has won seven of the 13 city seats on the board. Of the five other seats on the board held by representatives of the constituent districts. Labour has three and Citizens’ candidates two. Labour and Citizens, therefore, each have nine seats. The election for chairman of the board will take place next month.
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Evening Star, Issue 22963, 21 May 1938, Page 9
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204LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS Evening Star, Issue 22963, 21 May 1938, Page 9
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