THE FIRST COUNCIL

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 February 1928, Page 15 (Supplement)

THE FIRST COUNCIL

The. proclamation of Greymouth as a. borough was issued on July 16, 1868, ai|d on August 26 of the same yeah eighteen candidates went to the pqljs for the honour of being selected to fill the nine seats on the'first Coup-

cil. The result cf the voting was as T follows.—Messrs E. Wickes 75, J. AV. ' Parkinson 72, AV. J. Coates 69, E. I Ashton 67, J. C. Moore 65, W. F. Strike 1 61, D. Magoffin 62, AV. Rao 51, J. Heron L 49, J. Kilgour 49, D. Girdwood 45, D. McLean 44, E. Masters 41, P. M. 5 Griffen 31, J. Harris 20, J. Taylor 9, , G. AV. Nichol 7, - G: Taylor 6. Tho Re2 turning Officer (Mr AV. IT. Revell) gave ; his casting vote in favour of Mr. Kil--1 gour for tho ninth scat. There was, however, a second elec-

tion in that year, it being discovered that the law provided for the retirement of three councillors by ballot at the end of each August. Messrs Rae Magoffin, and Kilgour were the unlucky ones, and they contested the election with Messrs E. Masters, G. Simmons, and J. Heron, other candidates. Tho election took place on September 12, the voting being:—Messrs J. Kilgour 98, AV. Rac 93, E. Masters 82, D. Magoffin 58, G. Simmons 53, and J. Heron 48. On September 16, the Borough Council ' held its first meeting, the members being sworn in by Mr. Revell. On the resolution of Cr. Rae, seconded by Cr. Parkinson, it was decided unanimously that Mr. Edward Masters should be the first Mayor of Greymouth.