BOROUGH ELECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1933, Page 2

BOROUGH ELECTIONS

YESTERDAY’S POLL 11 Tal HOKITIKA. The polling day proceedings yester* day at Hokitika took place in unpleas* <ant weather conditions, rain falling at intervals throughout the day. This gated • against as large a .pell as was expected. There were three booths Town -Hall and one at St. AnHalf/ The Returning Officer , made an announcement of the Borough Council'' poll from the door of the Town Hall at 9.20 p.m. and than for the Hospital Board twenty minutes later. The following are the particulars : Borough Council.

Heonan, E. W. 216. 82 298 For the Hospital Board, two of the retiring members, Rev. Knights ana Mr Duff were re-elected. Mr McGavin, a new candidate, being elected and Mr E. W. Heenan a former member de- ■ feated. There was an unusual number of plumbers cast, one of the new members receiving a majority of them. After the Returning Officer had notified the results o fthe poll from the doorway, several of the successful candidates addressed a large crowd that h,;fl gathered, briefly thanking the electors for the support given them. \ KUMARA MAYOR DEFEATED. MR HAMER WINS CONTEST. 'At Kumara, Mr A. B. Spiers, who has been Mayor of that town for eight j ears, was defeated by Mr Henry Hamer by a comfortable majority, the voting being:— ■ Hamer, H. 138 ' Spiers, A. B • 101 Informal 2 Total votes cast, 239

The voting for the Borough Council I (nine members required) was as follows ! —lllglis, W. 18b*; Reedy, J. 175* Burrell, R. 161* j Keating, J. 157* ;'' McFarlatte, J, 149*; Murphy, J, 148*; Peever, J, 141; MclSttnney, G, 128) Me* Donald, P, 125 (elected), Wise, F. VZZ* i Stewart, W, UP*,- informal 2, The names marked with an asterisk I are those of the old Councillors, j In addition to the above there are j seven declarations to come. AT GREYMOUTH. MAYORALTY. J. W. Greenslade ... ... 1504 f F. L. Turley 291 COUNCIL Kitchingham, F. A. 1382; Kent, J. B. 1364; Lawn, F. B. 1310; Williams, R. J. 1284; Robertson, J:S. 1229; McGinloy, J. 1210; Neville, C. 1210; Boustridge, 'F. F. 1204; Perotti, G. 1114; (elected). Carroll, A. M. 1102; McCarthy, A. 74f> GREY HOSPITAL BOARD. Barrowman, R. A. 1000; Kyle, J. 946; O’Brien, K. T. 917; Kent, J. B. 891 (elected). Mosley, A. 736; Boustridge, F. F. 710; Perotti, G. 432; Turley, F. L. 296. RUNA,XGA. Mayoralty—R. McTaggart 451, J. Iv. Connel 117; majority 334. Borough Council—T. Bowes 452, H. Duggan 430, F. J. Oakley 404, T. S. Williams 391, R. Southward 330, J. H. Brice 267 (elected); G. E. English 256, •E. Graham 191, J. W. Kitchener 188, T. Walker 138, informal 33. Power Board—H. Duggan 400, G. English. 135, J. H. Price 22, informal 14. Hospital Board—R. McTaggart 499, J. Dowling 63, informal 4 ; majority 436. BRUNNER. Borough Council—A. McLagnn 328, R. Fordham 321, T. Harper 289, W. 'Barber 289, W. GuthberM 288. J. Devlin 288 (elected) ; W. P. Ximmo 275, D. Kennedy 268. J. H. McNeish 254, J. 11. Roberts 227, T. Morgan 223, J. Pender 201.. Mayoralty—J. fimeaton 360, F. Williams 215. Power Board—J. >Smeato n (elected' 306. W. Carso 271. ELECTIONS FOR MAYOR. MR- KILKENNY IN AT WESTPORT. WESTPORT, May 3. Keen interest was taken to-day in tlio Westport Mayoral election. in which there were four candidates. The voting was as follows: John Kilkenny 482 ‘John Menzies 450 George Seandrett 297 Gsitf Thorny 254 The new Mayor. Mr Kilkenny, baynet previously bold public office, but is i recognised n« a keen business man. ' T.lio following wee unopnosed.lv j elected In the Ceuvn il; E. R. Fox, W.

T. Caldwell, J. Radford, F. C. Roche,

O. It, Nahr, J. xU. Robertson, G: Tayh'o, S. Higgins, J. \V. Stowell.' Messrs C. H." Thomas, J:' Menzies, "H. It. Young and A. G. Marshall, members of the old Council, did not eeels re* election.

I*or the Hospital Board, two nonv* illations were received from sitting members, and those have been reelected, viis., Messrs E. It. Fox and W. T. Caldwell. There is one seat to fill, as Mr C. H. Thomas, the other sittiug member, did not seek re-election.

MR SULLIVAN’S VICTORY. CHRISTCHURCH, May 3. For the Mayoralty of Christchurch Mr D. G. Sullivan, Labour M.P., the sitting Mayor was re-elected by a majority of 7956. The figures were: D. D. Sullivan '(Lab.) ... 18,345 h. C. Walker Ind.) 10,389 Majority 7,956 LYTTELTON MAYOR’S DEFEAT. CHRISTCHURCH, May 3. At Lyttelton, the sitting Mayor, Mr Sutton was defeated. The polling was as follows: W. T. Lester 988 T. E. S'utton 782 DUNEDIN MAYOR’S DEFEAT. DUENDIN, May 3. The voting at the Mayoral election was as follows: Rev. E. T. Cox -. 10,742 Mr R. S. Blac-k (sitting) ... 8,782 F. W. Mitchell ". ... 6,195 M. O’Rourke 213 C. M. Moss 102 WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, May 3. Mr Hislop was returned unopposed for Wellington Mayoralty. PETONE. WELLINGTON, May 3. The Petone Mayoral election resulted : D. McKenzie 1787 J. W. McEwan 566 G. Findlay 457 ' LOWER HUTT. WELLINGTON, May 3. For the Mayoralty the final voting figures for Lower Hutt, were as follows : J. W. Andrews 1963 A. Mo-Bain 865 ,T. B. Young 279 A. Averv 97 UPPER. HUTT. WELLINGTON. May 3. The. Upper Hutt Mayoralty resulted : —- A. J. McCurdy 662 I*. Robertson 553 J. Plowman 435

EASTBOURNE. The Mayoral contest at Eastbourne resulted : W. Wise 604 S. F-. Fisher 450 AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, May 3. In a keen contest G. W. Hutchison, Citizens’ Association (candidate was re-elected Mayor of Auckland for Iris second term. The voting was as follows : U. W. Hutchison 10,651 LI. G. It. Mason. M.P. (Lab.) 10,209 OTAKI. WELLINGTON, May 3. Tlie Mayoralty election final figures at Otaki were: C. S. Atmoro 488 T. O’Rourke 487 ■' t. , • GISBORNE. GISBORNE, May 3. The Gisborne Mayoralty resulted: ■John Jackson (Citizens’ 'Gan,.) 2657 ]>. W. Coleman, M.P. (Lab.) ... 2300 S. V. Boaufoy (Unofficial Lab.) 849 INVERCARGILL. For the Mayoralty the voting was: John Miller (sitting Mayor) ... 5413 J. D. Campbell 3179 The half holiday poll resulted Saturday (present half holiday) 5229 Wednesday 3477 PALMERSTON NORTH. PALMERSTON N., M?y 3. The main interest in the elections today centred in the (Hospital Board election, when Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., was defeated by Mr J. HodgenS, tho Labour nominee. Mr Nash had he]d thp seat for many years. Mir A. .'E. Hansford was elected Mayo,, unopposed. WANGANUI. WANG4NUI, May 3. The Wanganui Mayoral election re suited :—> N. G. Armstrong (sitting Mayor) 4814 J. H. Hogan 3888 Majority for Armstrong ... 926 CARTERTON. MASTERTON, May 3. The Carterton Mayoralty resulted : W. Fisher (retiring Mayor' ... 400 E. McKenzie 313 For. the Council all the r etiring members were re-elected. WAIROA. WATROAj, May 3. • Mr H. L. Harlcer, the sitting Mayo* wag returned by over a two to one mamrity, over Mr J. C°rkhill. The vetoing was: H. L. Barker ... ... 810 J. Corkhi.ll ... 386 Majority ~, ... ... .n ... 424 HAWERA. HAWERA, May 3. The Hawera Mayoralty election resulted : J. E. Campbell 959 W. G. Simpson 605 Unformlal ' H Majority for Campbell ... 351 TIMARU. TIMARU, May 3 The Mayoralty election resulted ; T. W. Satterthwaite (sitting Mayor) 2935 !W. Angland 2121 ■Jj}. Kennedy 768

NEW PLYMOUTH. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 3. In the Mayoral election E. R. C. GRmour defeated the sitting Mayor, H. V. S. Griffiths. The voting was: Gilmour '... 2839 Griffiths' ....... - ••• 2088 NELSON. NELSON, May 3. Mr 'W. J. Moffat was efiected unopposed as Mayor of Nelson.

(Nine members). r-t * a • w ft 9 -P o EH a . S Tf <! -P OQ Thompson A. • J. : 372 181 .553 Stuart, D. 1\ ' 343 . 203? '546 McGavin, M.v'V 352 • 1§?M fm Elcock, A. K. ' 361 Mko King, J. 338 174 512 Duff, T. W. 318 159 477 Heinz, G. 310 166 476 Teiohelmann, E. .290 167 457 Armstrong, A. C. 298 144 442 Cuttance, J. . 247 133 380 Heenan, E. W. , 251 104 355 Hospital Board. (Three members). Knights, H. J, 368 164 532 McGavin, M. • 275 151 426 Duff, T. W. 287 137 424 Eox, J. 230 133 363