STATE OF PARTIES

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 285, 5 November 1925, Page 11

STATE OF PARTIES

The position of the parties as shown by the returns is as follows, their relative strength at the dissolution being shown in the figures in parentheses: — GOVERNMENT 55 ,(38) LABOUR , ... ... 12 .(17) NATIONALISTS ... ... 10 (—) LIBERALS ... ... ... 1 ( 2 °) INDEPENDENTS 1 (5) DOUBTFUL SEATS ... 1 (—) GOVERNMENT MEMBERS. The seats won by the Government are:— Bay of Islands ... Mr Allen Bell Marsden Mr W. Jones Kaipara ... Hon. J. G. Coates Waitemata ... Mr A. Harris Eden Sir Jas. Parr Roskill ... Mr V. H. Potter Parnell ... Mr J. S. Dickson Franklin ... Mr E. D. McLennan Raglan ... Hon R. F. Bollard Thames ... Mr F. W. Rhodes Ohinemuri Mr A. S. Samuel Tauranga Mr C. E. Macmillan Hamilton ..., Mr J. A. Young Waikato Mr D. S. Reid Rotorua ... Mr F. F. Hockly Bay of Plenty Mr K. S. Williams Waitomo ... Mr J. C. Rolleston Gisborne ... Mr W. D. Lysnar Hawke’s Bay Mr H. M. Campbell Napier Mr J. Mason Waipawa Sir G. Hunter Masterton ... Mr G. R. Sykes Wairarapa Hon A. D. McLeod Stratford Mr Walter Taranaki ... Mr C. E. Bellringer Egmont ... Mr 0. J. Hawken Patea Mr H. G. Dickie Oroua' Mr G- Eliott Rangitikei ... Mr W. S. Glenn Manawatu ... Mr J. Linklater Ellesmere Mr D. Jones Ashburton Hon. W. Nosworthy Timaru ... Mr F. J. Rolleston Temuka Mr T. D. Burnett Waitaki ... Mr J. Bitchener Oamaru ... Hon. E. P. Lee Dunedin North Mr H. L. Tapley

Dunedin West Hon. W. D. Stewart Chalmers ... Mr J. M. Dickson Clutha Mr F. Waite Palmerston ... Mr J. A. Nash Otaki Mr W. H. Field Wellington North Sir J. Luke Wellington East Mr T. Forsyth Wellington Sub. Mr R. A. Wright Motueka ... Mr R. P. Hudson Wairau Mr W. J. Girling Christchurch North Mr H. Holland Riccarton Mr H. Kyle Mataura Hon. J. G. Anderson Wallace Mr A. Hamilton Awarua ... Mr J. R. Hamilton Northern Maori Mr T. Henare Western Maori Sir M. Pomare Southern Maori Mr H. W. Uru LABOUR MEMBERS. The seats won by Labour are:— Auckland East ... Mr J. A. Lee Auckland Central Mr W. E. Parry Auckland West Mr M. J. Savage Grey Lynn Mr F. W. Bartram Manukau ... Mr W. J. Jordan Wellington Central Mr P. Fraser Wellington South Mr R. McKeen Buller ... Mr H. E. Holland Westland ... Mr J. O’Brien Chch. East Mr H. T. Armstrong Chch. South Mr E. J. Howard Avon Mr D. G. Sullivan NATIONALIST MEMBERS. The seats won by the Nationalists are:— Pahiatua ... Mr E. A. Ransom Wanganui ... Mr W. A. Veitch Waimarino ... Mr R. W. Smith Hutt Mr T. M. Wilford Nelson Mr H. Atmore Hurunui ... Mr F. W. Forbes Kaiapoi Hon. D. Buddo Dunedin South Mr T. K. Sidey Wakatipu ... ... Mr J. Horn ( Eastern Maori Hon. A. T. Ngata LIBERAL MEMBER. The only Liberal to win a seat was: Invercargill ... Sir J. G. Ward INDEPENDENT MEMBER. The only seat won by an Independent was:— Dunedin Cen. Hon C. E. Statham DOUBTFUL SEAT. The Lyttelton seat where McCombs (Lab.) holds a slight majority is J doubtful.