TRAMWAYS POLL.
LABOUR’S CLEAN SWEEP. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 1. The final figures declared this morning show that the Labour Party has gained a sweeping and unexpected victory at the Christchurch Tramway Board election ,winning seven of the nine seats. Only two members of the old board, Mrs E. McCombs (Labour) and Mr W. J. Walter (Independent) were re-elected. The only Citizens’ Association representative on the new board is Mr C. E. Jones. On the old board there was only one Labour representative. In the Spreydon-Addington area Mr E. J. Howard, M.P., was elected by an overwhelming majority. For Riccar-ton-Fendalton a badly-split vote allowed Labour to win the seat. AvonBrighton was won by Mr W. J. Walter, Independent, and Hills-Sumner by Mrs McCombs by a narrow majority over Mr W. J. Sim. In the central district v where there are five seats, Rev. J. K. Archer led by several hundreds. Following him in close order were five Citizens’ Association candidates and three Labour candidates.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 313, 1 December 1933, Page 7
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165TRAMWAYS POLL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 313, 1 December 1933, Page 7
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