REMUERA SEAT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 197, 22 July 1941, Page 6

REMUERA SEAT.

MR ENDEAN’S POSITION. (Press Assn.) AUCKLAND, July 22. In a statement to-day with reference to the National Party nomination for the Remuera seat, the sitting member, Air AV. P. Endean, said: “Three months ago Air L. K. Alnnro moved a motion at tho National Party conference in Wellington to provide machinery compelling sitting members to go to the ballot. That motion was rejected. About three months ago, however, a meeting of tho party in AVellington, on a motion moved by Air Alnnro, passed a resolution providing tor such machinery.

“Three months ago a meeting of 14 members of the National Party at Kcinnera decided, by ten votes to four, to call upon me to submit my name to the ballot. On April 24 about 100 members of the party attended the annual meeting at Kemuera and I was advised by my friends that at such a meeting there was a bias against me worked up l>y a small group of members, and that I would lint get impartial consideration if I were to submit to the ballot. At the time of these meetings the Itemuera electorate did not have sufficient numbers of members as required by the rules. “I have evidence that recently a canvasser of the National Party, canvassing for memliership, when asked what was wrong with the sitting member as candidate, gave the reply: ‘We do not want him.’ Having regard to all the circumstances, I was advised that there was a small group in Remuera dominating the selection and that 1 would not get nomination. “I successfully contested the Parnell seat lor the Reform Party in PJ3O, polling 9005 votes on the lastmentioned occasion with a majority over Labour of 2871. • “I do not think that'the National Party ill Remuera at present is truly representative of the people, nor do L think that the 9605 electors who voted for me in 1938 will to any great extent not cast Uieir votes in my favour at the coming general election. Mr Endean added that Mr Holland and the members of the party in the House were in favour of his candidature. He was in agreement with tho National Party policy, and intended to stand as an Independent National.

See “Party Ballot.”—Page 4,