Manawatu County

Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 124, 29 May 1944, Page 6

Manawatu County

ONE SITTING MEMBER RETURNED The result of the Manawatu County elections proved to be a landslide against the sitting members at Saturday’s elections, the chairman, Mr. W • El Barber, being the only councillor to retain his seat. Mr. D. W. Reid, the sitting member for the Mount Stewart Riding, has lost his sea£ by the bare margin of two votes. The final figures will not be available until the official recount takes place. The new Councillors are Messrs B. R. Henderson (Sandon Biding), B. S. Lawrence (Mt. Stewart Biding), E. N. Rowe (Waitohi Biding), C. S. Hunt (Rongotea Biding), NL. Remnant (Carnarvon Biding) and Boy Craig (Kawa Kawa Biding). Messrs Jas. Boyce and M. E. Perreau, the two sitting members on the Palmerston North Hospital Board, have been re-elected.

The election of one member to the Manawatu Catchment Board resulted in Mr. S. W. Barber, of Moutoa, winning the seat with a clear majority over Mr. F. J. Foster (Taikorea), the only other contestant.

All arrangements for the poll worked smoothly and the results from the IS polling booths were in the hands of the Returning Officer, Mr. A. K. Drew, by 8.30 p.m. Following are the detailed results, sitting members being marked *. SANDON RIDING •Fagan, H. J 496 Henderson, B. 256 MT. STEWART RIDING Lawrence, B. H 6 •Reid, D. W 114 WAITOHI RIDING *Dear, A. G •• • 94 Bowe, E.N • 147 RONGOTEA RIDING Hunt, C. S. 397 •Morcom, A. N 126 Bowe, D. 12S CARNARVON RIDING Remnant, N. L 189 * Wilson,-R. A 80 KAWA KAWA RIDING *Boyce, Jas 92 Craig, Boy 278 AWAHOU RIDING *Barber, W. E 242 Newth, T. J 143 CATCHMENT BOAKD (One Member) Barber, S. W •• 1000 1 (Elected.) Foster, E. J 419 HOSPITAL BOARD (Two Members) j •Boyce, Jas •• .. 1031 Hurst, W. A 441 * Perreau, M. E. •• 899 Bowe, Mrs. L. A. A 632 i Titcombe, Mrs. A 783 i The two sitting members, Messrs J. Boyce and M. E. Ferreau, have been reelected. Mr. W. E. Barber has been re-elected unopposed the Council’s representative on the Foxton Harbour Board and the Horowhenua Power Board, and Messrs Jas. Boyce and L. A. Hogg have also been re-elected unopposed as member: of tho Manawatu-Oroua Power Board.