MOTUEKA SEAT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21328, 1 November 1932, Page 8

MOTUEKA SEAT

FIVE ASPIRANTS LIKELY ! OPENING OF CAMPAIGNS j DATE FOR THE ELECTION j j. PROBABLY DECEMBER 1 fST TELECBAPK —OWJf COT.P-ZSPOSDEST ] ! NELSON. V.czi -.7 | A boat a dozen names Lave been men- | tinned as those of pcssiWe candidates ' for the Motueka seat, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. G. C. C. Black, bat these have dwtndfel nr.til only about four ;. or five remain for serious consideration. ■ These are: Mr. K. J. Holvoake, who is « expected to be recognised as the official ; Coalition-Reform candidate: Mr. P. Webb, official Labour: Mr. R. McKenzie, fnrfe- : pendent; Mr. R. J. York. Independent: and Mr. F. C. Turlev, unofficial Labour. Mr. York states that he w.ll go to the poll. He is Mayor of Motueka, ar.d if elected, would vote against the Government on a no-confidence motion. The Hon. Mark Fagan, M.L.C., has been in the Golden Bay district in the ; interests of Mr. Webb, who opens his i campaign at Collingwood to-night. I Speaking at Collir.gwcod, Mr. McKenzie, ' , who announced himself as an Independent- j Liberal-Labour candidate, said he was j ; thus standing in order that he could vote I ! in the way he considered best in the in- j j terests of the country. He was opposed to the present Government and said he would i sooner support Labour in some things than j the present Administration. Speaking at Reefton, Mr. Turley said | he objected to what he termed the "ap--1 proved list" of Labour candidates and said he had a right to stand for Motueka | because he was the pioneer Labour candii date for that electorate. A motion of no--1 confidence ir! Mr. Turlev as a candidate i for the seat was carried at the meetine. i j The date for the by-election will be I officially announced this week. Tentative | fixtures are before the Cabinet, but no | decision has been reached yet. It is underI stood the choice lies between Wednesday, i November 23, and Thursday, December 1, j with the latter date as the probable selection. Nominations will close about a fortnight before the election. The warrant to the Clerk of Writs, directing him to issue a writ, will be issued by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to-morrow. The writ, which discloses the dates of the election and the closing of nominations, is expected to be issued on Wednesday.