GAIN FOR LABOUR
IPSWICH BY-ELECTION CONSERVATIVE DEFEATED (Received February 17, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 17 A by-election for the Ipswich seat in the House of Commons, rendered necessary by the raising of the former member, Sir John Ganzoni, to the peerage, resulted as follows: — R. Stokes (Labour) 27,604 H. Willink (National Conservative) 24,443 The result is a gain for Labour.
At the general election in November. 1935, Sir John Ganzoni (Conservative) gained 28,528 votes, defeating R. F. Jackson (Labour), who polled 21,278 votes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22966, 18 February 1938, Page 9
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