143,000 VOTERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23156, 30 September 1938, Page 10

143,000 VOTERS

AUCKLAND RECORD CHANGES SINCE 1935 SOME MARKED INCREASES ROSKILL SHOWS DECLINE A record total of 142,983 electors will bo entitled to vote for candidates in tlio nino Auckland electorates at the general election on October 15,. This compares with a total of 125,986 in 1933 and one of in 1931, Filial counting of the main and supplementary rolls was completed at the office of tho Registrar of Electors, ilr. J. H. V. Carr, last night, and now rapid progress will he possible with the printing of the supplementary rolls, which should ho ready hy about next Wednesday. Tlio provisional total for the main and supplementary rolls was 153,841, but removals totalling 10.858 had to bo made because of duplication or rp. quests for transfer. Minor adjustments may still have to be made. Four Rolls o! 17,000 Electors In only one case, that of Roskill, has a roll showed a decrease, the total in this electorate falling from 16.242 to 15,658. At the last election Roskill headed tho list, but this year four electorates each show a voting strength of over 17,000. Remuera has the largest roll with 17,749 effective voters, and the smallest roll is that of Auckland Suburbs, with 12,/19. In some cases boundary alterations have resulted in variations. The Auckland Central roll suffered most from removals, 1775 names being subtracted from the provisional total for the main and supplementary rolls of 17.540, leaving an effective total of 16,065. Eden removals amounted to 1343, and those for other electorates were as follows: —Auckland West, 1314; Grey Lynn, 1290; Auckland East/ 1278; Remuera, 1232; Roskill, 1090; Auckland Suburbs, 790; Waitemata, 746. Effective Voting Strength The following table gives the effec- : tive combined totals of the main and ; supplementary rolls for the nine electorates and a comparison is made with the effective totals in 1935: 1935 1038 Auckland Central ~ 10.667 16,065' Auckland East .. 13,601 17,194 Auckland Suburbs .. 12,611 12,719 Auckland "West .. 13,263 17,002 Eden .. .. 14.513 17,358 Grey Lynn .. .. 14,741 14.066 Remuera .. .. 16,176 17,749 Koskill .. .. 16,242 15,658 "VVaitemata .. .. 14,139 11,272 Totals .. •. 120,i)56 142,983 The Auckland office handles the rolls J for nine electorates, the largest nurn- | ber in the Dominion for one office. In ; Wellington and Christchurch the offices I of tho registrar of electors deal with j six electorates each, and in Dunedin ; five. MORE HAMILTON ELECTORS BOUNDARIES CONTRACTED [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Thursday The number of electors on the 1938 J Hamilton electoral roll is 14.647, as \ against 13,842 on the 1935 roll. Since | the last election the Hamilton elec- ! torate has been considerably contracted I and now extends only slightly beyond I the Hamilton boYough boundary.