CITY MAYORALTY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23968, 19 May 1941, Page 10

CITY MAYORALTY

WIN FOR MR. ALLUM

MAJORITY OF 1332 VOTES

DEFEAT OF MR. SAYEGH

The contest for the Auckland City Mayoralty resulted in the election of Mr. J. A; ('. Allum, the retiring deputymayor, a lid the candidate endorsed by the Citizens "and Ratepayers' Association. With a vote of 16,244, he had a majority of l.'W2 over Mr. J. Sayegh, the Labour candidate, his most serious rival. Mr. Sayegh has ior many years been a member of the City Council and- this was his third unsuccessful attempt to become Mayor. This time he w'as not a candidate for the council and thus ceases to be a member of that body. Mr. Charles Bailey, formerly .a. Labour member of the City Council, contested the Mayoralty as an. Independent and gained only 1004 votes, while Mr. J. ' \V. Payne polled 218 votes. The majority given to Mr. Allum over his Labour opponent is reflected in the election of members of the City Council, / where, 'on the provisional count, there will be 20 Citizens' Association members and only one Labour representative, Mrs. M. M. Dreaver, the sole survivor of the Labour minority of seven on the last council. The result of the election was as follows : . J. A. C. Allum (C.) .. .. 16,24-1 J. Sayegh IL.) .14,912 C. Bailey (I.) 1,001 J. \\*. Payne .. .. .. 218 Majority for Allum .. 1,332 DETAILS OF VOTING !/l POLLING PLACE RETURNS FORTUNES OF CANDIDATES • The votes received by the two major candidates.for the Auckland Mayoralty at the 58 polling places are detailed in the following table. The other candidates, Messrs. C. Bailey; and J. W. Payne, polled 1004 and 218 votes respectively. The trend of the voting and the areas where the two leading candidates gained the bulk of their support can be gathered from this table:—

NO POLITICS STATEMENT 3Y MR. ALLUM "I am naturally delighted with the result ill the imi and I shall strive to continue to in or it the confidence of the «.'iti/, .'Ms,"" said the new Mayor of Auckland, Mr. .). A. Allurri, ve.stercav - ' take office in the shadow of war unci ' my greatest wish is that 1 slum soon have the privilege of ueleom]n<: hark to Auckland our victorious '•Ti °' iUt - n, - nv Wjilit'njj: overseas. Iho caiididat.es sponsored bv the Citizens and Ratepavei's' Association have '»een very sucees.lul and I should Ulce to emphasise that we. stood together lor the purpose of the election only added Mr. A 11,,,,,. "K :i eh of the candidates i> pledged to use his best skill and in the interests of tin' citizens as a whole. There will he no polities and each will he answerable only to his own conscience-—to nothing and to no one else."

Polling Place A Hum Saypfrh Town Hall 1,052 830 Chamber of Commerce 480 107 Yorkshire House .. 309 107 Sailors' Mission 152 388 Victoria Park ; 22 73 St. Thomas', Union St. ,, 25 101 Franklin "Road 110 293 Trades Hall . 68 874 fit. James', Wellington St. . 129 435 Pitt St. Methodist Hall . . 5$ 300 Epiphany Hal! . . 201 737 Church of Chris!. Ponfonby 200 507 St. John's, Ponsonby 128 236 Leys Institute 551 1,072 fit. Stephen's. Jrrvois Rd. 587 332 Heme Bay Mission 373 100 Trinity School, nerne Bay 38 120 (Richmond Rd. Home 173 400 Francis .St., Grey Lynn .. 21 t 588 Grey Lynn School .. 182 242 ■Westrnere School .. .. 51 101 fit. Cutlitiert, Grey Lynn 220' 303 Grey Lynn Library 217 340 St. Peter's, Ajchhill 255 501 Western Springs 50 70 >5 819 Pt. Chevalier School S3 227 ■Armstrong's Hall, Pt. Chevalier 1(10 229 "Walervieiv 100 242 lioschank Rd. 10 1 70 Avondale ScJiool 147 143 Blockhouse Bay 111 St. Benedict's; Hail . [ 210 344 O ran ire Hall, Xewton Rd. . 181 373 Bright Sir'el 103 118 Trinity College, Grafton Rd. 215 107 Old Urairiniar School 23!) 101 1 15 490 230 107 55 05 Stanley Street 0!l U.S.A., Parnell .. 145 Parnell ' Librati .. SSfi Epsom Library . ,. BOo Banff Avenue. Epsom 218 St. Andrew's, Rpsoir 31>7 St. Mark's, 'Remuera Rrl. 5.9 "1 157 00 1 1 .) j - St. Luke's, Remtiera Rd. 42.j Victoria Av„ Remuera Rd Re inn era Libra v 1.370 528 Somervell Hall, Uemiiera Rd. 40 JCorth Memorial Hall. Remuera 370 93 Green Lane . - 224 1 15 St. Chad's. Meadowbank 102 Orakri School' 1 fi.'f 21 0 102 Mission Hay . Kohiinaraiofl 417 2< 17 St. Ileliers Kinjr Gcnrm; Hall, Mt. Albert 733 80 281 30 2(5 12 Methodist Hall, Mt. Eden . 110 Devmiport .. 73 'J'"'"!* .. .. 10,244 14,912