SPIN OF THE COIN
IF CANDIDATES TIE
While the Lyttelton and Westland elections are so close that any resist is possible by *’.= t! the magisterial recounts have been finished, there has been considerable speculation as to t? e pro jedure in the event w' - tie. The procedure is simple—the returning officer casts the vote which decides the argument. Probably he would put the names in a hat, or arrive at his decision by a spin of the coin, but——the decision is his. Away back forty or fifty years ago there was a tie in which Edward Wakefield, who sat fer one of the Canterbury seats, was concerned. The* returning officer decided in Wakefield’s favour. The story has it that the decision on that occasion went by the spin of the coin.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12298, 18 November 1925, Page 7
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131SPIN OF THE COIN New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12298, 18 November 1925, Page 7
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