WESTPORT MAYORALTY
MR ROBERTSON’S LEAD REDUCED (Per United Press Association) | WESTPORT. Nov. 1. With 47 declaration votes to be taken into account, Mr J. M. Robertson still leads Mr J. Kilkenny In the mayoral election by a majority of 77 votes. The figures given to-day were as follows; Robertson, 1083; Kilkenny, 100(5; informal, 8: total, 2097; majority for Robertson, * An interesting comparison is furnished with the figures in 1935 when the same candidates contested the mayoral seat and tire result was: Kilkenny, 1080; Robertson. 653; informal, 12: total. 1745: majority for Kilkenny. 427. Yesterday's poll was the heaviest for some years, the number of votes cast exceeding those of the previous mayoral contest by 399.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23955, 2 November 1939, Page 14
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