LOW TOLERANCE
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS ELECTORAL COMMISSION’S TASK (From, our Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON. July 5. The limitations imposed by a tolerance of 500'in making adjustments to the electoral boundaries were referred to by Mr C. G. E. Harker (Oppn.. Waipawa) and by Mr H. T. Morton (Oppn. Waitemata) during the Ad-dress-in-Reply debate in the House of Representative to-day. Mr Harker said that it was not surprising to read that the Electoral Representation Commission was unable adequately to respect community of interest. The tolerances were ample for large cities, but for smaller centres they were inadequate, and for country areas iniquitous. Mr Morton said that the Oppositmn felt that the Representation Commission had done a good job so far as the commission was limited in its powers but when the National Party came into office it would see that the tolerances were adjusted. The 500 tolerance was ridiculously small and did not give any scope for adjustment. The way the revision of the boundaries had worked must have been a surprise. Five electorates in the North Island covered more than half the area of the whole of the island That state of affairs was entirely undesirable
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26197, 6 July 1946, Page 8
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194LOW TOLERANCE Otago Daily Times, Issue 26197, 6 July 1946, Page 8
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