NEW MAYOR
St. Kilda Borough SIX INDEPENDENT COUNCILLORS The sitting Mayor of St. Kilda, Mr W. Rutherford, was defeated by a member of the last council, Mr A. H. Finnie, in a close poll; the new Mayor winning by 221 votes, on the preliminary count. Mr Finnie has taken a prominent part in the activities of the Works Committee on the St. Kilda Council.
For the council, two sitting members, J. R. F. Braithwaite (Labour) and N. M. Shepherd (Independent), topped the poll with 1725 votes. Five sitting councillors were returned. Six of the new council are Independents, while four have been elected on the Labour ticket. New councillors are Thomas Halli-
day (L.), Edwin Longworth (Ind.), L. J. Wraight (Ind.), F. S. S. Grocott (L.), and P. A. Traill (L.). Cr Longworth has been a member of previous councils and .at the last election he stood against Mr Rutherford for the mayoralty in a three-cornered contest. The third candidate on that occasion, Mr P. Cull (L.), missed election for the council this year. The voting was:— MAYORALTY Finnie, Alfred Harold .. .. 1238 •Rutherford, William 1017 COUNCIL •Braithwaite, John Rewi Ferguson (L.) 1725 ♦Shepherd, Norman Hemsworth (Ind.) 1725 Halliday, Thomas (L.) .. .. 1714 ♦Roy, Theodore Dufton Bagrie (Ind.) 1690 •Brent, Richard Spencer (Ind.) 1690 Longworth, Edwin (Ind.) .. .. • 1661 •Adam, Bruce Clark (Ind.) .. 1623 Wraight, Leonard John (Ind.) 1564 Grocott, Francis Steven Stewart (L.) 1539 Traill, Philip Anthony (L.) .. 1536 (Elected.) Cull, Peter, (L.) 1388 ~
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27551, 20 November 1950, Page 4
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242NEW MAYOR Otago Daily Times, Issue 27551, 20 November 1950, Page 4
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