FIRST BOROUGH ELECTION

Putaruru Press, Volume XXI, Issue 1239, 17 July 1947, Page 4

FIRST BOROUGH ELECTION

MR. H. L. MARTIN MAYOR Heavy Polling The first election for Mayor and eight councillors for the newlyconstituted borough of Putaruru was held yesterday. With an election for the Mayoralty and 22 candidates offering for eight seats on the council it was expected that polling would be heavy. These expectations were realised, and voters attended the booth steadily throughout the day. This was one of the first elections held under the new franchise. Although the three weeks’ campaign was keen there were no sectional “ scraps ” and it was conducted in a thoroughly harmonious manner. Mr. A. C. Anderson, who had been chairman of the Town Board for the past five years, had a redoubtable opponent in a prominent business and public man in Mr. H. L. Martin, and was defeated by a small margin- , Results were:— MAYORALTY ANDERSON, Augustus Colin .. 237 MARTIN, Harry Liddell 281 Mr. Martin was elected. Twenty-six declaration votes are yet to be counted, but these will not affect the result. COUNCIL , ADAMS, James 25 ARAHILL, Charles Benedict ... 122 BARNES, John 75 BENTLEY, Frederick Richard . 171 BROWN, Arthur James 139 CARTER, Thoma s John 95 CRAWFORD, Ray 130 FITZHERBERT, Norman 228 FREEMAN, Desmond Charles . 264 GAIRDNER, Robert John Macquorn 234 HALKETT, John Alfred 252 HOLLARD, Charles Edgar 102 HUNT, Norman Roland 168 MARSH, George Howorth 162 MORRIS, John Henry Ball ... 255 PEARCE, Charles Vincent .... 384 PEARCE, Trevor Lloyd 305 ROBINSON, Charles Robert ... 237 SMITH, Samuel 143 TULLOCH, Constance Egmont 231 WELLS, Victor John 97 WORK, John Charles Nicole .. 132 Those elected were Messrs. Freeman, Gairdner, Halkett, Morrjg,! C. V. Pearce, T. L. Pearce (brothers), Robinson and Mrs. Tulioch. Messrs. Freeman, Morris and C. V. Pearce were members of the Town Board. The only lady standing, Mrs. Tulioch, was elected.