COUNTY POLL

Southland Times, Issue 21887, 13 December 1932, Page 5

COUNTY POLL

HOKONUI RIDING MR G. W. WHITTINGHAM RETURNED DETAILS OF VOTING The Southland County Council byelection for the vacancy on the council caused through the death of Mr Erskine Bowmar, who represented the Hokonui Riding, was held yesterday and resulted in the return of Mr G. W. Whittingham, of Gore. The polling resulted:— G. W. Whittingham (Gore) 327 David Dickie (Gore) 265 Thomas McMath (Riversdale) 164 Some 45 declaratory votes are still to be counted, but Mr Whittingham’s election is already assured. The following booths, nine in number, opened at 9 a.m. and closed at 6 p.m. An hour later the returning officer (Mr A. J. Service) announced the result of the voting. There were 604 ratepayers on the roll, but since the voting qualification was proportional to the property held, 757 (excluding the declaratory votes) went to the ballot box. Of this number, one recorded an informal vote. The voting at the various booths was as follows:—• Dickie. McMath. Whit-

Mr Whittingham, the new member, is very well-known in Gore both as a business man and as one who has taken his share in outside activities. In addition to being the proprietor of the Gore Brewery he has a farm close to the town and spends his time between the two interests. He is president of both the Gore Rotary Club and the Gore Racing Club and a member of the Unemployment Committee there.

tingham. County Office .—- 4 10 Riversdale 52 110 30 Mandeville 45 28 15 Gore 76 13 136 Waimumu 17 0 55 Longridge Valley 19 6 11 Charlton 16 3 22 Croydon Bush 14 0 10 Mataura 26 0 38 Totals 265 164 327