THE ELECTIONS.
THE WAIRARAPA SEAT.
iORNSBY WINS BY 60 VOTES
Per Press Association. Carterton, December 15. The final figures are: —Hornsby 3165, Buchanan 3105.
For the last eighteen years the Wairarapa seat has ‘‘see-sawed” in a most remarkable manner between Mr j T. M. Hornsby and Mr (-Now Sir) Walter C-. Buchanan. Mr Hornsby unsuccessfully opposed the late Hon. T. Fergus for the now defunct Lakes seat, his chance being spoilt by a splitting of votes. He entered journalism, and whilst acting as subeditor of the “New Zealand Times” in Wellington, was requested to stand for the Wairarapa seat against Mr Buchanan, being defeated hy 333 votes. In 1899 he was successful, defeating Mr Buchanan after he had held the seat for eighteen years. In 1902 ho was defeated by 55 votes, and in 1905 he was again returned with a majority of 550. In 1908 he was agjjiin displaced by Mr Buchanan, and was unequal to the task of displacing the veteran in 1908. Now he has again repeated his‘ previous performances.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 298, 15 December 1914, Page 6
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173THE ELECTIONS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 298, 15 December 1914, Page 6
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