LOCAL POLITICS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 224, 20 April 1933, Page 4

LOCAL POLITICS

TWELVE COUNCIL | CANDIDATES Two Mr Mayoralty ■NOMINATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Interest in local politics almost akin to enthusiasm was displayed in Stratford today when nominations closed for the Municipal elections to be held on May O. The salient points in conneci tion with the nominations are that 1 there are two candidates for the Stratford Mayoralty, 12 canI didates for seats on the StratI ford Borough Council and two candidates for a seat on tbs New ; Plymouth Harbour Board as reI presentative of the district.

I As indicated some lime ago there j are two candidates for the Mayor- ! ally, namely, Mr. Percy Thomson, who holds office at present, and Mr. J. ' W. McMillan, who has held the hon- ! our in the past for many years. 1 All the present councillors except j Cr. N. B. Fletcher have been nomi inated for re-election, and the four ! new candidates are Messrs. D. E. i White, R. R. Curtis, E. W. Soundy ! and Dr. W. P. P. Gordon, all of whom j are well known in the town, j Mr. D. J. Malone, the present memI her for the district on the New Ply- , mouth Harbour Board, will be op- ■ posed by Mr. C. R. Finnerty, a member of the Stratford Borough Coun- ; Cil. Mrs M. T. Phillips has been nom--1 inated for election to the Hospital j Board and is the only candidate, j In the following list of candidates j and their nominators an asterisk de- ! notes candidates not at present in ! office. The Mayoralty j Percy Thomson, nominated by D. ; J. Malone, S. Pitt, D. Steven, J. Me- ! Allister, J. W. Boon, i *James Watson McMillan, nomin- ! ated by T. Lawson, C. Ennis, M. Moroney, A. Coleman, E. G. Kirk- ; wood, H. M. Good, W. L. Blair, R. i N. Fryday, A. J. Davey, IT. Y. Wood. The Borough Council • Arthur Henry Trotter, nominated ; by H. T. Cooper, T. W. Smith. | John William Crowe, nominated by : G. L. Mclsaac, W. E. Williams. | *Ernest William Soundy, nominat- • ed by T. W. Smith, A. L. Rawles, D. | S. Butcher, C. L. Grant. 1 Reginald Frank Harkness, nominated by W. H. Humphrey, W. Me- | limes, W. J. Villers, H. T. Cooper, j ! J. H. Childs, H. F. Vosseler. i Alexander Henry Nelson, nominated | by A. Dickinson, D. E. White, R. E. | ‘ Carryer, P. J. Kendrick, A. Bake, A. i IT. Wendelborn, T. Lawson, L. Feek, i , W. H. Cannon, C. Cold well, W. L. | I Kennedy, C. G. Bailey, A. H. Trot- j ; ter, G. R. Mclsaac. ! ’•‘William Patterson Pollock Gordon, j 1 nominated by H. E. Vosseler, E. Carryer, D. G. Petrie, E. D. Evans, R. | H. White, T. W. Smith, F. Cook, A. i Manoy, W. Hoskin, A. Coleman, Geo. j Hall, W. Mclnnes, J. W. Boon, R. R. Knewstubb, R. Mcßeth, E. H. Eason, j H. T. Cooper, N. S. Deare, A. Davies, i John Orr, G. Mclsaac, A. R. Masters, | H. Bishop, W. IT. Humphrey, E. j Hall. H. \v. Douglas, W. L. Kennedy) D. J. Malone. R. R. Curtis, F. Bodle, 1 G. Smart, J. MacGregor. Charles Speck, nominated by G. | D. Hunter, R. H. White, W. Mclnnes. i ♦Donald Edgar White, nominated' by R. E. Carryer, W. H. Humphrey, i G. H. W. Ewing, H. T. Cooper. Albert Janies Davey, nominated by ; T. Lamason, M. Moroney, C. L. Law- j rence. R. McCormick, R. Wood, W. j L. Blair. I ♦Roy Ralfe Curtis, nominated by | W. IT. Humphrey, G. Smart, A. H. j Trotter, A. L. Rawles, W. L. Blair.) Charles Ralph Finnerty, nominated by C. Jackson, W. L. Kennedy, E. | C. Middleton, D. S. Butcher. Ronald Edgar Carryer, nominated by i S. D. Hayton, D. R. Turnbull, R. H. j White, W. H. Humphrey. Harbour Board Daniel Joseph Malone, nominated | by Percy Thomson (Stratford) and j Joseph Gibbs (Inglewood). ♦Charles Ralph Finnerty, nomin- i ated by John Davis, J. H. Brown, Mary Orr, C. H. Speck. Hospital Board Agnes Phillips, nominated by | Mary Orr, Campbell Jackson, J. E. j Trim, W. W. Lonsdale.