PREPARATIONS FOR CITY ELECTIONS.
THREE COUNCILLORS LIKELY TO RETIRE.
Interest in the municipal elections, to be held on the first Wednesday in May next, is being stimulated by the decision of the North Canterbury Labour Representation Committee to call for nominations from affiliated organisations of candidates for the various positions.
As the elections will be held under the proportional representation system of voting, it is probable that the Labour Party will not nominate more than twelve candidates for the sixteen seats on the City Council, and that it will not run full tickets for the Hospital Board and the Harbour Board.
At present, there are eleven Labour councillors, in addition to the Mayor, who is also a Labour nominee, and it is expected that all the sitting members will seek re-election with the exception of Mr Clyde Carr, M.P., who will shortly take up his residence in Timaru. Mr G. R. Hunter, who resigned from the council some months ago, may also be nominated at the next election.
Two of the five Citizens’ Association councillors, Mrs A. E. Herbert and Mr A. W. Beaven, may not seek re-election, and there is a possibility that either Mr E. H. Andrews or Mr J. W. Beanland will contest the Mayoralty next vear. Therefore, if the association decides to nominate twelve candidates for the council, it will have to run almost a new ticket. It is considered probable that the question of contesting the municipal elections will be discussed at a meeting of the General Committee of the association to be held on Friday evening.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18629, 5 December 1928, Page 9
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