POWER BOARD ELECTION.

Waikato Independent, Volume XX, Issue 2318, 12 February 1920, Page 4

POWER BOARD ELECTION.

MR A. WILKINSON TOPS TKR POLL. The election of the Cambridge Electric Power Board took place yeste ay and though a large poll did not result, a very fair interest was shown in the matter ,and motor cars were flyih'jj' about quite busily. The main interest was centred in the election of two members to represent the Cambridge Borough, for which five candidates were offering. The general opinion about the town was that Mr Mervyn Wells was a “certainty” for one seat and this opinion proved correct. But the surprise of the poll was that Mr Arnold Wilkinson shonld have headed it, with a majority of 38 votes. In all Mr Wilkinosn’s long residence in Cambridge this is the first occasion on which he has sought public office and it speaks volumes for the esteem in which he is held by the voters of the Borough'that he was accorded such hearty support. Taken as a whole the newly elected Power Board is a strong on© and should accomplish good work. Following is the result of the polling;— CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH Arnold Wilkinson 172 Mervyn Wells 134 Elisha Veale 117 E. J. Wilkinson 75 . .C. H. Priestley 53 CAMBRIDGE ROAD BOARD. W. Harbutt gg E. Hammond 73. J. Eniwisle . 49 H. A. Bell J 9 First two elected. PUKEKUBA ROAD BOABD. J. W. Garland 31 " J. S. Fisher 28 R*. G, Speake - 14 First two elected. The Cambridge Electric Power Board now duly constituted consists of Messrs A. Wilkinson, Mervyn Wells, W. Harbutt, E. Hammond, J. W. Garland, J. S. Fisher, W. White and Thomas Martin. The last two members named were returned unopposed in their respective districts.