BEFORE THE FRAY.

Waipa Post, Volume 37, Issue 2235, 15 November 1928, Page 5

BEFORE THE FRAY.

CANDIDATES AND; PARTIES. /■ - For the eighty which New .Zealand is-divided;- : theie were 230 candidates. -This, figure, in-. eluded the 18 candidates for the lour . Maori electorates. . . ■■ V A division of the shows the candidates grouped in.tne,y following order: — Reform • • •• • 1° Labour . '• 60 - United ......'. 58 y Country 5". ■ - y\; Independent 19- ' Other 13 230 A further division showed the foillowing nominations in each provincial area as follows: — Auckland Province (23 Electorates). Reform 23 Labour 21 , United 16 Country 5 Independent ..■• 4 Christian Socialist ..... 1 Liberal-Labour 1 '■' ' ■*■:■"■ ' " • 71 Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa (7 Reform ...;:....... : .sfe .7 Labour 5 United 7 19 r "(Njcte).—Two United Party candidates in one electorate —Waipawa.) Wellington and Taranaki ;, (17 Electorates). Reform 15 Labour . 14 United 11 Independent 7 •47 (Note. —Two Labour candidates in one electorate —Otaki.) South Island (29 Electorates). Reform ..:.... 26 Labour '.' 20 United 21 Independent 4 Liberal and Lib.-Labour 4 75 Mlaori Sieats .-... .V . (4 Electorates). ,'V Reform 4 ' United 3 Independent 4 Ratana .. 3 , ~ Liberal 2 Not stated 2 18' CANDIDATES FROM LAST PARLIAMENT. Of the candidates offering themselves for ellection, no less than 73 were me«mbers, of the last Parliament. -" ; >: :: A summary of the parties nominating these candidates for election shows:"— I '''-' •" ""'■" '["■"■'[ Reform ... 49 Labour 14 United i', 8 Independent 2 . - 73 leaving the balance of seven elector- , orates electing members from candidates wbjo werej not members of the last Parliament. A further division showed the retiring mjembers offering themselves for. re-election from the following provin-

This summary, it must be noted, re--fers to candidates who were members -■■ of the last Parliament and who offered themselves for re-election yesterday. Electorate in which members required to be elected other than candidates drawn from the retiring members of the last Parliament are as follow. — Eoskill: Previously the electorate bearing this name w!a.s represented by Mr V. H. Potter (Reform), who became: a candidate for Eden. For this ■ seat Sir C. J. Parr (Reform) was elected in 1925, and at the by-election in 1926 Mr H. G. R. Mason (Labour) became the member. Actually the new electorate is Auckland Suburbs, and for this electorate Mr Mason became a candidate, so that Roskiil was left to select as its member a candidate who was not in the last Parliament. Franklin: This electorate was represented in the last Parliament by Mr E. D. McLemnan (Reform), who retired at this election. Hauraki: This is a new electorate created by the Boundaries Commission last year. Kaiapoi: This electorate at last election returned the Hon. D. Buddo (a Nationalist), who retired at this election. ' Dunedin South: This electorate was repreesnted in the last Parliament, by Mr T. K. Sidey (Nationalist), who-dM not offer himself as a candidate this year. Chalmers: Mr J..,McC. Dickson (Re- , form) represented this electorate in . the last Parliament, but he also retired this year. CentrlaJ Otago: Was last year represented by Mr J. Born (Nationalist), and he, too, retired at this election. It should be noted that Mid-Canter-bury is a new electorate. It "embraces generally the areas of the former efeetorates of Ellesmere and Ashburton. In the last Parliament Ashburton was represented by the Hon. W. Nosiworthy (Reform), who retired at this ejection, lefcwing Mr D. Jones (Reforjn.), : who previously represented to contest the new Mid-Canterbury seat.

cial areas: — Ref. Lab. IXtd. Ind. AucMand Prov... 13 7 0 Q H. Bay and Wai6 0 1 € Wellington & Ta12 2 3 8 South Island 15 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 49" 14 8 2