MAJORITY OF 24 SEATS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 279, 28 November 1935, Page 7

MAJORITY OF 24 SEATS

ujOUR’S TOTAL REACHES 52 CABINET MINISTERS DEFEATED jKXRAT PARTY FAILS TO GAIN A SEAT urtsult "t : polling yesterday New Zealand, for the . ; n its history, has elected a Labour Government. -jje gains not only in the industrial areas, but in a ,f the rural electorates. The Democrat Party was a failure a d in many instances the effect of the split teheento put Labour into power. Both leaders of the lioremni !it. the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. G. W. jjithe Mini'*'' 1 ’ of Finance, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, . . returned. Mr. Forbes with a fairly comfortable L but Mr. I nates with about 300 votes. Mr. T. C. A. Leader of the Democrats, failed to gain the Masterton jjrh went to the Labour candidate in preference to the Government member, Mr. Sykes. Mr. Downie Stewart. • MKe away from the National Government on the raised a™ issue, lost his seat to Labour. Other prominent i,softhe Government to lose their seats were: Sir Alesdoanr 'Hamilton . Hon. J. Bitchener (Waitaki), Messrs. jjjH T'n.-dtm r- . J. N. Massey (Franklin), H. M. CanipHiike’s Ba' . R. W. Hawke (Kaiapoi), J. A. McPherson J. A. Nash Palmerston North), Alex. Stuart (Rangij JI. San el (Thames), F. Lye (Waikato), A. Harris rata ■ b• E. Healy (Wairau), Hon. C. E. Macmillan tB and Mr. A. J. Murdoch (Marsden). FINAL STATE OF PARTIES. jtfetime of cuing to press last night the state of tin 1 ail the new House was as follows: LABOUR 52 NATIONALISTS 20 OTHER PARTIES 8