MAJORITY INCREASED
MID-CANTERBURY SEAT VICTORY FOR NATIONALIST [ Per Pre.. Association.! ASHBURTON, Oct. 26. In the Mid-Canterbury electorate, with one absentee vote to be dealt with, the position is:— A. N. Grigg (National) 5504 H. E. Herring (Labour) 5429 Majority for Grigg 75 Informal - - - .36 Declaration votes: Grigg 2, Herring 4 Absentee: Grigg 257, Herring 263. Postal: Grigg 119, Herring 96. On the night of the poll Grigg had an announced majority of 48. 1935—H. E). Herring (L.). 4422: J. Cerr' (N.). 3960; W. F. Woods (D.). 1861. Informal, 50. Total, 10,293 (10,916). 1931—J. Connolly (Coal.), 4437 ; D. Jones (Coal.). 4301 ; H. Hunter (L.), 310; R. W. Wightman (I.Lab.), 258.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 254, 27 October 1938, Page 8
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