NATIONAL WIN
RAGLAN BY-ELECTION RESULT JOHNSTONE’S MAJORITY SLENDER j ’ Polling m the Raglan by-election-rendered necessary through the death of Mr. R. Coulter, took place yesterday and resulted in a win for th* Nationalist candidate, Mr. Hallyburton Johnstore, who secured a majority of 194 votes over his Labour opponent, Mr. Alan C. Baxter. There
are still 530 absentee and postal vofos to be counted, according to a Pres* Association message from Auckland. Civilian voting totals gave the following figures for the respective candidates : JOHNSTONE (National) BAXTER (Labour) 4W9 Including forces’ votes to hand the final totals were as follows: — JOHNSTONE (National) 4627 BAXTER (Labour) 4433 The result at the 1943 election in Raglan was as follows: R. Coulter (Lab.) 4817 R. J. Glasgow (Nat.) ——. 4709 A. Dillon (Dem. Lab.) 280. S. Burton (Real Dem. Movement) 221 Informal JjJ Majority lor Coulter -- 106
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 54, 6 March 1946, Page 4
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141NATIONAL WIN Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 54, 6 March 1946, Page 4
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