16 SEATS IN THE HOUSE ARE HELD BY MAJORITIES OF LESS THAN 500 VOTES

Wanganui Chronicle, 21 June 1949, Page 6

16 SEATS IN THE HOUSE ARE HELD BY MAJORITIES OF LESS THAN 500 VOTES

There are 16 seats in the House of Representatives held by majorities ot less than 500. It is in these seats that the fate of the next General Election is likely to be decided. Seven of these seats are held by Labour and nine are National seats.

Seats held by majorities of less than 500 are as follow:

Labour Majority Raglan (A. C. Baxter) 13 Roskiil (F. Langstone) 153 Otahuhu (C. R. Petrie) 220 Tamaki (T. E. Skinner) 231 Oamaru (Hon. A. H. Nordmeyer) 232 North Shore (Dr. A .M. Finlay) 249 Hastings! Hon. E L. Cullen) 483 National Majority. Otaki (J. J. Maher) 44 St. Albans (J. T. Watts) 86 Marlborough T. P. Shand) 170 Parnell (D. M. Rae) 206 Invercargill (J. R. Hanan) 224 Wairarapa (G. H. Maekley) 235 Hamilton (Mrs. G. H. Ross) 327 New Plymouth (E. P. Aderman) 405 Selwyn (J. K. McAlpine) 472 The Labour-held seats which were won with majorities of between 500 and 1000 were Timaru (C. L. Carr;. Waimarino (P. Kearins), Palmerston North (G. H. O. Wilson and Southern Maori (Hon. E. T. Tirikatene). Seats in this category held by the National Party are Nelson (E. R. Neale), Waimate (D. C. Kidd), Patea (W. A. Sheat), and Mt. Victoria (J. R'. Marshall).

Meanwhile both parties are busy with the selection of candidates and already a number have been publicly announced. They are as follows (L. i indicating Labour, (N.) National. (Lib.) Liberal, and (I.) Independent: Ashburton: R. G. Gerard (N.>; W. E. Rose (LJ. Avon: J. Mathison (LJ. Awarua: G. R- Herron (NJ; N, G. Pickering (LJ. Bay of Plenty: W. Sullivan (N.). Eden: W. H. Fortune (NJ; P. T Curran (LJ. Christchurch Central: R. M. Macfarlane (L). Egmont: E. B. Corbett (NJ. Fendalton: s G. Holland (N.): RT. Newman (L>. Franklin: J.. N. Massey (N.); R. A. Lowe (Lib.). Gisborne: H. Dudfiela (NJ. Hamilton: Mrs. G. H. Ross (N.); J. Granville (L). Hastings: E. L. Cullen (L); S. I. Jones (N). Hawkes Bay: C. G. E. Harker (N); H. E. Beattie (LJ. Hobson: S. W. Smith (N); W. E. Lane (LJ. Hurunui: W. H. Gillespie (NJ; H. G. Kilpatrick (LJ. Hutt: W. Nash (LJ. Invercargill: J. R. Hanan (NJ; W. M. CDenham (LJ. Karori: C. M. Bowden (NJ; Mrs. Ethel Harris (LJ. Lyttelton: T. L. McCombs (LJ. Manawatu: B. A. Rodgers (LJ. Marlborough: T. P. Shand (N.); J. H. Wilson (LJ. Marsden: A. J. Murdock (NJ. Miramar: W. Julius Hyde (I.). Mount Victoria: N. R. Seddon (LJ. Napier: A. E. Armstrong (LJ. Nelson: R. C. A. Marshall (LJ. New Plymouth: E. P. Aderman (NJ: R. C. Parker (LJ. North Shore: Dr. A. M. Finlay (LJ; R Armstrong (I.). Northern Maori: J. C. Henare (NJ; M. Otene (I.). Oamaru: L. T. Hayman (NJ; W. R. Williams (Lib.). Otaki: J. J. Maher (NJ; J. J. D. Capstick (LJ. Palmerston North: G. H.. O. Wilson (LJ; W Blair Tennent (N). Parnell: D. M. Rae (NJ; F. W. Schramm (LJ. Piako: W. S. Goosman (NJ; G. P. Kenah (LJ. Raglan: A. C. Baxter (LJ; Hallyburton Johnstone (NJ. Remuera: R. M. Algie (NJ; II Watt (LJ. Rodney: T. C. Web), (NJ; A- Learning (LJ. Selwyn: J. K. McAlpine (NJ; E. A. Sharp (Lj. Sydenham: Miss M. Howard (LJ. St. Albans: J. T. Watts (NJ; G. Manning (LJ. Tamaki: T. E. Skinner (LJ. Tauranga: F. W. Doidge (NJ; H. J. Pickett (LJ. Waikato: G. F. Sim (N) Waimarino: P. Kearins (LJ; A. E. Scarrow (NJ. Waimate: D. C. Kidd (NJ; W. R. Davison (LJ. Waitomo: W. J. Broadfoot (NJ. Western Maori: Mrs Ka Nutana (IJ.