TARANAKI BY-ELECTION

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13886, 11 October 1918, Page 4

TARANAKI BY-ELECTION

MR. SMITH ELECTED. By Telegraph—Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday. The Taranaki by-election, caused oy the death of Mr 11. J. H. Okey, resulted:— S. J. Smith (Ind.) .. .. 2840 J. S. Connett (N.G.). .. 2680 Majority for Mr Smith .. 160 BY-ELECTIONS SINCE 1914. The by-election for the Wellington Central seat is the eleventh that has taken place since the general election T"n December, 191 i, and the eighth since the formation of the National Cabinet in August, 1915. The districts, , and the candidates elected, arc as follows: ) Dunedin Centrai, February 3, 1915: Mr C. E. Statham (G.). Bay of Islands. June 8, 1915: Mr W. Stewart (G.). Taumarunui, June 13, 1915: Mr W. T. Jennings (0.). Palliatua, August 17, 1916: Mr G. H. Smith (N.G.). Hawke's Bay, March 9, 1917: Sir John Findlay (N.G.). Bay of Islands, March 19, 1917, unopposed: Mr V. H. Reed (N.G.). Grey, December 3, 1917, unopposedMr P. C. Webb (Lab.). Southern Maori, February 21, 1918 - Mr J. H. W. Uru (I.). Wellington North, February 28, 1918: Mr J. P. Luke (N.G.). Grey, May 29, 1918: Mr H. E. Holland (Lab.). Wellington Central, October 3, 1918: Mr P. Fraser (Lab.). Taranaki, October 10: Mr S. G Smith (I.). f