THE GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1908.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1909 Session II, H-30a

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1909. NEW ZEALAND

THE GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1908.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Return showing the Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate at General Election, 1908; the Number of Informal Votes; the Number of Electors who did not vote; the Number of Electors on Roll; and the Population of each Electoral District at the Census in 1906.

um ! per >ea recori Number of Electors who did not vote. Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates. Number of Electors on Roll. Population at Census, 1906. For each Candidate. Informal Votes. Total. >ay of Islands— Reed, Vernon Herbert Johnson, John Charles [arsden— Mander, Francis Harrison, James Soule, Meredith .. [aipara— Stallworthy, John Harding, Alfred Ernest Paitemata — Phillips, Leonard Richard Napier, William Joseph .. Luckland West — Poole, Charles Henry Thompson, Robert Luckland Central — Glover, Albert Edward Kidd, Alfred Rosser, Arthur .. aickland East— Baume, Frederick Ehrenfried '.. Richardson, William Harle, John Nicholson rrey Lynn — Fowlds, George Nicholson, Oliver Brown, James Ulysses !den — Bollard, John Shackelford, John Wisdom 'arnell — Lawry, Frank Moss, Edward George Britton 2,241 1,980 2,381 1,677 416 2,510 2,227 3,426 2,526 4,126 2,671 4,050 1,510 621 12 68 14 14 108 4,233 4,542 4,751 5,966 6,905 1,262 1,425 1,050 *l,290 1,806 5,495 5,967 5,801 7,728 8,711 10,095 10,535 10,397 12,534 13,473 140 6,321 2,485 8,806 13,391 3,358 2,262 374 70 6,064 2,164 8,228 13,473 4,035 3,146 57 154 7,392 1,600 i. i. 8,992 13,493 4,315 2,151 88 6,554 1,625 8,179 12,304 3,373 3,154 90 6,617 2,016 8,633 13,208 1 IT QO. H. i A.

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Return showing the Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate at General Election, 1908, &c.— continued.

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Number of Votes recorded. Number , T , of Electors f"™ f who did ; of Electors not vote. ' onRo,, - Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates. For each Informal ~ . , Candidate. Votes. lotal, Population at Census, 1906. Manukau — 1 Lang, Frederic William Creamer, Alfred Augustus Morton, Joseph Bertram Franklin — Massey, William Ferguson MoLarin, John Wesley Thames — McGowan, James Deeble, Ernest Mason, Oliver Isitt, Francis Whitmore Ohinemuri — Poland, Hugh Haselden, Frederick Henry Waikato — Greenslade, Henry James Bell, Allen 2,995 1,626 1,139 2,781 1,594 3,005 905 297 124 67 66 5,827 4,441 1,108 1,221 6,935 5,662 11,102 10,125 258 4,589 920 5,509 10,989 2,884 2,192 12 5,088 •1,185 6,932 11,535 3,290 2,819 92 6,201 1,168 7,369 10,715 Tauranga— Herries, William Herbert Young, James Alexander Bay of Plenty— Macdonald, William Donald Stuart .. Gow, James Burman Gisborne — Carroll, James Darton, George Edward Hawke's Bay— Dillon, Alfred Russell, William Russell Napier— Brown, John Vigor Fraser, Alfred Levavasour Durell .. Waipawa — Hall, Charles Hunter, George Pahiatua— Ross, Robert Beatson Cooper, James Christopher Masterton— Hogg, Alexander Wilson Hunter, John Wairarapa— Buchanan, Walter Clarke Hornsby, John Thomas Marryat Taumarunui— Jennings, William Thomas Bowater, William Thomas Egmont— Dive, Bradshaw Wake, George Percy Taranaki — Okey, Henry James Hobbs Malone, William George Bellringer, Charlie Emanuel Patea— Pearce, George Vater Major, Charles Edwin Stratford— Hine, John Bird .. .. • .. Symes, Walter King, Nathaniel John Rangitikei — Remington, Arthur Edward Smith, Robert William 3,269 1,966 2,650 2,204 3,218 2,484 3,199 • 2,495 3,803 2,768 2,507 2,457 2,028 1,764 3,333 2,085 63 26 35 12 102 42 12 74 5,298 4,880 5,737 5,706 6,673 5,006 3,804 5,492 1,159 •1,167 *1,478 *1,618 1,790 1,290 *l>117 1,559 6,457 6,776 8,713 7,844 8,463 6,296 5,490 7,051 10,209 10,070 11,670 11,339 12,909 11,447 10,841 11,916 2,721 2,585 52 5,358 1,174 6,532 10,851 3,256 1,406 35 4,697 2,304 7,001 10,094 2,408 2,159 30 4,597 •806 5,779 10,097 2,849 1,554 856 74 5,333 1,229 6,562 11,302 2,640 2,388 39 5,067 1,177 6,244 10,585 2,386 1,662 583 43 4,674 1,286 5,960 10,607 2,242 2,084 23 4,349 2,031 6,380 10,363

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Return showing the Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate at General Election, 1908, &c. continued.

Number of Votes re< lorded. Number j , T , of Electors f N " mb t er who did j«£ Electors not vote. ! onRolL Electoral Districts a,nd Names of Candidates. Population at Census, 1906. For each Informal Candidate. Votes. Total. Wanganui— Hogan, James Thomas Hutchison, George 3,602 2,860 19 6,481 *l,490 8,497 12,379 Oroua — Guthrie, David Henry Pleasants, Owen Carlin Hornblow, Eobert Edward Palmerston — Buick, David Wood, William Thomas .. Manawatu — Newman, Edward Stevens, John Otaki— Field, William Hughes Brown, Byron Paul Hutt— Wilford, Thomas Mason .. Short, Richard Walton Wellington North — Herdman, Alexander Lawrence Bolton, Frederick George .. Wellington Central — Fisher, Francis Marion Bates Hislop, Thomas William .. Wellington East — McLaren, David Atkinson, Arthur Richmond Wellington South — Wright, Robert Alexander Barber, William Henry Peter Wellington Suburbs — Luke, John Pearce Fitzgerald, John Edward .. Nelson — Graham, John Atmore, Harry Motueka — McKenzie, Roderick Smith, Frederick William Oscar Buller— Colvin, James Munro, Fergus Ferguson .. McNamara, Victor Thomas 2,417 1,476 926 2,803 2,722 2,636 2,051 2,024 1,931 3,764 2,226 3,716 2,890 2,668 2,525 49 18 16 61 120 28 74 4,868 5,543 4,703 4,016 6,110 6,634 5,267 1,422 *1,353 *1,165 1,384 1,678 *2,585 2,498 6,290 7,236 6,230 5,400 7,788 9,866 7,765 10,875 12,372 10,088 10,041 12,759 13,369 13,379 3,450 3,022 25 6,497 *2,436 9,608 13,321 3,454 2,896 24 6,374 *1,425 8,308 13,333 3,887 2,737 25 6,649 *1,236 8,631 13,147 2,896 2,882 10 5,788 *910 7,321 12,155 2,516 1,015 23 3,554 1,521 5,075 10,572 3,183 2,186 149 101 5,619 991 6,610 10,922 Grey— Guinness, Arthur Robert .. Kerr, James Westland— Seddon, Thomas Edward Youd Michel, Henry Leslie Wairau — Duncan, John McArtney, Robert Hurunui — Forbes, George William .. Clothier, Obed Frederick .. Kaiapoi — Buddo, David Moore, Richard 3,407 2,292 2,830 2,720 2,878 2,626 '48 21 46 5,747 5,571 5,550 1,388 639 1,043 7,135 6,210 6,593 11,206 10,527 11,424 2,150 1,553 11 3,714 *1,265 5,714 10,885 2,746 2,669 87 5,502 961 6,463 11,439 Avon — Russell, George Warren .. Tanner, William Wilcox .. Riccarton — Witty, George Sheat, George 3,426 2,884 4 6,314 *1,343 8,257 13,341 3,741 2,141 53 5,935 1,468 7,403 12,326

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Number of Votes recorded. Number of Electors who did not vote. Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates. For each Informal Candidate. Votes. Total. Number of Electors on Roll. Population at Census, 1901). Christchurch North.— Taylor, Thomas Edward .. Gray, Charles Mathew Ecroyd, Richard James .. Christchurch. East — ■V?Davey, Thomas Henry j McCombs, James I .Cooke, Frederick Riley . , Boxshall, Charles Christchurch South — Ell, Henry George Thorn, James Allison, Charles Lyttelton— Laurenson, George Thacker, Henry Thomas Joynt Ellesmere— Rhodes, Robert Heaton .. Rennie. George Rowell, Frank Selwyn — Hardy, Charles Albert Creery Ivess, Joseph Ashburton— Nosworthy, William Flatman, Frederick Robert Geraldine — Buxton, Thomas Jeffries, William Timaru— Craigie, James Campbell, William David Waitaki — Steward, William Jukes .. Smith, Francis Henry Harris, John 4,365 2,667 u 3,497 1,771 506 469 3,500 2,227 832 3,682 2,789 2,730 1,828 96 127 80 86 51 7,564 6,323 6,645 6,522 1,687 1,924 1,615 1,281 9,251 8,247 8,260 7,803 13 ; 494 13,491 13,421 12,906 53 4,707 2,155 6,862 10,896 2,476 2,093 48 4,617 969 5,586 10 ; 895 3,014 2,267 5 5,286 *903 6,894 11,459 2,341 2,249 *26 4,6ie *872 6,022 10,847 3,349 2,969 26 6,344 *l,072 7,966 12,563 2,490 2,161 161 136 4,948 1,166 6,114 10,841 Oamaru — Duncan, Thomas Mitchell, James Tuapeka— Scott, Robert Macpherson, John Andrew Chalmers — Clark, Edward Henry Allen, Edmund Giblett .. Dunedin North — Thomson, George Malcolm Barclay, Alfred Richard .. Dunedin West — Mi'lar, John Andrew Munro, James Wright Dunedin Central — Arnold, James Frederick .. McDonald, John Dunedin South— Sidey, Thomas Kay Douglas, Robert Rutherford Fleming, William Taieri— Mackenzie, Thomas Johnson,*John Thomas, jun. 2,735 2,122 2,478 1,781 2,635 2,409 3,382 3,376 4,785 2,338 60 6 7 12 4,917 4,265 5,051 6,770 1,572 • •1,031 *991 *1,397 6,489 5,514 6,463 8,649 11,934 10,720 12,055 13,469 145 7,268 2,435 9,703 13,466 4,045 2,533 126 6,704 1,771 8,475 13,469 4,292 2,462 587 136 7,477 1,370 8,847 13,454 2,591 2,070 58 4,719 1,187 5,906 10,494 Bruce — Allen, James Mosley, Joseph Tyndall, Arthur William .. 2,837 1,444 646 44 4,971 1,022 5,993 10,314

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Return showing the Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate at General Election, 1908, &c.— continued.

1908. 1905. Number of votes recorded for members elected .. 233,328 216,378 Number of votes recorded for defeated candidates .. 177,178 173,811 Number of electors who recorded their votes at the First Ballot but did not vote at Second Ballot .. . . 13,546 Number of informal votes .. .. .. .. 4,596 Total number of electors who recorded their votes .. 428,648 395,657 Total number of electors on rolls .. .. .. 537,003 476,473 1906. 1901. Total population at last census .. .. .. 888,376 772,504 Figures marked * represent electors who did not vote at either first or second ballot in electorates where such second ballots were held.

Maori Election. —Return showing Number of Votes polled by each Candidate.

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Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates. For each Candidate. Number if Votes recorded. Informal rp , Votes. lotaL Number AT , - » f Sjf /SSL Population at Census, 1906. Clutha— Malcolm, Alexander Scott Isitt, Francis Whitmore .. Mataura — Anderson, George James .. McNab, Robert Wakatipu — Fraser, William Martin, Andrew Wallace — Thomson, John Charles Macpherson, Dugald Ward, Benjamin Invercargill— Hanan, Josiah Alfred Paape, Arthur Albert Awarua — Ward, Joseph George Morris, William Arthur Snowball, Alfred 2,318 519 2.508 2,142. 2,646 1,495 2,971 1,625 40 43 15 39 2,880 4,665 4,180 2,197 1,129 1,375 5,077 5,794 5,555 10,868 11,474 10,450 188 4,824 972 5,796 10,678 3,119 2,271 124 5,5i4 1,539 7,053 12,507 3,069 886 595 177 4,727 1,062 5,789 10,682 I i Total 410,506 4,596 415,102 108,355 537,003 888,376

Number of Votes recorded. Number of Votes recorded. Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates. Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates. For each T , , Candidate. 10W1 " For each „, , Candidate. lotal - Northern Maori — Heke, Hone Rangi, Hare te 1,468 423 1,891 Western Maori — Kaihau, Henare Eketone, Pepene Tukino, Te Heuheu Ao, Hema te .. Kahu, Eruera te 2,375 1,618 1,375 1,178 728 Southern Maori — Parata, Tame Uru, Teone Hopere Wharewitu West, Charles 7,274 Eastern Maori — Ngata, Apirana Paaka, Tiki .. 4,740 1,730 358 351 21 730 6,470 Total .. 16,365 Inset 1—H. 30a.

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Return showing Number of Seamen's Electoral Rights and Absent Voters' Permits issued and exercised in each Electoral District.

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llectoral Righto Absent Voters' Pen lits. Electoral District. Number of Seamen who voted. Number of Seamen who did not vote. Total Number of Seamen's Bights issued. « T , , Number of A? Um t v7 .Absent Voters' Absent Voters permits Permits ex- sued but not emsed ' exercised. Total Number of Absent Voters' Permits issued. Islands Marsden Kaipara Waitemata .. Auckland West Auckland Central Auckland East Grey Lynn .. Eden Parnell Manukau Franklin Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Tauranga Bay of Plenty Gisborne Hawke's Bay Napier Waipawa Pahiatua Masterton Wairarapa Taumarunui .. Egmont Taranaki Patea Stratford Rangitikei Wanganui Oroua Palmerston .. Manawatu Otaki Hutt Wellington North Wellington Central Wellington East Wellington South Wellington Suburbs Nelson Motueka Buller Grey Westland Wairau Hurunui Kaiapoi Avon Riccarton Christchurch North Christchurch East Christchurch South Lyttelton Ellesmere Selwyn Ashburton Geraldine Timaru Waitaki Oamaru Tuapeka Chalmers Dunedin North 10 113 206 15 24 6 13 40 1 13 44 154 3 5 5 6 39 4 23 157 360 18 29 11 19 79 5 29 12 „ 48 37 32 17 26 55 43 55 46 9 12 20 46 43 17 93 17 61 65 21 53 37 13 77 45 57 37 35 69 80 83 31 22 55 82 34 42 60 55 79 2 22 98 47 47 14 43 34 35 48 36 27 36 24 11 57 15 75 36 17 14 17 61 3 8 29 9 5 5 4 10 15 1 20 2 3 5 8 32 8 40 5 48 4 5 3 5 3 31 21 17 6 24 25 31 10 20 32 20 77 46 37 22 30, 65 58 56 66 11 15 25 54 75 25 133 22 109 69 26 56 42 16 108 66 74 43 59 94 111 93 51 22 62 100 39 43 64 74 111 2 30 137 68 53 16 70 38 38 65 50 48 44 29 16 70 22 110 41 21 17 22 82 1 4 5 2 1 9 11 1 5 1 6 1 2 18 73 26 19 4 16 36 68 4 1 7 3 1 2 54 141 30 20 11 19 7 18 5 1 4 19 32 6 1 4 3 4 11 1 10 12 • 5 3 8 39 21 6 2 27 4 3 17 14 21 8 5 5 13 7 35 5 4 3 5 21 3 1 3 1 82 36 118 1 "l5 16 84 8 50 134 8

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Return showing Number of Seamen's Electoral Rights and Absent Voters' Permits issued and exercised in each Electoral District— continued.

Return showing Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate at First and Second Ballots; Total Number of Electors who voted at either First or Second Ballots; Number of Electors who voted at Second Ballot but did not exercise Vote at First Ballot; Number of Electors who did not vote at either Ballot; also Total Number of Electors on Roll.

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!lectoral RighAbsei it Voters' Permits. Electoral District. Number of Seamen who voted. Number of Seamen who did not vote. Total Number of Seamen's Rights issued. Number of Absent Voters' Permits exercised. Number of Absent Voters' Permits issued but not exercised. Total Number of Absent Voters' Permits issued. Dunedin West Dunedin Central Dunedin South Taieri Bruce Clutha Mataura Wakatipu Wallace Invercargill .. Awarua 188 19 7 198 13 1 386 32 8 47 44 80 25 64 11 20 1 2 19 14 3 11 22 26 58 64 81 27 83 2 2 26 14 21 40 17 32 22 77 19 20 39 51 Total .. 1,022 757 1,779 3,038 953 3,991

I'iral Ballot. Secoj id Ballot. II ■„ ■*» 9 pi S C S 43 (5 s s 11 h If I'■Sβ i £ Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates. ■as 81 Numl n >er of acordei Votes i s > I 1 1j H Numt r< >er of ;corde< v otes '■ is is Total. £"% I 1 lj s o m I §1 I* Total. I! Waitemata — Phillipps, L. R. Napier, W. J. Wilding, H. W. .. Wake, T. Ohinemuri — Poland, H. Haselden, F. H. Way, R. P. .. Foster, J. Armstrong, H. T... Bay of Plenty— Macdonald, W. D. S. Gow, J. B. Lundon, D. Gisborne — Carroll, J. Darton, G. E. Clayton, W. L. Hawke's BayRussell, W. R. Dillon, A. Simson, H. I. Jull, A. E. Clapham, G. S. Thompson, T. J. .. Pahiatua — Ross, R. B. Cooper, J. M. Hawkins, W. H. Egmont— Dive, B... Wake, G. P. Wilkinson, C. A. Astbury, D. L. A. Wanganui— Hogan, J. T. Hutchison, G. Maokay, C. E. Palmerston — Buick, D. Wood, W. T. Milverton, W. 2,947 2,038 674 273 2,078 1,252 725 268 256 2,413 1,968 901 3,485 2,062 1,454 1,665 1,460 1,076 745 656 153 loi 884 79 ii3 6,033 5,463 5,361 7,il4 1,695 1,469 1,415 1,599 3,426 2,526 2,884 2,192 2,650 2,204 3,218 2,484 2,495 3,199 14 i2 26 35 12 5,966 5,088 4,880 5,737 5,706 1,762 1,844 1,896 2,976 2,i38 6,438 5,797 5,609 7,235 6,226 405 334 *248 i2i 361 1,290 1J35 i,if)7 1,478 I,6i8 • 7,728 6,932 6,776 8,713 7,844 iio 5,865 1,979 1,860 1,240 1,114 2,028 1,764 12 3,804 1,686 4,373 il4 1,117 5,490 45 4,259 1,231 1,618 1,385 1,013 679 2,408 2,159 30 4,597 U82 4,973 i73 806 5,779 105 4,800 979 3,041 1,882 1,710 3,602 2,860 i9 6,481 2,6i6 7,007 325 1,490 8',497 49 6,682 1,815 2,701 2,656 124 2,803 2,722 is 5,543 1,693 5,883 318 1,353 7,236 84 5,565 1,671

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Return showing Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate, &c. — continued.

Number of electors who voted at First Ballot .. .. .. 133,752 Number of electors who voted at Second Ballot .. 126,807 Less number who did not vote at First Ballot .. 6,601 Number of electors who voted at both Ballots .. .. .. 120,206 Number of electors who voted at First Ballot but not at Second Ballot .. 13,546

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Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates. \m iber of ■ecordei Firsl Ballot. O O n Numi rt Second Ballot. of Votes icorded. I! Ji H E| oil gtsg 5 p o S "* CD ill Q P £ o 3 j= J ■ " it w o ** '* ill £ o 1 I" fi ft, I II Total. ll Ii § £ Total. 1 o H Manawatu— Newman, E. Stevens, J. Frankland, F. W... Gardner, C. Wellington North — Herdman, A. L. Bolton, F. G. Izard, C. H. Bodley, H. Wellington East—■ Atkinson, A. R. McLaren, D. McLean, W. Winder, G. Wellington South— Barber, W. H. P... Wright, R. A. Chapman, C. H. Forbes, W. Hogg, R. Murrell, J. M. Johnston, J. A. Wellington Suburbs— Luke, J. P. Fitzgerald, J. E. Williams, R. B. Moore, F. T. Young, W. T. Braithwaite, J. W. Nelson— Graham, J. Atmore, H. Moffatt, W. J. .. Hurunui — Forbes, G. W. Clothier, 0. F. Greenwood, G. D. Pulley, G. T. :\von— Rtssell, G. W. .. . Tanner, W. W. Jamieson, J. Sullivan, D. G. Smith, W. R. i\shburton— Flatman, F. R. Nosworthy, W. Jones, D. Gobbe, J. D. Maalin, W. S. GJeraldine— Jeffries, W. Buxton, T. Williams, W. H. 2,231 1,885 347 257 2,824 1,858 1,833 131 2,412 1,746 1,305 1,076 2,617 2,362 687 407 237 91 14 2,204 1,908 1,367 644 613 54 ! 91 147 286 100 4,811 6,793 6,825 6,515 1,419 3,073 2,783 1,793 2,636 2,051 3,716 2,890 3,022 3,450 2,896 3,454 3,887 2,737 Iβ 28 25 24 25 4,703 6,634 6,497 6,374 6,649 1,934 1,982 1,527 3,232 3,111 5,065 7,281 , 4 7J72 6,883 7,395 254 488 .347 '368 440 U65 2,585 2,436 1,425 1,236 6,230 9,866 9,608 8,308 8,631 165 6,955 1,676 2,906 2,712 316 2,896 2,882 io 5,788 1,533 6,411 424 910 7,321 53 5,987 1,334 2,056 1,357 509 309 2,150 1,553 ii 3,7i4 2,000 4,449 186 1,265 5,714 32 4,263 1,451 2,189 2,172 1,331 676 219 I 3,426 2,884 4 6,314 1,943 6,914 262 1,343 8,257 65 6,652 1,605 2,316 1,347 1,325 406 276 2,267 3,014 5 5,286 1,608 5,991 156 903 6,894 165 5,835 1,059 1,971 1,908 965 2,249 2,341 26 4,616 1,406 5,150 238 872 6,022 68 4,9i2 1,110 rimaru— Craigie, J. Campbell, W. D. .. Koller, J. T. Mahoney, J. fuapeka— McPherson, J. A. Scott, R. Chappie, W. A. .. Chalmers— Allen, E. G. Clark, E. H. Barr, W. Dunedin North— Barclay, A. R. Thomson, G. M. Green, I. 2,610 2,478 1,259 133 1,552 1,453 1,301 105 17 6,585 4,323 1,381 l.iei 3,349 2,969 1,781 2,478 26 6 6,344 4,265 1,022 1,249 6,894 4,483 309 160 1,072 1,031 7,966 5,514 2,556 2,463 I 102 2,409 2,635 7 5,051 i,4is 5,472 266 991 6,463 85 5,206 1,257 3,284 3,066 532 3,376 3,382 12 6,770 1,879 7,252 304 1,397 8,649 66 6,948 1,701 Total 130,737 ; 43,631 140,553 3,015 133,752 36,686 126,404 403 126,807 6,60i 30,085 170438

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Return showing the undermentioned Particulars of the First Ballot in the Case of those Electorates where a Second Ballot was necessary.

Return showing the undermentioned Particulars of the Second Ballot in the Case of those Electorates where a Second Ballot was necessary.

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Electoral District. ] Men. Electors on Roll. Electors on Boll. Women. ' l Total. Number of Voters who _ recorded Votes (including Informal). Proportii Cent, of Number of and Femi Electors Informal i^,i who did not Votes. vote. Men. V ionper -°*°£ ?S $i LltiHA in Women. * ft og fcg Waitemata Ohinemuri Bay of Plenty .. Uisborne Hawke's Bay Pahiatua Egmont Wanganui Palmerston Manawatu Wellington North Wellington East Wellington South Wellington|Subs. Nelson.. Hurunui Avon Ashburton Geraldine Timaru Tuapeka Chalmers Dunedin North .. 4,173 4,217 4,570 5,297 4,646 3,225 2,877 4,414 3,801 3,608 5,206 4,838 4,139 4,561 3,678 3,438 3,908 3,807 3,505 4,057 3,182 3,429 3,884 3,555 2,715 2,206 3,416 3,198 2,265 2,902 4,083 3,435 2,622 4,660 4,770 4,160 4,070 3,643 2,276 4,349 3,087 2,517 3,909 2,332 3,034 4,765 7,728 6,932 6,776 8,713 7,844 5,490 5,779 8,497 7,236 6,230 9,866 9,608 8,308 8,631 7,321 5,714 8,257 6,894 6,022 7,966 5,514 6,463 8,649 6,033 5,463 5,361 7,114 5,865 4,259 4,800 6,682 5,565 4,811 6,793 6,825 6,515 6,955 5,987 4,263 6,652 5,835 4,912 6,585 4,323 5,206 6,948 1,695 1,469 1,415 1,599 1,979 1,231 979 1,815 1,671 1,419 3,073 2,783 1,793 1,676 1,334 1,451 1,605 1,059 1,110 1,381 1,191 1,257 1,701 101 884 79 113 110 45 105 49 84 91 147 286 100 165 53 32 65 165 68 tlO5 . 17 ,' 85 3,015 54 61 67 61 59 59 50 52 53 58 53 50 50 53 50 60 47 55 58 51 58 53 45 46 39 33 39 41 41 50 48 47 42 47 50 50 47 50 - 40 53 45 42 49 42 47 55 78-07 78-81 7912 81-65 74-77 77-58 8306 78-64 76-91 77-22 68-85 71-03 78-42 80-58 81-78 74-61 80-56 84-64 81-57 82-66 78-40 80-55 80-33 1-67 16-18 1-47 1-56 1-88 106 219 0-73 1-51 1-89 216 419 1-53 2-37 0-89 0-75 0-98 2-83 1-38 1-59 039 1-63 0-95 36,686 54 92,460 77,978 170,438 133,752 46 78-48 2-25 ~C

Electoral District. Electors on Roll. Ill O <D— IS ill! to si $t Tβ 0 J Proportion per Cent, of Males and Females on Roll. 15 c£"ee t> _; !!!!§ « 2 o 2 Cm a t III Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Waitcmata Ohinomuri Bay of Plenty .. Qisborne Hawke's Bay Pahiatua Egmont Wanganui Palmerston Manawatu Wellington North Wellington East Wellington South Wellington Subs. Nelson Hurunui Avon Ashburton Geraldine Timaru Tuapeka Chalmers Dunedin North .. 4,173 4,217 4,570 5,297 4,646 3,225 2,877 4,414 3,801 3,608 5,206 4,838 4,139 4,561 3,678 3,438 3,908 3,807 3,505 4,057 3,182 3,429 3,884 3,5552,715 2,206 3,416 3,198 2,265 2,902 4,083 3,435 2,622 4,660 4,770 . 4,169 4,070 3,643 2,276 4,349 3,087 2,517 3,909 2,332 3,034 , 4,765 7,728 6,932 6,776 8,713 7,844 5,490 5,779 8,497 7,236 6,230 9,866 9,608 8,308 8,631 7,321 5,714 8,257 6,894 6,022 7,966 5,514 6,463 8,649 5,966 5,088 4,880 5,737 5,706 3,804 4,597 ' 6,481 5,543 4,703 6,634 6,497 6,374 6,649 5,788 3,714 6,314 5,286 4,616 6,344 4,265 5,051 6,770 1,762 1,844 1,896 2,976 2,138 1,686 1,182 2,016 1,693 1,527 3,232 3,111 1,934 1,982 1,533 2,000 1,943 1,608 1,406 1,622 1,249 1,412 1,879 14 12 26 35 12 12 30 19 18 16 28 25 24 25 10 11 4 5 26 26 6 7 12 54 61 67 61 59 59 50 52 53 58 53 50 50 53 50 60 47 55 58 51 58 53 45 46 39 33 39 41 41 50 48 47 42 47 50 50 47 50 40 53 45 42 49 42 47 55 77-20 73-40 72-02 65-84 72-74 69-29 79-55 76-27 76-60 75-49 67-24 67-62 76-72 7704 7906 6500 76-47 76-68 76-65 79-64 77-35 78-15 78-27 0-23 0-24 0-53 0-61 0-21 0-32 0-65 0-29 0-32 0-34 0-42 0-38 0-38 0-38 017 0-30 006 009 0-56 0-41 014 014 018 Total 126,807 . 43,631 403 54 46 74-40 0-32 92,460 77,978 170,438

Return showing the Number of Male and Female Electors on the Roll; the Number of Male and Female Electors who voted; the Number of Electors who did not vote; the Number of Informal Votes; the Proportion per Cent. of Males and Females on Roll; the Proportion per Cent. of Males and Females voting to Total Number of Votes recorded; the Percentage of Votes recorded by Males and Females respectively to Number of Males and Females on Roll; the Percentage of Total Number of Votes recorded to Total Number of Electors on the Roll; and the Percentage of Informal Votes recorded.

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Electors on .Roll. Number of Voters who recorded Votes (including Informal). Number of Electors who did not vote. Proportion per Cent, of Males and Females on Roll. Proportion per Cent, of Males and Females voting to Total Number of Votes recorded. Percentage of Votes recorded by Males and Females respectively to Number of Males and Females on Roll. Percentage of Total Number of Votes Recorded to Total Number of Percentage of Informal Votes recorded. Electoral District. Informal Votes. Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Men. Women. Men. Women. Roll. Bay of Islands Marsden Kaipara Waitemata Auckland West Auckland Central Auckland East Grey Lynn Eden Parnell Manukau Franklin Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Tauranga Bay of Plenty.. Gisborne Hawke's Bay .. Napier Waipawa Pahiatua Masterton Wairarapa Taumarunui Egmont Taranaki Patea Stratford Rangitikei Wanganui Oroua Palmerston Manawatu Otaki Hutt Wellington North Wellington Central Wellington East Wellington South Wellington Suburbs Nelson Motueka 3,526 3,477 3,765 4,173 4,147 5,176 4,102 4,300 4,064 4,105 3,566 3,262 3,182 4,217 4,203 3,720 4,570 5,297 4,646 4,598 3.631 3,225 3,981 3,898 5,043 2,877 3,348 3,594 3,482 4,249 4,414 3,510 3,801 3,608 3,285 4,258 5,206 4,539 4,838 4,139 4,561 3,678 2,933 1,969 2,490 2,036 3,555 4,564 3,630 4,126 4,692 4,115 4,528 3,369 2,400 2,327 2,715 3,166 2,737 2,206 3,416 3,198 3,865 2,665 2,265 3,070 2,634 1,958 2,902 3,214 2,650 2,478 2,131 4,083 2,780 3,435 2,622 2,115 3,530 4,660 3,226 4,770 4,169 4,070 3,643 2,142 5,495 5,967 5,801 7,728 8,711 8,806 8,228 8,992 8,179 8,633 6,935 5,662 5,509 6,932 7,369 6,457 6,776 8,713 7,844 8,463 6,296 5,490 7,051 6,532 7,001 5,779 6,562 6,244 5,960 6,380 8,497 6,290 7,236 6,230 5,400 7,788 9,866 7,765 9,608 8,308 8,631 7,321 5,075 2,791 2,727 3,098 3,574 3,429 3,701 3,143 3,602 3,331 3,278 3,071 2,629 2,670 3,587 3,507 3,132 3,792 4,382 3,692 3,681 2,865 2,621 3,110 3,200 3,437 2,475 2,770 2,948 2,781 2,903 3,659 2,798 3,060 2,954 2,497 3,415 3,919 3,094 3,755 3.521 3,911 3,246 2,258 1,442 1,815 1,653 2,864 3,476 2,620 2,921 3,790 3,223 3,339 2,756 1,812 1,919 2,210 2,694 2,166 1,817 2,853 2,534 2,992 2,141 1,752 2,382 2,158 1,260 2,498 2,563 2,119 1,893 1,446 3,348 2,070 2,823 2,111 1,519 2,695 3,362 2,173 3,417 3,362 3,484 3,165 1,296 4,233 4,542 4,751 6,438 6,905 6,321 6,064 7,392 6,554 6,617 5,827 4,441 4,589 5,797 6,201 5,298 5,609 7,235 6,226 6,673 5,006 4,373 5,492 5,358 4,697 4,973 5,333 5,067 4,674 4,349 7,007 4,868 5,883 5,065 4,016 6,110 7,281 5,267 7,172 6,883 7,395 6,411 3,554 1,262 1,425 1,050 1,290 1,806 2,485 2,164 1,600 1,625 2,016 1,108 1,221 920 1,135 1,168 1,159 1,167 1,478 1,618 1,790 1,290 1,117 1,559 1,174 2,304 806 1,229 1,177 1,286 2,031 1,490 1,422' 1,353 1,165 1,384 1,678 2,585 2,498 2,436 1,425 1,236 910 1,521 12 68 14 14 108 140 70 154 88 90 67 66 258 12 92 63 26 35 12 102 42 12 74 52 35 30 74 39 43 23 19 49 18 16 61 120 28 74 25 24 2510 23 64 58 65 54 48 59 50 48 50 48 51 58 58 61 57 58 67 61 59 54 58 59 56 60 72 50 51 58 58 67 52 56 53 58 61 55 53 58 50 50 53 50 58 42 35 46 52 41 52 49 4l> 42 43 :s:i 41 46 42 41 44 40 28 oil 49 42 42 33 48 44 47 42 39 47 42 47 42 66 60 65 56 50 59 52 49 51 50 53 59 58 l>2 57 59 68 61 59 55 57 60 57 60 73 50 52 58 59 67 52 57 52 58 62 56 54 59 52 51 53 51 64 34 40 35 44 50 41 48 51 49 50 47 41 42 38 43 41 32 39 41 45 43 40 43 40 27 50 48 42 41 33 48 43 48 42 38 44 46 41 48 49 47 49 36 7915 78-43 82-28 85-65 ' 82-69 71-50 76-62 83-77 81-96 79-85 86-12 80-59 83-91 8506 83-44 8419 82-98 82-73 79-47 8006 78-90 81-27 78-12 8209 68- 15 8603 82-74 82-03 79-87 68-32 82-90 79-72 80-50 81-87 76-01 80-20 75-28 68-16 77-61 8507 85-75 88-25 76-99 73-24 72-89 8119 80-56 7616 72- 18 70-79 80-78 78-32 73-74 81-80 75-50 82-47 81-40 85-09 7914 82-37 83-52 79-24 77-41 80-34 77-35 77-59 81-93 64-35 86-08 79-74 79-96 76-39 67-85 82-00 74-46 82-18 80-51 71-82 7215 67-36 71-63 80-64 85-60 86-88 60-50 77-03 76-12 81-90 83-31 79-27 71-78 73-70 82-21 8013 76-64 8402 78-43 83-30 83-63 84- 15 8205 82-78 8304 79-37 78-85 79-51 79-65 77-89 82-03 6709 8605 81-27 8115 78-42 68-17 82-46 77-39 81-30 81-30 74-37 78-45 73-80 67-83 74-65 82-85 85-68 87-57 7003 0-28 1-50 0-29 0-22 1-56 2-21 115 2-08 1-34 1-36 115 1-49 5-62 0-20 1-48 119 0-46 0-48 019 1-53 0-84 0-27 1 35 098 0-75 0-60 1-39 0-77 0-92 0-53 0-27 100 0-31 0-32 1-50 1-96 0-38 1-40 0-35 0-35 0-34 016 0-65

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The estimated adult population of the Dominion as given by the Registrar-General at the date of the General Elections was 538,950 persons. Electoral Department, Wellington, June, 1909. F. \V. Mansfield, Chief Electoral Officer. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given ; printing (1,600 copies), £14 12s.

Electors on Roll. Number of Voters who recorded Votes Number of (includuig Informal). Electors who did not vote. Men. Women, j Total. Proportion per Cent, of Males and Females on Roll. Proportion per Cent, of Males and Females voting to Total Number of Votes recorded. recorded by Males and Females respectively to Number of Males and Females on Roll. Percentage of Total Number of Votes Recorded to Total Number of Percentage of Informal Votes recorded. Electoral District. Informal Votes. I Men. Women. Total. Men. ! Women. Men. Women. Men. Women. Roll. Buller Grey Westland Wairau Hurunui Kaiapoi Avon Riccarton Christchureh North Christ church East Christchureh ■ South Lyttelton Ellesmere Selwyn Ashburton Geraldine Timaru Waitaki Oamaru Tnapeka Chalmers Dunedin North Dunedin West.. Dunedin Central Dunedin South Taieri Bruce Clutha Mataura Wakatipu Wallace Invercargill Awarua .... 4,124 4,292 3,780 3,709 3,438 3,292 3,908 3,809 4,131 4,111 4,080 4,054 3,783 3,509 3,807 3,505 4,057 3,598 3,301 3,182 3,429 3,884 4,818 4,051 4,282 3,242 3,169 2,248 3,307 3,506 3,573 3,450 3,450 2,486 2,843 2,430 2,884 2,276 3,171 4,349 3,594 5,120 4,136 4,180 3,749 3,079 2,077 3,087 2,517 3,909 2,516 3,188 2,332 3,034 4,765 4,885 4,424 4,565 2,664 2,824 2,829 2,487 2,049 2,223 3,603 i 2,339 6,610 7,135 6,210 6,593 5,714 6,463 8,257 7,403 9,251 8,247 8,260 7,803 6,862 5,586 6,894 6,022 7,966 6,114 6,489 5,514 6,463 8,649 9,703 8,475 8,847 5,906 5,993 5,077 5,794 5,555 5,796 7,053 5,789 3,535 I 3,518 ! 3,407 3,218 2,785 ! 2,839 j 3,373 3,165 3,455 3,190 i 3,388 3,395 2,645 2,948 3,349 3,049 3,490 2,961 2,606 2,705 2,874 3,409 3,542 3,269 3,861 2,668 2,660 1,172 2,641 2,741 3,035 2,830 2,797 2,084 2,229 2,164 2,332 1,664 2,663 3,541 2,770 4,109 3,133 3,257 3,127 2,062 1,669 2,642 2,101 3,404 1,987 2,311 1,778 2,598 3,843 3,726 3,435 3,616 2,051 2,311 1,708 2,024 1,439 1,789 2,684 1,930 5,619 5,747 5,571 5,550 4,449 5,502 6,914 5,935 7,564 6,323 6,645 6,522 4,707 4,617 5,991 5,150 6,894 4,948 4,917 4,483 5,472 7,252 7,268 6,704 7,477 4,719 4,971 2,880 4,665 4,180 4,824 5,514 4,727 991 I 1,388 j 639 1,043 1,265 961 1,343 1,468 1,687 1,924 1,615 1,281 2,155 969 903 872 1,072 1,166 1,572 1,031 991 1,397 2,435 1,771 1,370 1,187 1,022 2,197 1,129 1,375 972 1,539 1,062 101 48 21 46 11 87 4 53 127 80 86 51 53 48 5 26 26 136 60 6 7 12 145 126 136 58 44 43 15 39 188 124 177 62 60 61 56 60 51 47 51 45 50 49 52 55 63 55 58 51 59 51 58 53 45 50 48 48 55 53 44 57 63 62 49 60 38 40 39 44 40 49 53 49 55 50 51 48 45 37 45 42 49 41 49 42 47 55 50 52 52 45 47 56 43 37 38 51 40 63 61 61 58 63 52 49 53 46 50 51 52 56 64 56 59 51 60 53 60 53 47 49 49 52 57 54 41 57 66 63 51 59 37 39 39 42 37 48 51 47 54 50 49 48 44 36 44 41 49 40 47 40 47 53 51 51 48 43 46 59 43 34 37 49 41 85-72 81-97 90- 13 86-76 81-01 86-24 86-31 8309 83-64 77-59 8304 83-74 69-92 8401 87-97 86-99 8602 82-29 78-95 8500 83-81 87-77 73-52 80-70 9017 82-29 83-94 5214 79-86 78-18 84-94 82-03 81-07 83-83 78-40 8905 80-86 7311 83-98 81-42 77-08 80-25 75-75 77-92 83-41 66-97 80-36 85-58 83-47 8709 78-97 72-49 76-24 85-63 80-65 76-27 77-64 79-21 76-99 81-83 60-37 81-39 70-23 80-48 74-49 82-51 8501 80-55 8418' 77-86 85- 13 83-73 80-17 81-76 76-67 80-45 83-58 68-59 82-65 86-90 85-52 86-54 80-93 75-77 81-30 84-67 83-85 74-90 7910 84-51 79-90 82-95 56-73 80-51 75-25 83-23 78-18 81-65 1-80 0-84 0-38 0-83 0-25 1-58 0-06 0-89 1-68 1-27 1-29 0-78 113 104 008 0-50 0-38 2-75 1-22 013 013 017 200 1-88 1-82 1-23 0-88 1-49 0-32 0-93 3-90 2-25 3-74 Total.. 294,073 242,930 537,003 238,534 190,114 ' 428,648 1 108,355 55 45 56 44 8111 78-26 4,596 79-82 107