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New Zealand Tablet, 14 December 1911, Page 2536

DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL, AND NOTIFICATION OF SECOND BALLOT. I, ROBERT PERCY WARD, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Dunedin West, do Hereby DECLARE the RESULT of the POLL taken on the 7th day of December, 1911, for the Election of a Member of the House of Representatives for the said District to be as follows; Votes Candidates. Polled. BEDFORD, HARRY DODGSHUN ... 3,635 MILLAR, JOHN ANDREW 3,958 MUNRO, JAMES WRIGHT 778 Total number of valid votes polled ... 8.371 Absolute majority required * 4,186 Number of votes rejected as informal ... 79 And I further Declare that, as no Candidate has received an Absolute Majority of Votes, a SECOND BALLOT will be taken on THURSDAY, the 14th