BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTION
An election for three members for the seats on the Borou,h Council, rendered vacant the by letirement by relation of Councillors Sea y, Thomas and Caygill, was held &t the B rough Council Chambers yesterday. The interest manifested did not seem very great, but a fairly large n amber of votes were recorded. As the hour drew near for the declaration of the result a good few burgesses gathered at the door of the Ooun.i; Chambers, At seven o’clock the returning officer, Mr Braddell, announced the result of the polling as follows : Tucker, Joshua ... ... 135 Sea'y, Thomas 134 Thomas, David ... 128 Cates, George ... ... 73 Caygill J. A. ... ... 60 Andrews, G W 45 He declared Messrs Tucker, Sealy and Thomas elected. Mr Sealy thanked the burgesses for the very high posi'ion in which they had placed him. This was all the mere pleasing to him because he had not solicited a single vote However unworthy a man might feel It was always gratifying to be re-elected after serving a term on a public body. It was an indication that the ratepayers, although they might not approve of all ho had done, gave him credit for acting according to his convictions. He would not promise that all h s actions in the Council in future would please them, or all his actions be right, but one thing he wonld promise and that was that he would always give his vote according to hla convictions (applause), and when he felt he could not do that then ,ha would cease to be a Borough Councillor. Mr Tucker expressed his thanks for hla return at the head ot the poll. He hoped that when his term had expired, and bo again became a candidate for a seat on the Council, the burgesses would show the same confidence in him as now.
Mr Thomas thanked the ratepayers for his election. Like Mr Sealy he had not solicited a single rote. He, also, hoped that at the end of three years the burgesses would still bs satisfied with his actions in the Council and again return him.
Mr Cates, who was received with applause, said he was proud to think be had scored as he had. He became a candidate in order to stir np an honorable feeling among the people of the town and let them ace that the seats on the Connell were worth having. Mr Cayill thanked these ratepayers who voted for him and said that those who conscientiously voted for the other candidates also deserved his thanks and hid them. He did not despair of becoming a Borough Councillor, and expressed his confidence that the ratepayers would some day e’ect him to that position.
Mr Andrews thanked those who voted for him. He said he did not feel hurt at bis defect, and he bad no doubt the time would come when he would be elected.
A vote of thanks to the Returning Officer, proposed by Mr Sealy, and seconded by Mr Tncker, was carried unaniiro a sly. Mr Braddall briefly returned thanks and the proceedings terminated.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1338, 10 September 1886, Page 2
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517BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTION Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1338, 10 September 1886, Page 2
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