Candidate pulls out
I PA Auckland The trade-union candidate i I for the Labour Party presidency, Mr S. McCaffley, has! ; withdrawn his nomination I land endorsed his rival, an I 'Auckland businessman, Mr !j. P. Anderton. | With union backing, Mr; (Anderton appears to have a | good lead over his main rival, I the member of Parliament for ; Palmerston North (Mr J. A. Walding). Mr McCaffley said that he I had withdrawn because “the presidency should be held by someone other than a sitting M.P.” Another union candidate, I
11 the Auckland carpenters’ leader, Mr A. O’Neill, has also : withdrawn for the same rea- ■ son. “There is a great feeling i ithroughout the country that 11 party members do not want •la president who is a sitting M.P.,” said Mr McCaffley. •; He said he would back Mr i Anderton to avoid any chance , of the vote’s being split and • Mr Walding’s getting in. Mr McCaffley is secretary of the Drivers’ Federation, ’the Ship Employees’ Associa- ; tion, and the Combined Ser- ■ vices Union. He will stand for the vicepresidency of the Labour I Party.
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Press, 16 April 1979, Page 5
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182Candidate pulls out Press, 16 April 1979, Page 5
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