Absentee Votes Increase Election Majorities

Chronicle (Levin), 9 December 1949, Page 7

Absentee Votes Increase Election Majorities

Tlie official recount t'or tlie Manawatu eleetorate has, reveaied that Mr M. H. Oram 's majority is 227 votes higher, than the first count. The finai figures are Mr Oram 8174, Mr Rodgers 4741, iiiformal 83, making a total of 12,998. Details of the ahBentee voting wero as t'ollow: — Absent: Oram 317, Rodgers 173. Postai: Oram 171, Rodgers 101. Declaration: Oram 36, Rodgers 21. Palmerston North Seat The eountiiig of the votes t'or the Palmerston North seat vvas eompleted yesterday. With the addition of the absent votes aud postai, Mr Tennent. has iucreased his majority froiu 349 to 518. The linal ligures are: — Tennent. (N) 7368, Wilson (L) 6850, informal .)3, tbtal 14,311. The absent votes totalled 726, postal 366 and deelarations 73. Other "Seats Majority of the National candidate tor Parnell, Mr D. M. Rae, is increased from 682 votes to 960 by the linal eouni including postai and absentee votes Final figures are: D. M. Rae (N ) 6255 F. W. Schramm (L) 5295, Mrs L. R Sinith (C) 131, informal 54. Majority t'or Rae 960. Ee had a majority of 20( in 1946. The official count for Hastings in ereased Mr S. 1. Jones' lead over Mi E. L. Culien from 845 to 982. The lina ligures are: Jones (N) 7965, Cullen (L> 6983, informal 82. - Absentee vote. tvere: Cullen 298, -Jones 328. Postai. Cullen 225, Jones 248. Declaralion: Cul len 17, Jones 27.

For the Napier eleetorate Mr A. E. Arinstrong (Labour), who led Mr W LTicker (National) by 704 votes on the election night has improved his major lty by 17 votes. With the first returns in parentheses, the totals are: Arm stroug (L) 73S4 (6813), Tucker (Ni (5663 ( 6 1 09), Broivn (C) 126 (128), Cum •uins (I.L.) 118 (110). In Nelson, the sitting National member, Mr Neale, increased his majority by 125. Finai ligures:, R. C. A. Marshali (L) 7047, E. R. Neale (N) 8420. Major Lty for Neale 1373 F. Jones (Labour) has retained the St. Kilda seat by a linal majority oi 331 votes over Gerald Lyon (National) Mr Jones' provisional majority after the voting last week was 397. The official count eompleted' today reveaied that Mr Lyon, out of 1141 new votes counted, won 65 more votes than his op ponerit. FinaJ ligures: Jones 7310, Lyon 6979, informal 65. In Mount Victoria the sitting Nation alist member, Mr J. R. Marshali, hau his majority increased by 274 at thc final count. The linal ligures arc: J. R. Marshali (N) 6562, N. R. Seddon (Li 4754, W. J. Hyde (1.) 94, informal 128. Majority for Marshali 1808. Tn Piako, the sitting National member, Mr W. S. Goosman, increased his majority by "273. Final figures: Guosman 9599, G. P. Keuah (L) 3333, informal 90. Majority for Goosman 6266. In Tauranga the sitting National member, Mr F. W Doidge, increasefi his niajoritv by 389. Final figures: Doidge 9330, H. J. Pickett (L) 4735 informal 115. Majority for Doidge 4595. Official recount for the P>ay of Flenty: VV. Sullivan (N.) 8993, T. b.

'Santon (L) 5313, informal 105. Majority for Sullivan 3680. Mr. Sullivan 's majority on the provisional count has been increksed by 13. The recount for Roskill resultcd: J. Rae (N.) 7372, J. Freeman (L.) 5957, F. Langstone (LL.) 1097, informal 87. Majority foi- Rae 1415. For the Mount Albert? seat, recount figures are: W, W. Freer (L.) 7295, F. R. Judson (N.) 6364, informal 276. Majority for Freer 931. Mr. Freer 's majority in the 1947 l>3r-election was 1 1553.