THE ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2449, 30 April 1915, Page 6

THE ELECTIONS

LATEST FIGURES TO HAND ? CITY COUNCIL RESULT ' MR. T. BUSH IN FIFTEENTH PLACE Though the very latest figures were supplied to the public yesterday morning respectings the elections there was one booth delaying the officials at the Town Hall. As there were known to have been 856 votes to count there it was not at all certain as to who tlio fifteenth member of the City Council might be, as thero were only 200 votes between tlio fifteenth member 011 the list (Mr. Thos. Bush) and the sixteenth (Mr. J. S. Swan). ■ The final figures (so far) givo Mr. Bush a substantial lead and a seat on the council.

There were 110 changes in the figures respecting the Mayoralty, which wei'o as follow:— . J. P. Luke 9898 Robert Fletcher 7483 C. H. Chapman ' 1132 According to the calculations of the Chief Returning Officer. (Mr. J. Ames), the £10 deposit made by Mr. Chapman is forfeited, inasmuch as the number of the votes he polled did not represent an eighth of those polled by the, successful candidate. Mr. Chapman had to poll 1237 votes to save his £10, but the votes be polled were 105 short of that nurnbor.

THE CITY COUNCIL, The following are the latest figures respecting the City Council, the names of sitting members-being--marked by an asterisk "Fuller, J. 10,978 "Frost, G. 10,659 "Barber, W. H. P 10,622 "M'Kenzle, L. ;.... 10,231 "Atkinson, A. R 10,005 "Wright, R. A . 9,869 Hutcheson, J. A. 9,077 "Gotlbar, J 8,950 '•Fitzgerald, J. E. '.■■■. 8,593 "Luckie, M. F. 7,854 Bennett, W. H. 7,722 "Thompson, W. J 1 7,495 Veltch, A. 7,327 Hildreth, W. T. 6,687 Bush, T. ' M 79 (The above are elected.) Swan, J. S. 6,145 Norwood, C. 13. 5,791 Mackenzie, F. W. 5,670 ' ' Holland, H. E. ' 5>473 Jenkinson, J. E. 5,394 Hall, R , 6.2?3 Murdoch, vV. 5,100 Glover, J. Mormrty, D Young, i\ 7 . T ...» 4,427 Kennedy, E. - 4,227 .:-Hornblow, A. R 3,_09 Read, .T 3,200 Edwards, W. H. 3,064

harbour board. . The figures for the Harbour Board election as given out yesterday were as follow:— .. •Fletcher, R. 9880 "Hlndmarsh, A. H. 8928 Cable, W 8896 "Wright. R. A; 8539 (The above are; elected.) Hunt, A. L. ;..... 5813 Fitzgerald, J. E. 4842 Hill. H. G. . 4694 Hildreth, W. 4528 Bruce, G. . 3531 Young, W. T. 3246, HOSPITAL AND CHARITA'BLE AID BOARD. Owing to the count being all behindhand in respect to this election, ws were only able to -indicate yesterday 6ome of the candidates that seemed sure' of being returned.; Tho Bgures are as follow:—, • •pia,lts-Mills, Dr. D. E. 13,399 Wllford, Georgina Constance... 12,090 "Van Staveren, Herman 11,870 Luke, C. M. ........................ 10,941 "Elliott, Dr. J. K. .; 10,797 "M'Laren, Alberta, Dungey ...... 8,808 "Castle, Frederick 8,642 "Smith, John .• 8,182 M'Vfoar, Annie,,. ;....' 7,598 'Robertson, David ; . 7,395 Thompson, William John ...... 7,155 "Petherick, George", Jennings ... 7,073 "Nash, Ceorge 6,804 "Campbell, Dunoan, 6,565 ; (The . above are elected.) • Donaldson, Jane} 6,403 Mackenzie, Francis Wallace 6,261 Gaudin, Wm. Jas 6,180 Snow, Sarah E. O. 5,773 .Swan, John Sidney ......... 6,518 Rearden, Leo. M. A. 5,097. Aston, John 4,620 Croskery, Alexander W. ... 2,852 Waterw'orth, William ...... ' 2,752 Ward, George ..; 2,611 Simpson, Reginald A. ...... 2,576 Richards, Tom Leslie 2,402 WattJ Philip Chet\vood ... 2,200 Dobson, Frederick 2,142

SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY. , The latest figures , regarding . t"he weekly-, half-holiday (complete return) shows a clear majority of 622 in favour of. Saturday as the day on which it is to be observed. The figures are Saturday 9835 Wednesday 9213 It is understood that the Observance of the weekly half-holiday on the Saturday will begin as soon as the . Chief Returning Officer (Mr.' J. Ame6) formally' reports the result of the ballot to the. City Council. This cannot be done until after the recounts are all completed, so it will probably be the week after next, before the new dispensation becomes operative.

THE SWEARINC-IN. DATE OF CEREMONY DOUBTFUL. According to the Act the Mayor and councillors should bo sworn into offico on, the first Wednesday succeeding the day of election, and that Mil be done if it is found possible. Mr. J. Ames (the Chief) Returning Officer) and his staff have an enormous task before them in checking the. rolls used in the yarious_ polling booths one against the other, in order to be in a position to disallow ballot papers in cases of dual voting; It. is not until this exhaustive scrutiny of tho rolls is finished—and it has to be gone through in each of the five issues—that the official recount can be started. With this day and night task before him, Mr. Ames considers it doubtful if he can get through by Wednesday next. If he finds that he cannot the swearing-in ceremony will have to be postponed for a day or two. Mr. Ames considers that when a big work is imposed the statutes should provide adequate time to do it..