CIVIC ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 185, 1 May 1919, Page 6

CIVIC ELECTIONS

RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S POLLING

CITY AND SUBURBAN CONTESTS

MR. , J. P. LUKE MAYOR

The elections of Mayors and councillors nnd of members of tho-'Hospital and Charitable Aid Board and the. Wellington Harbour Board woro. nelci yesterday. The poll was about 17,000, rather less than the usual, probably because the people have had a surfeit of voting and election excitement lately. The Mayoralty results were declared about 9 p.m., being held up for most of.au hour by slow returns from distant polling places. The deputy-returning officers had colossal tasks with the huge lists on the ballot papers ' / , \ j MAYORALTY The election of Mayor resulted as follows: ' Luke, J. P 7266 Head, J ' ;.:: 6343 Bflvber, W. H. P 3625 Following are details for the different booths:— Luke. Read. Barber. All Saints, Kilbirnie ... 65 81 30 Kelburn Presbyterian 35 17 19 Onslow, Bice. St 87 •' 24 .41 Roseneath ;..»... 53 44 20 Oddfellows', Lamb. Qy. 100 55 f>2 St. Paul's, Tinak. Rd. 107 96 57 Aro Street 63 107 19 Brooklyn Ang.-Church 75 8!) .42 Mnramii 109 124 ' 62 ■Mission' Hnll, Tarannki. Street 104' 240 48 Town Hall ~'. 1144 910 CO3 Masonic Hall, Adelaide.Road 125 192 f.7 Victoria Hall 183 300 85 St. Thomas's, ■Nowtown 483 422 202 Northland 71 63 50 Hataitai J.-....-.3H 147 171 Hal-court's 460 '167 243 St. Peter's 240 240 • 134 Newtown Library 313 306 114 Alexandra Hall 323 399 H2 Recbflbite Hall, Han- . ners Street ..:.! 187 . 240 95 Wharf .......:; 65 314 38 Kilbirnie, Church of 1 Christ ■ ;... 112 ■ 122 B Kelburn Kiosk • 269 39 96 Bantist School, Brook. 183 202 93 Sydney Street 496 489 245 Bethune's, Brandon St. 492 152 28fi Island Bay 142 118 • 102 Khnndallah 123 19 33 Century Hall ,458 447 282 ftgaio 93 51 21 Kaiwarra ;.. 57 40 22 Kearney's Tearooms, Tihakori Rd 40 • 49 18 Wttdestown. "110 79 53 Totals 7266 " 6343 3C25 ' CANDIDATES'SPEE'CHES. The three , candidates for the Mayoralty addressed a moderately large crowd outside the "Evening Post" office in Willis Street after the announcement of the returns. They were given a quiet hearing. Mr. Luke thanked tho people for hay. ing returned him'to the Mayoral chair for ' a further term of- two years. He explained that he had not' been a candidate on his own initiative. He had been induced to stand by a large and representative deputation of citizens, and he had addressed only one meeting during the campaign. He hoped that duting the next two years the city would go forward in prosperity and nappiness. At Mr. Luke f s call, cheers v.ere given for the defeated candidates.

HARORI BOROUGH

MR, BURN RE-ELECTED MAYOIf. It cannot be said that very keen interest was taken in the municipal elections at Karori, as out of 1300 electors on the roll the total votes recorded was only 481, and one of these was informal. For the Mayoralty, Mr. B. G. H. Burn, the retiring Mayor, was., re-elected by the narrow majority of 27, his opponent being Mr. W. Skegg. ALr. Burn has already served four years as Mayor of Knrory "being elected on the two previous occasions ■ unopposed' On the result being announced, the Mayor-elect was loudly cheered. Mr. Burn, speaking from the steps of the Council Chamber, thanked the electors for placing him at the head of the poll, and said that he regarded the result, as indicating that the electors were still with him in.respect to amalgamation, and that the people of Karori appreciated his efforts of the past four je'are. Jle did not know at that moment who the new councillors would be, but he could assure them that he would do 'his best for the borough, and not favour one locality more than another. Mr. W. Skegg, the defeated candidate, also returned thanks. There was a call for three cheers for the Mayor, to which there was a hearty response. ' ■ ] There were only two Iwoths in tho borough, and the voting for the Mayoralty was as under:— • ' Council RusseH'6 Chamber, Store. Tl. Burn, B. G. H. .. 161 ' 94 255 Sketfg, W 66 162 228 Majority for Burn 27 The voting for the council is given below: — Council Eussell's - Chntnber. Store. Tl. *Henderson, J. W. 122 197 319 Burns, J. 110 , 205 315 Munt, T. A. .'. -165 130 295 Fulton, J. C 161 131 292 Caughley, J. 83. 192 275 Harrison, E 173 93 266 Laurenson, F, F. 75 187 262 •Tingey, R. L. 80 177 257 Porter, L. G 78 175 253 (Elected.) *Pell, R. T. ..;; 158 72 230 *Drydcn, H. E.'. 62 161 223 *Bradnock. W. G. .. 118 101 219 •Members of old council. EASTBOURNE' MR, F. H: MATHER ELECTED MAYOR, r Considerable interest was taken in the election at Eastbourne. In the Mayoral contest the sitting Mayor, Mr. P. Levi, wns defeated by Mr. P. 11. Mather, and the nominees of the Ratepayers' Association were very successful in the council election. After the results were announced, Messrs Mather, Levi, and Russell, the candidates for the Mayoralty, delivered brief speeches. •Mγ. Marquis, one- of the council candidates, also spoke, and Mr. H. W. Shortt, president of the Ratepayers' Association, referred to the success which had attended the. nominees of the association. ,

. THE LABOUR CANDIDATE. Mr. Bead said the returns showed that because of the splendid spirit put into the fight by Labour, Mr. Luke hail been elected on u minority vote-.. He believed that when the council figures came out Air::I 1 . I'rnsor would be fou , nd,«t the top of the poll, with other Labour councillors to support him. Labourdeinand--cd a fairer system of election. There, should be preferential voting in (ho Mayoral election and proportional representation for the council. Mr. Head suid that the Labour Party had suffered in the present light .through Hie <iisfranchisement of many people who had, voted at the last election and now found themselves off the roll. He thanked those electors who had given "such a good, solid, class Labour vote," and said that Labour was going to do still better in future fights. Labour hutl fought for definite, principles, ami both 'his opponents had been against Labour. ME. BARBER. Mr. Barber said he had stood at the request of the old members of the Wellington City Council. It was an anomaly that while other local bodies i'.ected their own' chairmen, the municipal councils were provided with chairmen by separatu vote The city councillors on this occasion had made a selection, which had not been endorsed by the electors. -He believed-that the decision of t.fio electors had been due to exceptional causes, arising from war conditions and war work, and that under other conditions the result would liavc been different. He felt sure that Isie position ho held in the poll did not represent tne appreciation of the people of the services he had rendered ing a long period of municipal activity, ll was gratifying -to him to fuel that he was leaving municipal life with the gc.odwijl of his fellow-workers in the City Council. Mr. Barber called for cheers for the Mayor-elect and Mrs. Luke, and these were given heartily. THE CITY COUNCIL RESULTS STILL 'INCOMPLETE. Election of Councillors, . The results of the council elections were not complete when Tub Dominion went to press this morning. It was, however, evident from the returns then to' hand that the following would be elected: WRIGHT, R. A. NORWOOD, C. J. B. M'KENZIE,; L. HUTCHISON, J. i LUCKIE, M. F. BENNETT, W. H. SIIORLAND.J. 0. ATKINSON, A. R. FEOSTj G. FRASER, P. DALE, J. M. THOMPSON, W. J. The remaining scats at that time lay among l CHAPMAN, C. H. . BENNETT, H. D. ■ MANTON. P. W. FORSYTH, T. HILDRETH, W. T. OAUDIN, W. J. GLOVER, J. This means that nine members of Ihe old council aro re-elected, with one other ex-councillor (Mr. Ilildretli) among the "probables." It is impossible for Labour to win more tlinn five seats, allowing to Labour all the doubtful places. Harbour Board. These returns were also incomplete. It was evident that Messrs. R. A. Wright, William Cable, »nd C. B. Norwood wei'O elected, and that Messrs. W. T. Hildreth and C. 11. Chapman wero running closely for the fourth seat, Hospital Board. Tlie Hospital Board returns were not more than half completed at the hour of going to press. \The Rev. H. van Staveren was top of the poll, and most of tho old members of tho board appeared to be likely to be returned again.

THE MAYORALTY Mather, F, H. „. 315 Levi, P ;.... 206 Russell, ,C 72 Informal 1 THE COUNCIL i Manley, R, E. ..! 419 Foley, H • 417 Black, H 410 Marsdon, T. 400 M'Phcrson, W. R. C 344 " 'Green, C. L 339 Mayer, H. G 334 • Fisher, S. F 318 (Elected.) • Bennett, W. H G. 293 Cook, A. W. J. •.„..... 217 Marquis, C. A 260 Informal ", 1 PETONE MR, J. W. M'EWAN" RE-ELECTED MAYOR. The voting inr the Fetone Mayoralty resulted as under:— M'Ewan, J. W „,.. 1179 London, G 1051 THE COUNCIL Bodingfield, D. S 1294 Churchouse, J. L 1032 Cook, G 968 Kyle, J 953 Cox, W 923 Tovey,-'E 868 Brocklebank, C 847 Anderson, A 826 Hayj W 802 (Elected.) ■ Jones, R. H.' '. 779 Seddon, AV 755 Ashby, T 753 Newlande, S ' 723 Scholclield, A GO2 Spun , ,. A : 511 Long, W. II v 452 Lambert, G „ 351 LOWERHUTT There was no contest for the Mayoralty of Lower >Hutt, Mr. E./P. Rishworth be ing elected unopposed.' THE COUNCIL Knight, W .- 712 Macaskill, A 701 Hobbs, A; J. 671 West, A. J 584 Prfeldrum, W. G 580 Hardy, W. B 561 Guinness, E, J 560 Cotton, W 555 Mitchell, J 500 (Elected.) Walton, W ; 451 Clour, G. "\V 337 Mumford. G 302 Nelson, E ; 287 Pritclmrd, W. K 27t I'hypers, W ?. 247 MJRAMAR . MR. S. M. STONE ELECTED MAYOR Tho result of the polling in Minima Borough for a Mayor and six council lors was as follows:—

THE MAYORALTY

Borough Park AYorsor Masonic City, office. Road. Bay. llnll. Totals. Stone, Stanley M> 202 48 210 40 199 699 *i'owuseii(l, Frederic 101 16 33 14 '13 207 THE COUNCIL _, Borough Park AVorsor Masonic City, oliice. ltoad. Bay. Hall. Totals, , Collie. E 226 ' 41 105 44 225 641 Gardiner, B. F 180 37 92 40 216 565 M'Vicar, Annie 171 38 187 30 111 537 Hicks, J. 124 30 177 23 12o 477 •Robci'tshaw,, H, K 136 50 , 140 19 119 464 Barnctt, E, J. 173 22 37 22 139 393 (Ele cted.) ♦Green, AV. H 154 28 3G 25 1M 377 Newton, J. G 103 26 102 18 ;f ; <3 .Telford, AV 02 38 181 11 U 309 *Undcr\vood, S. II 135 U 25 J 1jj . * Tracy, M. 1 75 8 40 6 CO lbi) ♦Members of the outgoing council.