BOROUGH ELECTION.
A SPIRITED CONTEST.
Considerable interest was manifested in the biennial borough election for the return of nine candidates held yesterday, and throunhotst th; • -.v there was a steady stream of vote.« g ;-<g to and from the polling booth a: the Borough Council Chambers, .Ur W. .1. Quigley acted as returning officer, Mr ii. McKay poll clerk, and Messrs M. Jctmicgs. 1C Cogar, and D. Murray scrutineers. The total number 01 votes polled was not as huge as at the previous election. In 1901 nine hundred votes were recorded, whist yesterday the total was a little over eight hundred. The poll closed at 7 o'clock, and shoitly after l a.m. tho result v-is announced by the lie-turning Officer, Mr W. J. Quigley, and was received with much cheering, The following was the result of the poll : Robert Noble Jones ... ... 037 Duncan Hepburn ... ... 503 John Alfred Harding ... ... -155 William Miller ... ... ... 452 James Whiuray... ... ... -145 Thomas .Morrison ... ... 427 Robert Johnston ... ... 414 William Douglas Lysmir ... 391 John Somervell... ... ... 379 James Hast ... ... ... 323 John Colley ... ... ... 314 William Webb ... ... 292 Joint Sheridan 284 Edward Pattricks Joyce ... 268 William Lavers File ... ... 171 The first nine were elected. The total number of informal votes recorded was
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 878, 30 April 1903, Page 2
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