LYTTELTON SEAT

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 148, 8 June 1935, Page 6

LYTTELTON SEAT

By-election Necessary tßy Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 8. A by-election for the Lyttelton seat will be necessary in consequence of the death of Mrs. E. R. McCombs, and the winner of the contest can expect only a few months’ tenure of office, as the general election is due early in December. This means almost a double contest tor the candidates. It will be some time before the byelection can be held. Under section 103, sub-section 1, of the Electoral Act, 1927, it is provided that, where a vacancy occurs during a Parliamentary recess, the Speaker of the House shall publish notice of the vacancy and the cause of it in the Gazette. After that procedure the Speaker issues a warrant to the Clerk of Writs empowering him to issue an electoral writ forthwith. Such writ fixes the day for the nomination of candidates, which date must be not less than 10 days nor more than 17 days before polling day. When the date for the election has been fixed, the writ is returnable within 40 days after its issue.

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