STRATFORD BY-ELECTION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2125, 8 May 1920, Page 3

STRATFORD BY-ELECTION.

. MIL MASTERS RETURNED. The Stratford by-election, which took place on-Thursday, was very keeniv contested. The result was as follows: — MASTERS 3,184 HIKE 30,32 Majorily for Masters, 152. There are 479 absent voters’ permits to come yet, but it is considered that these will bo fairly evenly distributed, so that Mr Masters’ election is assured. The figures at the,general election in December were: Masters 3,118, Hine 3,057 ; majority for Masters* 01.

THE NEW MEMBER. THE CAREER OF MR MASTERS. Mr Robert Masters was born in Brunnerton, on the West Coast, in 1880. In 1894 lie eame to Stratford and assisted his father in conducting a business which is now known under the name of Masters aiul Co., Ltd. Mr Masters was educated at (he Greymouth Public School. Since coming to Stratford he has identified himself with many organisations. He was chairman of directors of the Stratford Electrical Supply Company till the works were taken over by the municipality, and is at the .present time chairman of directors for the A.W*.R. Milking Machine Company. He is managing director of Masters, Ltd., and a director of the Picture Amusements Cora-

pany. Mr Masters first entered public life when he secured, a seal: on the Education Botml against Mr W. D. Anderson in 1912. He was rc-clect-ed unopposed two years later, and two years after that, when the Taranaki Education Board District was enlarged, he topped the poll. He was immediately afterwards elected chairman, -a position he has held eve]’ since. He has been identified with the A. and P. Association since its inception, and for a term was president. He was one of the prime movers in the establishment of the Stratford Model Dairy Farm, which is an admitted success. He is Government nominee on the Repatriation Board, and a member of the executive of the Chamber of Commerce.