ELECTION RETURNS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2518, 14 December 1922, Page 2

ELECTION RETURNS.

Party moves are now to be looked I' for in view of the political situation. \ which has arisen as a result of the* ) General Election. The official counts'! so far to hand do not affect the| state of parties, and leave the Gov-!.; eminent with a following of 38 in as” House of 80. Most of the doubtful seats have now been decided, and the official count at Qarnaru has definitely revealed the defeat of_ the Hon. E. P. Lee, Minister of Jus-|'.: tice. Mr Lee was the only Minister •: to suffer defeat, and lie has had|;j H close contest with the victor, Mr ; J. A. MacPherson. Mr MacPher-A son i- now fifteen votes ahead, and;* there arc only twelve votes to be; counted. At Clutha, Mr J. K. Edie has ended up with a majority of 95b over the former Chairman of Com-y mittees (Mr A. S. Malcolm). Theposition at Avvarua is now settled,a message reading: “Latest figures! give Mr de la.Parelle a lead of 55.'Some absentee votes are uncounted! but they cannot affect the result.”! The Minister of Railways, the Hon. 1). 11. Guthrie, has a majority of 43-

uver his Liberal-Labour opponent, Mr Cobbe, and the figures from that electorate are final. Sir John Luke has had a comfortable win in Wei-/; lington North. Mr Massey stated that he was not--: yet in a position to make any statement bul, be said, the people of the Dominion could take it for granted J that he would follow the eonstitutional course. It appears certain that Mr Massey will take an early opportunity J of consulting members of his party ' before deciding what he will do. All A the members of his Ministry are : now in Wellington, and the Prime Minister conferred with them yes-' let-day, taking them into his confidence. It is not likely that a full party meeting will he held until af- 1 let the Christmas holidays. The executive of the Liberal-La- L hour Party, Messrs Wilford, Sidey, . Yeiteli, Ngata, Forbes, and Masters, met in Wellington yesterday. The executive meeting will be followed by a full meeting of the party, but the date for such a conference has not yet been settled. The Leader of the Labour Party, Mr 11. Holland, urges the party to be ready to again enter the field at short notice. The message reads: “Labour has recorded magnificent Dominion advance. Hearty congratulations to every elected member, and heartiest congratulations to every defeated candidate who loyally carried banner of Labour into fray. Let our Ttli December victory be an incentive to greater achievements. If Labour’s foes combine*® 1 in House, Labour will be Official Opposition. If they fail to combine, . there must be another election. If this occurs. Labour should contest

every electorate where there is La- ~ hour organisation. Eternal vigilance is price of liberty. We have done splendidly in fight just ended. We must he determined to do better. : in fight that is coming. Therefore* A let whole army of Labour be ready to again enter field at short notice. A (Signed) H. E. Holland.” OFFICIAL COUNTS. ' ■*'•'"* ' WAITEMATA. Harris, A.' (R.) 4586 . Bribish, F. H. (Lib. Lab.) 3315 [; Way. R. W. (Lab.) 2047”' Majority for Harris 1274 ;L GREY LYNN. y •; y Bartnun, F. N. (Lab.) 5648;A,/ Iloldswortb, W. J. (1.R.) 4078.“, ,' Majority for Bartram 157.0, EDEN. /. Parr. Hon. C. J. (R.) 3893 , Mason H, G. R. (Lab.) 2894 > Morton (Lib. Lab.) 1390 '---'- Majority for Parr 999 AUCKLAND CENTRAL. Parry, W. E. (Lab.) 4786 Glover. A. E. (I. Lib. Lab.) 3783 Majority for Parry 1003 ' DUNEDIN NORTH. Munro, J. W. (Lab.) . 5003 Clark, J. J. <R.) 4940 Majority for Munro 63 DUNEDIN SOUTH. Sftley. T. K. (Lib. Lab.) 5480 M'Manus. .1. E, (Lab.) 3550 Majority for Sidey 930 CHALMERS. Dickson, J. McO. (R.) 3644 Stevens, J. (Lab.) 2965 Majoritv for Dickson 679 CLUTHA. Edie, -J. (Lib. Lab.) 3770 -i* Malcolm, A. S. (E.) 3675 Majority for Edie 95•' KAIAPOI. Buddo, Hon. D. (Lib. Lab.) 3328 Jones, D. (R.) 3263 Martin, R. D. (1.L.) ~ 756 :■!(*- Majority fur Buddo 65 WELLINGTON NORTH. Luke. Sir J. P. (R.) 4614 Combs. 11. E. (Lab.) 4243 0 Young, .1. (Lib. Lab.) 1525 Majority for Luke 371 G Twelvo votes to come in. AUCKLAND EAST. Lee. J. A. (Lab.) 5226 Mackenzie, C. (R.) 4511 <? ; Y- ( , Majority for Lee 715 ''l HUTT. .; :j, Wilford, T. M. (Lib. Lab.) 3561 NW Bennett, H. D. (R.) > 2896 - Pritchard. D. K. (Lab.) 2228 *3 Majority for Wilford 755 : '4 OTAKI. ;)-"•• Field. W. 11. (R.) 2714 ',-V MK’lure, G. H. (Lib. Lab.) 26154 4f

Harkness, C. J. (1.R.) 701 Majority for Field 50 180 votes to come in. PATEA. Corrigan, J. R. (Lib. Lab.) 3383 Dixon, E. R. (R.) 3228 Pearce, G. V. (R.) 1038 Majority for Corrigan 165 WAIRAU. Girling, W. (R .) - 3991 M’Callum, R. (L.) 3805 Majority for Girling 186 OAMARU. J.- MacPherson (L.) 4072 Hon. E. P. Lee (R.) 4047 . Majority for MacPherson 25 ROSKILL SEAT. Potter (R.) 4838 Skelton (L.) 2831 Miss E. Melville (Ind.) 1617 • Purtell (Lab.) 1481 Majority for Potter 2007 RICCARTON. G. Witty (Lib.) 3240 H. S. S. Kyle (R.) 3005 J. A. McCullough (Lab.) 2341 Majority for Witty 235 DUNEDIN CENTRAL. C. E. Statham (I.) 5081 J. Gilchrist (Lab.) 4364 W. S. Maslin Jr (l. Lib.) 346 Informal 23 Majority for Statham 617 OROUA. Hon. D. H. Guthrie (R.) 3634 R. Cobbe (Lib.) 3591 Majority for Guthrie 43 PARNELL. J. S. Dickson (R.) 4789 S. M. Wren (R.) 2468 O. Me Brine (Lab.) 2282 W. Noton (Lib.) 1240 Majority for Dickson 2324 PAHIATUA. A. E. Ransom (Lib.) 3541 A. McNicol (R.) ‘ 3482 Majority for Ransom 59 MATAURA. Hon. G. J. Anderson (R.) 4089 D. McDougall (Lib.) 3031 Majority for Anderson 1058 MANUKAU. W. J. .Jordan 4626 SirF. W. Lang 4411 W. D. Aduarns 301 Majority for Jordan 209 Aduarns forfeits his deposit. AUCKLAND WEST. M. J. Savage ■ 5694 J. Farrell 4345 Majority for Savage 1349