THE EDEN ELECTION.
THE anticipation of Labour gaining the Eden seat was borne out by the poll, and Mr. Mason’s return cannot be regarded as a surprise. The election does not show any revulsion of feeling- against the Government in a safe seat, nor any great turn over to? Labour. Mr. Mason’s victor-y was brought about through the splitting of the Reform vote. That this should be may cause the Reform authorities some thought. For over a third of the Reform votes polled, in spite of the organisation of the party and .the pressure brought to bear on them, to express a preference for Miss Melville indicates .that there was some truth in the statement that the Government nominee -was not popular and that there was considerable sympathy with Miss’ Melville for the- way she had been treated. The g-ain of Labour cannot affect the position of the Government ; it only adds to Labour’s power and makes its claim for official recognition as the Opposition more pronounced. Mr. Mason may be described as one of the “intellectuals ” sc many of whom have become associated with the party in England—who become attached to Labour because they see in it the one political party which attracts advanced thought.
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 129, 22 April 1926, Page 4
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206THE EDEN ELECTION. Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 129, 22 April 1926, Page 4
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