UBSTANTIAL MAJORITY SECURED BY GOVERNMENT PARTIES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 87, 3 December 1931, Page 5

UBSTANTIAL MAJORITY SECURED BY GOVERNMENT PARTIES

bour polls heayily in cities sjited party suffers.the loss of two seats Althoiigh a swing to Labour took place in the four cities' t yesterday's eleetions, the Coalition was returned with a sub;antial though reduced majority. In addition to the. Labour gains in the cities, there was a onsiderable. increase in the Labour vote in a number of the rovincial constituencies. The heaviest losses were sustained by the Coalition fnited, which lost four seats, while changes also took place in tiree constituencies previously held by Independents and in two eld by Coalition Reformers. Labour lost only one seat. Labour ecured the largest gains, capturing five seats previously held by ;s opponents while the seats captured by the Coalition were won |y Reformers. Independents under different banners were also [esponsible for changes in three constituencies. The nett losses Ind gains were : Labour 4 gains, Reform one gain, United -two losses, Independents three losses, three gains.

L Cabinet Minister, the Hon. D. | i Minister of Agriculture, on the - is received last night has lost lat to an Independent Liberal, - i Connolly. Only 106 votes, how■separated the two candidates, I is possible that when the final ■ |s are announced Mr. Jones will 1 his seat. One of the. most de- ■ defeats in New Zealand Parlia- ' liry history was that suffered by ' ite Minister of Public Works in ijnited Government, who in a lcornered contest lost his seat by ■3500 votes to the Labour candi|Mr. P. Jones. Among those who ibeen displaced is Mr. W. D. Lys- ! l\vlio for a number of years has . Isented Gisborne. The constitIr turned over to Labour, giving F. Coleman a majority of 241 in . lee-cornered contest. Be speaker in the last Parliament, . Eon. Sir Charles Statham, had a | call for Dunedin Central where, [st niglit's figures, he had a majI of only Dl votes over the La- [ candidate, Mr. F. Neilson. . Iry decisive majorities were given three party leaders, Messrs. G. Forbes, J. G. Coates and H. E. Ind, each of whom had largely ted his time to helping supportli other electorates. I the ten Auckland City and sub- , m seats Labour secured seven, e in Wellington, of the six seats, lur secured all but one. Christ[ch also voted solidly for Labour, Ig the party four "of the six city feuburban seats. jinedin was the only city which j hot return a majority of Labour Ibers, only two of the five seats t secured by that party. pllowing are details of the polling pghout the country. The results Bved last night by wireless were equently revised by telegraph. t \ i i I