A LABOUR MAYOR.
Wellington has asked for a, ' Labour 'Mayor, and it lies, gpt one k Mr David McLaren. Either of the three other candidates, if he (md stood done, would probaibly have .been elected, but the eitizens beeamoi involved in. acrimonious personalities,, >nd the [result was a wi(n for the nominee- of a combined organization. Under ithe present state of the law, it is possible for a minority representative to occupy the chair, and m it happens that Mr David -McLaren, although securing 1863 .fewer votes than this ■opponent, wiW-control the jnumcinal destinies of Wellington lor twelve months 1 . The result of the Wellington election ,mny mean a demand for the application of the second ballot to Mayoralty clec tions, MeanwOiile, the experiment of a Labour Mayor will be watched with interest. t ... .jIJMM • ' £'■■■)■ :■■ ,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10618, 25 April 1912, Page 4
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135A LABOUR MAYOR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10618, 25 April 1912, Page 4
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