WAITEMATA CONTEST
OPPOSITION LEADER’S VIEW. SWING IN PUBLIC OPINION. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, July 20. “Two things stand out in the Waitemata by-election,” said the leader of the Opposition, Mi’ S. G. Holland, in commenting on the result. “The first is the unexpectedly large vote and the second the heavy landslide against the Government.” Mr Holland said in the 1938 election 59 out of every 100 voters voted for the Government but on Saturday only 44 in each 100 still supported the Government and its majority had been reduced from 2260 to 400, t “Mrs Dreayer had the advantage of a battery of the Labour Party’s front line platform speakers, so it can be assumed that the Government scored nearly its full strength,” said Mr Holland. “The same applies to Mr Lee’s candidate. It can therefore be imagined what will happen to a majority of 400 when the National Party’s organisation swings into action. “Following on the Waipawa byelection and the municipal elections the result further demonstrates the pronounced swing in public opinion since 1938. Each election since then has made the writing on the wall easier to read,” concluded Mr Holland.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 July 1941, Page 6
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192WAITEMATA CONTEST Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 July 1941, Page 6
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