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1950 NEW ZEALAND

THE GENERAL ELECTION, 1949 (RETURN RELATIVE TO)

Presented to Both Houses of the. General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

Return Showing the Number of Votes Recorded for Each Candidate at the General Election on the 30th November, 1949; the Number of Informal Votes; the Number of Electors Who Did Not Vote; the Number of Electors on the Roll; the Percentage of Votes Recorded for Candidates Elected (a) to the Total Valid Votes Recorded, and (b) to the Total Number of Electors on Roll; and the Adult Population of Each Electoral District at the Census in 1945

Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates. Number of Votes Recorded. Number of Electors Who Did Not Vote. Number of Electors on Roll. Percentage of Votes Recorded for Candidates Elected. Adult Population at Census, 1945. For Each Candidate. Informal Votes. Total. (a) To Total Valid Votes Recorded. (b) To Total Number of Electors on Roll. Arch Hill— Parry 8,399 Smith 3,225 Wilcox 343 58 12,025 729 12,754 70-10 65-85 14,237 Ashburton — Gerard 7,642 Rose 5,257 188 13,087 603 13,690 59-24 55-82 13,981 Auckland Central— Anderton 5,863 Bradley 3,064 Jones 73 Mitchell 237 106 9,343 545 9,888 63-47 59-34 14,252 Avon— Kinzett 5,284 Mathison 9,877 124 15,285 1,262 16,547 65-15 59-69 14,097 Awarua— Herron 7,997 Pickering 4,818 80 12,895 916 13,811 62-40 57-90 13,742 Bay of Plenty— Santon 5,313 Sullivan .. 8,993 105 14,411 1,008 15,419 62-86 58-32 14,008 Brooklyn— Birchfield 241 Burns 4,220 Eraser 7,176 111 11,748 1,348 13,096 61-67 54-80 14,005 Buller — McDonald 5,735 Skinner 7,941 112 13,788 1,053 14,841 58-06 53-51 14,491 Central Otago— Bodkin 8,457 Rodgers 4,551 87 .13 095 1,202 14,297 65-01 59-15 13,888 Christchurch Central — Macfarlane 7,589 Marlow 3,952 Ostler 1 218 77 11,836 1,321 13,157 64-54 57-68 14,159