Dunedin North
Mr Harold Livingston Tapley came to Dunedin in 1893 and established his present business of shipping, stevedoring, and insurance agents, was a member of the Dunedin City Council, Otago Hospital and Charitable Aid Board and the Otago Harbour Board. In 1923 he was elected Mayor and this year re-elected.
Mr James Munro, Labour candidate, for some years carried out a bakery business of his own at North Dunedin, was president of the Bakers’ Union, vice-president of the Otago Trades and Labour Council and president of the Political Labour League. At a by-election in 1922, Mr Munro was elected to Dunedin North, in the 1922 general election.
Dunedin Central
The Hon Charles Ernest Statham (Independent) won Dunedin Central in 1911. In 1923 he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives,.
Mr J. Gilchrist, Labour candidate, came to Dunedin 22 years ago and assisted in forming the Dunedin Progressive Society. He was secretary of the Fabian Society, the Political Labour Party and the Otago Labour Representation Committee.
Dunedin West
The Hon William Downie Stewart jun (Reform) was elected to the Dunedin City Council in 1907 and in 1913 elected Mayor of Dunedin. In 1914 he won Dunedin West. In 1915, with the rank of captain, he served in France for two years and returned invalided with rheumatism. In 1920 he accepted the office of Minister of Customs. Later he became Minister of Internal Affairs.
Mr Ralph Harrison, Labour candidate, was president of the Sugar Loaf Miners’ Union in Queensland. In New Zealand, he became an executive member of the Denniston Miners’ Union in 1918, and was president of the Taratu Miners’ Union in 1921 and of the Green Island Miners’ Union in 1925.
Dunedin South
Mr Thomas Kay Sidey, National candidate, won the Caversham electorate in 1901 as a Liberal. His name is prominently associated with the Daylight-saving Bill.
Mr J.E. MacManus, Labour candidate: Among the unions formed by him, or for which he has acted as organiser, are Farriers, Cordial Workers, Lime Workers, Tile and Pottery Workers, Pipe Makers, Brick Makers, Public Construction Workers, Musterers, Drovers and Shearers, and General Labourers’ unions. He was elected to the City Council at the last two elections.
Chalmers
Mr James McC. Dickson (Reform) was chairman of the Portobello Road Board for 11 years and a member of the Otago Harbour Board, of which he was chairman in 1915. He won the Chalmers seat in 1914.
Mr Michael Connelly, Labour candidate, was one of the first directors of the Grey River Argus, the only daily Labour newspaper in New Zealand to-day. He has been in the railway service for 15 years, for the last seven years as a guard, acting for portion of the time on the Otago Central line. He was president of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and a member of the South Island Railway Appeal Board, representing the Traffic Department. — ODT, 30.10.1925
Compile by Peter Dowden
