✨ Provincial Election Notice
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official signature, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor's command,
RICHARD PACKER,
Provincial Secretary.
VOL. IV.] MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1857. [No. XXVII.
N O T I C E.
New Zealand to wit : Province of Canterbury.
WHEREAS a writ, under the hand of Thomas Gore Browne, Esquire, Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over the colony of New Zealand, &c. &c., bearing date the fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, hath been directed to me, Charles Christopher Bowen, Esquire, as Returning Officer for the Province of Canterbury, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected by the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, a legally qualified person to serve as Superintendent for the Province of Canterbury : Now, therefore, I, the said Charles Christopher Bowen, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited writ, give notice that a public meeting of the electors of the Province of Canterbury will be holden at the Town Hall, Christchurch, on Saturday, the 24th day of October next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating a person to serve as Superintendent for the Province of Canterbury ; and, in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take place on Friday, the 30th day of October next; at the following polling places, viz.,
In the Town of Christchurch :
At the Provincial Council Chamber.
In the Town of Lyttelton :
At the Court House.
In the Kaiapoi District :
At the Court House.
In the Avon District :
At the School Room, Papanui, and at Mr. Gregg's Barn, Riccarton.
In the Heathcote District :
At Christchurch Quay, and at Mr. Archer's House, Lower Lincoln Road.
In the Akaroa District :
At Mr. Tuson's House, Okain's Bay, at the School House, Pigeon Bay, and at the Court House, Akaroa.
In the Port Victoria District :
At Mr. Rhodes's, House Purau, and at Mr Blatchford's House, Governor's Bay.
In the Ashley District :
At the Woolshed, Teviotdale, and at Mr. Torlesse's House, Rangiora.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1857, No 27
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- Richard Packer, Provincial Secretary
🏘️ Election of Superintendent for the Province of Canterbury
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government14 July 1857
Election, Superintendent, Canterbury, Polling, Nomination
7 names identified
- Thomas Gore Browne (Esquire), Governor, issued writ for election
- Mr. Gregg, Polling place located at his barn
- Mr. Archer, Polling place located at his house
- Mr. Tuson, Polling place located at his house
- Mr. Rhodes, Polling place located at his house
- Mr. Blatchford, Polling place located at his house
- Mr. Torlesse, Polling place located at his house
- Charles Christopher Bowen, Returning Officer