Election Polling Place Warrants




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WARRANT ABOLISHING PRINCIPAL POLLING PLACES.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey,
Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.

To all to whom these Presents shall come,

Greeting:—

WHEREAS by “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor by Warrant under his hand, from time to time, to appoint Polling Places for each Electoral District, within or without the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such places to be the principal Polling place for the District, and all or any of such Polling Places at any time to abolish, and to appoint other Polling Places in lieu thereof:

And whereas by Warrant under the hand of the Governor, bearing date the sixteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,

THE FERRY HOUSE WAIRAU RIVER,

was appointed a principal Polling Place, for the District of Tua Marina, and

THE HOUSE OF MR. YARKER, TOWN OF HAVELOCK,

was appointed a principal Polling Place for the District of Pelorus, for the Election of Members of the Provincial Council of Marlborough;

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:

Now Know Ye, that I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby abolish the above-named principal Polling Places for the said Districts, for the Election of Members of the Provincial Council.

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, this seventeenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,

Fred. A. Weld.


WARRANT APPOINTING AN ADDITIONAL POLLING PLACE FOR TUA MARINA, MARLBOROUGH.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.

To all to whom these Presents shall come,

Greeting:—

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor by Warrant under his hand, from time to time, to appoint Polling Places for each Electoral District within or without the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such places to be the principal Polling Place for the District, and all or any of such Polling Places at any time to abolish, and to appoint other Polling Places in lieu thereof;

And whereas by another Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Provincial Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that, subject to certain provisions therein contained, every Election of the Superintendent or of a Member of the Provincial Council of a Province shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” aforesaid, and all the provisions of the said last-mentioned Act shall apply to the Elections of Superintendents and Members of Provincial Councils:

Now Know Ye, that I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Acts, do hereby appoint the following place to be an additional Polling Place for the District of Tua Marina, for the Election of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province of Marlborough, namely,

THE WOOLSHED, NEAR THE FERRY, AT THE WAIRAU RIVER,

And I do further appoint the Polling Place, namely, MOUNT PLEASANT, to be the principal Polling Place for the said District for such Election.

Given under my hand, at the Government House at Auckland, this seventeenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,

Fred. A. Weld.


WARRANT APPOINTING PRINCIPAL POLLING PLACE FOR PELORUS, MARLBOROUGH.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.

To all to whom these Presents shall come,

Greeting:—

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor by Warrant under his hand, from time to time, to appoint Polling Places for each Electoral District within or without the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such places to be the principal Polling Place for the District, and all or any of such Polling Places at any time to abolish, and to appoint other Polling Places in lieu thereof;

And whereas by another Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Provincial Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that, subject to certain provisions therein contained, every Election of the Superintendent or of a Member of the Provincial Council of a Province shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” aforesaid, and all the provisions of the said last-mentioned Act shall apply to the Elections of Superintendents and Members of Provincial Councils:

Now Know Ye, that I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Acts...



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🏛️ Abolishment of Principal Polling Places for Tua Marina and Pelorus

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
17 May 1865
Elections, Polling Places, Tua Marina, Pelorus, Marlborough
  • Sir George Grey, Governor
  • Fred. A. Weld

🏛️ Appointment of Additional Polling Place for Tua Marina

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
17 May 1865
Elections, Polling Places, Tua Marina, Marlborough
  • Sir George Grey, Governor
  • Fred. A. Weld

🏛️ Appointment of Principal Polling Place for Pelorus

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
17 May 1865
Elections, Polling Places, Pelorus, Marlborough
  • Sir George Grey, Governor
  • Fred. A. Weld