New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 68

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✨ Election Regulations



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

DATE OF FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS.

  1. (1.) The first election under these regulations shall be held on a date to be fixed in that behalf by the Minister.

(2.) Subsequent elections shall be held on the first Wednesday in August in every second year thereafter.

TERM OF OFFICE.

  1. Every person elected pursuant to these regulations shall come into office on the date of his election, and shall continue in office until the election of his successor.

  2. (1.) In the event of a European representative vacating his office (whether by death or otherwise) before the expiry of the term for which he was elected, a by-election shall be held, and the foregoing provisions shall apply in the same manner as to an ordinary election:

Provided that if a casual vacancy in the office of European representative occurs at any time within three months before the date of the biennial election, the Resident Commissioner may appoint a qualified person to hold office until the election.

(2.) Every person elected or appointed as a European representative at a by-election shall hold office for the unexpired term of office of his predecessor.

SCHEDULE.
[Form No. 1.

APPLICATION FOR ENROLMENT OF ELECTORS.

To the Registrar of Electors at Rarotonga.

I, [Name and description of applicant], hereby apply to be enrolled as an elector for the purposes of the election of a European representative of the Rarotonga Island Council.

I hereby declare that—

  1. I am of or over the age of twenty-one years;

  2. I am a British subject by birth [or by naturalization in New Zealand, as the case may be];

  3. I am not disqualified for enrolment as an elector.

Dated at this day of , 19 .
[Signature of applicant.]

[Form No. 2.

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AS EUROPEAN REPRESENTATIVE.

WE, [Names and descriptions of two or more electors], being duly enrolled as electors for the election of a European representative, hereby nominate

[Name and description of candidate]

as a candidate for election as European Representative on the Rarotonga Island Council.

Dated at this day of , 19 .
[Signatures of nominees.]

CONSENT OF CANDIDATE.

I, [Name and description of candidate], hereby consent to my nomination as a candidate for election as European Representative to the Rarotonga Island Council. I declare that I am not disqualified from being elected or from holding office as such representative.

Dated at this day of , 19 .
[Signature of candidate.]

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.



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🌏 Regulations for the Election of a European Member of the Rarotonga Island Council (continued from previous page)

🌏 External Affairs & Territories
11 September 1922
Election Regulations, Rarotonga Island Council, European Member, Cook Islands, Voting, Nominations, Ballot
  • F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council