Samoan Council
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Election
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Nov. 20.
rE three-yearly election of two Euro pean elected members to the West ern Samoan Legislative Council took place on November 5, and resulted in the victory of the sitting member, Hon. O. F.
Nelson (who, after having at first an nounced his intention to withdraw, de cided to stand again for election) and, for the first time in the history of the Council, of a member of the Samoan Labour Party, Mr. A. Stowers.
The Labour victory came as a surprise, as it was expected that Mr. A. G. Smyth, a popular and public-spirited resident of Apia, would be elected as second member.
The number of electors had been in creased by over 200 through the efforts of the various candidates.
Features of the election campaign were the large number of plump votes thrown for single candidates, instead of for the possible two candidates; the absence of any reference to the war in the speeches: and the absence of a large number of electors who are working on the US Naval Base at Pago Pago. The results of the election were as follows; Olaf Frederick Nelson .. .. 367 votes Amando Stowers 238 A. G. Smyth 221 Percy W. Glover 140 „ Arthur Williams 116 The newly elected member, Hon. A.
Stowers, is a planter, and one of the founders and president of the Samoan Labour Party.