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GORDON SEAT.
SIR PHILIP GOLDFINCH
SELECTED.
U.A.P. ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
Sir Philip Goldfinch was last night chosen as the candidate of the United Australia party to contest the by election in Gordon made necessary by the resignation of Sir Thomas Bavin
The party s electoial college compilsing 193 delegates and offlceis of committees met at Killara Memorial Hall where they were aa
dressed bj the candidates Ten names were submitted to the ballot vi? Sir Philip Gold finch Mpssrs L C Badham Cecil Brierlev Claude Cameron W F R Francis W C Milne C T Pinnock \\ B Rainsford H B Turner and G S Travis
The .'fsult of the fiist count was Sir Philip Goldfinch 76 W C Milne 47 W E R Fiancis 25 H B ruinei 10 G S Travl» 9 I C Badham 6 Claude Camelon 5 Cecil Blierley 5 W B Rainsford 3 C T Pinnock 1 informal 6 After the preference« had been distributed the final flfcurcs were Sir Philip Goldfinch 113 W C Milne 74
Mr C Dyiirg president of the State Elec- toral Con'crenc» of the paity was reluming officer for the conduct of the ballot
Sir Philip Goldfinch is geneial managei and a director of the Colonial ¡bugar Refining Co
Ltd He was made a KBE In last years Kings birthday honours Sincp the inception of the British sailors Welfare Committee In New South Wales In 1931 he has been its chaiiman This committee worked amonpst migrants to Australia especlallv prior to the depression and the Dominions Office tho> ghi so highly of the constitution of the local bodv that it was recommended as a model for wel- fare work in all dominions Sir Philip is a vice president of t"io Royal Empire Society He was the first president of tlr» Wahroongah branch of the United Australia party and has been a member of the electoral conference and the U A P council since then