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Election for Governor of Saga Prefecture
1947 Saga gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 5 April 1947 to elect the Governor of Saga Prefecture . Former governor Gen'ichi Okimori defeated six other candidates to become the prefecture's first democratically elected governor.
Candidates [ edit ]
Gen'ichi Okimori [ja ] - former Governor of Saga Prefecture (1945–1946), age 49[1]
Baron Ryūzaburō Taku [ja ] of the Go-Taku clan [ja ] - Member of the House of Peers , age 47[1]
Junji Yanai [ja ] - former Governor of Taipei (later Member of the House of Representatives ), age 51[1]
Morio Tozawa [ja ] - former Governor of Saga Prefecture (1946–1947), age 47[1]
Hironobu Honjō (本城広信 , Honjō Hironobu ) - author with two works catalogued in the National Diet Library ,[2] [3] age 40[1]
Takuta Ikeda (池田沢太 , Ikeda Takuta ) , age 53[1]
Haruo Shinohara (篠原 春雄 , Shinohara Haruo ) , age 42[1]
Results [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Gubernatorial elections Prefectural elections