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...Cornelia B. Wheeler yesterday won back the seat on the Cambridge Council that she had lost in 1961. Wheeler was elected to all the vacancy caused by the appointment of Councillor G. d'Andelot Belin as general counsel to the U.S. Treasury Department. The election was decided by distributing Belin's first place votes to the candidates who were the second choice on the ballots. (Under proportional representation, voters select nine candidates ranked from one to nine...
...yesterday's count, Mrs. Wheeler easily outdistanced her nearest rival, Thomas Coates, 2050 to 912. Only 1621 votes--a majority of the ballots cast for Belin--were needed...
...Belin has also been a supporter of urban renewal in Cambridge...
...vacancy left on the Council by Belin's departure will probably be filled by Mrs. Cornelia B. Wheeler, whose bid for re-election failed last year. Under the proportional representation system of election, voters pick nine candidates on a scale of one to nine, and first choice votes originally cast for Belin will go to the candidate who was the second choice on the ballots. Mrs. Wheeler, who also has CCA backing, is expected to be the main recipient of Belin's votes...
...Although Belin's appointment has been rumored for some time, the announcement has been saved till after last week's election, possibly because word of Mrs. Wheeler's probable accession to the Council would have jeopardized her campaign against incumbent Democrat Francis X. McCann for a seat in the State Senate. McCann won, however...