TORY LANDSLIDE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 145, 21 June 1934, Page 7

TORY LANDSLIDE.

CANADIAN ELECTIONS.

Overwhelming Liberal Wins in

Two Provinces.

BENNETT REGIME SHAKY? (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 10 a.m.) OTTAWA, June 20. The Liberal party under Mr. Mitchell Hepburn M'as returned to power at the Ontario provincial elections yesterday. It defeated the Conservative Government led by Mr. G. S. Henry. "Eight of tlie 12 Ministers were defeated. The state of parties is as follows:—Liberals, 00; Conservatives, 10; others, 8. At the Saskatchewan elections the Liberals under the former Premier, Mr. J. G. Gardiner, gained power by defeating the Conservative Government under Dr. J. T. M. Anderson. All the .members of the Cabinet,/ including Dr. Anderson, were defeated and there is a prospect that no Conservative will be elected. Tho state of parties is as follows: — Liberals, 43 (and leading in live other constituencies); Farmer-Labour, three (and leading in three other constituencies); deferred election, one; total, 55. Socialisation Repudiated. A highlight of the elections was the complete failure of the new Co-operative Commonwealth party which, after securing seven seats in the British Columbia election, elected only one in Ontario and only four where it was born, among the Saskatchewan farmers. This result is regarded as a flat repudiation of the socialisation policy with its inclination towards Communism.

Mr. R. B. Bennett. Both tho Conservative defeats were so overwhelming that it is believed Mr. R. B. Bennett, the Dominion Prime Minister, who had planned to hold an election in the Fall will defer it until the summer. In Saskatchewan there are unmistakable signs that the electors are convinced the Government has not been sufficiently active in its relief enterprises on behalf of the depression-hit farmers, particularly regarding new markets for grain. Defective relief administration and lassitude in creating jobs were charged against the Ontario Government and were a strong factor in its defeat. Underneath all the issues in both provinces was a strong undercurrent of dissatisfaction with the Dominion Conservative Government, especially against its policy of protection towards banks and big corporations, and its reluctance to try job-creating schemes. Imperial trade treaties were no factor in cither election except that the Premier-elect of Saskatchewan, Mr. Gardiner, declared that he would go oyer Ottawa's head if necessary to secure wheat markets.

PUBLIC WORKS SCHEME

INCREASE OF NOTE ISSUE,

OTTAWA, June 20.

A bill which seeks to authorise the Government to increase the total note issue, for which a gold coverage of 25 per cent is required, from the present statutory amount of 50,000,000 dollars to 120,000,000 dollars, was' read a first time in the House of Commons yesterday.

The measure also authorises the Minister of Finance to purchase 1,671,802 ounces of silver next year. The silver .would be purchased by the Bank of Canada.

The Prime Minister, Mr. R. B. Bennett, said the increased note issue would be utilised in financing a public works programme on which 40,000,000 dollars would be spent.