DEFEAT OF SITTING CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
downfall ok p beamed. L*; JL'ei. Press \sbuc. Copyright. Keater’s , Telegrams. He.- Ui-t: 31, S.O a.m. Del C. While llie Western return" are late, ihe majority <-,i tin* ( amulians went t ' bed fairly eenain that tin- country will have a (,’onsorvauve Oovernineiu in the next Parliament even though its muj' rity rs so slemier that only expert leadership will eiia-ole it to carry on. Startling in im whole.-aldiess was the downfall of the Premier Mr MaeKenzic King, in hi> ow n consti r uency. and tlu> defeat. of at least nine of Ins ministers, including Messrs Massey (unborn portfolio)' Craiuim 'Railways); Foster < Sec reiai'v of State) ; Gordon ( 1 nimigralioii), Lowe (Trade and Commerce); Masha- (without port iolio) : Stewart (Interior) ;Murdeeb ( Labour). The independent movement it Patenaude. oi Quebec was also beaten. where- tin 1 leader was defeated in his own consti- | aiency.The latest returns show’ that Mr | Mt-jghen. Leader of t he Opposition, was elected. Ottawa. Oct 30. Mr Meiglien will head the largest group in the next House of Commons, but the returns available early on Friday do not give any party a clear majority over all. The unofficial standing is : Conservatives, 118; Liberals, 97; Progressives, 20; Independents. 2; Labour 2: doubtful, 6.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9023, 31 October 1925, Page 5
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