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' SOUTH LEEDS'; RETURNS LIBERAL. Br Tir.Edßirn—ritEss association—coptuioire. -. London, February 14. . Tho by-election for South Leeds, caused by, the death -pf ,Sir' ;J. Lawson Walton, Attor-rioy-General,^resulted:—.-■ 1 - Mr. Middlobrook, Liberal • ... 5274 . Mr. Neville; Conservative ' . ... 5015 Mr. Fox, Labour • 1451
- Probably the figure polled by ,Mr. Novillo should be '4915,- instead of., 5015. ; If so, tho Liberal /candidate's majority in- tho present triangular contest is, 359, as compared with a majority of 2170 received by tha fate Sir' J.'L'. Walton in a similar triangular fight'in 1900. In that contest the runner-up -ivas the Labour candidate, Ml\ A. Fox, who .has now fallen away badly, the/ Unionist candidate filling second place, . ,- .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 123, 17 February 1908, Page 7
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