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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 184, 29 April 1908, Page 7

BY=ELECTIONS.

KINCARDINESHIRE. , LIBERALS RETAIN A SEAT. A SOMEWHAT REDUCED MAJORITY. BY TELEGRAM —FIIES3 ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.' London, April 27. The by-election for Kincardineshire (an east coast county of. Scotland, between Perthshire and Aberdeenshire),, caused by thp death of Mr. J. W. Crombie (Liberal), resulted in tho return- of Capt. . Murray (Liberal), with a somowhat 'reduced majority. Tho by-election brought out Mr. Crombio's opponent'of 1906, Mr. Sjdney J. Gammell, as Unionist* candidate. The voting is as under Captain Murray (Liberal) ; 39(11 Mr. S. J. Gammell (Unionist) ... 181)3 Liberal majority ... ... 1608 THE NEW MEMBER. At tho Inst elcction"for Kincardineshire the figures.of the polling wore:— Mr. Crombie (Liberal) ... ... 3577 Mr. Gammell (Unionist) 1524 Liboral majority 2353 . Present majority;, . ... ... 1998 Reduction . ... 355 Mr. Crouibio who wns first elected, m 1892, had held tho seat ever since in the Liberal interest by large majorities. .It ; -will be Seen that, though the Liberal majority is' now'reduced by 355 votes, it was quite big enough to lose a few, and the Literal'"'vote is still more than double the Unionist'total.' Captain Murray is probably Captain Wiii; K. Murray, eldest son of Sir Patrick If. Murray, eighth baronet. Captain Murray was born on April 8. 1872, and lives in tho" neighbouring county of •Perthshire, at Ardenlea,- Crieff. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, graduated at Cambridge in 1895,- pwns- about' iSOO acres. ;In IS9-1 he mtcr«a'tueWmUtuL MR. CHURCHILL'S QUEST. : WELSH SEAT OFFERED.. : London, April 27i 'Mr. J. Tv. Phillips, M.P. for Pembrokeshire, offered to resigii.'liis seat in-favour ,of Mr.. Winston Churchill,' president''of tlio Board of Trade, who failed to secure reelection for North-West Manchester. Other seats aro also available. ' ■ The soundness of the .Liberal causo in Pern*., brokeshije would seem to: bfe indicated; by; thefact that in 1892 its majoritywas 1039, in 1895 580, in 1898 16G4,, wliile in 19(10 the present member, Mr. J. WvAford < Philip'ps, r was-'- -ro.-.; : turned unopposed. In 1906 ~J[r. J,., ;Wiiliams stood in,. the Conservative.' interest, > 'but-- Mr. Philipps polled considerably nioro than two to. one, and had n majority; of 3280. ; Mr., Philipps is one of three brothers.iiii-the present'lTouscr of Commons, and they.'.are,, tho threo tallest men in it. Their height collectively is 19ft. 2in.