THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 772, 22 March 1910, Page 4

THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS

HOW IT ;IS CONSTITUTED. ' : In. the following analysis, .the mombers of the. new House.of Commons are classified according to their- profession, and tho principle mercantile and other positions they occupy:— Bankers and financiers 13 Barristers (in or out of practice) : and K.O.'s ......: 125 Brewers, distillers, arid wine ; mer- : : ;■ chants ...;......... 23 Builders, architects,. etc. .8 .Civil and mining engineers 11 Colliory proprietors and .coal mcr- ! chants .:,.. 7 Diplomatists yand Government offi- ..' cials. ....;:...... ;._... 8 Directors of public companies ...... .12 Estate ■• agents,| accountants, and i auctioneers. I '.. ...;... 7 Farmers and. agriculturists ...; 13 Gentry and .land owners 56 Iron masters and metal merchants 13 Jjabour. representatives 40 Manufacturers and spinners 51 Medical' profession 9 Merchants .. ili-.v.'.v ..... 37 Ministers of. religion .....;-........:.... 2 Newspaper owners and journalists 38 Peers' sons and brothers ............ 45 Printers, booksellers, and ' authors 8 Professors and lecturers 12 Secretaries, private and official ... 10 Steamship and ship owners . and guilders „'.. .' : 12 Solicitors (in or out of practice).;, 30 Shopkeepers and tradors .....'.....:. 16 Military officers ...... . 44'Naval officers ...:;.... 2

In addition, there are 1 commercial traveller,.! picture dealer, 1 pilot, 2 schoolmasters and tutors, 2 representatives of the motor-car industry, 3 railway and naval contractors/ and 4 sharebrokers. ; An analysis of. tho composition of the new House of Commons give tho following interesting result. Zoology is represented by a. Bird,. a Schwann, a Martin, a Knott, a Bull, a Leach, and a Haddock; and there is also a Wing, a Gill, a Roe, a Fisher, and a Falconer. In colours there are Black, White, Grey, and Greene. There is a Shackleton, a Cook, but no Peary. Among "diamonds" there is a Hopo and a CuUinan. "Trade" is represented by a a Baker, a Mason, a Glover, a Salter, a Goldsmith, and a Taylor; "Topograph'y" by Cornwall, Buxton, Holland, France, Keswick, Banbury, Lewisham, Ashton, Lincoln, Kerry, Barns, and Holt; and the "legal profession by a Chancellor, a Law, a Tennant, and a Chambers. There is, more-, over, a Long and a Shortt, a King and a Duke, and, although the House no longer has a Hassell, there, is still a Whittaker. Rural life generally is represented by Wood, Parkes, Hills, Lough, Thorno, Primrose, Beach, Cave, Heath, Mount, and-Mills. There is a Summers, a Mildmay, and a Rainy one- a Simon, an Isaac, an Adam, and nil Abraham; a Bell, a Mallett, and a SCottlo; a Burns and a Scott; a Young, a Younger, and a Magnus; and a Hunter, a Pointer, and a Walker. Among "Rivers" there is a Jordan and a Clyde, 'and there is also a Weir. And finally the new House of Commons will have its ■!)haplin in addition to tho ono who is officially attached to Mr. Speaker.