THE VICTORIAN ELECTIONS.
(Received March 6, 1-20 p.m.) Melbourne, This Day. From approximate returns to hand it_ appears that fifty-four supporters of the Coalition Ministry have been returned against eighteen declared Opposition members and fourteen Independents. All the Ministers have been elected" with the exception of Mr James, the Minister for Mines, who was defeated by a small majority. Among the prominent members elected are Messrs Harper and Madden, Constitutionalists, Patterson Opposition, and Messrs WoodandLalor Independents. Among the rejected candidates are found, Messrs Langdon, Duffy, Angus, McKay, and Finchman. All the candidates who stood on the labor ticket suffered defeat. The elections passed off quietly, no signs of disorder being visible at any of the polling places. Hobabt, This Day. Dr Agnew being unable to form a Ministry has relinauiehed the task, and Mr Dodds, the Attorney General m the late Administration, has been charged with forming a Ministry.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XX, Issue 55, 6 March 1886, Page 2
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149THE VICTORIAN ELECTIONS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XX, Issue 55, 6 March 1886, Page 2
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