NEW SOUTH WALES ELECTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16498, 26 March 1917, Page 4

NEW SOUTH WALES ELECTION.

COAIIYLOS WIS,

LEAD OF 52 SEATS TO 2?. -

DEFEAT OF TEE EE.f

ALL THE MINISTERS SAFE. I Australian and K.Z. Cable As3oKatlca. P (Received 7 D.m.) SYDNEY, mtaM : ! f Nose of the New South Wales election r "i 1 turns are complete, but the majority a* ' : '■'■. I sufficiently far advanced to show that th * National Party has secured a solid victory ' * On the incomplete figures, : I ever, of considerable alteration, the d-sta "V' 1 of the parties appears to. ha spprtrri' 1 mately:*— "'-V;- | National Part}'. 52 seats § Political Labour League 27 seats I Independent ... ... 3 seats •'■& 1 Eight seats where tun returns are vera 'i.i I incomplete are not muinded in ties M I figures. ; -. §v £ The weather was finß for the polling- - •§1 | which was heavy- Everything passed off - M 1 quietly. SgM | Mr. R. D. Meagher, Lord Mayor of " I Sydney, and Speaker erf tha Legisdativa \ Assembly, was beaten for the Phillip else* ' \\

torate, where he stood as an Indopemleira : Labour candidate against Mr. J. \7 .; Doyle, president of the Political Lafcaut •', League. The national candidate for Redfern, Mr- James Mcfiowan, an old - — Labour leader and a former Premier, wag defeated, -and Mr. Arthur E. Griffith Minister for Works in the Holmaa'vC'S S Cabinet before a coalition, was beaten ail ■' Annandale, both seats going to tha- ? .£ : - Political Labour League. Much - * regret is expressed at Mr. McGowan'a defeat. He was absent in Tasmania, recover* ing from the results of a vehicular accidenjj '■'■■." and was unable to conduct a campaign.

.nother notable Labourite-Nationalist, }[£ .; leorge Black, former Chief iseastare 1 .'. "as defeated for Namoi. -,'■>-;?.-/ Ail the Ministers appear to be iafij-; 1 I though one or two might possibly bafc'-" eaten. Mr. Ilolraan put up a great figh5 1 .; t Cootamundra. Mr. John Storey /eader of the Political Labour Leaiij'"' 'arty, had an easy victory at Bahaaia, Second ballots are required in ax, pc*. ibly seven, seats, four between snpporterj tf the National Party, one between tiaf. upporters o! the National Party and an K '■'■' independent, and two between . tha : V National Party and the .Political Labour Jeague. "?' 'Wmßi; On the present figures the Political % '•: Labour League has won seven seats from'•.■:■•:; .he National Party—Botany. Newtom J Redfern, Marrickville, the King division if the city, Wollongong, and Kahibah, while the National Party captured from 1'- .-,■ Labour—Waverley, Hurstrilie,andWagga,-,:::'; Of the seats of nine soldier members, .who >":.• are at the front, the Political Labour' - League contested four. The National Party refrained from contesting any,\Svthough some were held by Labour. ; • Commenting on the figures, late laspp night, Mr. Holman said he anticipatedV'' leading a party of at least 55, with an [if. Opposition of .35. Mr. ; Storey claimed Ilia result as a substantial victory for Labour.C:,. He anticipates .having- 37 supporters, U--against 44 of the National Party, and : considers nine seats uncertain. This is the first appeal to the electors - since,the split in the Labour Party over the conscription issue. Before the iefer« endum Mr. Holman was head of the Lab-. our Government in' New South Wales, with .'■ a following of 49 in a House of 90. Mr. Holman spoke strongly in favour of conscription, and his party was split on the ;-' issue. After much negotiation Mr/-Hok£v man effected a coalition between the sec-;:; ■ tion of his party which adhered to him sand tho Liberal Opposition. It is tie fM National Party so formed which has car-,v\ ried ■ the State elections. Before thelvf Assembly was dissolved the National Party \ had an assured following of 57, the P.L.L, ; (the organisation of the anti-conscription k \ wing ot the Labour Party) 20, and the re-ly' mainder of the '-Assembly were'indepsi-.; : '.i dent or doubtful. There was no contest in eight seats— going to the P.L.L, :: and three to the National Party. Viva : ; retiring members on active Be. vice were >;; opposed,- three supporters of the National ■/ Party by P.L.L. candidates, and a fourth by an Independent,, and one P.LL. by jo, \ Independent.