THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5806, 25 January 1906, Page 5

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PROGRESS OF THE ELECTIONS. MURK VICTOR IKS FOR Til I'Ll LEU ALL CAPTURE OF TORY SEATS. OVER FIVE lIUNIHIED MEMBERS ELECTED. (Received January 21. 1L8.» LONDON, Junnuiy 21. 'lln> latii-t relui n-. of .iiv pa-; hug “•>' Um election o' a now Hi,u;-.' 01 kom-i-ion.-, are a.s loUov. 1 ,-;--- LIBERALS. ItK-KLKCI'H) AKliai CONfl'l ■ Mr Fianvi.-, Layland-l'.arrait, icoia-o* diviciou of U.'Vl'il; hire. -'O' lalt u.is a tr.mliiinie lit: - -tat in 1895, wiii'ii lu> b.vi'.-a iv :i C cuKTvativo hy 1 >o vi)...*. Li 1999 iu- detent,al till- Culi-ervativ.-c uidiliato liy 129 vote*. He a* a , mo.itber oi a very ukl leim a | ia.miiy. j Sir Henry Mej'-ey-Th'::n|>.'«:n. nimh- j worlli ’division i.f .Sriilfutd-iiiie. ! who v.a.-. lir.'. ekcted ;n 1 a- o | Liberal Uaiotil.-t. He >va. mini 1 jii.A'd in liOj ami 1994. I-'"---air Homy v.a? ehctivt lor I'.nari--bu:ruoli, imt vraa iinml.'ii i.n p. 11tioa. Ho is a ditveti.r el the Numb-East iiaii'.vay. Mr John K.nmut Hin:..v. Froino division of Somer-t I. Ho is a bani.--ler, but doc-. lie . pi act .so. beau; a partner m the tun:., ol ■■ Barlow and Bn I her. Mumme-i or ami London, am! Bailor.- ami Co.. Calcutta, ami Singapore. in le!*2 lid. defeated Viscount Weymouth by 487 votes, ami in 1895 beaten by the Viscount hy Hot. In th.i lotion ing year .Mr barlow gut in mi a liy-e.ec’ lon, am! in 190.') m., majority ever the Conservative eanilitialo war. 35-h Mr It. Piin., Kiel Norfolk, forwliien constituency ho was eieetr 1 in 1892 by -Mi) votes, in 1v95l v 95 (when Mr Jl. Rider Haggard <• hi lit I by 198. ami in by .'Sail. He i- a barrister am! a doctor. • .1. W. Philipps, Pembrokeshire. Me Philipps ~‘jiieseiited Mi(t-Lan;;i I; from 18S3 to 18512. ami from 1892 to 1891. and was elected for Pcmbrelie iu 1898. He is a barrister. Ho is chairman of the Buenos Ayres am] Pacific Railway, end takes great interest in agricultural pursuits. Mr I?. McKenna, Monmouthshire North, for which rousti money he has sat for ten years. He is a barrister, but does not practise. Mr John E. Ellis, Ilushcliffo division of Nottinghamshire, a constituency he has sat for since 1885. Mr Ellis is a wealthy colliery-owner, a Quaker, and an earnest man, who takes polities seriously. Ho is a staunch teetotaller. Mr Jamm Caldwell, Mid-Lanai Injure. .Mr Caldwell sat for St. Hollos (Glasgow) from 188(5 to 1892, and was returned for Lanarkshire in 1893. He nun admitted to the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow in 1801, and practised for many years, and afterwards became a calico printer, but has now retired. Mr Mauricet Isivy, Loughborough divi- ; (lion of Leicestershire. Mr Levy, who is a director of Hart and Levy, Ltd., wholesale merchants and manufacturer!*, was first elected in 1900. * n::rLACiNG unionists ou conservatives. Mr Gardner, Rcss division of Hereford.'hiio, replaces Captain Percy A. Clive, who served in the South African war. He in a grandson oi the f, eve nth Karl of Denbigh. In 1990 he was elected wit bout opposition. Mr Morrell, Henley division of Oxfordshire, replaces Mr 11. T. JltnnanHudge. Henley has voted Con : rvative for over twenty years. AH liermon-Hodge was elected in T*9s hy a majority of 361, rind in J’.IOO by 172 vote*. Mr Robcrtes, Hodmin division of Cornwall. replaces Sir L. W. Alolcoworth. The latter imsucces*4ul!y contested the Launceston division of Cornual! in 1892. Jn 1895 Mr I.eoiiard Courtney was returned for Bodmin, and in 1909 Sir Lewis . Molesworth whs relume-.! I.y 932 votes over the Liberal candidate. .Mr Howland Whitehead, Soutb-ca.st division of Essex, replmes Lieu-tcnant-Cclonei K. Tuffneli, who defeated him in 1900 by 351 votes. In 1885 the Conservative majority for this seat was 207, in 1886 it was 8-12, and in 1892 it was 5-12. Mr A. Levy Lever, Harwich division of Essex, replaces • the Right Hon. James Round, who hud reproscntid that constituency since 1885, when his majority was 760. In 18S0 it had risen to 2301, in 1892 it was 303, in 1895 it had increased to 1831, and in 1000 -Mr Hound win* unopposed. Mr E. Holden, Hey wood division of Lancashire, replaces Captain G. Kemp. The hitter was elected in 1835 hy a majority of 050, and in 1900 by 220. Captain Kemp is n well-known cricketer. He commanded a battalion of Imperial Yoomanry in South Africa. Mr Aldon, Tottenham division of Middlesex, replaces Mr J. Howard. The latter had sat for Tottenham liinco 1885, and was no-elected at each succeeding poll hy substantial majorities. In 1900 the Liberal candidate was 2712 to the bad. UNIONISTS AND CONSERVATIMES. NEW MEMBER REPLACING CONSERVATIVE. Mr G. Gave, K.C., Kingston division of Surrey, replaces Sir T. SkewerCox. IIE-ELECIED AFTER CONTEST. Hon. R. T. O'Neill, Mid-Antrim, which constituency be has represented eince 1885. Right Hon. Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher, Lewes division of Sussex. Sir Henry Eat for Horsham from ISSO to 1885. fince when he has represented Lowce. Hon. Arthur Stanley, Orraskirk division of Lancashire, for which constituency ho has eat since, 1893. Ho is r. brother of Lord Stanley, the late Postmaster-General, who was ousted by a Labour candidate the

oilier day by over three thousand vote*. The Hou. Arthur Stanley was private secretary to Mr Balfour in 1892. He thou entered the-, Foreign Office, and afterwards tin: Diplomatic Service. Mr Howland Hum, Ludlow division of Shropshire. Mr Hunt, whose i father was Chancellor of tin: ii.\- I vherpier ill IS6S am! First Lord of j the Admiralty from IS7-1 to 1877, | tinder Disraeli, behnigs to one of ; the hest-laiowu f.unilie. in Shropshire.- He served with Locat'd Scouts in the Boer war. He is a supporter of Mr Chamberlain's fiscal policy. NEW MEMBER OUSTING LIBERAL. Mr W. Tiiomsmi, Norib-west division ef Lanarkshire, tvplrees Mr C. M. Douglas. The latter w.ts first elected in 1899. At the 1900 eketion bis majority was 291. WORCF-STKRSIIIIIK HAST. Mr J. Austen Chvr.ihcrbtiu. I'n.••• ••• !_■' Mr Mirpan. Libera! Mr Aesleii t'liamhvrlain. ebb':-,! ton of I Mr .10-eub 1 liamlierlain, was tir-t leturn- 1 ed for VVou-e.-ter at a hj-vlevlion in K-tC. when lit- w.iis ’.::en.[ c-i.!. At il.c gotternl elovnim in tbeoamo war be was te-elvvl-I H a tnnjeritv of 2V.»1. In ISK.i ami i;.'i)T.' .111(1 iißiiin it! I!Ki2 foil hie -irpmntuienl j... IV lie way relurie'd without opposition. Mr Ciia'U-(vin-itt was deslliieil Tor politics tr;in hi- let! .Mull's. He had all the ratvan: -pcs which a yenut; man ol means van ban*. He was in Knithy nml at r..imhridtii>. and Inus studied the pelt l iii, ol fi a live and Germany on the spo'. In lir, uaUei |«iinitiate days he bad s-nrr i. i i:i..i xu ns an o.atm'. In aplir.irar. C. Mr Ausivu I’hnmberlain , is iciy like bis lutlicr. lie was a Civil land e! llie Admiralty Iron! 1895 to 11HK1, when lie was made I'in.inciai Secretary iu t!u Treasury. In 1902, lie tviifl api (uiii,i;l I’cal ma.ater-Gem ral, and in the fallowin',' war. when Ids lather's and Mi- i-.siii'iir's views on Ji-eal matters led la re ■!’. 9 I notion of the Cabinet, he he(Mine i '!-a.n-el!oi' of Hie Lxvhcu«er. He was Imui in 1883. LABOUR. NEW MEMBER OI'KTING CONSERVATIVE Mr .Sedilnti. Newton division oi Lancashire, replaces Lieutenant-Colonel Hichard Pilkincton. Newton_ had voted Conservative since 1885. In It KM I Colonel Ptikingtun was «t«oppu.A‘d. STATE OF PARTIESi LIIIKHALS FORGING AHKAD. (Reeeivetl January 24. 10 p.nt.) LONDON, January 21. The number of members now elected to the new House of Commons if* 529. divided us follows; Liberals 285 I'nionists 123 Nationalists 77 Labourites 41 'iilK KDL’CATION Ql'l'-STION. G’RKAT FACTOR JN THE ELECTIONS. LETTER- BY AIR MICHAEL DAVI'JT. LONDON. January 2-1. j-.li- Michael Dc.vitt, in a remarkable letter to the ‘Freeman's Journal,'' rejoices at the approaching secularisation of English Catholic school*. Ho declarer, that the "asinine stupidity” of Irish bishops iu instigating Mr Redmond to amlst Mr Balfour to enact the Education Act of 1902 is the duel can*e of t ;to triumphant Radical uiitjoritv pledged to secularise the schools, but not pledged to support Home Rule. THE CONSERVATIVE LEADER. LONDON, January 23. Sir A. Akcrs-Dongtas, member for St. Augustine's division of Kent, who was Homo Secretary in the Balfour Government, will lead the Conservative party iu tho House of Commons until Mr Balfour, who waa defeated at Manchester. is elected for another constituency. CHINESE LABOUR. LONDON, January 24. Mr R. B. Haldane (.Secretary of State for Wart, speaking at Drem, n village in Haddingtonshire, said he was never an extreme opponent of C!tim\?e labour on the Raitd. Mr Haldane added: —“lf the Transvaal tci-hes to have Chinese wo will wash our hands of the affair.” SOCIALIST M.P. MAULED BY MINERS. LONDON, January 24. Cornish minors badly mauled Air Thorne. Socialist ALP. for West Ham South (elected last week)), who was nttemptiiig to'support the Socialist candidate for Camborne division of Cornwall. LARGELY INCREASED VOTE. LONDON, January 23. Tim electorate at Romford, where Mr J. H. Bethel was returned by such a large majority, lias doubled .since the last, election.