A BY-ELECTION
LIBERALS RETAIN WEST HAM NORTH.
By Mosraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, July 9.
The election for West Ham North, caused by the unseating of Mr C. P. G. Miasterman on petition, resulted as under:—
Baron Do Forest (Liberal) 6807 Ernest WEld (Unionist) 5776
Majority for De Forest 1031
At tiie general, election of December, 1910, Mr Masterman beat Mr Wild by 6657 to 5760, a majority of 897. Tho new member, Maurice Arnold Do Forest, is a hereditary baron of the Austrian Empire, and was authorised to use his title in the United Kingdom by Eoyal license dated 1859. Ho was formerly a lieutenant in tho Militia Artillery and an honorary lieutenant in tho Army. At tho general election in January, 1910, ho unsuccessfully contested Southport in tho Liberal interest.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7849, 11 July 1911, Page 5
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