THE EIRE ELECTIONS
SECOND EDITION
DE VALERA LEADING JIM DARK IN DEFEATED. United Press Assn.— By Electric fe legraj *b—Copy right. DUBLIN, June 19. The state ol the parties lollowing the counting of votes 111 the Eire election is: De Valera Party 37 (Josgrave Party 15 Labour 3 Independents 2 Those elected include President De Valera, who beaded the poll in Clare, obtaining 6459 votes in excess of the quota Mr Aiken. Minister of Defence; Air Tray nor, Minister of Posts and Telegraphs; Mr McEntee, Minister of Finance; Mr O'Kelly, Deputy-Premier- Mr Ryan, Minister of Agriculture ; Mr Cosgravc and Mr Byrne, Lord Mayor of Dublin. Those defeated include Mr James Larkin, the noted trade unionist. DE VALERA'S SUBSTANTIAL LEAD. DUBLIN, June 19. In the election count at 3 a.m. the position was: De Valeraites 52 (Josgraveites 27 Independents 5 Labourites 3 Air Lem ass. Minister ol Trade, was the only one out of thirteen candidates ill Dublin South to be elected on the first preference, having more than double the quota. DE VALERA WELL AHEAD. (Received 11.10 a.m.) LONDON. June 19. The latest state* oi the panic >. in the Eire election is as follows De Valera’s Party 5Cosgrave’s Party 32 Labour 5 Independents 6
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 13886, 20 June 1938, Page 5
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