CANADIAN ELECTIONS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 34, 25 September 1911, Page 5

CANADIAN ELECTIONS.

o BIG MAJORITY FOR CONSERVATIVES. Ottowa, September 23. Following are the final figures of the elections:— Liberals ... ... ... ... 82 Conservatives’ and liklepondents 135 Mr. Borden, Opposition Leader, was elected by a small majority. GERMAN OPINION. Berlin, September 23. The German press regard the Canadian election as a victory for economic Imperialism. A REASSERTION OF FAITH. London, September 2-1. “The ’rimes” states that the victory of Sir Wilfrid Lanrior’s opponents is Far more than a victory of party; it is a reassertion of the Canadian established faith, from which they and wo, their kindred, mean never to depart. Tho “Telegraph” states that the electors have declared for tho old Imperialism and rejected the lure set before them.

SIR WILFRID, LAURIER. WILL NOT RETIRE FROM POLITICS. (Received 25, 9 a.m.) Ottawa, September 24. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has reconsidered his decision to retire from politics, and has announced that he will remain with the party for some time. He is now making preparations to quit office immediately. LOOKING BACKDARDS. MR. BORDEN’S VIEWS. Ottawa, September 24. Mr. R. L. Borden states that 30 years hence the people of Canada will look back on this election as the turning points of their destiny. Tho Conservatives would endeavour to build up Canada as an autonomous nation within the Empire. PRESIDENT TAFT CONTENT TO ' WAIT. THE ANNEXATION BOGEY. New York, September 24. President Taft, speaking at St. Louis, said he was content to abide by the result of the Canadian elections. He regretted tho failure to pass reciprocity, but tho question was not finally settled yet. Congressman Nicoll, tho introducer of tho original Reciprocity Bill, declares that puerile annexation was the bogey that led Canada to reject the post golden opportunity she w r as ever likely to have. LORD BERESFORD- INTERVIEWED. Ottawa, September 24. Lord Bercsford, interviewed at Vancouver, congratulated the Canadians on tho results of the elections. j SIR WILFRID LAURIER. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the first French Canadian Premier of the Dominion of Canada, has held for fifteen years the position which the result of the elections compel him to roiiquish. He is an old man, being in his 70th year. Ho was born at St. Lin, Quebec, on November 20th, 1841, but his age is less than that at which other statesmen, notably W. E. Gladstone, did strenuous work. Ho was admitted at L’Assomption College and McGill University, taking his degree of B.C.L. in 1864, in which year ho was admitted to the Bar. Six years later lie was made a Q.C. His parliamentary career began in 1871, when he was elected to the Federal Assembly, and three years later he became Minister of Inland Revenue in Mr A. MacKenzie’s Ministry 7. He was defeated at the general election of 1878, but was immediately afterwards elected for Quebec East. He had by this time established his reputation as tho first orator in tho Dominion, and ho became a power in the the Liberal party, of which, in 1891, he became tho leader. 'The triumph of that party at tho elections of 1896 placed him in tho position of Premier of the Dominion.

MB BORDEN. Mr Robert Laird Borden, the leader of the Canadian Conservative party, was chosen to fill that position in February, 1901, upon the resignation of Sir Charles Tapper. Ho is 57 years of age, having been born on June 2Gth, 1854 at Grand Fre, Nova Scotia, Like his great rival, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, ho is a lawyer by profession. He began tho study of the law in 1874, was called to the bar in 1878, and became a Q.C. in 1891. Ho was engaged in several cases before tho Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ,and was president of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society from 1893 to 1904. He was made Honorary D.C.L. of Queen’s University, Ontario, in 1903, and LL.I). of St. Francois Xavier University in 1905. In 1893 he was elected member of tho Dominion House of Commons for the city and county of Halifax, which ho represented till 1900. In 1905, he was elected member for Carlton, and three years later he again became tho representative of Halifax.