DECLARATION OF THE POLL FOR THE SUBURBS.

Colonist, Volume XXII, Issue 2600, 13 September 1879, Page 1 (Supplement)

DECLARATION OF THE POLL FOR THE SUBURBS.

Ok Tuesday, Sept. 9, the Returning Officer officially declared Mr A. J. Eiohmond to be duly elected,* the numbers polled by each candidate being as was previously published.. V..; M:;■ • !:• ■<■■ : * •;■■-• j Mr A. J. Richmond said it was*his pleasing duty to return them bis .thanks for the honor,they had done , done him in electingfor r theihird time to represent1; them in Parliament. It showed they appreciated,an,, old servant, who claimed to have honestly* conscieu-, tioußly. and faitfrfuOy Berved them for six 'years, andhe, have lost.npiopportunity of the interests-pL the whole Nelson district. He could. a??,ur«,them '• jt ; would require all their Nelson momberi to work shoulder to shoulder and to strain every nerve to force any Gorernmeat to giro them their just right!

and their fair share of publio works. Hd wae glad that this contest had paved without a jingle rough word, and ha was happy to add that they w«r« all, he wag sure, as good friends then as before the battle. (Hear, hear, and applause.) ... ; Mr WASTNKT felt prbnd of the position hej occupied, for ho was to a great extent an entira stranger. To thoie;gentlemen who had voted for: him ac returned his hearty thanks, and also to those who; bad thought it better he should remain at home.; He, entered the .contest from a*ense of/duty »tthe urgent request of many of; the eleotors, and ie was proud that he had receired tho votes of so jinany. There was one little matter he regretted. He should hare liked to have reoeived more suppost in Wiown immediate" neighborhood, but be supposed it was another instance of the, truth of the old adage that a man was not "a prophet in his own country. (Appkuie.) ; ■■■■'■■ " ■•'■■ ; -"-'il^-,- ■<•-•>•-v.-:>!••■". ■■■ ; :y1 ■Mr Siatfobd, as afl;unsuccessful candidate, came .before'them to return thanks to, those ,who. had .supported „him, and. be was^glad to be ablejtq nj , that he had polled the most, in hif own neighborhood. He ww sorry to say'that some in Nelspn had not acted'towards him as gentlemen, for he did 'not cali him a gentleman who oame -to him and said, ."sl'll gi^e you, my rote," and then did [not. Htpn^y hoped they had returned the besf*man., «j.. j.' A to.te. of thanks to the Re< urning Officer, prbpoted Mr A; J. Riobmond, seconded by Mr |H; H. Stafford, and carried by acclamation; brought the proceedings to a close. ; ...]•':■