BY-ELECTIONS IN BRITAIN.
St. George’s Contest. CONSERVATIVE PARTY’S CANDIDATE. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 5, 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 4. The Conservatives of Saint George’s have decided to ask captain Duff Cooper, D. 5.0., to contest the seat against Sir Ernest Petter. Lady Diana (Manners) should prove a valuable electioneering asset to her husband. [A few days ago it was announced that Sir Ernest Petter is contesting the St. George’s (Westminster) vacancy (owing to the death of Sir Laming Worthington Evans) as an Independent Conservative. This is regarded as a definite challenge to Mr Stanley Baldwin’s leadership, which he describes as disastrous. He favours Empire free trade, economy, and a firm hand in India. Sir Ernest Fetter’s announcement shocked the Conservatives, whose dismay was intensified by the refusal of Colonel J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, who was Minister for Transport in the Baldwin Government, to accej the Party's nomination for St. George’s. Captain Duff Cooper, who served in the Empire War, represented Oldham in a previous Parliament. His wife is Lady Diana Manners, youngest daughter of the Duke of Rutland.]
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18819, 6 March 1931, Page 9
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182BY-ELECTIONS IN BRITAIN. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18819, 6 March 1931, Page 9
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