IMPERIAL ELECTIONS.

Waikato Argus, Volume IX, Issue 774, 8 October 1900, Page 2

IMPERIAL ELECTIONS.

frjNITKD* PRESS ASSOCIATION:] (BY ELECTRIC TELEGBAVH. COPYRIGHT). (Received October 6, 9.15 a.m). London, October 5. Re-elected for Newington West, Colchester, Gateshead, Hull, Central, East and West Shields, South Derby, South Liverpool, Exchange,Cockermouth, Bury in Lancashire, Bishop Auckland, Haldol), Edinburgh East and West, Camlaohae, Tradeston, Liverpool in Scotland. Ihe following wctc elected at the polls : - Leeds Weal :\H. J. Gladstoue, 7043 ; Colonel Harding, Unionist, 6522 ; Leeds Central, Gerald Bi.'four, agaiust Sir Samuel Montague, 3042 ; Southward West, R. K. Olouston. 2893 ; Lord Mayor Newton, 2764; Hackney South, Robertson,' the old member, 4144 ; defeated Horatio Bottomley for Hackney North ; for the Melton Division of Leicester, Cecil Manners defeated his brother; elected for CamberwellNorth, McNamara (Liberal); Bestdiggle (Tory); Edinburgh Central, J. Biown (Liberal), 3028; McEwan (old member), was second on the poll, beating Doyle (Unionist), who polled 2459; Bristol Enst, C. E. Holdhouse (Roseberyite), 4979, beating R. Sanders (Tory) 3848. (Received October 6, 10.10 a.m.) London, Ociobcr 5. Candidates for the following seats have been re-elected :—Denbigh, West Pembroke district, Newton, Harrow, BassettU\v, Epsnm, Worcestershire North, Antlim North, Cork South, Down South, Longford South, Leix Division of Queen's County, Mayo South, Monaghan North, Roscommon North, Wexford South. Elegtcd unopposed : Nationalists : McGovern ; Sligo North, McKellop ; Wicklow East, Cogan. (Received October 6, 11.10 a.m.) London, October 5. Re-elected unopposed : Somerset East and West,St. Andrews,Harwich and Dublin North. Re elected at polls : Kensington North, Sleaford, South and North, Belfast North, Tyrone South ; elected Londonderry, Marquis of Hamilton (Tory) ; Northampton Mid. Right Hon. C. R. Spencer (Liberal) defeating Sir James Pender (old member Tory) ; Merionethshire, Osmond Williams ; Limerick City, Joyce. The state of parties is as follows : Conservatives 230 Unionists 41 Liberals 72 Nationalists 44 (Received October 7,2 p.m).

The following were elected at the polls;—Tories, Sunderland, W. T. poxford and Bemberton ; Leeds East, Caultey; St. George's Hanover Square, T. Dewar; Stepney, Major Evans Gordon, 2783, ousting W. E. Steadman, who polled 1718; Burley, W. Mitchell, 6773, ousting Stanhope, who was a conspicuous assailant of Mr Chamberlain, 6173 ; Hauley, A Heath; Newcastle under Tyue, Sir A. Haslam, ousting W. Allen, 3658 ;Hoxton, Claude Hay, 2866 ; Stuart (old member), polliug 2595 ; Portsmouth, Majiudie, 10,813 ; Lucas, 10,308 ; defeating (Roseberyites). Bramsdon, who polled 10,214]; and Baker, 10,313; Bethnal Green South-west, S. Ridley, defeating Piekerseill (old member); Central Hackney, Allhussen ; Southampton, T. Chambers, 6888 ; Simeon (Unionist), 6353 ; beating (Roseberyites), Evans, 5575, and Hyde, 4655; Huntingdon South, G. Montague. (Received October 7, 5.40 p.m.) London, October 6. Correction : Randle (Conservative) was elected for Cockermouth, defeating Sir Wilfred Lawson by 209. Elected at the polls:—Conservatives; Widnes, Cploucl W. Walker. Nationalists: Cork City, Wm. O'Brien. Liberal: Maidstone, J no. Barker, defeating Conservative Cornwallis (old member). Re-elected at the polls for Norfolk South, Chester City, Pembroke and Haverford West Tottenham West, Houghton and Stratford 'Divisious of Lancashire, Howiek, district of Inverness. Burges was elected unopposed for Galway South, Duffy, Limerick West, P. O'Shannessy, Longford North ; J. P. Parrel, Ossory Division of Queen's County. Re-elected unopposed ' for Bosworth ; Lonsdale North, Renfrew ; East Antrim, Midcavan, 'E««t. and West; Fermanagh, North Ken y, North, Waterford, East Wieklaw ; West, Kilkenny. London, October 5. Elected at polls: Bermoudsey, T. Cust (Tory), with 4017 votes ; J. Benn (Radical) polling only 377 ; Bristol South, W. H. LoDg, President of Board of Agriculture, 5557 ; H. Davies (Liberal) polling 4459.