THE LONDON ELECTORATE
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Pros Asho™tion.--Copyrigbt. (Received Juno ti, I) p.m.) LONDON, Juno l>. In tits House of Commons Mr. L. Harcuurt's Bill to coimtitnlo London a single Parliamentary borough, and to abolish plural voting was rem! a second time liy MO lo -Hi. Sir Henry Kimber. Mr Lyltelton, and other members combated the Hill because it was not- accompanied by a scheme providing for redistribution/•( seats, and because it sought (0 e.slabli,;li the one man one vole principle exclusively for London, which represented one-eighth of the electorate ol the whole eountry. Mr. Harcourt replied that the Bill n> moved Miuinalira. ami made Londoners Hreivatices remediable without tlieii having to wait the large measure ol reforin. . The (lovoiniueiil hoped lo pat-s toe Bill before the dissolution.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IX, Issue 2571, 7 June 1909, Page 3
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