The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-08
MAJORITY NOT LESS THAN FIFTY
IN WESTERN CANADA THE GOV.
ERNMENT HAS LOST sOME
STRENGTH
LOST IN ONTARIO AS VEL
But Elsewhere the Conservatives
Lost Enough to Make Up the
Difference Against Lau-
rier West!


The Dominion Laurier government was
sustained at the general elections held
Wednesday, retaining about the same
majority as it had in the previous parlia-
ment.
In that part of Canada west of Lake
Superior the government lost much
strength
In Manitoba, Bertrand, Liberal. was
elected for Provencher; Putte, labor, was
reelected in Winnipeg defeating Mar
tin Qnd) by 1900; in Lisgar, Rich
ardson elected before as LiberaD. ran
as Independent and debated Winkier
OiberaD by 200; McCreary Oiberal de-
feated Haslain Com in Selkirk: BOYD
(Con.) defeated Rutherford. former mem
Der, for Macdonald; Bandon reelected
Sifton, minister of interior, by about 500,
defeating Hugh John Macdonald, former
premier of Manitoba. ~
In the territories the former member
Douglass, Oiberal,) was defeated by
Lake (Con.), DAWN (Con9, former mem
ber, was defeated by Scott, QIiberaD
Oliver and Davis Oib3 sboth elected
Thompson Uib) elected for Marquette
Manitoba.
In British Columbia the split between
liberals and conservatives was about
even, together with one labor candidate,
the latter defeating bothf a liberal and
CONSERVATIVE canQ1date.
Ontario was losing ground to small
extent Tor the government. Amongst
prominent defeated liberals, are, Wood
and Tietzel, Hamilton;. Sanderkin. Gray
or constituencies lost by same party are
Toronto, Ottawa, Haiten, BrockviIle,
Prince Edward, Frontenac, Peel, S. Wa
terloo, e. Hastings, W. DURHAM, and
Ontario. Hyman, liberal, defeated Beat
tie, conservative, former member for
Nov afr,sr,
Haldimand was defeated
Quebec increased its majority for the
Government. Amongst the defeated con-
serVatives are Caron and Taillon The
liberals almost swept the province Out Of
90 constituencies, the 4conserva tfves VIII
only have six seats, while all the leading
liberals in that province have been re-
turned; on the other hand all the lead
ing conservatives. except Hon IT, Cas-
grain-Montmorency, have been defeated.
and Mr. Casgrain has only 26 OF a major
1ty. The race and religious cry which
was raised in the provinces against
Laurier told heavily in his favor among
all classes in the province of Quebec.
The maritime provinces apparently have
supported the Laurier government more
pronouncedly than before. In <ayA SEQ
tia the four mining counties of Care
Breton island send a solid )Irtingent of
five Liberals to Ottawa. Among the de-
feated Conservative candidates t. ere is
Sir Charles Tupper, Bart, who encoun-
tered his first political reverse of forty
years unbrchen public life. The vote was:
Tupper Conservative, S,463; McDouglas
lConseI vatiVe), 3,463; Johnston GiberaD.
1857; Kendall QIiberaN. S,7S5. Sir Charles
Tupper arrived here from Sydney this
morning and voted in Halifax The de-
feat of the venerable Conserya tive leader
IS. one of the surprises of the election In
Nova Scotia proper there are several ex-
changes of counties, with net gain for
the administration The whole of Nova
Scotia was represented at Ottawa before
the election By twelve Liberals and eight
Conservatives. The new parliament will
probably contain fourteen liberals and six
ConserVa tives.
Hon. 6. E. Foster is among the promi-
nent Conservative candidates defeated IN
st John, N B., where he ran against The
former, member, Mr.. Blair. minister of
railways. The summ4ry for New Bruins
wick follows: Charlotte county, '4among.
Conservative. elected, ahou 200 majority
Kent county, L. E. Blanc, liberal; elect
ed, about 500 maiofitM ~ Is tn,orelard
county. Flnerscn eiecteE- about 50 major.
ity. northumberland county, Robinson,
conservative elected: Ibagt Az" majority.
Carleton, Hale, Conservative, elected.
servative. probably elected; about 1O9 ma
Jority. York, Gibson 991 ahead with two
places to hear from, Restigouche, Reid,
Liberal, elected. Gloucester, Turgeon,
Liberal, elected; St, John county, Tucker
elected, over 500 majority Albert county,
Lewis, Liberal, elected, 50 majority.
Returns from Prince Edward Island
show that the province returns majority
of Conservative members. The island is
divided into five counties, each sending
one representative to parliament Three
counties elect Conservatives, one elects a
supporter of the Liberal government and
one county has not yet been heard from.
The Liberal elected on the island is Sir
Louis Davies, minister of marine and
fisheries. He has 500 majority in West
Prince county
OTTAWA, Ont, Nov THE result Of
today's elections show that the govern
ment has been successful in securing
majority of from fifty to seventy men,
bers on the returns heard from today
with five districts to hear from. To-
days elections were In 2OS out of the 213
constituencies of the Dominion and the
remaining five will hold their elections
at later dates.