The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-18
PREMIER G0U|N
IS DELIGHTED
Final Returns From Quebec
Election Give Liberals 60,
Conservatives II, Labor 2

Montreal. May 1s.--Final returns
showed that the Gouin government
| had been returned to power with a
relatively greater majority than it had
| in the last legislature. OF the seven
new seats created by the redistribu-
tion. the liberals gained four and the
| conservatives two. while a labor can
didate won the seventh The new
house will thus be composed of sixty
liberals. seventeen conservatives and
two labor representatives. of whom
Montreal and Quebec CITY contributed
one each In the last legislature there
were fifty-eight liberals and sixteen
conservatives.
Sir Lomer Gouin was elected in both
Portneuf and st. Johns being the only
representative to be elected for two
divisions. although some of his lieu
| mand Lavergne and Jean Provost.
Every member of the government was
reelected, as also We're Mr.. Teller,
leader of the opposition and Mr..
| Lavergne. The net result of the cleo
ton is. therefore. that the two parties
will face each other in the next legis-
lature with the same leaders and prac-
tically the same proportionate forces.
The conservative gains are Argen-
Champlain. L'Islet, Pontiac. and Tenn
iscouata, while they also won the new
constituencies of Westmout and Tenn
iscamingue. The latter riding had
been considered safe for Hon. c. r.
Devlin, but. oddly enough, he was de-
feated there, and elected by a small
majority in Nicolet. where his chances
had not been regarded as favorable.
The liberal gains were Shefford.
Beauharnois. Compton. Megantic.
Maikinonge. Charlevoix. and Ste Hya-
cinthe. the latter the riding formerly
represented by Henri Bourassa. who
dropped out Of provincial politics.
A feature of the campaign was that
apparently throughout the whole prov
ince. with the exception of Montreal,
the English speaking electors, who
porters Of the conservative party. gave
their votes to the government candi-
dates. This was particularly notice.
able In the eastern townships. There
the conservative organizers had count
ed upon dividing the representation.
but the liberals amde clean sweep.
In Hochelaga. also, Il. Fauteux, who
organizer. stated last night that the
English vote had gone solidly against
him.
In the district of Montreal the con-
servatives captured four out of thir-
teen seats. where they had expected
six. electing Messrs. Tansey in St.
Anne's. Gault in SITS. Georges. Lieu
tenant-Colonel Smart in Westmout.
and Cousineau in jacques Cartier.
The largest majorities were secured
by Sir Lomer Gouin in Portneuf. Cod
bout in Beauce and Killey in Bona
venture. each winning by we'll over a
thousand majority.
Sir Lomer Gouin. who received the
returns at his home in Quebec, was
naturally delighted at the result. When
spoken to over the long distance tele-
phone last night from Montreal. he
stated that he was greatly pleased
with the result of the days voting
He said:
Premier Is Delighted.
Naturally. ] am delighted at the
showing made by the liberal party
At the same time I am not at ali sur
prised, as I expected the vote would
turn out as 1t did. However. 1t is
gratifying to realize that the people Of
the province know good government
when they see one. Personally 1 am
very much pleased at this expression
Of the peoples confidence in me and