New Britain herald., 1925-10-30
CANADIAN Voting
IS NOT decisive
No Party Seems TO Have Work
ing Majority

CelNtu NuThlHB lHdJoIlly III llu
house of commons by yesterdays
general election. But the liberals,
who now control the rcins of gov
eminent, were overthroWn. The
conservatives, campaigning for n
protective tariff, won more seats
than any other party.
Incomplete returns indicated that
Arthur Meighen and his followers OF
the conservative party had defeated
, half the members Of Premier w,
Mackenzie Kings cabinet and also
had made great inroads into the
seats of the liberals and progressvcs
throughout the dominion. Premier
King, who had urged moderate
tariff, himself went down TO defeat
/ IN his own constituency, Seven Of
his ministers also were beaten.
Summary Reported
The latest unofficial summary Of
! the balIoting given out at the pre-
micr's Office showed the standing of
+ the parties as follows: Conservatives
/ us. liberals 81, progrcssivcs 20, in
dependents ., labor ., and doubt
full 8.
The membership OF the house of
commons at its next session will be
245. With the liberals and other
parties already having secured III
seats, as against lis for the conscrv-
ativrs. it will be necessary for Mr..
Meighrn's party to win in all the six
constituencies yet to be heard from
to have a bare majority over all
after new speaker Of the house is
elected.
When parliament vas dissolved
the liberals had III seats, as against
; 81 won yesterday, loss Of q; the
conservatives had A., as agains
us, a gain of GO; the progressive
had So, rs against 20; loss of As
and labor >, as against 2. a loss o
one.
Even if the conservatives gain tn
remaining six seats, the belief pre-
wallis that with just a majority owe
J. all they will not be able TO carry o
c for any length of time and that an
. other general election will follow.
{ is argued that with an opposition c
= liberals. progrcssivcs, Independent
, and labor, Mr.. Meighcn woul
Q shortly meet with defeat
l. May Have Another
a Indeed there already is talk {
u another general election definite
10 decide the issue. The assumI
ton is that the governor general, /
- reason Of the success OF the col
i. servativcs. will send for Mr.. Mcigl
on and request him to form a mil
y istry It is presumed that he W
refuse the task. and that the que
tons at issue again will be taken
the polls.
The first returns from yesterday
haIloting gave indications of a co
scrVHtive landslide. In the MAJ
time provinces and in Ontario til
: | gained heavily, but expected su
| ccssos for them in the liberal stron
| hold of Quebec failed to material.
| out of 65 seats there, the ConserV
tivcs won only four. +. i. Pate
aude, leader of tho indopende
conservative mON ement, vas dcfea
ed. The liberals held SO of {
seats. The other two went to ind
ncndcnts, one of them Henri RO
rassa. who was prominent soI
years ago AS leader Of the nation'
ist party.
Out on the prairies the conser>
lives gained a number of seats.
this region four years ago no &C
; servatives were returned, but yest'
4: day Manitoba elected six, Abe
five and Saskatchewan, one.
= 1t was in Saskatchewan that {
liberals made their greatest hes
way, taking 10 seats. gain
against one scat held in the old "
lament.
/ AT last accounts Arthur Meigl
was leadins Harry Leader, the p
- grcssive candidate, in his Consti
cncy. Portage La Prairie.
progressive, however. refused
conccde defeat for their candidf
- Familiar Figures
-, The next parliament. if IT c
vencd. will see the return of o
49, familiar figures. Robert Rog
800. former minister of public works
The Borden conservative COVE
! mcnt. will be among them.
He defeated former Premier n
! ,,i, of Manitoba Sir EeOrrp Per