Evening star., 1926-09-15
CANADA LIBERALS
AHEAD IN HOUSE
Conservative Government
Likely to Resign, Due to
Election Result.
By the Associated Press.

, By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, September 15.-The i'm
preston in political circles today was
that the Conservative government
would reaign as the result OF yester
days general election and that the
IL Liberals would assume the reins.
The Liberals came out of the fight
which was q bitterly contested one
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with
the largest group in the House, rs
more than the Conservatives. The
Liberal party was seven seats short
of clear working majority this morn
ing, however. Premier Arthur Mel
CHEN and five Of his cabinet lost their
seats. Mackenzie King, Liberal
leader and formerly premier, was sue
cessful.
The balance of power, unless Mr.
King should win seven doubtful seats
was in the hands of the Progressives
and Independents.
Showing on Incomplete Returns.
On incomplete returns the standing
Of the parties was as follows: Liber'
ais, 116; Conservatives, 88; Progress
sives, Z; Liberal Progressives, IL
United Farmers of Alberta, IL; Labor,
8; Independents, 2; doubtful, Z. Neces
sary for majority, 1913.
A Liberal-Progressive coalition was
suggested as possible outcome. The
five ministers in Mr.. Meighen's gov
| L. Patenaude, minister Of justice; An
Dire FautauX, solicitor general; Eu
gene Paquet, minister Of health. and
Donald Sutherland. minister without
portfolio, and Raymond Morand. min
lister without portfolio.
May Summon King to Post.
Presumably Gov. Gen. Lord Byne
will send for Mackenzie King again
to assume the reins of government.
Mr.. Meighen was elevated to the
premiership on the resignation of Mr.
King last July when the governor
general refused a request of the King
government to. dissolve Parliament
when it was faced by vote of cen
sure before the house for it's responsi
bility for alleged dishonesty in the
customs service. The question of con
stitutionality Of Lord Byng's action
was made much of during the cam
paign by the Liberals.
Other questions which were Of high
Importance during the campaign were
Mr.. Meighen's proposal to revise the
tariff on the protective principle and
Mr. King plea lIldt no CIIdHSc III
the tariff should be made that might
prey on any legitimate industry.
Premier Meighen's Defeat.
Premier Meighen was defeated al
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, by E. A
Mcpherson, an old friend and former
law partner. H. II. Stevens, minister
of customs and author of the charges
of maladministration in the customs
service under the late King govern
ment, won his seat. Some of the
bitterest fighting of the campaign
centered about him. All the members
Of Mr.. Kings former government who
stood for election were returned.
Miss Agnes MacPhail again will be
Canada'S only woman member OF
Parliament. She has been member
of the last two Parliaments, and was
reelected yesterday in Grey South
east. Ontario She is Progressive
The only other woman candidate,
Miss Kathleen Bennett, who ran in a
Toronto district, was decisively de-
feated.
In the last Parliament the Con
servatives had 116 seats. Liberals, 101
Progressives, "a; Labor, 2, and In.
dependents, 2. The Conservatives
thus lost 28 seats and the Liberals
gained Is.