BRITISH ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 62, 7 December 1918, Page 7

BRITISH ELECTIONS

UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF CANDIDATES _____ -\ FOURTEEN WOMEN ASPIRANTS ' t London, December 5. Oilo hundred and seven members .have been re-elected unopposed in the British elections up till midnight, including 41 Coalition Unionists, 27 Coalition Liberals, 27 Sinn Feiners, 11 Labourites, and 1 Nationalist. ■ .. An unprecedented number of candidates includes 580 Coalitionists, of whom Jo are Unionists and 125 Liberals. The : remainder are Labourites and Independents. Two hundred and seventy Liberals oppose Coalitionists, and there are numerous triangular contests,'due to the plethora of Labourites, numbering 4.00, of various shades, and the Independents, including the Nution.il Parly a nil tho Discharged Soldiers' Federation. There are 11 women candidates. Out of Ihe 105 Irish seats to be contested, there are 57 Nationalist candidates, 80.Sinn Feiners, and ?8 Unionist*. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Renter. I DP CIWTCn MiriVIDI?DO nfi-ULliLi C.U lulilHDliiw 11RS. HOWS NOMINATION REJECTED.London, December 5. Members of Parliament who have been re-elected for their former constituencies include the Right lion. Arthur J.-Hal-four, Right Hon. Sir F. G. Banbnry, Mr. ■I. R. Clynes, Right Hon. A. Chamberlain, Mr. W. Brnce, Mr. W. L. A. B. Burdett-Coutts, Mr. Will Crooks, Mr. Kennedy Jones, Mr. 11. Wilson Fox, the Speaker (Right Hon. J. W. Lowther),' Air. T. P. O'Connor, Colonel John Ward, Mr. G. J., Wardle, Mr. Spencer Hughes, Mr. J. C. Wedgwood, Right Hon. Sir H. J. Dalziel, Right Hon. W. Abraham, Mr. Fi. Dβ Vnlera, Count G. N.' Plunkett, Mr. T. Richards, and Colonel C. E ; Yale. The' nomination of Mrs. Hope against thb Right Hon. H. H. Asquith for East I , lie was rejected on account of nn informality. Mr. Horatio Bottomley yesterday secured his discharge from 'bankruptcy, and • was nominated for South |_ Hackney -Aus.-N.Z. Cable .Assn.-Reuter, 256 SOLDIER CANDIDATES. . (Rec. December 6, 7.10 p.m.) London, December 5. . There are 25(i soldier candidates standing. ' : ' / Sinn Feiners'who do not-take their scats will not draw salaries, under a ruling of (he Speakcr.-Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reuter.