BRITISH GENERAL ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 80, 30 December 1918, Page 5

BRITISH GENERAL ELECTIONS

SWEEPING COALITION VICTORY MR. . ASQUITH DEFEATED 'NATIONALIST DEFEAT IN IRELAND' ! By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Aus.-N.Z. Cable Arsn. and Router) (Eec. December 29, 11 p.m.) London, December 28. The Coalitionists have secured an overwhelming majority at tho elections. The Sinn Feiners captured, the majority of tho Nationalist'seats. Most of the women candidates were defeated. The first progress report gave the Coalitionists 127- seats, the Liberals 56, Labour 23, and the Nationalists 1. A later return gave the situation: — Coalition 354 Opposition 116

Elected. Defeated. . Mr. Lloyd George, Prime Minister (L.). Mr. H. H. Asquith, ex-Premier (L.). Mr. Bonar Law, Finance minister (IT.). Sir John Simon, ex-Home Secretary (L.). Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Ad- Mr. Herbert. Samuel, ex-Postmaster-miralty (XL). General (L.). Sir Albert Stanley, President of Board Mr. Arthur Henderson, ex-Labour Minor Trado (U.). »ter (I<»WMr. Ernest Shortt, Irieff Secretary (L.). Mr. J. M. Robertson, ex-Secretary Dr. Macnamara, Sec. to Admiralty (L.). Board of Trade (L). Mr. John Hodge, Minister of Labour Sir 0. E. Hobhouse, ex-Postmaster-(Lab) General (L.). Dr. Wdison, Minister for Reconstruc- ' Mr. Walter Rundown, ex-Minister, . t; 01 , (l \ Board of Trade (L.). Lord Robert Cecil, Undersecretary Mr. R. M'Kcnna, ex-Finaneo MinisMr I? 1 Financial Secretary *, [ ' K l n ?? n , ra " Secretiu 'y for War Office (U ) '- Scotland (L.). Sir F. E. Smith Attorney-General (U.). «Mr. Devalera (Sinn Finn leader). Mr. Munro, Secretary for Scotland (L.). Mr. J. Ramsay Mncdona d (Lab.). Mr, LtST t - MiDißter fov Pen " "^^"siSStS). Sir Gordon ftwart, Solicitor-General ) Seoreta,7, Mini *" Mr ' ( l' < ns^ aWns ' ,SeCretaryfOrM,l - Sr^V»%liO. Mr> w^ole p lLr ,TTn(ler - Secretary Sfftta^: Wnr Office (LJ. t,_ pi,. nn i. a \> Mr. A. H. Illiugworth, Postmaster- , General (L.). Sir A, D. Steel-Maitland, Parliamentary Secretary Commercial Intelligence Department (0.). . Sir EdwarcTCarson (U.). Mr C. W. Bowerbank (Lab.). Mr. Will Thorne (Lab.). Jfr. J. Havelock Wilson (Lib.). Sir John Norton-Griffiths (U.). . Mr. Pemberton Billing (Ir.d.). Mr. Horation Bottomley (L.). Mr. Yonnff (?). Mr. Ben Tillett (Lab.). Countess Markiewitz (Sinn Fein). Sir Newton Moore (L). Sir Neville Chamberlain (U.). Mr.' , Redmond (Nat.). Hon. Waldorf Astor (U.). ' Mr.'G. Lambert (L.). ■ Mr. .T. H, Thomas (Lab.). > Sir C. Kinloch CooVe (tl.). ' Mr. W. Adamson (Liib,). Sir G. Younger (U.). •

Mr. Lloyd George secured 13,993 votes against his opponent, Mr. Harrison's (Independent), 1095. Sir Alexander Snrot /Unionist) secured 8996 votes against Mr. Astjnitli's 0006. Mr. Do Valera (the Sinn Fein leader) was defeated by Mr. John Dillon for East Mayo. ' ' i The Coalitionist* at Blackburn, beat Mr. Philip Knowdon by 16,000 votes. Mr. Clem Edwards (Coa]ition r Labour) polled 7972 votes to Mr. Arthur Henderson's 5024. . At Leicester West, Mr. Green, the Coalition candidate, secured 20,570 votes to Mr. Ramsay Macdonald's 63-17. STATE OF PARTIES (Rec. December 89, 11.30 p.m.'i , London, December 25. The following was the state of parties at 4.30 p.m. to-day.— Coalition,. Unionists. Liberals. Labour. 303 107 ' 8 Others. Unionists. ' Liberals. Labour, Sinn Fein. v Nationalists. 29 ' 26 53 .36 5 Coalition :•. 418 , Others .' 119 • • LATEST SUMMARY (Rec. December. 30, 1.35 a.m.) Coalition. ' Sinn Fein. Labour, Others; 502 70 ~ 65 70 PREVIOUS GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS ' The returns so far give the following list of elected and defeated candidates from amongst-those well known in the political world:— Liberal. Unionist. Labour. Nationalist. . 1906 '. 376 '157 54 82 1910 (Jan.) 275 273 40 81 1910 (Dec.) 272 272 42, 83 The position of parties at the end of 1917 was as follows:— Liberal. ' Unionist. Nationalist. Labour. Ind. Nat. Independent. 259 • . 283 71 , 40 13 ■ i