BRITISH BY-ELECTIONS

Evening Star, Issue 20132, 23 March 1929, Page 16

BRITISH BY-ELECTIONS

TWO GOVERNMENT DEFEATS ANOTHER LIBERAL GAIN Press Association—By Telegraph —Copyright. LONDON, March 22. (Received March 23, at J 0 a.m.) Owing to Air A. W. Dean’s death a by-election was held at Holiand-wiih-Boston. It resulted; Blmdell /Liiberal) 13,000 White (Labour) 1L2”4 Yanderberg (Conservative) 8,267 Dennis (Independent) 3,541—Australian Press Association. I The voting at tbo General Election was: A. W. Doan (Conservative* 15,459, G, 1 . R. R. White (Labour) 10,689. R. P. Winfrey (Liberal) 6,413. J NORTH LANARK. A WIN LOR LABOUR. Press Association— By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 22. (Received March 23, at 10.20 a.m.) The North Lanark election, as a result of Sir Alexander Sprot s death, resulted: Miss Jennie Lee (Labour) 15,711 Lord Scone (Conservative) 9,133 Miss Mitchell (Liberal) ... 2,485 Miss Mitchell forfeits her deposit.— Australian Press Association. [Tbo poll at the General Election resulted; Sir Alexander Sprot (Conservative) 13,880, J. Sullivan (Labour* 11,852.1 MISS LEE'S FINE RECORD. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association— By Telegraph—Copyright, RUGBY, March- 22. (Received A larch 23, at 10.45 a.m.). Aliss Jennie Lee, who gained such a striking success at North Lanark, m twenty-six years old. She is t-m daughter of a. Scottish miner. She attended an elementary school, and her parents managed with characteristic Scottish frugality to send her to Edinburgh University, here she took a degree in arts with honours, and the degree of Bachelor of Laws. She non also a travelling scholarship on the Continent. She is now engaged as a school mistress.