ELECTION MEMOS.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4045, 15 December 1881, Page 3

ELECTION MEMOS.

The following is a list of the men who sat in last Parliament, who ure uot amongst the members just elected : — Colbeck, Lundon, Speight, Wallis, Wood, Ormond, JRussell, B.allauce, Brandon, Bunny, Fox, Collins, Fisher, Gibbs, Pitt, Reeves, Kenny, Saunders, Seymour, Andrews, Brown, Fisher (J. T.)» Moorhouse, Richardson, Stevens, Studholme, Wakefield, Gisborne, Reid, Bain, Bastings, DeLautour, Finn, Jones, McCaughan, McLean, Murray, Oliver, Shanks, and Stewart. At Mr J. C. Brown's meeting at Lawrence, in answer to a question whether he would be in favour of Sir George Grey being made Premier, the candidate said : \ •' Sir George Grey will not take the Premiership. He informed me that under no circumstances would he accept a position in any Govesnmenfc of New Zealand."

In an analysis of the results of the elections for the colony, the Lyttelton Times gives : Ministerial 35, Opposition 38, and Independent 18. Six of the last it considers almost Ministerialists, and says the remainder of the Independents hold the balance in their hands. The Press, however, gives the figures 42 Ministerialists, 35 Opposition, and 4 Independent. Mr George McLean in a recent speech at Dunedin referred to the enormous price which the colony had paid for the last £5,000,003 loan—being £850,000 ' more than the price paid by New South Wales. Mr McLean said that he had been obliged to retire from politics, but he hoped to beat it again presently, and to take pwt -in the political-affairs of the cOßtttry. The Otago Daily Times says:" It is obvious that the Otago constituencies hav.e elected a considerable majority of men opposed in a greater or less degree to th#* present .Government. In ; several crapes, the majorities have been very close, indicating a very evenly divided state of| public feeling, but of 24 members elected for Otago and Southland, 12 are declared .members of the Opposition, and if there were any chance of placing Mr Macandrew in power, six or seven more, who for the present we may regard as lindecided, would go into the Opposition lobby. In this latter category we place Mr Fish, Mr Batbgate, Mr Driver, Mr Seaton, and Mr M. W. Green, * and possibly-Captain Mackenzie^ - ,

Mr Cad man at Coromandel briefly returned thinks. He said he was very unwilling to enter into tbe contest, and more especially as one of his opponents was a great friend of his late fattier, and a political ally of his in the Provincial Council?*, He referred to Mr Mackay. Tbe electors had chosen him as their representative, and it remained for bin to prove himself worthy of their choice, and that there is as good blood in the colonies as in the imported article. (Loud cheering.) Mir' Mackay was perfectly satisfied with the manner the election was carried out. He thanked Mr Cadman and his committee and supporters for the very gentlemanly manner in which they behaved during the whole of the contest. He was very sorry he could not say the same of Mrßrodie's committee. When he found it was likely he should lose the election, he told all the doubtful ones to vote for Mr Cadman, as he was deserving their support. He also complained of the manner Mir Brodie worked at the election, and of the bank manager at the Thames. The-G«tenrment, also, had worked against him, and he> was marked "dangerous goods'." They were afraid if he got in, he might form a party of his own. At the nomination for the Eumara, Mr Sed.don, in the course of his remarks, said he contended there had been more money expended between the Teremakau and Jackson's Bay than between the Buller and the Teremakau—the total he believed would be about £73,000. Sir George Grey ifas the) best man the West Coast had ever had. He was opposed to the Hall GoVerntfent. The contest on the present occasion was of brain-power against wealth. Mr Blake, the other candidate,' considered he had us much education and natural abilities as Mr Seddon. As much had been said about honesty, he could say that practical honesty was his motto. He was not asking them to send him to Parliament to make a living. There was not a man amongst them that could put a black spot on a letter of bis name. In conclusion, lie said, "If you return me, I thank you : and if you don't, I believe I'll be more obliged to yon still."