LABOUR GAINS.
THE QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS,
j .NOj^COMPLETE. 1 MtedPres^.s^ei ? t^i- T m Elcctrio Tele^h eettyfighis. Received O^o^ 6 * 1 Omh&t'3;
The election ret:«*te are n<S<s yet complete. The Ministry carrieif seat*# iff the Metropolitan area, tfre Slahitems' (or Independent Opposition) being' i wiped out. The Labour Party at J
the sxpense of the Blairites chiefly, gained five seats. Mr Kidston, who headed the poll at the last election, had to be content with second place, while Mr Phelp, at TownsvjHe, had a great struggle for second place, a Labour candidate heading the poll. The latest returns are as follow Labour 28 Ministerialists 10 Independent 4
Rsceivfd October 4, 1.5 a.m.
BRISBANE, October 3
Though many returns ara still incomplete, and some may be altered, the latest returns show that the Ministerialists have secured 40 seat?, Labour 28, and the Independents 4. Mr Jackson, Minister of Mines, lost the Kennedy seat to Mr O'Suilivan (Labour). All the other Ministers have been either returned or are considered safe. Mr Philp at Townsville, squeezed in between two Labourites, Mr Peter Airey, exMinister, who figured as an Independent, was defeated for the South Brisbane seat.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9611, 4 October 1909, Page 5
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191LABOUR GAINS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9611, 4 October 1909, Page 5
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