NEW LEADER
CANADIAN CONSERVATIVE PARTY. DR. R. J. MANION ELECTED. OTTAWA, July 7Dr. R. J. Manion, a war veteran and medical man, was chosen to succeed Mr R. B. Bennett by a second ballot of the Conservative convention. He is an advocate of moderate tariffs and greater defence through Imperial co-operation. Prior to Dr. Manion’s selection, Mr Bennett’ declined to accede to a strong demand that.he should continue in the leadership. Mr W; D Herridge, Mr Bennett’s brother-in-law, created a storm, after his monetary reform resolutions had been rejected, with a declaration that the whole convention was “a lot of bunk and reactionary controlled.” He was howled down with shouts of “Jeremiah!”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 July 1938, Page 5
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