AN ELECTION SURPRISE.
DEFEAT OF THE UNIONIST CANDIDATE.
By Telegraph—Pres3 Association—Copyright London, July 80. The olcclion for Leeds caused through Jackson being raised to the I’eerago resulted : Mr Rowland Bargan (Liberal)... 7539 Sir Arthur Lawson (Unionist) 0781 The figures produced a great sensation in Parliament. Tbo result is mainly attributed to the Education Bill and inadequate public control of schools, also to tiie forcing of it by an all night sitting. Electioneering placards contrasted the big Liberal with tho little protectionist loaf, although the price of bread is practically unaffected by the recent corn duties,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 490, 31 July 1902, Page 2
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95AN ELECTION SURPRISE. Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 490, 31 July 1902, Page 2
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