FRENCH ELECTORAL REFORM.
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION REJECTED.
United Press Association— Copyright. (Received November 9, 10.15 p.m.) PARIS, Nov. 9. After the Chamber had adopted the first clauses of the Electoral Reform Bill, with proportional representation, M. Briand intervened, and threatened to resign if the discussion on the Bill was continued when there was barely time to vote the estimates and 1 old age pensions. There was much excitement, and when the clause as a whole was put it uvas rejected by 291 votes to 225.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2655, 10 November 1909, Page 5
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84FRENCH ELECTORAL REFORM. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2655, 10 November 1909, Page 5
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